5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

During this session, we will explore the socio-cultural aspects of deurbanization, the trend of urban residents of megacities migrating to smaller towns (so-called "small" territories). In this study, we examine the prospects for the modern migration of urbanites to out-of-town (rural) spaces and reconstruct their socio-cultural "life world", value orientations, motivations, and internal conflicts.
One of the most important problems of modern societies in East and West Europe, as well as North America, is the migration of urban residents to the countryside, which is touched upon and developed from a socio-cultural perspective. This partially compensates for the disproportional socio-spatial development of the countries as a whole as well as the exodus of economic activity and inhabitants of rural and small towns. In what ways do residents of megalopolises become interested in reverse transit to the countryside? In what forms does this take place? What does this ultimately lead to? At the same time, however, the socio-cultural aspect of de-urbanization migration is being developed as a priority.