Inequalities and the City. Old Issues, New Challenges
ISA RC21 Conference
July 20-22, 2026
University of Vienna, Austria
Session proposals: October 6, 2025
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Research Committees
RC21 Urban and Regional Development
Established in 1970
Objectives
To promote the development of theory and research in the sociology of urban and regional development; to create an international community among scholars in the field of sociology of urban and regional development.
Board 2023 - 2027
| Joint Co-presidents | Alberta ANDREOTTI, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, alberta.andreotti@unimib.it Claire COLOMB, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, cmc228@cam.ac.uk |
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| Vice-President | t.b.a. |
| Secretary/Treasurer | Stijn OOSTERLYNCK, University of Antwerp, Belgium, secretary@rc21.org |
| Online Communication Manager | Miguel Angel MARTINEZ, Uppsala University, Sweden, miguel.martinez@ibf.uu.se |
| Board Members | Maria Jose ALVAREZ RIVADULLA, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Francesca ARTIOLI, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France Renata BICHIR, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Talja BLOKLAND, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, Ex-Oficio (former RC21 President) Julie-Anne BOUDREAU, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Roberta CUCCA, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway Rivke JAFFE, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (IJURR representative) Hannah HILBRANDT, University of Zurich, Switzerland Luftun Nahar LATA, The University of Melbourne, Australia Miguel Angel MARTINEZ, Uppsala University, Sweden Tetsuo MIZUKAMI, Rikkyo University, Japan Stijn OOSTERLYNCK, University of Antwerp, Belgium Xuefei REN, Michigan State University, USA Neha SAMI, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India Hilary SILVER, George Washington University, USA Peer SMETS, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Program Coordinators for 5th ISA Forum of Sociology 2025 are:
Alberta ANDREOTTI, alberta.andreotti@unimib.it
Claire COLOMB, cmc228@cam.ac.uk
Stijn OOSTERLYNCK,stijn.oosterlynck@uantwerpen.be
Neha SAMI, neha.sami@iihs.ac.in
Publications
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Membership
Dues USD 50 (USD 10 discount) for a 4-year period.
Interested in joining? Start your membership by visiting: https://members.isa-sociology.org/login
Newsletter
Available on RC21 website.