The Multiple Experiences of Diversity in the Professional Groups: A Focus on the Intersections

Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: ASJE022 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups (host committee)

Language: English and Spanish

Processes of diversification have consistently increased the heterogeneity among professionals. Professional groups are now more diverse, with increasing rate of women, people with working class background and diverse ethnic origin. However, the sociological debate on professions have not sufficiently focused on the analysis of the consequences of this changes.

This session focuses on the process of producing gender, race, and difference in the daily practice of expert labour. How do professional groups face inequalities and their intersections? Are there experiences that challenge the groups to overcome disparities in a more transformative direction?

We invite contributions with theoretical and empirical perspective, adopting qualitative or quantitative approaches, as well as mixed-method. Particularly welcomed would be all the proposal that apply an analytical framework based on intersectionality, or crossing multiple dimensions of inequality.

Session Organizers:
Maria da Gloria BONELLI, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil, Lara MAESTRIPIERI, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain and Silvia LUCCIARINI, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Chair:
Maria da Gloria BONELLI, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
Oral Presentations
Gender Gaps in the Career Paths of Journalists in Brazil: A Longitudinal Analysis of 2,500 Linkedin CVs
Andressa KIKUTI DANCOSKY, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Jacques MICK, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Professional Career of a Female Surgeon in the Changing Reality of Russian Society
Oxana POSUKHOVA, Southern Federal University, Russian Federation
La Feminización Selectiva Del Campo Profesional De La Arquitectura En México
Cristina HERRERA, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico; Christian MUÑOZ, Independiente, Mexico
Understanding Imposter Syndrome: A Sociological Exploration of Women Academics in South Africa
Bimpe OJETIMI OJETIMI, South Africa; Tamlynne MEYER, University of Cape Town, South Africa
From the Forerunners to Anchors: Fading Traces of Socialist Legacy in Professional Knowledge
Beata NAGY, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary; Henriett PRIMECZ, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Distributed Papers
Intersectional Hierarchy
Prapanna MASKEY, Nepal