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Common Session 3A - The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World

Wednesday, 13 July 2016: 17:45-19:15
Location: Hörsaal I (Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG))


The Common Sessions present distinguished speakers from the ISA's Research Committees (RC), Working Groups (WG), and Thematic Groups (TG) who address from their perspective the common theme �The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World.� The purpose of these plenaries is to foster dialogue and exchange new insights and inspirations across research units by jointly focusing on the theme of the Forum, on forward-oriented modes of sociology, on the future visions of different social actors, their struggles for a better world, and global sociologies� contributions to these debates.
Chairs:
Aigul ZABIROVA, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan and Alberto MARTINELLI, Milan, Italy
Posters:
16.1
Solidarity, ‘feel good’ activism and emotional domino effects in transnational social movements
Helena FLAM, University of Leipzig, Germany
16.2
The Role of Sociocybernetics in Understanding World Futures
Bernard SCOTT, Center for Sociocybernetics Studies, Germany
16.3
The Sensory Motor Body. Inventing Culture Theory in the Light of Cultural Difference
Thomas Spence SMITH, University of Rochester, USA
16.4
Do Father-Targeted Policy Measures Improve Gender Equality and Child Well-being?
Margaret O'BRIEN, University College London, United Kingdom
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