ABOUT ISA

Internal Organization

The affairs of the ISA are governed by the Assembly of Councils which is composed of all members of the Council of National Associations and the Research Council.

The Council of National Associations consists of one delegate from each member country. The Research Council is composed of representatives of all Research Committees and sponsors scientific activities of the ISA.

The rules of functioning of the Research Committees are detailed in Aims and Requirements for Research Committees.

National Associations can apply for activity grants by submitting an application form.

Research Committees can apply for activity grants by submitting an application form.

Every four years at the time of the World Congress, the Assembly of Councils elect the President and Vice-Presidents. Each Council elects 8 members of the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee administers the affairs of the Association between these meetings, while the ISA Secretariat executes the decisions and handles administrative matters. Officers of the Executive Committee serve on at least one of the following sub-committees:

The remit of the Research Coordinating Committee is to approve the formation of Thematic Groups, to examine applications for the establishment of Working Groups and Research Committees, to review their activities and to put forward to the Executive Committee recommendations on both particular cases and general policy.

Chair Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
Vice-President, Research Council, allison-marie.loconto@inrae.fr
Members Talja BLOKLAND, Humboldt University, Germany
Debra DAVIDSON, University of Alberta, Canada
Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA
Michael Perry OKYEREFO, University of Ghana, Ghana
Aaron PITLUCK, Illinois State University, USA
Rhoda REDDOCK,The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Ana RIVOIR, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Hermílio SANTOS, PUCRS, Brazil
Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK/Iran
Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

National Associations Liaison Committee coordinates activities of national associations, regular collective members, represented at the Council of National Associations.

Chair Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA, bandana.purkayastha@uconn.edu
Vice-President, National Associations
Members Mabrouk BOUTAGOUGA, University of Batna 1, Algeria
Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Stéphane DUFOIX, University of Paris-Nanterre, France
Shaikh Mohammad KAIS, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Michael Perry OKYEREFO, University of Ghana, Ghana
Aaron PITLUCK, Illinois State University, USA
Ana RIVOIR, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Borut RONCEVIC, School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica
Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK/Iran
Dan WOODMAN, University of Melbourne, Australia

The Publications Committee supervises journals and books published by the ISA and proposes policies in the area of publications.

Chair Marta SOLER-GALLART, University of Barcelona, Spain, marta.soler@ub.edu
Vice-President, National Associations
Editors Current Sociology Karim MURJI, University of West London, United Kingdom
Sarah NEAL, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
International Sociology Gabriel KESSLER, IdIHCS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata/CONICET & IDAES/Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina
Juan Ignacio PIOVANI, Universidad Nacional de La Plata & IdIHCS, UNLP/CONICET, Argentina
International Sociology Reviews Junpeng LI, Central China Normal University, China
Sage Studies in International Sociology Joy Y. ZHANG, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Global Dialogue Breno BRINGEL, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Executive Committee Representatives  Talja BLOKLAND, Humboldt University, Germany
Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA
Shaikh Mohammad KAIS, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Observer Livia MELANDRI, SAGE Publications

The responsibility of the Membership and Finances Committee is to oversee the Association's financial affairs and to propose policies in the area of finance and membership.

Chair Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland, elina.oinas@helsinki.fi
Vice-President, Finance and Membership
Members Aaron PITLUCK, Illinois State University, USA
Ana RIVOIR, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
UN office New York Delegates Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA
Rosemary BARBERET, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA
UN office Vienna Delegate Rosemary BARBERET, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA
Global Development Network Delegate Habibul KHONDKER, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
International Science Council
 
Delegate

Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Sari HANAFI, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

International Institute of Sociology of Law,
Oñati, Spain
Delegate Marta SOLER, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

The Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology of the University Complutense in Madrid is the host of the Secretariat. Activities of the ISA are financed from membership dues and sales of publications.

ISA archives are located at The International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Organizational Structure of the ISA