International Sociological Association (ISA)
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Call for Applications: XIX ISA International Laboratory for PhD Students (Doha, Qatar | December 2026)
Since 2000, the ISA PhD Lab has brought together doctoral students from across the globe. The next ISA PhD Lab will be hosted by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.
Since 2000, the ISA PhD Lab has brought together doctoral students from across the globe. The next ISA PhD Lab will be hosted by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Call for Applications: XIX ISA International Laboratory for PhD Students (Doha, Qatar | December 2026)
Since 2000, the ISA PhD Lab has brought together doctoral students from across the globe. The next ISA PhD Lab will be hosted by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.
Since 2000, the ISA PhD Lab has brought together doctoral students from across the globe. The next ISA PhD Lab will be hosted by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.
The December issue of Global Dialogue is out now in English at globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge....
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The December issue of Global Dialogue is out now in English at globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge....
🎥 ReCo Webinar is now live on ISA Member Portal!
Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Research Process of Scholars and Students: Tool or/and Co-Contributor?
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Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Research Process of Scholars and Students: Tool or/and Co-Contributor?
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎥 ReCo Webinar is now live on ISA Member Portal!
Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Research Process of Scholars and Students: Tool or/and Co-Contributor?
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Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Research Process of Scholars and Students: Tool or/and Co-Contributor?
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On the topic of the newly launched ISA Thematic Group 'Conflict Transformations and Peacebuilding' (TG02), enjoy your #OpenAccess in November:
Catherine Goetze, The Distinction of Peace: A Social Analysis of Peacebuilding
🖋️ by Michael D Royster (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
Catherine Goetze, The Distinction of Peace: A Social Analysis of Peacebuilding
🖋️ by Michael D Royster (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
On the topic of the newly launched ISA Thematic Group 'Conflict Transformations and Peacebuilding' (TG02), enjoy your #OpenAccess in November:
Catherine Goetze, The Distinction of Peace: A Social Analysis of Peacebuilding
🖋️ by Michael D Royster (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
Catherine Goetze, The Distinction of Peace: A Social Analysis of Peacebuilding
🖋️ by Michael D Royster (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
The International Sociological Association (ISA) extends its best wishes to the 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Sociological Society, held at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan, from 15 to 17 November 2025.
Photo credit: Unsplash stock
Photo credit: Unsplash stock
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The International Sociological Association (ISA) extends its best wishes to the 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Sociological Society, held at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan, from 15 to 17 November 2025.
Photo credit: Unsplash stock
Photo credit: Unsplash stock
#Conference
ℹ️ “¿Eternamente jóvenes? Nómadas globales en tiempos de cambio” Book presentation & conversation (in Spanish). 8th Session of the ISA RC48 Global Online Seminar.
🗓️ December 17, 2025, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1nxF8...
ℹ️ “¿Eternamente jóvenes? Nómadas globales en tiempos de cambio” Book presentation & conversation (in Spanish). 8th Session of the ISA RC48 Global Online Seminar.
🗓️ December 17, 2025, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1nxF8...
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#Conference
ℹ️ “¿Eternamente jóvenes? Nómadas globales en tiempos de cambio” Book presentation & conversation (in Spanish). 8th Session of the ISA RC48 Global Online Seminar.
🗓️ December 17, 2025, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1nxF8...
ℹ️ “¿Eternamente jóvenes? Nómadas globales en tiempos de cambio” Book presentation & conversation (in Spanish). 8th Session of the ISA RC48 Global Online Seminar.
🗓️ December 17, 2025, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1nxF8...
🔐 In #OpenAccess till the end of November on the topic of World Science Day for Peace and Development.
Future moves: Forward-oriented studies of culture, society, and technology by Markus S Schulz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Future moves: Forward-oriented studies of culture, society, and technology by Markus S Schulz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🔐 In #OpenAccess till the end of November on the topic of World Science Day for Peace and Development.
Future moves: Forward-oriented studies of culture, society, and technology by Markus S Schulz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Future moves: Forward-oriented studies of culture, society, and technology by Markus S Schulz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
#CallForPapers
ℹ️ “The Meanings of Work in Organisational Contexts”
🗓️ Deadline for thematic group proposals: December 15, 2025
🔗 socialboundariesofwork.pts.org.pl/en/cpf/
ℹ️ “The Meanings of Work in Organisational Contexts”
🗓️ Deadline for thematic group proposals: December 15, 2025
🔗 socialboundariesofwork.pts.org.pl/en/cpf/
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
#CallForPapers
ℹ️ “The Meanings of Work in Organisational Contexts”
🗓️ Deadline for thematic group proposals: December 15, 2025
🔗 socialboundariesofwork.pts.org.pl/en/cpf/
ℹ️ “The Meanings of Work in Organisational Contexts”
🗓️ Deadline for thematic group proposals: December 15, 2025
🔗 socialboundariesofwork.pts.org.pl/en/cpf/
Next ISA ReCo Webinar: How to approach AI in teaching/researching in Sociology?
🎥 November 20, 2025 | 14:00 – 16:00 UTC
🔐 Live for ISA Members only
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🎥 November 20, 2025 | 14:00 – 16:00 UTC
🔐 Live for ISA Members only
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November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Next ISA ReCo Webinar: How to approach AI in teaching/researching in Sociology?
🎥 November 20, 2025 | 14:00 – 16:00 UTC
🔐 Live for ISA Members only
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🎥 November 20, 2025 | 14:00 – 16:00 UTC
🔐 Live for ISA Members only
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#Conference
ℹ️ Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South
Spring Meeting 2026 of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) on May 20-22, 2026 at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
🗓️ Submissions: December 1, 2025
🔗 eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
ℹ️ Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South
Spring Meeting 2026 of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) on May 20-22, 2026 at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
🗓️ Submissions: December 1, 2025
🔗 eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#Conference
ℹ️ Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South
Spring Meeting 2026 of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) on May 20-22, 2026 at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
🗓️ Submissions: December 1, 2025
🔗 eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
ℹ️ Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South
Spring Meeting 2026 of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) on May 20-22, 2026 at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
🗓️ Submissions: December 1, 2025
🔗 eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
🔈 Call for Presentations
United Nations Crime Congress 2026
The International Sociological Association (ISA), through its consultative status with ECOSOC, will organize one or more ancillary sessions at the Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 25–30 April 2026.
United Nations Crime Congress 2026
The International Sociological Association (ISA), through its consultative status with ECOSOC, will organize one or more ancillary sessions at the Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 25–30 April 2026.
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🔈 Call for Presentations
United Nations Crime Congress 2026
The International Sociological Association (ISA), through its consultative status with ECOSOC, will organize one or more ancillary sessions at the Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 25–30 April 2026.
United Nations Crime Congress 2026
The International Sociological Association (ISA), through its consultative status with ECOSOC, will organize one or more ancillary sessions at the Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 25–30 April 2026.
#JobOpening
ℹ️ Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor at CUHK
📍 Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
🗓️ Review of applications will continue until the position is filled
🔗 cuhk.taleo.net/careersectio...
ℹ️ Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor at CUHK
📍 Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
🗓️ Review of applications will continue until the position is filled
🔗 cuhk.taleo.net/careersectio...
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#JobOpening
ℹ️ Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor at CUHK
📍 Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
🗓️ Review of applications will continue until the position is filled
🔗 cuhk.taleo.net/careersectio...
ℹ️ Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor at CUHK
📍 Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
🗓️ Review of applications will continue until the position is filled
🔗 cuhk.taleo.net/careersectio...
ISA Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19) & Acápacá invite you to the webinar:
'Rethinking Social Policy and Aid in Times of Human-led Institutional Collapse'
📅Thursday, November 27, 3 pm to 4:15 pm CET.
'Rethinking Social Policy and Aid in Times of Human-led Institutional Collapse'
📅Thursday, November 27, 3 pm to 4:15 pm CET.
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
ISA Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19) & Acápacá invite you to the webinar:
'Rethinking Social Policy and Aid in Times of Human-led Institutional Collapse'
📅Thursday, November 27, 3 pm to 4:15 pm CET.
'Rethinking Social Policy and Aid in Times of Human-led Institutional Collapse'
📅Thursday, November 27, 3 pm to 4:15 pm CET.
🌍 This year’s World Science Day for Peace and Development, will be celebrated on 10 November under the theme “Trust, Transformation, and Tomorrow: The Science We Need for 2050”.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🌍 This year’s World Science Day for Peace and Development, will be celebrated on 10 November under the theme “Trust, Transformation, and Tomorrow: The Science We Need for 2050”.
#InternationalSociology 📆
Topic of the Month, November 2025
‘Gender-based violence and fear of crime’ is our Topic of the Month for November 2025, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Topic of the Month, November 2025
‘Gender-based violence and fear of crime’ is our Topic of the Month for November 2025, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
#InternationalSociology 📆
Topic of the Month, November 2025
‘Gender-based violence and fear of crime’ is our Topic of the Month for November 2025, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Topic of the Month, November 2025
‘Gender-based violence and fear of crime’ is our Topic of the Month for November 2025, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
#CurrentSociology 📆
Sociologist of the Month, November 2025
Please welcome our Sociologist of the Month for November 2025, Julia Cook (University of Newcastle, Australia).
Sociologist of the Month, November 2025
Please welcome our Sociologist of the Month for November 2025, Julia Cook (University of Newcastle, Australia).
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
#CurrentSociology 📆
Sociologist of the Month, November 2025
Please welcome our Sociologist of the Month for November 2025, Julia Cook (University of Newcastle, Australia).
Sociologist of the Month, November 2025
Please welcome our Sociologist of the Month for November 2025, Julia Cook (University of Newcastle, Australia).
#CallForPublications
ℹ️ “Research to Practice?”. Special Issue of Current Sociology Monographs
🗓️ Abstracts: December 15, 2025
🔗https://www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imgen/2344-cfp-research-to-practice-special-issue-current-sociology-monographs.pdf
ℹ️ “Research to Practice?”. Special Issue of Current Sociology Monographs
🗓️ Abstracts: December 15, 2025
🔗https://www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imgen/2344-cfp-research-to-practice-special-issue-current-sociology-monographs.pdf
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#CallForPublications
ℹ️ “Research to Practice?”. Special Issue of Current Sociology Monographs
🗓️ Abstracts: December 15, 2025
🔗https://www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imgen/2344-cfp-research-to-practice-special-issue-current-sociology-monographs.pdf
ℹ️ “Research to Practice?”. Special Issue of Current Sociology Monographs
🗓️ Abstracts: December 15, 2025
🔗https://www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imgen/2344-cfp-research-to-practice-special-issue-current-sociology-monographs.pdf
🗞️ The most recent newsletter digest from ISA research networks, September/October 2025:
▫️TG07 Senses and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️WG11 Violence and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️RC44 Labour Movements www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️TG07 Senses and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️WG11 Violence and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️RC44 Labour Movements www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🗞️ The most recent newsletter digest from ISA research networks, September/October 2025:
▫️TG07 Senses and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️WG11 Violence and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️RC44 Labour Movements www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️TG07 Senses and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️WG11 Violence and Society www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
▫️RC44 Labour Movements www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
#JobOpening
ℹ️ 2 Full-Time Tenure-Track Academic Positions
📍 School of Government, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
🗓️ Applications: November 30, 2025
🔗 gobierno.uc.cl/noticias/cal...
ℹ️ 2 Full-Time Tenure-Track Academic Positions
📍 School of Government, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
🗓️ Applications: November 30, 2025
🔗 gobierno.uc.cl/noticias/cal...
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#JobOpening
ℹ️ 2 Full-Time Tenure-Track Academic Positions
📍 School of Government, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
🗓️ Applications: November 30, 2025
🔗 gobierno.uc.cl/noticias/cal...
ℹ️ 2 Full-Time Tenure-Track Academic Positions
📍 School of Government, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
🗓️ Applications: November 30, 2025
🔗 gobierno.uc.cl/noticias/cal...
🎉 To mark the launch of the new ISA Thematic Group on Conflict Transformations & Peacebuilding (TG02), we feature:
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🎉 To mark the launch of the new ISA Thematic Group on Conflict Transformations & Peacebuilding (TG02), we feature:
#JobOpening
ℹ️ Tenure-Track/Associate Professor in Mental Wellness
📍 Dept. of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
🗓️ Applications: January 31, 2026
🔗 jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53340...
ℹ️ Tenure-Track/Associate Professor in Mental Wellness
📍 Dept. of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
🗓️ Applications: January 31, 2026
🔗 jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53340...
October 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#JobOpening
ℹ️ Tenure-Track/Associate Professor in Mental Wellness
📍 Dept. of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
🗓️ Applications: January 31, 2026
🔗 jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53340...
ℹ️ Tenure-Track/Associate Professor in Mental Wellness
📍 Dept. of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
🗓️ Applications: January 31, 2026
🔗 jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53340...
October marks the 60th anniversary of the Slovenian Sociological Association. Congratulations to Slovensko Sociološko Društvo on this milestone and on a successful celebration held this week.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
October marks the 60th anniversary of the Slovenian Sociological Association. Congratulations to Slovensko Sociološko Društvo on this milestone and on a successful celebration held this week.
#JobOpening
ℹ️ Senior Lecturer of Sociology - Criminology
📍 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
🗓️ Applications: January 15, 2026
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/175146
ℹ️ Senior Lecturer of Sociology - Criminology
📍 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
🗓️ Applications: January 15, 2026
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/175146
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#JobOpening
ℹ️ Senior Lecturer of Sociology - Criminology
📍 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
🗓️ Applications: January 15, 2026
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/175146
ℹ️ Senior Lecturer of Sociology - Criminology
📍 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
🗓️ Applications: January 15, 2026
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/175146
The third Congress of the International Network for Sociology of Sensibilities (REDISS) co-organized with ISA WG08 ‘Society and Emotions’, ISA TG12 ‘Social Love and Solidarity’, ISA RC54 ‘The Body in the Social Science’, ISA TG07 ‘Senses and Society’.
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The third Congress of the International Network for Sociology of Sensibilities (REDISS) co-organized with ISA WG08 ‘Society and Emotions’, ISA TG12 ‘Social Love and Solidarity’, ISA RC54 ‘The Body in the Social Science’, ISA TG07 ‘Senses and Society’.
The ISA endorses the recent statement of the European Sociological Association (ESA) regarding the situation in the Republic of Serbia. In line with the ESA, the ISA reaffirms its profound concern regarding the current tensions and their impact on academic communities.
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The ISA endorses the recent statement of the European Sociological Association (ESA) regarding the situation in the Republic of Serbia. In line with the ESA, the ISA reaffirms its profound concern regarding the current tensions and their impact on academic communities.