Research Committees

Past Boards

President &
Delegate RC
Mattei DOGAN, France
Secretary & 
Alternate RC
Peter MERKL, USA
Members Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER, Germany
Ulf HIMMELSTRAND, Sweden
Renata SIEMIENSKA, Poland
Ergun ÖZBUDUN, Turkey
Else ÝYEN, Norway
Renata SIEMIENSKA, Poland
Frederick TURNER, USA
Mino VIANELLO, Italy
Joji WATANUKI, Japan
Ramarshray ROY, India
Richard SISSON, USA
President Mattei DOGAN, France
Vice-Chairmen Peter MERKL, USA
Fred RIGGS, USA
Joji WATANUKI, Japan
Secretary Frederick TURNER, USA
Members Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER, Germany
Renata SIEMIENSKA, Poland
Maria CARBALLO DE CILLEY, Argentina
Ralph TURNER, USA
Luciano CAVALLI, Italy
Ali KAZANCIGIL, USA
Ilter TURAN, Turkey
A. MAZRUI, Africa
Delegate & Alternate Mattei DOGAN, France
Frederick TURNER, USA
President Mattei DOGAN, France
Vice-Chairmen Fred RIGGS, USA
Peter MERKL, USA
Joji WATANUKI, Japan
Secretary Frederick TURNER, USA
Members Martin HEISLER, USA
John MARTZ, USA
Vladimir RUKAVISHNIKOV, Russia
Erwin SCHEUCH, Germany
President Mattei DOGAN, France
Vice-Chairs H. TEUNE, USA
Frederick TURNER, USA
N. GENOV, Bulgaria
Secretary Jean-PAscal DALOZ France
Members David APTER USA
Marita CARBALLO Argentina
Erwin SCHEUCH, Germany
President Mattei DOGAN, France
Vice-Presidents Masamichi SASAKI, Japan
Henry TEUNE, USA
Secretary Jean-PAscal DALOZ, France
Members Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER, Germany
André-Paul FROGNIER, Belgium
Frederick RIGGS, USA
Frederick TURNER, USA
William CASE, Australia
Huang PING, China
President Jean-Pascal DALOZ, CNRS/ SAGE University of Strasbourg, France
Vice-Presidents Masamichi SASAKI, Hyogo Kyoiku University, Japan
Henry TEUNE, University of Pennsylvania, USA (deceased 2011)
Secretary and Treasurer Hanno SCHOLTZ, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Board Members Fredrik ENGELSTAD, University of Oslo, Norway
Anne KROGSTAD, University of Oslo, Norway
Michèle LAMONT, Harvard University, USA (resigned, 2013)
Frederick C. TURNER, University of Connecticut, USA
Robert VAN KRIEKEN, University of Sydney, Australia
David L. WEAKLIEM, University of Connecticut, USA
Working Groups Globalization: Autonomy and Interdependence Chair: Henry TEUNE (deceased 2011)
Comparative Analysis of Social Distinction Chair: Jean-Pascal DALOZ
Comparative Sociology: Cross Section and Unity Chair: Hanno SCHOLTZ
President Jean-Pascal DALOZ, CNRS/ SAGE University of Strasbourg, France
Vice-President Frederick C. TURNER, University of Connecticut, USA
Secretary and Treasurer Hanno SCHOLTZ, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Board Members Marita CARBALLO, Social and Political Academy of Argentina, Argentina
Anne KROGSTAD, University of Oslo, Norway
Robert VAN KRIEKEN, University of Sydney, Australia 
Stephen VERTIGANS, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
David L. WEAKLIEM, University of Connecticut, USA
Working Groups Comparative Analysis of Social Distinction, Chair: Jean-Pascal DALOZ
Comparative Sociology: Cross Section and Unity, Chair: Hanno SCHOLTZ
President David L. WEAKLIEM, University of Connecticut, USA
Vice-President Marita CARBALLO, Social and Political Academy of Argentina, Argentina
Executive Secretary Fumiya ONAKA, Japan Women’s University, Japan
Treasurer Stephen VERTIGANS, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
Board Members Kseniya KIZILOVA, Institute for Comparative Survey Research, Vienna, Austria
Nate BREZNAU, University of Bremen, Germany
Jean-Pascal DALOZ, CNRS Strasbourg, France (resigned 2020)
Frederick TURNER, University of Connecticut, USA

Program Coordinators for XX ISA World Congress 2023 were:
Kseniya KIZILOVA
Nate BREZNAU