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

This session explores the intersection of childhood experiences and environmental issues through a sociological lens. It brings together research investigating how children engage with their environment and perceive and respond to environmental challenges. Discussions delve into the negotiation of environmental values and ethics in children's lives through cultural, religious, and social perspectives within intra- and intergenerational dialogues and family relationships, across diverse geographical contexts, highlighting both global and local situations. The session aims to showcase innovative research and case studies, offering insights into, including but not limited to, the socio-environmental dynamics around children’s relationship to natural world, cultivation of children’s environmental awareness, sociological understandings of children’s perspectives and concerns towards their ecologies. This session is valuable for researchers, policymakers, and educators interested in hearing children’s voices on both contemporary and historical contexts of environmental issues.