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

Wednesday, 13 July 2016: 17:45-19:15
Location: Hörsaal BIG 1 (Main Building)


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.
Chair:
Chin-Chun YI, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Posters:
Globalization, Local Social Movements, and Social Transformations
Ulrike M.M. SCHUERKENS, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France
Good Childhood – Good Future World? Global Programs and the Sociology of Childhood
Doris BUEHLER-NIEDERBERGER, University of Wuppertal, Germany
National and Global Sociology
Raf VANDERSTRAETEN, Ghent University, Belgium
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