Research Committees

Past Boards

First Provisional Board 1971

President	Adam PODGORECKI, Poland
Secretary	Albert B. CHERNS, United Kingdom
Members	Allen H. BARTON, USA Amitai ETZIONI, USA Janusz GOCKOWSKI, Poland Maria LOS, Poland Stoyan MICKAILOW, Bulgaria H.M.in't VELD-LANGEVELD, Netherlands

Board 1971 - 1974

President	Adam PODGORECKI, Poland
Vice-President	Albert B. CHERNS, United Kingdom
Secretary	Allen H. BARTON, USA
Members	K. ARCHIBALD, USA Bertil GARDELL, Sweden Jerzy KUBIN, Poland Maria LOS, Poland Alexander J. MATEJKO, Canada H.M.in't VELD-LANGEVELD, Netherlands

Board 1974 - 1978

President	Adam PODGORECKI, Poland
Vice-President	Albert B. CHERNS, United Kingdom
Secretary	Allen H. BARTON, USA (replaced in 1977 by Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, FRG)
Members	K. ARCHIBALD, USA Bertil GARDELL, Sweden Jerzy KUBIN, Poland Maria LOS, Poland Alexander J. MATEJKO, Canada H.M.in't VELD-LANGEVELD, Netherlands

Board 1978 - 1983

President	Adam PODGORECKI, Poland
Vice-President	Albert B. CHERNS, United Kingdom
Secretary	Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, FRG
Members	Yehezkel DROR Israel Maria LOS, Poland Alexander J. MATEJKO, Canada Mark van de VALL, Netherlands H.M.in't VELD-LANGEVELD, Netherlands Carol H. WEISS, USA Peter ATTESLANDER, FRG (since 1979)

Board 1983 - 1986

President	Albert B. CHERNS, United Kingdom
Vice-Presidents	Adam PODGORECKI, Poland Alexander J. MATEJKO, Canada Mark van de VALL, Netherlands
Secretary	Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, FRG
Members	Allen H. BARTON, USA Judith BUBER-AGASSI, Israel Eduardo S. BUSTELO, Chile Helmut KLAGES, FRG Jerzy KWASNIEWSKI, Poland Carol H. WEISS, USA

Board 1986 - 1990

President	Mark van de VALL, Netherlands
Vice-Presidents	Elizabeth J. CLARK, USA Alexander MATEJKO, Canada Adam PODGORECKI, Canada
Secretary	Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, FRG
Members	Alexander BOROS, USA Judith BUBER-AGASSI, Israel Eduardo S. BUSTELO, Colombia Jan FRITZ, USA Jerzy KWASNIEWSKI, Poland

Board 1990 - 1994

President	Mark van de VALL, Netherlands
Vice-President	Elizabeth J. CLARK, USA
Treasurer	Alexander BOROS, USA
Secretary	Kees MESMAN SCHULTZ, Netherlands
Members	Rodolfo ALVAREZ, USA Michael CERNEA, USA Jan FRITZ, USA Oscar HOFFMAN, Romania Jerzy KWASNIEWSKI, Poland Alexander MATEJKO, Canada Adam PODGORECKI, Canada Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, Germany

Board 1994 - 1998

President	Jon ALEXANDER, Canada
Vice-President	Robert BENDIKSEN, USA
Secretary	Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, Germany
Treasurer	Irwin DEUTSCHER, USA

Board 1998 - 2002

President	Jon ALEXANDER, Canada
Vice-Presidents	Rodolfo ALVAREZ, USA Andrez KOJDER, Poland Lucio LUISON, Italy
Secretary/Treasurer	Georgos TSOBANOGLOU, Greece
Board	Kjeld HOGSBRO, Denmark Maria LOS, Canada Meletis MELETOPOULOS, Greece Akhabue A. OKHAREDIA, South Africa Hans PRUIJT, Netherlands Yitzhak SAMUEL, Israel Paauo UUSITALO, Finland

Board 2002 - 2006

President	Georgos TSOBANOGLOU, Greece
Vice-President	Jan FRITZ, USA
Secretary	Kjeld HOGSBRO, Denmark
Board	Hans PRUIJT, Netherlands Maria LOS, Canada Hans HARMS, Spain Harry PERLSTADT, USA Yitzhak SAMUEL, Israel An JACOBS, Belgium James MULHERIN, USA Jerzy KUBIN, Poland

Board 2006 - 2010

President & Treasurer	Georgeos TSOBANOGLOU, The Aegean University, Greece
Vice-Presidents	Nikita POKROVSKY, Higher School of Economics, Russia Kjeld HOGSBRO, AKF, Denmark
Secretary	Marina KARIDES, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Board Members	Laura MARATOU-ALIPRANTI, Greece Peter ATTESLANDER, Switzerland Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Brian FURZE, La Trobe University, Australia George GANTZIAS, Greece Jaqui GOLDIN, South Africa Judith GORDON, USA Gertrud LENZER, City University of New York, USA Mukesh RANGA, Bundelkhan University, India Yitzhak SAMUEL, University of Haifa, Israel Ake SANDBERG, Arbetslivs Institut, Sweden Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, SoReGa EV, Germany
Newsletter Editor 2008-2010	Georgeos TSOBANOGLOU, The Aegean University, Greece

Board 2010 - 2014

President	Georgeos TSOBANOGLOU, University of the Aegean, Greece
Vice-Presidents	Nikita POKROVSKY, Higher School of Economics, Russia Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, SoReGa EV, Germany
Secretary / Treasurer	Marie Louise Trindade CONILH DE BEYSSAC, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Irina TYURINA, Institute of Sociology RAN, Russia (2010-2012)
Board Members	Maria Inácia D'ÁVILA NETO, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Michela FREDDANO, University of Genova, Italy Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Brian FURZE, La Trobe University, Australia (2010-2012) George GANTZIAS, University of the Aegean, Greece Gertrud LENZER, The City University of New York, USA Arianna MONTANARI, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy (2013-2014) Gloria PIRZIO, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Hans PRUIJT, Erasmus University, Netherlands Irina TYURINA, Russia Natalya VELIKAYA, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia
Newsletter Editors	Marie Louise Trindade CONILH DE BEYSSAC, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Georgeos TSOBANOGLOU, University of the Aegean, Greece Irina TYURINA, Institute of Sociology RAN, Russia

Board 2014 - 2018

President	Flaminia SACCA, Università della Tuscia, Italy
Vice-Presidents	Nikita POKROVSKY, Higher School of Economics, Russia Georgeos TSOBANOGLOU, University of the Aegean, Greece
Secretary / Treasurer	Marie Louise CONILH DE BEYSSAC, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Newsletter editors	Marie Louise CONILH DE BEYSSAC, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flaminia SACCA, Università della Tuscia, Italy Georgeos TSOBANOGLOU, University of the Aegean, Greece
Board Members	Regina ANDRADE, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Azril BACAL, Uppsala University, Sweden Maria FREGIDOU-MALAMA, University of Gavle, Sweden Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Akira KURASHIMA, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Gertrud LENZER, City University of New York, USA (2016-2018) Arianna MONTANARI, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Mukesh RANGA, CSJM University, India Joachim K.H.W. SCHMIDT, SoReGa EV, Germany (deceased 2016)

Board 2018 - 2022. Extended 2023

President	Flaminia SACCA, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
Vice-Presidents	Nikita POKROVSKY, Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia Georgios TSOBANOGLOU, University of the Aegean, Greece
Secretary/Treasurer	Luca MASSIDDA, Tuscia University, Italy
Newsletter Editors	Luca MASSIDDA, Tuscia University, Italy Nikita POKROVSKY, Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia Flaminia SACCA, Tuscia University, Italy Georgios TSOBANOGLOU, University of the Aegean, Greece
Board Members	Azril BACAL ROIJ, Uppsala University, Sweden Dyonissis BALOURDOS, National Center for Social Research (EKKE), Greece Maria FREGIDOU-MALAMA, University of Gavle, Sweden Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati/University of Johannesburg, USA/South Africa George GANTZIAS, Hellenic Open University, Greece Massimiliano RUZZEDDU, University Niccolò Cusano, Italy Lorenzo VIVIANI, University of Pisa, Italy Valerie ZAWILSKI, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Program Coordinators for XX ISA World Congress 2023 were:
Flaminia SACCA
Luca MASSIDDA