Research Committees

Past Boards

Chairman Seymour Martin LIPSET, USA
Secretary Stein ROKKAN, Norway
Members Mark ABRAMS, United Kingdom
Erik ALLARDT, Finland
Raymond ARON, France
Mattei DOGAN, France
S.N. EISENSTADT, Israel
Gino GERMANI, Argentina
Roger GIROD, Switzerland
Julian HOCHFELD, Poland
Morris JANOWITZ, USA
Juan José LINZ, Spain
R. LUKIC, Yugoslavia
R.T. McKENZIE, United Kingdom
Giovanni SARTORI, Italy
Otto STAMMER, FRG
Jerzy WIATR, Poland
President Juan J. LINZ, Spain/USA
Vice-Presidents Mattei DOGAN, France
Jerzy WIATR, Poland
Secretary Richard ROSE, United Kingdom
Members S.M. LIPSET, USA
Radomir LUKIC, Yugoslavia
RC Delegate Stein ROKKAN, Norway
Chairman & 
RC Delegate
Juan J. LINZ, USA
Vice-Chairmen Erik ALLARDT, Finland
Jerzy WIATR, Poland
Secretary, Alternate
& Newsletter editor
Richard ROSE, United Kingdom
Members Bogdan DENITCH, USA
Shmuel EISENSTADT, Israel
Renate MAYNTZ, FRG
Giovani SARTORI, Italy
Seymour M. LIPSET, USA
Stein ROKKAN, Norway
Chairman Erik ALLARDT, Finland
Vice-Chairmen Shmuel EISENSTADT, Israel
Rainer LEPSIUS, FRG
Secretary Richard ROSE, United Kingdom
(till July 1985)
Derek URWIN, United Kingdom
Ex-Officers Juan J. LINZ, USA 
S.M. LIPSET, USA 
Mattei DOGAN, France
Jerzy WIATR, Poland
Chairman Peter FLORA, Germany
Vice-Chairmen Shmuel EISENSTADT, Israel
Rainer LEPSIUS, Germany
Secretary Derek URWIN, United Kingdon
Members Erik ALLARDT, Finland
Richard ROSE, United Kingdom
Juan LINZ, USA
S.M. LIPSET, USA
President/Chair Richard G. BRAUNGART, USA
Vice-Presidents Stein KUHNLE, Norway
Derek W. URWIN, United Kingdom
Secretary Lauri KARVONEN, Norway
Coopted Alexander KOKORIN, USSR
President Richard G. BRAUNGART, USA
Vice-Presidents Eva ETZIONI-HALEVY, Israel
Birgitta NEDELMANN, Germany
Derek W. URWIN, United KIngdom
Secretary Lauri KARVONEN, Norway
President Kay LAWSON, USA
Vice-Presidents Richard G. BRAUNGART, USA
Eva ETZIONI-HALEVY, Israel
Lauri KARVONEN, Finland
Secretary David FARRELL, United Kingdom
President Subrata MITRA, Germany
Secretary Andrea ROEMMELE, Germany
Treasurer Rachel GIBSON, Australia
Board Members Eva ETZIONI-HALEVY, Israel
David FARRELL, UK
Piero IGNAZI, Italy
Lauri KARVONEN, Finland
Kay LAWSON, USA
Elisa REIS, Brazil
President Piero Ignazi, Universitá di Bologna, Italy
Secretary Florence Faucher-King, Vanderbilt University, USA
Treasurer Hermann Schmitt, University of Mannheim MZES, Germany
Board Members Felix G. Lopez, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Brazil
Seraphim Seferiades, Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Greece
André Blais, Université de Montréal, Canada
Marco Maraffi, Università di Milano, Italy
José Ramón Montero, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Working group: party members and activists Convenor: Wolfgang Rüdig
Working groups on religion and politics Convenors: Piero Ignaz and Spencer Wellhofer
Working group on contentious politics & social movements Convenor: Seraphim Seferiades
President Piero IGNAZI, Universitá di Bologna, Italy, piero.ignazi@unibo.it
Treasurer Marco MARAFFI, Italy, marco.maraffi@unimi.it (2012-2014)
Hermann SCHMITT, University of Mannheim MZES, Germany (resigned 2012)
Secretary Piero IGNAZI, Universitá di Bologna, Italy, piero.ignazi@unibo.it
Board members André BLAIS, Université de Montréal, Canada 
Felix G. LOPEZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Brazil 
Marco MARAFFI, Università di Milano, Italy
José Ramón MONTERO, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain 
Seraphim SEFERIADES, Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Greece
President & Secretary Laurence MOREL, University of Lille, France
Vice-President Ferdinand MÜLLER-ROMMEL, University of Lüneburg, Germany
Treasurer Giedo JANSEN, University of Twente, Netherlands
Board members Stéphanie ALENDA, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Joshua K. DUBROW, Polish Academy, Warsaw
Anika GAUJA, University of Sidney, Australia
Emilie van HAUTE, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Eswarappa KASI, National Institute of Rural Development, India
Felix G. LOPEZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, Brazil
Newsletter editors Laurence MOREL, University of Lille, France
Michelangelo VERCESI, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
President Stephanie ALENDA, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Vice-Presidents Robert M. FISHMAN, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Laurence MOREL, Université de Lille/CEVIPOF, France
Secretary & Treasurer Julieta SUAREZ-CAO, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Board Members Karina KOSIARA-PEDERSEN, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Dan SLATER, University of Michigan, USA
Manfred B. STEGER, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA
Hiroko TAKEDA, Nagoya University, Japan
Michelangelo VERCESI, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
Newsletter Editors

Stephanie ALENDA, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Carolina AYLWIN, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile (2018-2020)
Gustavo VALENZUELA, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Program Coordinators for XX ISA World Congress 2023 were:
Maricel RODRIGUEZ BLANCO
Naoko TOKUMITSU-PARTIOT