Early-bird registration deadline: 21st April 2026

Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion

21st European Conference on Science and Theology (ECST XXI): Leeds, U.K. 19th – 22nd August 2026 

About Us

ESSSAT stands for European Society for the Study of Science and Theology.

ESSSAT is a scholarly, non-confessional organization, based in Europe, which aims to promote the study of relationships between the natural sciences and theological views. ESSSAT has members from almost every European country as well as members from other continents. We have diverse confessional backgrounds, and may include believers as well as non-believers and atheists.

This 21st European Conference for Science and Theology (ECST XXI) is also the biennial gathering of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT).

ESSSAT includes academics from wide variety of academic disciplines, such as theologians, scientists, philosophers, historians, sociologists and literary scholars.

ESSSAT invites both individual and institutional membership, and to learn more about the benefits of membership visit the ESSSAT website

Don't forget, international attendees now need a ETIAS visa to travel to the UK