The SEM Working Group (SEM WG) was founded in 1986. Meetings or small conferences have been held across Europe (e.g., Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland) since then annually. The group has an informal character as it is not affiliated to any research organization. The main goal of the meetings is to exchange and discuss methodological problems and possible solutions in SEM and related fields.
The next meeting of the SEM Working Group will take place from 15 to 17 April 2026 at the Educational Research Institute (IBE) and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN) in Warsaw, Poland. The meeting is organized by Prof. Artur Pokropek and the local organizing team from both IBE and IFiS PAN.
Keynote addresses will be given by Prof. Yves Rosseel (University of Ghent) and Prof. Jörg Henseler (University of Twente and Universidade Nova de Lisboa).
Prof. Yves Rosseel (University of Ghent), author of the lavaan package for SEM in R, will be giving a pre-conference workshop on 15 April 2026. Both speakers and passive participants are invited to take part in the workshop.
Preliminary schedule:
| Date | 15 April 2026 | 16 April 2026 | 17 April 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Pre-conference workshop | Conference day 1 | Conference day 2 |
| Venue | Educational Research Institute – National Research Institute (IBE PIB), ul. Górczewska 8, 01-180 Warszawa room B7-B9 | Institute of Philosophy and Sociology PAS (IFiS PAN), ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa Erazm Majewski room (3rd floor) | Institute of Philosophy and Sociology PAS (IFiS PAN), ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa Erazm Majewski room (3rd floor) |
| Tentative hours | 13:30 – 17:00 (1:30 – 5:00 pm) | 9:00 – 17:30 (9:00 am – 5:30 pm) | 10:00 – 17:15 (10:00 am – 5:15 pm) |
| Event | Conference dinner | ||
| Venue | Restauracja Kameralna, ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 3, 00-367 Warszawa | ||
| Tentative hours | start at 20:00 (8:00 pm) |
Conference programme:
The conference programme with abstracts in PDF file is available here: SEM WG 2026 Meeting Programme (v.2026/04/13)
Organizing Committee:
- Prof. Artur Pokropek (IFiS/IBE)
- Marta Babecka (IBE)
- dr Maria Flakus (IFiS)
- dr Marek Muszyński (IFiS)
- dr Tomasz Żółtak (IFiS)
Scientific Committee:
- Prof. Peter Schmidt (Justus Liebig University Giessen)
- Prof. Artur Pokropek (IFiS/IBE)
- Prof. Jochen Mayerl (Chemnitz University of Technology)
- dr Henrik Andersen (Chemnitz University of Technology)
- dr Tomasz Żółtak (IFiS)