For 2026, we will have a special track devoted to psychological and educational issues pertaining to diagrams. Special theme topics include any research dealing with psychological and/or educational aspects of diagrams, such as:

• cognitive aspects of diagrams and diagrammatic thinking,
• comprehension of diagrams,
• construction and use of diagrams,
• diagrams and wayfinding,
• diagrams as learning and pedagogical tools,
• diagrams in the mind,
• diagrams in communication,
• human perception and the design of diagrams,
• individual differences in diagram use,
• mental imagery and mental animation,
• problem solving with diagrams,
• reasoning with diagrams from a psychological or educational perspective,
• sociocultural interpretations of diagrams,
• spatial structure of diagrams,
• students’ use or misuse of diagrams.

Submission information can be found here: https://diagrams-conference.org/2026/calls-2/submission/

Track Chair: Erica de Vries, Université Grenoble Alpes

Email: erica.devries@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Program Committee

Shaaron Ainsworth, University of Nottingham
Mireille Betrancourt, University of Geneva
Jean-Michel Boucheix, LEAD-CNRS, University of Burgundy
Peter Cheng, University of Sussex
James Corter, Columbia University
Amy Fox, University of California San Diego
Mari Fukuda, Kyoto University
Emmanuel Manalo Kyoto University
Johanna Schoenherr, University of Osnabrueck
Takeshi Sugio, Doshisha University
Yuri Uesaka, The University of Tokyo
Julia Xing, Tarleton State University