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:

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

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

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

 

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

 

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 Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Social Justice & Democratization Space Kelvin LOW, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Global Dialogue (2023) Breno BRINGEL, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(till 2022) Brigitte AULENBACHER, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
(till 2022) 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

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

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.

Organizational Structure of the ISA