Symposium: (Third ISA Forum of Sociology (July 10-14, 2016))

RC07 Futures Research

Program Coordinator: Andre SALATA (Pontificia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Sunday, 10 July 2016

09:00-10:30

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Elites, the Poor and the Welfare State in Unequal Democracies
Session Organizer: Felix LOPEZ

10:45-12:15

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Looking at Past and Present Inequalities for a Less Unequal Future
Session Organizer: Elisa REIS

12:30-14:00

JS-13

The Future of University Research and the National Innovation Systems
Session Organizers: Jaime JIMENEZ GUZMAN and Elisa REIS

14:15-15:45

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Alternative Futures of the South
Session Organizer: Florian STOLL

Monday, 11 July 2016

09:00-10:30

Class, Consumption and Wealth Distribution: Trends and Perspectives for the Future
Session Organizers: Celi SCALON and Chunling LI

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Contested Futures of the South
Session Organizer: Dieter NEUBERT
Chair: Elisio MACAMO

10:45-12:15

Scenarios and Future Societies
Session Organizer: Chia-ling LAI

14:15-15:45

New Directions on Social Movements, Contentious Politics, and Futures Research
Session Organizer: Geoffrey PLEYERS

16:00-17:30

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Social Movements and the Future They Want
Session Organizer: Jeffrey GOODWIN
Chair: Ionel SAVA

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

09:00-10:30

Commemorating John Urry's Work
Session Organizer: Chia-ling LAI

10:45-12:15

Diagnosis of the Times: Tendencies in Education and Society
Session Organizer: Lars Geer HAMMERSHOJ

14:15-15:45

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Imagining Futures through the Visual
Session Organizer: Gary BRATCHFORD
Chair: Emanuela C. DEL RE

16:00-17:30

Identity and the Future
Session Organizer: Mariolina GRAZIOSI

Wednesday, 13 July 2016

09:00-10:30

The Politics of Conflict, Reconciliation, Memory, and Trauma: Paving a Path for the Present and Future
Session Organizer: Lynn RAPAPORT

10:45-12:15

Care and Careworkers: Intersectional and Comparative Perspectives. Exploring the Future of Social Inequalities
Session Organizers: Bila SORJ and Nadya GUIMARAES

14:15-15:45

Future of Education
Session Organizers: Gabor KIRALY and Zsuzsanna GERING

16:00-17:30

RC07 Business Meeting

Thursday, 14 July 2016

09:00-10:30

Paths to Social Justice in the BRICS Countries
Session Organizers: Jayanathan GOVENDER, Tom DWYER, Kiran ODHAV and Mokong Simon MAPADIMENG

10:45-12:15

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Futures of Inequality and Collective Action
Session Organizer: Jan P. NEDERVEEN PIETERSE
Chair: Antonio ALVAREZ-BENAVIDES

14:15-15:45

101

Socio-Ecological Struggles and Emergent Innovations in the Sociogenesis of Democratic Futures
Session Organizer: Jose CASTRO

16:00-17:30

102

The Cultural Dimension of Innovation Processes
Session Organizer: Massimiliano RUZZEDDU