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Common Session 1D - The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World

Monday, 11 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.
Chairs:
Jan SPURK, LASCO-IMT (Paris), Universite Paris Descartes, France and Olivier CHANTRAINE, Universite de Lille 3, France
Posters:
10.1
Refugees in the Mediterranean: How Can We Prepare a Better Future?
Gustavo VERDUZCO, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
10.2
Looking into the Futures: Problematizing socially engaged research in Visual Sociology
Claudia MITCHELL, McGill University, Canada
10.3
The Power of Risk Perception: The Discord Between Public and Scientific Perception of Risks Around Food
Charlotte FABIANSSON, Victoria University, Australia
10.4
The Social Life of the Senses
Kelvin LOW, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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