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.

Every four years at the time of the World Congress, the Assembly of Councils elect the President and Vice-Presidents. Each Council elect 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:

Research Coordinating Committee

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	Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, geoffrey.pleyers@uclouvain.be Vice-President, Research Council
Members	Tova BENSKI, College of Management Studies, Israel Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Koichi HASEGAWA, Shokei Gakuin University, Japan Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Susan MCDANIEL, University of Victoria, Canada Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago Ayse SAKTANBER (EC representative), Middle East Technical University,Turkey Celi SCALON (EC representative), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

Chair

Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, geoffrey.pleyers@uclouvain.be
Vice-President, Research Council

Members

Tova BENSKI, College of Management Studies, Israel
Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA
Koichi HASEGAWA, Shokei Gakuin University, Japan
Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan
Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
Susan MCDANIEL, University of Victoria, Canada
Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
Ayse SAKTANBER (EC representative), Middle East Technical University,Turkey
Celi SCALON (EC representative), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

National Associations Liaison Committee

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

Chair	Filomin GUTIERREZ, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines, fcgutierrez@up.edu.ph Vice-President, National Associations
Members	Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jan FRITZ (EC representative) University of Cincinnati, USA Koichi HASEGAWA (EC representative), Tohoku University, Japan Grace KHUNOU, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (resigned April 2022) Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland Laura OSO CASAS, Universidade da Coruña, Spain Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA Borut RONCEVIC (April 2022- July 2023), School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, Slovenia Mounir SAIDANI, Centre d’Études et de Recherches Économiques et Sociales, Tunisia Ayse SAKTANBER, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Celi SCALON, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Chair

Filomin GUTIERREZ, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines, fcgutierrez@up.edu.ph
Vice-President, National Associations

Members

Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Jan FRITZ (EC representative) University of Cincinnati, USA
Koichi HASEGAWA (EC representative), Tohoku University, Japan
Grace KHUNOU, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (resigned April 2022)
Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland
Laura OSO CASAS, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA
Borut RONCEVIC (April 2022- July 2023), School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Mounir SAIDANI, Centre d’Études et de Recherches Économiques et Sociales, Tunisia
Ayse SAKTANBER, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Celi SCALON, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Program Committee World Congress of Sociology

XX ISA World Congress of Sociology Melbourne, Australia, June 25-July 1, 2023

Program Committee Chair	Sari HANAFI, ISA President, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
ISA Vice-Presidents	Geoffrey PLEYERS,Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Filomin GUTIERREZ, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines Eloísa MARTIN, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Sawako SHIRAHASE, University of Tokyo, Japan
Members of ISA Research Coordinating Committee	Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Susan MCDANIEL, University of Victoria, Canada Nazanin SHAHROKNI, Syracuse University, USA
Members ISA National Associations Liaison Committee	Grace KHUNOU, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (resigned April 2022) Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA Celi SCALON, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Local Organizing Committee	Dan WOODMAN, University of Melbourne, Australia
2 Invited ISA Members external to Executive Committee	Armando SALVATORE, McGill University, Canada

Program Committee Forum of Sociology

Fourth ISA Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, February 23-28, 2021

Forum President	Geoffrey PLEYERS, ISA Vice-President Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Forum Vice-Presidents	Sari HANAFI, ISA President, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Hermilio SANTOS, Chair, Local Organizing Committee, PUCRS, Brazil
Members of the Research Coordinating Committee	Tova BENSKI, College of Management Studies, Israel Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Koichi HASEGAWA, Tohoku University, Japan Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Susan MCDANIEL, University of Victoria, Canada Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago Ayse SAKTANBER, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Celi SCALON, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

Publications Committee

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

Chair	Eloísa MARTIN, United Arab Emirates University, UAE, eloisamartin@hotmail.com
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	Chaime MARCUELLO SERVÓS, University of Zaragoza, Spain
	eSymposium	Gisela REDONDO-SAMA, University of Deusto, Spain
	Social Justice & Democratization Space	Kelvin LOW, National University of Singapore, Singapore
	Global Dialogue	Brigitte AULENBACHER, Johannes Kepler University, Austria Klaus DORRE, University of Jena, Germany
Executive Committee Representatives	Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Susan MCDANIEL, University of Victoria, Canada Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Observer	Chantal SLANEY, SAGE Publications

Finance and Membership Committee

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	Sawako SHIRAHASE, University of Tokyo, Japan, sshiraha@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp Vice-President, Finance and Membership
Members	Tova BENSKI, College of Management Studies, Israel Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago Mounir SAIDANI, Centre d’Études et de Recherches Économiques et Sociales, Tunisia

ISA representatives to other international organizations

UN office New York
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	Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
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.