ABOUT ISA

Geoffrey Pleyers
ISA President 2023-2027.

Letter to ISA members

• Letter to ISA members, August 21, 2025

Addresses

• 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat, July 11 2025, Closing Address: “Sharing research in an increasingly intolerant world”, Transcript - Video
• 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat, July 6 2025, Opening Address “A time for sociology”, Transcript - Video
• XX World Congress of Sociology Melbourne, July 2 2023, Inaugural address as new ISA President “Four Transformations in Global Sociology”, Transcipt – Video.
• 22^o Brazilian Congress of Sociology, Sao Paulo, July 7, 2025, Inaugural session: "Un tempo para Sociologia" , Transcript

Global Dialogue

2025, Michael Burawoy, a Compass for Sociology in our Times, (French) (Italian)
2024, Global Sociology in Times of Polycrisis, (French*) (Spanish*) (Vietnamese)
2023, Tribute to Izabela Barlinska: 40 Years Dedicated to the ISA
2023, Global Sociology: Four Transformations, (French), (Spanish*), (Italian), (Arabic*)
2023, Global Sociology as a Renewed Global Dialogue, (Spanish*)

* Extended or article versions

Interviews, podcasts & videos

English
Working Towards a Global Sociology, Sage Publications Research Methods, June 2025
Is sociology in Crisis?, Lithuanian Congress of Sociology, November 2024 (Lituanian)
Global Sociology and Building Bridges, Doing Sociology, Indian Sociologial Society, October 2023

French
Pour une sociologie globale, Les visages de la recherche, FNRS/LN24, March 2025

Spanish
Movimientos populares, Tras las Líneas (Universidad de Chile), June 2025
Sobre la sociología y su futuro, Canal UNED (Spain), November 2024
Sociología en un mundo en crisis, InfoCLACSO (Latin American Council for Social Sciences), November 2024
Movimientos sociales y mundo hoy, Tras las Líneas (Universidad de Chile), September 2023

Videos

Contact Geoffrey Pleyers at geoffrey.pleyers@uclouvain.be