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

This session focuses on the economic aspects of Development in the Anthropocene. It has a two-fold purpose: one, to discuss the theoretical and methodological basis of new forms of developmentalist political economy and their consistency with the socio-economic and environmental challenges of our time; and another empirical, to assess the strategies, modes of actorness, and forms of economic regulation at national and regional levels that fuel new regimes of accumulation, considering these socio-economic and environmental challenges.

We encourage papers that theoretically discuss different paradigms within the economy of development and their political implications at national and regional levels. We also welcome papers that explore the historical contexts in which various developmental political economy ideas have shaped new forms of economic regulation and regimes of accumulation. Also, we seek papers based on empirical research that investigate the impact of various parameters—such as the role of the state, resource endowment, gender dynamics, etc.—on the political economy of development.

We welcome papers adopting different theoretical and methodological approaches, as well as those that are interdisciplinary, comparative, and empirical.