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.
Research Committees 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 elects 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 | Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Vice-President, Research Council, allison-marie.loconto@inrae.fr |
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| Members | Talja BLOKLAND, Humboldt University, Germany Debra DAVIDSON, University of Alberta, Canada Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Michael Perry OKYEREFO, University of Ghana, Ghana Aaron PITLUCK, Illinois State University, USA Rhoda REDDOCK,The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Ana RIVOIR, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Hermílio SANTOS, PUCRS, Brazil Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK/Iran Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
National Associations Liaison Committee coordinates activities of national associations, regular collective members, represented at the Council of National Associations.
| Chair | Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA, bandana.purkayastha@uconn.edu Vice-President, National Associations |
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| Members | Mabrouk BOUTAGOUGA, University of Batna 1, Algeria Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Stéphane DUFOIX, University of Paris-Nanterre, France Shaikh Mohammad KAIS, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Michael Perry OKYEREFO, University of Ghana, Ghana Aaron PITLUCK, Illinois State University, USA Ana RIVOIR, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Borut RONCEVIC, School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica Nazanin SHAHROKNI, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK/Iran Dan WOODMAN, University of Melbourne, Australia |
The Publications Committee supervises journals and books published by the ISA and proposes policies in the area of publications.
| Chair | Marta SOLER-GALLART, University of Barcelona, Spain, marta.soler@ub.edu Vice-President, National Associations |
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| Editors | Current Sociology | Qiushi FENG, Daniel PS GOH, Kelvin EY LOW and Joonmo SON, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 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 |
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| International Sociology Reviews | Junpeng LI, Central China Normal University, China | |
| Sage Studies in International Sociology | Joy Y. ZHANG, University of Kent, United Kingdom | |
| Global Dialogue | Breno BRINGEL, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Executive Committee Representatives | Talja BLOKLAND, Humboldt University, Germany Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Shaikh Mohammad KAIS, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
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| Observer | Livia MELANDRI, 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 | Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland, elina.oinas@helsinki.fi Vice-President, Finance and Membership |
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| Members | Aaron PITLUCK, Illinois State University, USA Ana RIVOIR, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| UN office New York | Delegates | Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Rosemary BARBERET, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA |
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| 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 |
Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Sari HANAFI, American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| 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
