Congress Fees
Your WAU 2025 Congress participation fee helps pay for the following:
- 50 scholarships for Online Participation, each scholarship $100 USD
- Childcare during the congress for mothers and fathers traveling with children
- Pre-Congress Workshops benefiting about 300 students (undergraduate and graduate)
- Support for 60 volunteer helpers during the congress
- Awards for the “Women Doing Field Work” Photography Contest
- Infrastructure (WiFi, modems, cameras, microphones, computers and projectors) for live transmissions and recordings of panels, symposia, roundtables, presentations, editorial seminars and keynote lectures.
WAU 2025 Early Bird Congress Fees
WAU 2025 Early Bird Congress Fees | On-site From March 17 to June 28, 2025 | |||
| IUAES Membership Fee | WAU 2025 Congress Fee | Total | |
| Participants from High Income Countries* | $50 USD | $400 USD | $450 USD |
| Participants from Upper Middle Income Countries** | $50 USD | $330 USD | $380 USD |
| Participants from Lower Middle Income Countries*** | $20 USD | $220 USD | $240 USD |
| Participants from Low Income Countries**** | $20 USD | $100 USD | $120 USD |
| Students | $10 USD | $90 USD | $100 USD |
WAU 2025 Early Bird Congress Fees | Online From March 17 to June 28, 2025 | |||
| IUAES Membership Fee | WAU 2025 Congress Fee | Total | |
| Participants from High Income Countries* | $50 USD | $175 USD | $225 USD |
| Participants from Upper Middle Income Countries** | $50 USD | $140 USD | $190 USD |
| Participants from Lower Middle Income Countries*** | $20 USD | $100 USD | $120 USD |
| Participants from Low Income Countries**** | $20 USD | $40 USD | $60 USD |
| Students | $10 USD | $40 USD | $50 USD |
WAU 2025 Regular Congress Fees
WAU 2025 Regular Congress Fees | On-site From June 30th to September 27th, 2025 | |||
| IUAES Membership Fee | WAU 2025 Congress Fee | Total | |
| Participants from High Income Countries* | $50 USD | $450 USD | $500 USD |
| Participants from Upper Middle Income Countries** | $50 USD | $389 USD | $430 USD |
| Participants from Lower Middle Income Countries*** | $20 USD | $260 USD | $280USD |
| Participants from Low Income Countries**** | $20 USD | $120 USD | $140 USD |
| Students | $10 USD | $110 USD | $120 USD |
WAU 2025 Regular Congress Fees | Online From June 30 to September 27, 2025 | |||
| IUAES Membership Fee | WAU 2025 Congress Fee | Total | |
| Participants from High Income Countries* | $50 USD | $225 USD | $275 USD |
| Participants from Upper Middle Income Countries** | $50 USD | $180 USD | $230 USD |
| Participants from Lower Middle Income Countries*** | $20 USD | $130 USD | $150 USD |
| Participants from Low Income Countries**** | $20 USD | $50 USD | $70 USD |
| Students | $10 USD | $50 USD | $60 USD |
The World Anthropological Union (WAU) 2025 Congress organizes participation fees based on countries’ income levels to promote fairness, inclusivity, and equity. This approach ensures that participants from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can engage without financial barriers, fostering a richer exchange of diverse perspectives. Using World Bank data as an objective benchmark, the fee structure reflects a commitment to equity over equality, acknowledging economic disparities in purchasing power across regions. By reducing fees for LMIC participants, the congress aligns with anthropology’s ethical principles of social justice and accessibility while supporting broader global representation. Additionally, this model helps fund scholarships and inclusive initiatives, such as free daycare and hybrid participation options, enabling the congress to welcome participants from all backgrounds and truly “unearth humanity” in its scope and impact.
The WAU 2025 Congress follows the following country classification:
* High Income Countries: American Samoa, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, The, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Rep., Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao SAR, China, Malta, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin (French part), Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, China, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, and the Virgin Islands (U.S.).
** Upper Middle Income Countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, and Ukraine.
*** Lower Middle Income Countries: ngola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Rep., Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
**** Low Income Countries: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dem. Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, The, Guinea-Bissau, Korea, Dem. People’s Rep., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen, Rep.