Executive Committee

Past Executive Committees

Founded: 1949

President Sari HANAFI, Lebanon
Vice-Presidents Research Council Geoffrey PLEYERS, Belgium
National Associations Filomin GUTIERREZ, Philippines
Publications Eloísa MARTIN, UAE
Finance & Membership Sawako SHIRAHASE, Japan
Executive Secretary Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Members Tova BENSKI, Israel
Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Taiwan
Jan FRITZ, USA
Koichi HASEGAWA, Japan
Hiroshi ISHIDA, Japan
Grace KHUNOU (resigned April 2022), South Africa
Allison LOCONTO, France
Susan MCDANIEL, Canada
Elina OINAS, Finland
Laura OSO CASAS, Spain
Bandana PURKAYASTHA, USA
Rhoda REDDOCK, Trinidad & Tobago
Borut RONCEVIC (April 2022- July 2023), Slovenia
Mounir SAIDANI, Tunisia
Ayse SAKTANBER, Turkey
Celi SCALON, Brazil
Nazanin SHAHROKNI, United Kingdom
President Margaret ABRAHAM, USA
Vice-Presidents Research Council Markus SCHULZ, USA
National Associations Sari HANAFI, Lebanon
Publications Vineeta SINHA, Singapore
Finance & Membership Benjamin TEJERINA, Spain
Executive Secretary Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Members Rosemary BARBERET, USA
Dilek CINDOGLU, Turkey
Filomin GUTIERREZ, Philippines
John HOLMWOOD, United Kingdom
Guillermina JASSO, USA
Kalpana KANNABIRAN, India
Marina KURKCHIYAN, United Kingdom
Simon MAPADIMENG, South Africa
Abdul-Mumin SA’AD, Nigeria
Ayse SAKTANBER, Turkey
Celi SCALON, Brazil
Sawako SHIRAHASE, Japan
Grazyna SKAPSKA, Poland
Evangelia TASTSOGLOU, Canada
Chin-Chun YI, Taiwan,
Elena ZDRAVOMYSLOVA, Russia
President Michael Burawoy, USA
Vice-Presidents Research Council Margaret Abraham, USA
National Associations Tina Uys, South Africa
Programme Raquel Sosa Elizaga, Mexico
Publications Jennifer Platt, United Kingdom
Finance & Membership Robert van Krieken, Australia
Executive Secretary Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Members Louis Chauvel, France 
Dilek Cindoglu, Turkey
Tom Dwyer, Brazil
Jan Marie Fritz, USA
Sari Hanafi, Lebanon
Jaime Jiménez, Mexico
Habibul Khondker, United Areb Emirates
Simon Mapadimeng, South Africa
Ishwar Modi, India
Nikita Pokrovsky, Russia
Emma Porio, Philippines
Yoshimichi Sato, Japan
Vineeta Sinha, Singapore
Benjamín Tejerina, Spain
Chin-Chun Yi, Taiwan
Elena Zdravomyslova, Russia
President Michel Wieviorka, France
Vice-Presidents Research Council Arturo Rodríguez Morató, Spain
National Associations Michael Burawoy, USA
Programme Hans Joas, Germany
Publications Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Israel
Membership & Finance Jan Marie Fritz, USA
Executive Secretary Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Members Alice P. Abreu, Brazil
Syed Farid Alatas, Singapore
Ulla Bjornberg, Sweden
Louis Chauvel, France 
Ann Denis, Canada
Julia Evetts, UK
Marcel Fournier, Canada
Valentine Moghadam, USA
Nikita Pokrovsky, Russia
Emma Porio, Philippines
Elisa Reis, Brazil
Abdul-Mumin Sa'ad, Nigeria
Yoshimichi Sato, Japan
José Vicente Tavares dos Santos, Brazil
Tina Uys, South Africa
Robert van Krieken, Australia
President Piotr Sztompka, Poland
Vice-Presidents Research Council Ann Denis, Canada
National Associations Sujata Patel, India
Programme Ari Sitas, South Africa
Publications Susan McDaniel, Canada
Membership & Finance Bert Klandermans, The Netherlands
Executive Secretary Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Members Alice P. Abreu, Brazil
Syed Farid Alatas, Singapore
Maria-Angeles Duran, Spain
Julia Evetts, UK
Carlos Fortuna, Portugal
Marcel Fournier, Canada
John Germov, Australia
Bernd R. Hornung, Germany
Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Israel
Douglas Kincaid, USA
Su-Hoon Lee, Korea
Tsunetsugu Munakata, Japan
Arturo Rodríguez Morató, Spain
Raquel Sosa Elizaga, Mexico
Kenneth Thompson, UK
Michel Wieviorka, France
President Alberto Martinelli, Italy
Vice-Presidents Research Council Arnadu Sales, Canada
Programme Piotr Sztompka, Poland
Publications Christine Inglis, Australia
Membership & Finance Juan Díez-Nicolás, Spain
Executive Secretary Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Members Bernadette Bawin-Legros, Belgium
Roberto Briceño-Leon, Venezuela
Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Canada
Layi Erinosho, Nigeria
Vincenzo Ferrari, Italy
Jan Marie Fritz, USA
Jorge González, Mexico
Bert Klandermans, The Netherlands
Sujata Patel, India
Jennifer Platt, UK
Gilles Pronovost, Canada
Ari Sitas, South Africa 
Göran Therborn, Sweden
Peter Weingart, Germany
Shujiro Yazawa, Japan
President Immanuel Wallerstein, USA
Vice-Presidents Research Council Stella R. Quah, Singapur
Programme Alberto Martinelli, Italy
Publications James A. Beckford, UK
Membership & Finance Jürgen Hartmann, Sweden
Executive Secretary Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Scientific Secretary Maria-Luz Morán, Spain
Members Bernadette Bawin-Legros, Belgium
Roberto Briceño-Leon, Venezuela
Maria Carrilho, Portugal
Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Canada
Juan Díez-Nicolás, Spain
Layi Erinosho, Nigeria
Vincenzo Ferrari, Italy
Jan Marie Fritz, USA
Jorge González, Mexico
Christine Inglis, Australia
Jennifer Platt, UK
Arnaud Sales, Canada
Piotr Sztompka, Poland
Göran Therborn, Sweden
Peter Weingart, Germany
Shujiro Yazawa, Japan
President T. K. Oommen, India
Vice-Presidents Research Council Daniel Bertaux, France
Programme Neil Smelser, USA
Membership & Finance Vladimir Yadov, Russia
Executive Secretaries Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Members Neuma Aguiar, Brazil
Rudolf Andorka, Hungary
Maria Carrilho, Portugal
Manuel Castells, Spain
Felix Geyer, The Netherlands
Jürgen Hartmann, Sweden
Ivan Kuvacic, Croatia
Alberto Martinelli, Italy
Karl M. van Meter, France
Stella R. Quah, Singapur
Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen, Finland
György Széll, Germany
Henry Teune, USA
President Margaret Archer, UK
Vice-Presidents Research Council Else Oyen, Norway
Programme Artur Meier, Germany
Membership & Finance Wilfried Dumon, Belgium
Executive Secretaries Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Business Manager Luis Moreno, Spain (87-88)
Members Simi A Afonja, Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria 
Paolo Ammassari, Italy (86-87)
Daniel Bertaux, France
Felix R. Geyer, Netherlands (87-90)
Salvador Giner, Spain (86-89)
Elizabeth Jelin, Argentina
Deniz Kandiyoti, UK
Melvin L. Kohn, USA
T. K. Oommen, India
Gennadi V. Osipov, USSR
D. M. Pestonjee, India
Céline Saint-Pierre, Canada
Neil J. Smelser, USA
Otoyori Tahara, Japan
President Fernando H. Cardoso, Brazil
Vice-Presidents Research Council Jacques Dofny, Canada
Programme Joji Watanuki, Japan
Membership & Finance Khatchik Momdjian, USSR
Executive Secretaries Felix R. Geyer, The Netherlands
Deputy Executive Secretaries Izabela Barlinska, Poland
Peter Reinsch, USA
Members Erik Allardt, Finland
Margaret Archer, UK
Alessandro Cavalli, Italy
S. C. Dube, India
Wilfried Dumon, Belgium
Salvador Giner, Spain (83-86)
A. M. Guillemard, France
Melvin L. Kohn, USA
Philip M. Mbithi, Kenya
Artur Meier, Germany
Enzo Mingione, Italy
Else Oyen, Norway
Erwin Scheuch, Germany
Alexander Szalai, Hungary (82-83)
President Ulf Himmelstrand, Sweden
Vice-Presidents Research Council Magdalena Sokolowska, Poland
Programme Ralph Turner, USA
Membership & Finance Fernando H. Cardoso, Brazil
Executive Secretaries Kurt Jonassohn, Canada Obituary
Céline Saint-Pierre, Canada (78-79)
Marcel Rafie, Canada (80-82) Obituary
Members Akinsola Akiwowo, Nigeria
Joseph Ben-David, Israel
Jacques Dofny, Canada
Leela Dube, India
A. M. Guillemard, France
Shogo Koyano, Japan
Juan Linz, Spain
Guido Martinotti, Italy
Khatchik Momdjian, USSR
Stefan Nowak, Poland
Pamela Roby, USA
Alexander Szalai, Hungary
Francisco Zapata, Mexico
President Tom Bottomore, UK
Vice-Presidents Research Council Alain Touraine, France
Programme Anuar Abdel-Malek, Egypt
Membership & Finance Ulf Himmelstrand, Sweden
Executive Secretaries Céline Saint-Pierre, Canada
Kurt Jonassohn, Canada
Members Akinsola Akiwowo, Nigeria
Michel Bassand, Switzerland
Reuben Hill, USA
Guido Martinotti, Italy
R. Mukherjee, India
M. N. Rutkevich, USSR
Magdalena Sokolowska, Poland
Associate Members Joseph Ben-David, Israel
Morris Janowitz, USA
Juan Linz, Spain
Stefan Nowak, Poland
President Reuben Hill, USA
Vice-Presidents Tom B. Bottomore, UK
Jivko Ochavkov, Bulgaria
Aldo E. Solari, Chile
Executive Secretary Guido Martinotti, Italy
Enzo Mingione, Italy
Members Hubert Guindon, Canada
Kiyomi Morioka, Japan
Gennadi Osipov, USSR
Angelo Pagani (1970-72), Italy
Michel Bassand (1972-74), Switzerland
Leopold Rosenmayr, Austria
Erwin Scheuch, Germany
M. R. Srinivas, India
Associate Members A. Abdel-Malek, Egypt
Robert K. Merton (1970-71), USA
Morris Janowitz (1972-74), USA 
Adam Podgorecki, Poland
Stein Rokkan, Norway
President Jan Szczepanski, Poland
Vice-Presidents Raymond Aron, France
Reinhard Bendix, USA
Stein Rokkan, Norway
Executive Secretary Roger Girod (1966-67), Switzerland
Michel Bassand (1966-67), Switzerland
Angelo Pagani (68-70), Italy
Guido Martinotti (68-70), Italy
Members Franco Ferrarotti, Italy
F. V. Konstantinov, USSR
Charles Madge, UK
Ehsan Naraghi, Iran
Kunio Odaka, Japan
Leopold Rosenmayr, Austria
Aldo E. Solari, Chile
Stein Rokkan, Norway
Jan Szczepanski, Poland
President René König, Germany
Vice-Presidents Herbert Blumer, USA
Gino Germani, Argentina
Renato Treves, Italy
Executive Secretary Goger Girod, Switzerland
Michel Bassand, Switzerland
Members Raymond Aron, France
Henning Friis, Denmark
F. V. Konstantinov, USSR
Charles Madge, UK
Kunio Odaka, Japan
Stein Rokkan, Norway
Jan Szczepanski, Poland
President T. H. Marshall, UK
Vice-Presidents René König, Germany
D. P. Mukerji, India
S. Ossowski, Poland
Executive Secretary Pierre de Bie, Belgium
Members Herbert Blumer, USA
A.N.J. den Hollander, The Netherlands
Georges Friedmann, France
Henning Friis, Denmark
Gino Germani, Argentina
W.J.H. Sprott, UK
Renato Treves, Italy
President Georges Friedmann, France
Vice-Presidents L. A. Costa Pinto, Brazil
A.N.J. den Hollander, The Netherlands
H. Z. Ulken, Turkey
Executive Secretary T. B. Bottomore, UK
Members Robert C. Angell, USA
K. A. Busia, Ivory Coast
René König, Germany
D. P. Mukerji, India
S. Ossowski, Poland
W.J.H. Sprott, UK
T. T. Segerstedt, Sweden
President Robert C. Angell, USA
Vice-Presidents Georges Davy, France
Morris Ginsberg, UK
Leopold von Wiese, Germany
Executive Secretary T. B. Bottomore, UK
Members Pierre de Bie, Belgium
K. A. Busia, Ivory Coast
L. A. Costa Pinto, Brazil
G. S. Ghurye, India
Kunio Odaka, Japan
T. T. Segerstedt, Sweden
H. Z. Ulken, Turkey
President Louis Wirth, USA
Vice-Presidents Fernando de Azevedo, Brazil
Morris Ginsberg, UK
Georges Davy, France
Executive Secretary Erik Rinde (1950-51), Norway
Stein Rokkan (1952), Norway
Members Pierre de Bie, Belgium
Theodore Geiger, Denamark
G. S. Ghurye, India
René König, Switzerland
Kunio Odaka, Japan
Stanislaw Ossowski, Poland
A. Zaki, Egypt