Professional Development Sessions

Monday, 7 July 2025

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08:00-08:50


Newcomers Workshop: How to navigate the ISA Forum?
Session Organizer: Prof. Elina OINAS

17:00-18:45


Applied Sociology: Bringing theory into practice and practice into theory
Session Organizers: Catriona STEVENS and Manashi RAY
Chair: Manashi RAY

Meet the ISA Editors: Discover the publication projects behind ISA journals
Session Organizer: Dr. Marta SOLER-GALLART
Chair: Dr. Marta SOLER-GALLART

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

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17:00-18:45


Making local and regional sociological contributions relevant to global sociology: The case of Japanese Key Texts
Session Organizer: Joy ZHANG

Managing (and thriving!) as a research-focused academic: Devising individual, context-appropriate, and sustainable strategies to one’s professional life
Session Organizer: Sandra TORRES

Mentoring panel on Digitalisation and environmental change in a socio-legal perspective
Session Organizers: Barbara Giovanna Giovanna BELLO, Julia DAHLVIK and Stefan LARSSON

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

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17:00-18:45


Publishing for sociology scholars and/or for society?
Session Organizer: Talja BLOKLAND
Chair: Talja BLOKLAND

Sociology at the frontiers of Science & Interdisciplinarity thanks to the ERC funding opportunities
Session Organizer: Lionel THELEN

Thursday, 10 July 2025

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17:00-18:45


Current Involvement and Opportunities with the United Nations
Session Organizer: Jan Marie FRITZ

Workshop on Reconstructive Biographical Narrative Approach – Theoretical Foundation, Biographical Narrative Interview and Analysis
Session Organizers: Bettina VOELTER and Hermilio SANTOS