ISA Guidelines
Call for Sessions
- Programme Coordinator Notification 27 April 2026
- Call for Sessions 2 May – 25 June 2026
- Session Selection 26 June – 22 July 2026
- Pre-selected Sessions – Membership Grace Period 22 July – 29 July 2026
- Final Session List 30 July – 31 July 2026
- Call for Abstracts 3 August – 14 October 2026
- Abstracts Selection 15 October – 10 November 2026
- Abstracts Relocation 11 November – 30 November 2026
- Notification Letters and Registration Opening 4 December 2026
- Sessions Scheduling 15 December 2026 – 26 January 2027
- Registration Grants Deadlines 27 January – 10 February 2027
- Registration Deadline for All Presenters 23 March 2027
- Post-registration Adjustments 31 March – 21 April 2027
- Programme Release 4 May 2027
2 May – 25 June 2026
Programme Coordinator: Plan your session slots according to the total number of sessions available for your unit.
Plan with your Board the Invited Sessions you will set up.
In the initial phase of the Call for Sessions, Programme Coordinators may wish to share a brief orientation outlining themes or issues considered particularly relevant within their RC/WG/TG, including those aligned with the Congress theme “Global Sociology in Turbulent Times”.
TIP! Create “backup” or “reserve” Invited Sessions directly in the Conference System to reserve session slots. These sessions do not appear in the Call for Abstracts, so authors cannot send submissions for them. If you later receive more accepted abstracts than expected or need to reorganise sessions, you can rename and use these reserved slots. This helps you avoid losing any allocated sessions, as no new sessions can be created after this stage.
Session Organizer: Propose a session in the Conference System.
by selecting a session type and providing a clear title and description of up to 250 words. Indicate the language(s) of the session. ISA membership is not required at the time of submission. For accepted sessions, at least one Session Organiser must be an ISA member and a member of the relevant RC/WG/TG by the end of the membership grace period; otherwise, the session will be removed from the programme.
Session proposals may be edited in the Conference System until the deadline. No further changes can be made after this deadline.
TIP! Refine your session title, description, keywords, and language(s) carefully before the deadline. Session proposals are published as submitted, and the ISA does not edit or proofread them.