ISA - Research Committee on Sociology of Disasters RC39

Research Committee on Sociology of Disasters RC39

Established in 1986

To provide a forum where academics and practitioners can share information about all aspects of disasters.

President
Ronald Perry, USA, ron.perry@asu.edu
Vice-President
Andrew Coghlan, Emergency Management Australia Institute, Australia
Secretary & Treasurer
Gary Webb, Oklahoma State University, USA, webbgr@okstate.edu
Board Members
Lori Peek, Colorado State University, USA
Ayse Karanci, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Alan Kirschenbaum, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Susann Ullberg, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Past President
Robert Stallings, USA

Unscheduled Events. RC39 newsletter is published three times a year.
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disaster, an official journal of RC39, is published triannually. It is concerned with the social and behavioral aspects of relatively sudden collective stress situations typically referred to as disasters or mass emergencies.

For scholars from category A countries: USD140 (students USD 60) for a 4-year period.
For scholars from category B countries: USD 34 (students USD 20) for a 4-year period.
For scholars from category C countries: USD 10 (students USD 6) for a 4-year period.

Membership includes subscription to International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disaster.
ISA membership registration form is available on http://www.isa-sociology.org/memb_i/index.htm