From the 'manosphere' and 'tradwife' content creators to the revival of narratives linking citizenship status to racial identity, essentialist ideologies are trending globally; existing forms of hierarchy are being presented as natural, fair, or even liberating. This year’s conference, titled Regression to the Extremes: The New Politics of Race, Gender and Inequality, will interrogate the resurgence and reinvention of familiar prescriptive ideas about gender, race, and identity and their implications for equality and justice. Together, we will examine the forces driving these shifts and consider how individuals, organizations, and institutions can respond.