Dear Colleagues, I would like to invite you to the *Researching Conspiracy Theories and Trust in V4* workshop, which is planned to take place in Bratislava on 18 and 19 September 2025. Please send your abstracts to dominik.zelinsky@savba.sk by 15 April 2025. https://sociologia.sav.sk/podujatia.php?id=3372&r=1 RESEARCHING CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND TRUST IN V4 Over the past decade, and especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories have emerged as a significant social issue, gaining attention from scholars, policymakers, and the public. In Europe, this topic is seen as particularly pressing in countries that are characterized by low levels of institutional and political trust, such as those in Central and Eastern Europe. The growing sensibility towards conspiracy theories and concerns about the possible impact of conspiratorial thinking have led to the development of a rich interdisciplinary field of research. However, despite the increasing academic focus on the topic, the study of conspiracy theories continues to grapple with conceptual, epistemological, and methodological challenges. These challenges are often fundamental: they include definitional characteristics of conspiracy theorizing, understanding its social and cultural drivers, as well as addressing political biases in data collection and interpretation. This workshop seeks to address these issues by bringing together scholars from the social sciences and humanities to critically engage with the study of conspiracy theories. Special attention will be given to the countries of the Visegrád Four—Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland—where the interplay of historical legacies, political polarization, and distrust in institutions creates fertile ground for conspiratorial narratives and also drives high the worries about them. By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, the workshop aims to advance the academic understanding of conspiracy theories in these contexts. Best wishes, Dominik Zelinsky -- Dr Dominik Zelinsky Senior Research Fellow Institute for Sociology Slovak Academy of Science