Research Committees
RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis
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Objectives
The Committee on Conceptual and Terminological Analysis (COCTA) promotes discussion of and research on conceptual and terminological issues within the social sciences.
COCTA developed out of an Open Meeting at the 1970 World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and was initiated by Fred Riggs and Giovanni Sartori with the aim of providing a forum for the clarification of basic social science concepts. COCTA was recognized in 1976 as IPSA RC01 (now active as ‘Concepts and Methods’), in 1978 as RC35 of the International Sociological Association (ISA), and has at times also been institutionally represented within the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the American Political Science Association (APSA).
Today, as ISA RC35, COCTA continues to provide a lively forum for the discussion of social science concepts. COCTA advances academic exchange in the field of conceptual analysis specifically by participating at ISA congresses, organizing conferences, promoting publications and maintaining a newsletter.
To know more about the history of RC35, go to Bulletin 33 (1983), pp. 15-18.
Board 2023 - 2027
| President | Arthur BUENO, University Passau, Germany, arthur.bueno@uni-passau.de | |||
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| Secretary/Treasurer | Alejandro BIALAKOWSKY, Universidad de Buenos Aires/CONICET, Argentina, alejbialakowsk@gmail.com | |||
| Newsletter Editor | Eugenia FRAGA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, euge.fraga@hotmail.com | |||
| Communication Managers | Elis DE AQUINO, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany James SANTOS, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Glen Christian TACASA, University of the Philippines, Philippines |
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| Board members | Gurminder K. BHAMBRA, University of Sussex, United Kingdom Craig BROWNE, The University of Sydney, Australia Aaron PITLUCK, Illinois State University, USA Sachiko TAKITA-ISHII, Yokohama City University, Japan |
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| President Emeritus |
David STRECKER, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany |
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Program Coordinators for 5th ISA Forum of Sociology 2025 are:
Alejandro BIALAKOWSKY, alejbialakowsk@gmail.com
Arthur BUENO, arthur.bueno@uni-passau.de