To develop professional contacts between sociologists of armed forces and conflict resolution throughout the world; encourage the international exchange of research findings, theoretical developments, and methodologies in the sociology of armed forces and conflict resolution; promote the teaching of course materials dealing with armed forces and conflict resolution at undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels; and promote international meetings and research collaboration in the field of armed forces and conflict resolution.

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President
Guiseppe Caforio, CEMISS, Italy, gcaforio@fastwebnet.it
Vice-Presidents
Joseph Soeters, Royal Military Academy, Netherlands
Christopher Dandeker, King's College, UK
Gerhard Kuemmel, SOWI, Germany
Secretary
Ljubica Jelusic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, ljubica.jelusic1@guest.arnes.si
Board members
Doo-Seung Hong, National University, Korea
Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut, USA
Mady Wechsler Segal, University of Maryland, USA
David Segal, University of Maryland, USA
Bernard Boene, Departament of Defense, France
Lindy Heinecken, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Marina Nuciari, University of Turin, Italy

Past Boards

ISA Research Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution and Korean Sociological Association
RC01 Interim Conference
Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution in a Globalized World
Seoul, Korea
July 14-17, 2008
Submission of paper proposals: December 31, 2007

RC01 October 2007 Newsletter, pdf file [219 KB]

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