Membership

Guidelines

Guidelines to fill the ISA individual membership form

1. ISA individual membership

ISA individual membership fees cover a 4-year period (January 1 - December 31) and include an on-line subscription to ISA journals: Current Sociology and International Sociology.

Applications received until October 15 will be processed for the current calendar year; applications received after October 15 will be processed for the following calendar year.
ISA membership fee is not refundable.

Regular individual membership is open to scholars or professionals active in sociological teaching, in research and/or in practice.  To become a member and to maintain membership, individual members must join and maintain membership in both the ISA and at least one of its Research Committees, Working Groups or Thematic Groups.  All those who participate regularly in activities of the ISA are expected to be individual members.

Membership type

ISA memberships are classified into: Regular, Life and Student

  • Regular membership: applies to all members who are not eligible for Life or Student membership.
  • Life membership is available after age 70; a copy of identity documentation showing the birth date is required. It should be renewed at no cost every four years.
  • Student membership (available during studies up to the first doctorate and within one year after completing the PhD). Students are requested to provide a copy of their student card (showing a valid expiration date) or other official documentation confirming their current student status. ISA membership fee depends on the country in which the documents proving student status were issued.

 

Economy categories  A, B, and C

Membership fees are based on country of current residence. Countries are classified into 3 categories, A, B and C, according to the Gross National Income of the economy of countries.

Category Fee for 4 calendar years
A Regular Member USD 289
Student USD 139
Life  USD 315
B Regular Member USD 121
Student USD 58
Life  USD 210
C Regular Member USD 42
Student USD 32
Life  USD 105

Journals Subscription

Journals subscription fees cover a 4-year period (January 1 - December 31) 
ISA Regular and Student membership fees include:

  • Online free access to both ISA journals: Current Sociology and International Sociology
  • Optional:  one print journal free
  • Second print journal    USD 45    

 

ISA Life membership fees include:

  • Online free access to both ISA journals: Current Sociology and International Sociology
  • First print journal          USD 80
  • Second print journal      USD 45

 

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2. Affiliation to Research Committees, Working and Thematic Groups

Affiliation fees to join Research Committees, Working and Thematic Groups cover a 4-year period (January 1 - December 31).

Some RC/WG/TG offer discount fees for students in all countries and members residing in countries classified in category B and C.

Non-ISA members interested in joining the Committees and Groups should contact respective RC/WG/TG Secretaries.

Research Committees
01 Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution
Discount
USD 50
USD 25
02 Economy and Society
Discount
USD 50
USD 10
03 Community Research
Discount
USD 40
USD 20
04 Sociology of Education
Discount
USD 30
USD 10
05 Racism, Nationalism, Indigeneity and Ethnicity
Discount
USD 40
USD 20
06 Family Research
Students
Life
USD 40
USD 10
USD 80
07 Futures Research
Supporter
Discount
USD 20
USD 40
USD 10
LIFE
   Voluntary
   Category A
   Category B & C

USD 80
USD 40
USD 20
08 History of Sociology
Discount
USD 30
USD 15
09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development
Supporter
Discount
USD 35
USD 50
USD 20
LIFE
   Voluntary
   Category A
   Category B & C

USD 80
USD 40
USD 20
10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management
Life
Discount
USD 40
USD 120
USD 20
11 Sociology of Aging
Discount and Life
USD 40
USD 20
12 Sociology of Law
Cat. B & C and Students Cat. A
Student Cat. B & C
Life Category A
Life Category B & C
USD 100
USD 50
USD 25
USD 150
USD 75
13 Sociology of Leisure
Discount
USD 30
USD 20
14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge & Culture
Student
Life
USD 25
USD 10
USD 25
15 Sociology of Health
Discount
USD 60
USD 20
16 Sociological Theory
Discount
USD 25
USD 10
17 Sociology of Organization
Category A
Category B & C & Students
Life
Supporter
Voluntary

USD 20
USD 10
USD 10
USD 80
USD 80
18 Political Sociology USD 30
19 Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy
Discount
USD 80
USD 35
20 Comparative Sociology
Regular A, Life A
Student A
Regular B, Life B
Student B
Regular C, Life C
Student C

USD 25
USD 15
USD 25
USD 10
USD 10
USD 5
21 Regional and Urban Development
Discount
USD 50
USD 10
22 Sociology of Religion
Category B
Category C
USD 30
USD 20
USD 10
23 Sociology of Science and Technology USD 20
24 Environment and Society
Discount
USD 50
USD 20
25 Language and society
Discount
USD 40
USD 15
26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice
Discount
USD 20
USD 10
27 Sociology of Sport
Discount
USD 25
USD 10
28 Social Stratification
Category B/C & students
USD 100
USD 20
29 Deviance and Social Control USD 30
30 Sociology of Work USD 35
31 Sociology of Migration USD 20
32 Women, Gender, and Society
Discount
USD 24
USD 12
33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology
Discount
USD 60
USD 20
34 Sociology of Youth
Discount
USD 50
USD 10
35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis USD 10
36 Alienation Theory and Research
Student & Category C
USD 40
USD 25
37 Sociology of Arts
Category B
Category C
Student
USD 40 
USD 20
USD 10
USD 10
38 Biography and Society
Discount
USD 40 
USD 20
39 Sociology of Disasters
Students Category A
Category B
Category C & Students Category B & C
USD 70
USD 30
USD 17
USD 10
40 Sociology of Agriculture and Food
Category B
Category C
USD 40
USD 20
USD 10
41 Sociology of Population
Discount
USD 20
USD 10
42 Social Psychology
Category A & B
Category C
Students

USD 25
USD 15
USD 10
43 Housing and Built Environment
Category B
Category C & Students
USD 40
USD 30
USD 20
44 Labor Movements
Category B & Students Category A
Category C & Students Category B
Students Category C
USD 40
USD 20
USD 10
USD 5
45 Rational Choice
Discount
USD 20
USD 10
LIFE
   Category A     
   Category B & C 

USD 30
USD 15
46 Clinical Sociology
Students Category A
Category B
Category C & Students Category B & C
USD 30
USD 20
USD 15
USD 10
47 Social Classes and Social Movements USD 10
48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change
Discount
USD 30
USD 10
49 Mental Health and Illness
Category B & C and students
Life
USD 40
USD 10
USD 20
50 International Tourism
Discount
Students Category A
Students Category B & C
USD 60
USD 40
USD 20
USD 10
51 Sociocybernetics
Category A
    Regular
    Students
    Life


USD 25
USD 15
USD 50
Category B & C
   Regular & Students
   Life

USD 10
USD 20
52 Sociology of Professional Groups
Discount
USD 40
USD 10
53 Sociology of Childhood
Discount
USD 60
USD 20
54 The Body in the Social Sciences
Discount
Life
USD 50
USD 20
USD 50
55 Social Indicators USD 15
56 Historical Sociology
Discount
 
USD 40
USD 20
57 Visual Sociology
Category B
Category C & Students
USD 40
USD 20
USD 10
Working Groups
01 Sociology of Local-Global Relations
Discount
USD 40
USD 20
05 Famine and Society
Discount
USD 30
USD 10
06 Institutional Ethnography
Category B
Category C & Students
USD 40
USD 20
USD 10
08 Society and Emotions USD 10
10 Digital Sociology
Discount
USD 20
USD 10
11 Violence and Society
Discount
Life
USD 50
USD 10
USD 10
Thematic Groups
03 Human Rights and Global Justice
Discount
USD 20
USD 10
04 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty
Discount
USD 20
USD 10
07 Senses and Society
Discount
USD 20
USD 10
09 Sociological Teaching
Discount
Life
USD 20
USD 10
USD 10
12 Social Love and Solidarity
Discount
USD 20
USD 10

For any further details, contact ISA Membership isa-membership@isa-sociology.org.