Welcome to the ISA Forum interactive hub. To mark the Third ISA Forum of Sociology (July 10th – 14th, Vienna) we invite you to explore and discover impactful research related to the conference theme of THE FUTURES WE WANT: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World.
Read on to download free content, hear the latest ISA news and initiatives and keep up to date with various events at the ISA Forum.
News & Announcements
Current Sociology: free access to articles on soccer!
Corruption and public secrecy: An ethnography of football match-fixing by Dino Numerato
Emotional entrainment, national symbols, and identification: A naturalistic study around the men’s football World Cup by Christian von Scheve, Manuela Beyer, Sven Ismer, Marta Kozłowska and Carmen Morawetz
Sport and gender construction in the postcolonial context: Between East and West — the paradoxical effects of globalization by Sébastien Ruffié
World Cup 2022 and Qatar’s construction projects: Relational power in networks and relational responsibilities to migrant workers by Peter Millward
All editorials on Academic writing are free to access from Current Sociology.
Access the September editorial for free.
International Sociology Reviews
The launching of the two bi-annual issues of International Sociology Reviews (ISR) is no less than a bid to rekindle the sociological imagination, in particular by contributing to the further development of sociology as a global, and thus richly diverse and lively discipline.
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Send contributions and queries to: Professor Mohammed A. Bamyeh at isrb@pitt.edu
Pick up a How to Get Published pack
Pick up a How to Get Published pack from the SAGE Publishing stand and from the events listed below. Packs contain some great resources including Current Sociology Editor Eloísa Martín’s paper 'How to write a good article'.
Sociopedia.isa is an online journal that publishes review articles in the social sciences. Entries provide a 'state-of-the-art' review of the literature on a particular topic. Sociopedia.isa provides 'living social science' as peer reviewed articles are published quickly after being accepted.
eSymposium
A forum through which ISA members are able to engage in debate, showcasing the diverse work, practices, ideas and voices
Social Justice & Democratization Space
It aims to build a global community who can access and share resources in various languages through an open participatory approach to research, policy, pedagogy, practices and images.
Articles of Interest
Articles from Current Sociology:
Interrogating Gender, Violence, and the State in National and Transnational Contexts
Guest editors: Evangelia Tastsoglou and Margaret Abraham
Punishing femicide: Criminal justice responses to the killing of women over four decades
Authors: Myrna Dawson
Race and mass murder in the United States: A social and behavioral analysis
Authors: Adam Lankford
Income differentials and global migration in the contemporary world-economy
Authors: Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Scott Albrecht
Special Issue: Future Moves in Culture, Society and Technology
Introducing the monograph on Future Moves. It explains how the studies in this publication contribute to the strengthening of a future-oriented sociology and studies of culture, society, and technology.
Articles from International Sociology:
Special Issue on ‘The Sacred and the Urban in Asia’
Guest editors: Daniel Goh and Peter van der Veer
Human rights equals human survival?
Authors: Kasia Polanska
Debating futures: Global trends, alternative visions, and public discourse
Authors: Markus S Schulz
Authors: Sally Power, Annabelle Allouch, Phillip Brown, and Gerbrand Tholen
Don’t miss these events at the Third ISA Forum 2016
ISA Publications in Digital Worlds, Session Organizer, Kelvin Low on 12th July 12:30-14:00
Meet the editors of ISA publications and ask your questions! Including: International Sociology, International Sociology Reviews, Current Sociology and Current Sociology Monographs on 12th July 17:30-18:30
Our other Sociology titles publishing groundbreaking research
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