RC 48 - ISA

for International Sociological Association (ISA) 5th Forum of Sociology at Rabat, Morocco from July 6 - 11, 2025.

A full list of RC48 Sessions can be found here: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/webprogrampreliminary/Symposium803.html

📣 Call for Abstracts is now open!

Review the guidelines and prepare your submission here 🌐 https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/forum/rabat-2025/5th-isa-forum-call-for-abstracts

⏰ October 15, 2024 is the final date to submit your abstract. No extensions to the deadline will be provided.

Once a month, we’re going to feature a book from a member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC 48.

This month, we proudly share “Handbook of Civil Society and Social Movements in Small States” edited by Lino Briguglio, Michael Briguglio, Sheila Bunwaree, and Claire Slatter.

Stay connected with your RC48 across our social media accounts!

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rc48-isa/

See you there!

Our countdown continues! ⏳ 10 days left to submit your session proposals for ! 🗓 Remember, the deadline won't be extended.

❔ Unsure where your proposal fits? Explore the full list of RC/WG/TG here: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/research-networks/research-committees

Contribute to the Forum's discourse, submit your proposals before July 1st! 🔗 https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/cfs.cgi

📸© Morocco, Ceramic Tiles by Alexander Schimmeck (Unsplash License)

🎉 For RC48, it was a pleasure to be part of organised by Interdisciplinary Social Movements Research-University of Manchester 🌟

Enjoyed insightful chats with Geoffrey Pleyers, President of International Sociological Association (ISA), and Simin Fadaee, President of RC47: Social Classes and Social Movements, on the challenges facing social movements today.

Social Movement, Collective Action, and Social Change Scholars, do you have an idea for an session? Make sure to submit it before the July 1 deadline!

Don't miss this opportunity to shape the discussions at the upcoming forum in Rabat!

🔗: https://isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/forum/rabat-2025

Happening this Thursday! We look forward to seeing you all soon. :)

Join us again in the third session of the Global Online Seminar on Social Movements, Collective Action, and Social Change:

Title: 'Grietas en las Fronteras: Migración, Solidaridades y Resistencias Transfronterizas' [Cracks in the Borders: Migration, Solidarities and Cross-Border Resistances]

By Odilia Romero from Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) and Dra Amarela Varela from Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM).

Click here: https://bit.ly/4amHSZ5 for information on how to join.

Once a month, we’re going to feature a book from a member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC 48.

This month, we proudly share “Chile en movimientos” by Karla Henríquez and Geoffrey Pleyers.

The Scuola Normale Superiore invites scholars in Political Science or Sociology, with a proven experience of research and teaching in Political Participation, to submit expressions of interest in view of the possible activation of a permanent position at the level of full professor in the Faculty of Political and Social Science, based in Florence.

https://trasparenza.sns.it/archivio22_bandi-di-concorso_0_19812_639_1.html

Portale Trasparenza Scuola Normale Superiore - Call for Expressions of Interest for a Chair in Political Participation Il portale della Trasparenza conforme al D.Lgs. 33/2013 - "Amministrazione Trasparente"

The call for sessions for the V International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology 'Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene' is now open!

The V ISA Forum of Sociology will be in Rabat, Morocco on July 6-11, 2025.

🔗 https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/forum/rabat-2025

Join us again in the third session of the Global Online Seminar on Social Movements, Collective Action, and Social Change:

Title: 'Grietas en las Fronteras: Migración, Solidaridades y Resistencias Transfronterizas' [Cracks in the Borders: Migration, Solidarities and Cross-Border Resistances]

By Odilia Romero from Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) and Dra Amarela Varela from Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM).

Click here: https://bit.ly/4amHSZ5 for information on how to join.

Once a month, we’re going to feature a book from a member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC 48.

This month, we proudly share “New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan”. The author is Dr. Yerkebulan Sairambay, an RC48 member from SDU University, Kazakhstan .

Happening Tomorrow! Don't miss out on this important conversation. :)

We are happy to announce the second session of the Global Online Seminar on Social Movements, Collective Action, and Social Change:

Está entre nosotros: ¿De dónde sale y hasta dónde puede llegar la extrema derecha que no vimos venir?

By Dra. Melina Vázquez (Universidad de Buenos Aires ) and Dr. Pablo Semán (Universidad Nacional de San Martín)

Click here: https://bit.ly/4amHSZ5 for information on how to join.

RC48 Statement on Palestine

We are happy to announce the second session of the Global Online Seminar on Social Movements, Collective Action, and Social Change:

Está entre nosotros: ¿De dónde sale y hasta dónde puede llegar la extrema derecha que no vimos venir?

By Dra. Melina Vázquez (Universidad de Buenos Aires ) and Dr. Pablo Semán (Universidad Nacional de San Martín)

Click here: https://bit.ly/4amHSZ5 for information on how to join.

Happening tomorrow! Join us with Camila PONCE LARA who will discuss "Desde las calles a La Moneda: Liderazgo estudiantil y transformación política en el Chile contemporáneo."

Click here bit.ly/3VFOUnv to be redirected to the MS Teams platform.

DEADLINE IS APPROACHING SOON

Doctoral students working in the field of social movements are invited to the 4th RC48 PhD Workshop at the University of Catania.

🗓️ September 12-13, 2024
👉 Deadline for abstracts: April 1, 2024
🔗 buff.ly/3HdId3j

Once a month, we’re going to feature a book from a member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC 48.

This month, we’re proud to showcase “Survey Data Harmonization in the Social Sciences”. One of the editors is J. Craig Jenkins, our member from The Ohio State University .

The International Sociological Association (ISA) RC48: Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change is proud to announce our Seminar Series: Cross Borders, Building Bridges: Global Talks on Social Movements.

The sessions for this term will be in Spanish and are accessible through MS Teams.

For more information about the event, including how to join, please click this link: https://bit.ly/rc48seminar

RC48 Executive Board Meeting today to discuss upcoming activities for our members. Watch out for exciting announcements soon! :)

Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RC48_ISA

Once a month, we’re going to feature a book from a member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC 48.

This month, we’re proud to showcase “Social Transformation and Development” edited by Sampat Kale of the Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Tuljapur (TISS - Tata Institute of Social Sciences)

The updated International Sociological Association (ISA) RC48 website is now live!

Check out https://isarc48.com for the latest news and announcements about the Research Committee on Social Movements, Collective Action, and Social Change.

Once a month, we’re going to feature a book from a member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC 48.

This month, we’re proud to showcase “Democratic Protests and New Forms of Collective Action” edited by Liana Maria Daher of the University of Catania.

🔗 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-44049-6

4th PhD Workshop organized by RC48: Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change of the International Sociological Association (ISA), to be held at the University of Catania.

🗓️ September 12-13, 2024
👉 Deadline for abstracts: April 1, 2024
🔗 buff.ly/3HdId3j

Call for abstracts - Conference in Bilbao: 18-19 January (in Spanish).
More info here: https://bit.ly/3u8EeBO

New publication out!

Libreria CLACSO Chile en movimientos

-CfP: Join us in our 3rd PhD Workshop.
If you are a PhD student working on social movements and collective action, send us your proposal. More information is in the link below. Let's meet in Melbourne!

https://bit.ly/3XJoxew

Send your paper and join us on the next ISA World Congress 2023 in Melbourne!

We at RC48 are organizing more than 20 sessions. Deadline: September 30

Check our sessions and send your abstract here: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2023/webprogrampreliminary/Symposium771.html

Symposium: (XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023))

Dear colleagues, we want to bring your attention to the new publication of our RC member Dr. Tin-Yuet Ting: "Opposing otherness in motion: Mobile activism as transient heterotopia of resistance in Hong Kong’s networked mall protests."

You can download the publication in the link below, which offers 50 days of free access for anyone clicking on it before October 08, 2022:
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fcEa_OL2A13c

Enjoy the reading! :)

Opposing otherness in motion: Mobile activism as transient heterotopia of resistance in Hong Kong’s networked mall protests GeoforumVolume 136, November 2022, Pages 21-31Opposing otherness in motion: Mobile activism as transient heterotopia of resistance in Hong Kong’s networked mall protestsAuthor links open overlay panelTin-yuetTing1Show moreShareCitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.08.007Get rights and conten...