Research Committees
RC07 Futures Research
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Objectives
- Concern for the future of societies, centering on agency and envisioning scenarios for the future: the possible, the probable, and especially the preferable.
- Emphasis on values, moral concern, and related issues of culture.
To know more about the history of RC07, go to Bulletin 29 (1982), pp. 5-6.
Board 2023 - 2027
| President | Markus SCHULZ, Erfurt University, Germany, markus@markus-s-schulz.net |
|---|---|
| Vice-President | Jan NEDERVEEN PIETERSE, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA |
| Secretary-Treasurer | Radhamany SOORYAMOORTHY, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, sooryamoorthyr@ukzn.ac.za |
| Board Members |
William K. CARROLL, University of Victoria, Canada |
| Past President | Soraya CORTES, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Program Coordinators for 5th ISA Forum of Sociology 2025 is:
Markus S. SCHULZ, isarc07@gmail.com
Jan NEDERVEEN PIETERSE, isarc07@gmail.com
Membership
| Dues for a 4-year period | |
|---|---|
| Regular | |
| Supporter | USD 40 |
| Regular A | USD 20 |
| Discount | USD 10 |
| Life | |
|---|---|
| Voluntary | USD 80 |
| Category A | USD 40 |
| Category B and C | USD 20 |
Interested in joining? Start your membership by visiting: https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/login.
RC07 fees for affiliated individual members (who are not ISA individual members): USD 200.
Contact RC07 Secretary sooryamoorthyr@ukzn.ac.za for details on processing affiliated memberships and payments.
Newsletter
RC07 newsletter aims to be a means of communication among the members of RC07 as well as other scholars interested in futures research. It is published non-periodically according to the needs of our scientific community. In addition to announcements of events organized by our RC, or related to our research concerns, we include news from our members, reports of activities, information on new publications, ongoing projects and works in progress as well as short thought pieces on pressing issues and current debates in our field.