Geoffrey Pleyers
@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
President of the International Sociological Association
FNRS Professor at UCLouvain
Global Sociology, Social Movements, Religion, Democracy, Ecology, Youth, Latin America
FNRS Professor at UCLouvain
Global Sociology, Social Movements, Religion, Democracy, Ecology, Youth, Latin America
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Global Sociology in Times of Polycrisis: An Interview with Geoffrey Pleyers
Geoffrey Pleyers, ISA President for 2023-27, is interviewed by Breno Bringel, editor of Global Dialogue.
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org
An interview about Global Sociology and the transformations of sociology since the beginning of the century.
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/glo...
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/glo...
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We're excited for the relaunch of ISA's "Presidential Corner"!
Explore the newly reactivated Corner on our website. Read the latest letter from ISA President @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social (2023-2027) to the members, find recent addresses, articles, interviews and podcasts.
Explore the newly reactivated Corner on our website. Read the latest letter from ISA President @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social (2023-2027) to the members, find recent addresses, articles, interviews and podcasts.
August 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We're excited for the relaunch of ISA's "Presidential Corner"!
Explore the newly reactivated Corner on our website. Read the latest letter from ISA President @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social (2023-2027) to the members, find recent addresses, articles, interviews and podcasts.
Explore the newly reactivated Corner on our website. Read the latest letter from ISA President @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social (2023-2027) to the members, find recent addresses, articles, interviews and podcasts.
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Highlights from the XIX Polish National Sociological Congress with ISA President Geoffrey Pleyers, President of Polish Sociological Association Mirosława Grabowska, President of the European Sociological Association Kaja Gadowska, and colleagues.
📸 Personal archive of @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
📸 Personal archive of @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Highlights from the XIX Polish National Sociological Congress with ISA President Geoffrey Pleyers, President of Polish Sociological Association Mirosława Grabowska, President of the European Sociological Association Kaja Gadowska, and colleagues.
📸 Personal archive of @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
📸 Personal archive of @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
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„Die israelische Fachgesellschaft für Soziologie wurde von der internationale Dachorganisation ISA suspendiert. Daran gab es Kritik. Allerdings ist die ganze Situation komplexer als sie dargestellt wurde.“ — Replik von @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social auf Alexander Bogner und Caspar Hirschi. #dgs2025
Soziologenverband ISA und Israel: Eine Suspendierung, kein Ausschluss
Die israelische Fachgesellschaft für Soziologie wurde von der internationale Dachorganisation ISA suspendiert. Daran gab es Kritik. Allerdings ist die ganze Situation komplexer als sie dargestellt wur...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
„Die israelische Fachgesellschaft für Soziologie wurde von der internationale Dachorganisation ISA suspendiert. Daran gab es Kritik. Allerdings ist die ganze Situation komplexer als sie dargestellt wurde.“ — Replik von @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social auf Alexander Bogner und Caspar Hirschi. #dgs2025
A time for #sociology
Welcome address #ISAForum25
We need a sociology that is rigorous independent critical public & global. As the world faces climate change, wars, rising inequality &hatred, sociology is an indispensable tool for living together
@isa-sociology.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5D7...
Welcome address #ISAForum25
We need a sociology that is rigorous independent critical public & global. As the world faces climate change, wars, rising inequality &hatred, sociology is an indispensable tool for living together
@isa-sociology.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5D7...
ISA World Forum of Sociology - Opening Geoffrey Pleyers "A Time for Sociology"
YouTube video by Geoffrey Pleyers
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July 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A time for #sociology
Welcome address #ISAForum25
We need a sociology that is rigorous independent critical public & global. As the world faces climate change, wars, rising inequality &hatred, sociology is an indispensable tool for living together
@isa-sociology.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5D7...
Welcome address #ISAForum25
We need a sociology that is rigorous independent critical public & global. As the world faces climate change, wars, rising inequality &hatred, sociology is an indispensable tool for living together
@isa-sociology.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5D7...
Social movements and protests unveil and help deal with intergenerational trauma caused by state violence and dictatorship.
We show it in this article coauthored with Karla Henríquez & N Pinochet taking #Chile as case study @crimjustjournal.bsky.social
www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view...
We show it in this article coauthored with Karla Henríquez & N Pinochet taking #Chile as case study @crimjustjournal.bsky.social
www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view...
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is an open access, blind peer reviewed journal that seeks to publish critical research about...
www.crimejusticejournal.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Social movements and protests unveil and help deal with intergenerational trauma caused by state violence and dictatorship.
We show it in this article coauthored with Karla Henríquez & N Pinochet taking #Chile as case study @crimjustjournal.bsky.social
www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view...
We show it in this article coauthored with Karla Henríquez & N Pinochet taking #Chile as case study @crimjustjournal.bsky.social
www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view...
"The Chilean Awakening in a global decade of movements"
My chapter in "Citizenship Utopias in the Global South"
The 2019 Chilean Uprising analyzed based on citizens' protests around the world & how it helps us to understand social movements today and their impacts.
www.academia.edu/129603940/Th...
My chapter in "Citizenship Utopias in the Global South"
The 2019 Chilean Uprising analyzed based on citizens' protests around the world & how it helps us to understand social movements today and their impacts.
www.academia.edu/129603940/Th...
The Chilean awakening in a global decade of social movements
This chapter analyses the 2019 citizens’ uprising in Chile and its aftermath in light of some key features of the global wave of social movements and citizens’ uprisings in the 2010s. Based on intervi...
www.academia.edu
May 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"The Chilean Awakening in a global decade of movements"
My chapter in "Citizenship Utopias in the Global South"
The 2019 Chilean Uprising analyzed based on citizens' protests around the world & how it helps us to understand social movements today and their impacts.
www.academia.edu/129603940/Th...
My chapter in "Citizenship Utopias in the Global South"
The 2019 Chilean Uprising analyzed based on citizens' protests around the world & how it helps us to understand social movements today and their impacts.
www.academia.edu/129603940/Th...
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This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we've been joined by Geoffrey Pleyers, a renowned scholar of social movements who can help us explore the impact the rise of MAGA Trump populism has had on Mexico and the rest of Latin America.
www.buzzsprout.com/1611550/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1611550/epis...
Surviving the America Crisis: How Mexico and the rest of Latin America are adapting to the Trump Era - With Geoffrey Pleyers - Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom
In this week's episode we have been joined by Geoffrey Pleyers, whose extensive expertise in global activism during times of crisis can provide crucial insights into the impact President Trump's autho...
www.buzzsprout.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we've been joined by Geoffrey Pleyers, a renowned scholar of social movements who can help us explore the impact the rise of MAGA Trump populism has had on Mexico and the rest of Latin America.
www.buzzsprout.com/1611550/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1611550/epis...
Reposted by Geoffrey Pleyers
The International Sociological Association (ISA) has been concerned for some time and condemned the acts of violence that have occurred in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
May 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The International Sociological Association (ISA) has been concerned for some time and condemned the acts of violence that have occurred in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Pepe #Mujica was a prophet of our times, a human being who knew the true value of life.
“You have to know this: life slips away and leaves you minute by minute, and you can't go to the supermarket to buy life. So fight to live it, to give meaning to life"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5R...
“You have to know this: life slips away and leaves you minute by minute, and you can't go to the supermarket to buy life. So fight to live it, to give meaning to life"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5R...
Palabras de Pepe Mujica a la juventud · Lektos UNIVA
YouTube video by Universidad del Valle de Atemajac - Sistema UNIVA
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May 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Pepe #Mujica was a prophet of our times, a human being who knew the true value of life.
“You have to know this: life slips away and leaves you minute by minute, and you can't go to the supermarket to buy life. So fight to live it, to give meaning to life"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5R...
“You have to know this: life slips away and leaves you minute by minute, and you can't go to the supermarket to buy life. So fight to live it, to give meaning to life"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5R...
This was probably not the American pope Trump & Vance thought about!
Let's hope he will stand firm on this.
#newpope
Let's hope he will stand firm on this.
#newpope
‘JD Vance Is Wrong’: The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This was probably not the American pope Trump & Vance thought about!
Let's hope he will stand firm on this.
#newpope
Let's hope he will stand firm on this.
#newpope
In our times, democracy needs to be defended and deserves to be celebrated. thank you people of South Korea for showing your country and the world such a determination& enthusiasm for democracy!
Thousands gather in Seoul after the president who declared martial law is impeached by the supreme Court
Thousands gather in Seoul after the president who declared martial law is impeached by the supreme Court
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
In our times, democracy needs to be defended and deserves to be celebrated. thank you people of South Korea for showing your country and the world such a determination& enthusiasm for democracy!
Thousands gather in Seoul after the president who declared martial law is impeached by the supreme Court
Thousands gather in Seoul after the president who declared martial law is impeached by the supreme Court
Next to the supreme court in Seoul, Thousands citizens listening to the judge to announce the impeachment of the president who declared martial law on Dec. 3rd
Decisive moment for democracy in Korea
Decisive moment for democracy in Korea
April 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Next to the supreme court in Seoul, Thousands citizens listening to the judge to announce the impeachment of the president who declared martial law on Dec. 3rd
Decisive moment for democracy in Korea
Decisive moment for democracy in Korea
"A vibrant global sociology in a world in crisis"
On Friday 4th in Seoul with Korean Sociological Association at Korea University & on Wed. 9th at Shanghai University.
A series of talk to prepare the 2027 World Congress of #Sociology in #Gwangju #SouthKorea.
@isa-sociology.bsky.social
On Friday 4th in Seoul with Korean Sociological Association at Korea University & on Wed. 9th at Shanghai University.
A series of talk to prepare the 2027 World Congress of #Sociology in #Gwangju #SouthKorea.
@isa-sociology.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"A vibrant global sociology in a world in crisis"
On Friday 4th in Seoul with Korean Sociological Association at Korea University & on Wed. 9th at Shanghai University.
A series of talk to prepare the 2027 World Congress of #Sociology in #Gwangju #SouthKorea.
@isa-sociology.bsky.social
On Friday 4th in Seoul with Korean Sociological Association at Korea University & on Wed. 9th at Shanghai University.
A series of talk to prepare the 2027 World Congress of #Sociology in #Gwangju #SouthKorea.
@isa-sociology.bsky.social
Chaque jour, une nouvelle plus préoccupante.
Ils parlent de liberté d'expression et interdisent à un scientifique d'entrer aux Etats Unis parce qu'il a critiqué Trump...
Leur programme semble chaque jour plus clair
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Ils parlent de liberté d'expression et interdisent à un scientifique d'entrer aux Etats Unis parce qu'il a critiqué Trump...
Leur programme semble chaque jour plus clair
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...
www.lemonde.fr
March 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Chaque jour, une nouvelle plus préoccupante.
Ils parlent de liberté d'expression et interdisent à un scientifique d'entrer aux Etats Unis parce qu'il a critiqué Trump...
Leur programme semble chaque jour plus clair
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Ils parlent de liberté d'expression et interdisent à un scientifique d'entrer aux Etats Unis parce qu'il a critiqué Trump...
Leur programme semble chaque jour plus clair
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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📣Call for Papers📣
ESA RN30 Midterm Conference "Youth and Young Adults in a Radically Changing World: Stagnation, Continuation and New Beginnings" in Zagreb
📆October 15-18
🔷Keynote Speakers:
Geoffrey Pleyers
Benjamin Perasović
📩Submission deadline: 31 May 2025
@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
ESA RN30 Midterm Conference "Youth and Young Adults in a Radically Changing World: Stagnation, Continuation and New Beginnings" in Zagreb
📆October 15-18
🔷Keynote Speakers:
Geoffrey Pleyers
Benjamin Perasović
📩Submission deadline: 31 May 2025
@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
📣Call for Papers📣
ESA RN30 Midterm Conference "Youth and Young Adults in a Radically Changing World: Stagnation, Continuation and New Beginnings" in Zagreb
📆October 15-18
🔷Keynote Speakers:
Geoffrey Pleyers
Benjamin Perasović
📩Submission deadline: 31 May 2025
ℹ️More information: bit.ly/41D81Qn
ESA RN30 Midterm Conference "Youth and Young Adults in a Radically Changing World: Stagnation, Continuation and New Beginnings" in Zagreb
📆October 15-18
🔷Keynote Speakers:
Geoffrey Pleyers
Benjamin Perasović
📩Submission deadline: 31 May 2025
ℹ️More information: bit.ly/41D81Qn
European Sociological Association
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March 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📣Call for Papers📣
ESA RN30 Midterm Conference "Youth and Young Adults in a Radically Changing World: Stagnation, Continuation and New Beginnings" in Zagreb
📆October 15-18
🔷Keynote Speakers:
Geoffrey Pleyers
Benjamin Perasović
📩Submission deadline: 31 May 2025
@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
ESA RN30 Midterm Conference "Youth and Young Adults in a Radically Changing World: Stagnation, Continuation and New Beginnings" in Zagreb
📆October 15-18
🔷Keynote Speakers:
Geoffrey Pleyers
Benjamin Perasović
📩Submission deadline: 31 May 2025
@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
Un entretien à propos de la démocratie, de l'écologie, des médias et des sciences sociales, essentielles et menacées dans le monde d'aujourd'hui.
youtu.be/ZatI-R-9EnY
youtu.be/ZatI-R-9EnY
Pour une sociologie globale
YouTube video by F.R.S. -FNRS
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Un entretien à propos de la démocratie, de l'écologie, des médias et des sciences sociales, essentielles et menacées dans le monde d'aujourd'hui.
youtu.be/ZatI-R-9EnY
youtu.be/ZatI-R-9EnY
This Monday in Johannesburg
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This Monday in Johannesburg
Researchers, educators, teachers, independent journalists, academics of the USA (and around the world!), your work is needed now more than ever!
@asanews.bsky.social @isa-sociology.bsky.social @sciencecouncil.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @isa-sociology.bsky.social @sciencecouncil.bsky.social
Together with more than 45 other organizations, ASA signed a public statement reaffirming our commitment to academic freedom, stable research funding, and policies grounded in scientific evidence. unitedsciencealliance.org
February 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Researchers, educators, teachers, independent journalists, academics of the USA (and around the world!), your work is needed now more than ever!
@asanews.bsky.social @isa-sociology.bsky.social @sciencecouncil.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @isa-sociology.bsky.social @sciencecouncil.bsky.social
Tribute to Michael Burawoy, one of the most inspiring sociologists of our times and a wonderful human being.
Former president of @isa-sociology.bsky.social and @asanews.bsky.social
In ISA Global Dialogue, the public sociology journal he founded.
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/mic...
Former president of @isa-sociology.bsky.social and @asanews.bsky.social
In ISA Global Dialogue, the public sociology journal he founded.
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/mic...
Michael Burawoy, a Compass for Sociology in our Times
Michael Burawoy passed away abruptly on February 3, 2025. The International Sociological Association (ISA) mourns one of its most influential and inspiring presidents
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Tribute to Michael Burawoy, one of the most inspiring sociologists of our times and a wonderful human being.
Former president of @isa-sociology.bsky.social and @asanews.bsky.social
In ISA Global Dialogue, the public sociology journal he founded.
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/mic...
Former president of @isa-sociology.bsky.social and @asanews.bsky.social
In ISA Global Dialogue, the public sociology journal he founded.
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/mic...
Reposted by Geoffrey Pleyers
Online Tribute in Memory of Michael Burawoy
The International Sociological Association (ISA) mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy (1947-2025), a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and 17th President of ISA (2010–2014).
The International Sociological Association (ISA) mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy (1947-2025), a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and 17th President of ISA (2010–2014).
February 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Online Tribute in Memory of Michael Burawoy
The International Sociological Association (ISA) mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy (1947-2025), a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and 17th President of ISA (2010–2014).
The International Sociological Association (ISA) mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy (1947-2025), a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and 17th President of ISA (2010–2014).
#MichaelBurawoy left us at a time we most needed his leadership, his energy, his tireless work to understand our world, his example as an extraordinary teacher, his faith in a relevant public sociology, his openness to a global dialogue, his energy against injustice
February 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#MichaelBurawoy left us at a time we most needed his leadership, his energy, his tireless work to understand our world, his example as an extraordinary teacher, his faith in a relevant public sociology, his openness to a global dialogue, his energy against injustice
A snowy start of the year in Belgium. A quiet contrast with a frightening year to come.
January 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A snowy start of the year in Belgium. A quiet contrast with a frightening year to come.
Fantastic to meet and learn from a new generation of Indian sociologists at the 49th All India Sociological Congress!
December 23, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Fantastic to meet and learn from a new generation of Indian sociologists at the 49th All India Sociological Congress!