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

RC18 Political Sociology

Program Coordinators: Eswarappa KASI (Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India), Mecasullo CASULLO (Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Argentina) and Lucia MIRANDA-LEIBE, Chile)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Sociology of Resistance: Palestinian Society As a Case Study
Session Organizer: Dalal BAJES
Chair: Dalal BAJES

11:00-12:45

Sociological Discourse of Livelihoods of Adivasis or Tribal Communities of South Asia (Part I)
Session Organizer: Eswarappa KASI
Chair: Sili ROUT

Sociology and the Politics of History
Session Organizer: Juho KORHONEN
Chair: Juho KORHONEN

13:00-14:45

Identities of Democratic Politics (Part II)
Session Organizers: Eswarappa KASI and Anshu SINGH

15:00-16:45

Empowering Democracy: Enhancing Women's Participation in Politics
Chair: Deepti KAUSHIK

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Post-Truth Uncertainties in a Post-Eurocentric World
Session Organizer: Joschka PHILIPPS

11:00-12:45

Governance of Global Sustainability Challenges (Part I)
Session Organizers: Hilde BJORKHAUG, Jennifer Leigh BAILEY and Kurt RACHLITZ

Identities of Democratic Politics (Part I)
Session Organizer: Anshu SINGH

13:00-14:45

Governance of Global Sustainability Challenges (Part II)
Session Organizers: Hilde BJORKHAUG, Jennifer Leigh BAILEY and Kurt RACHLITZ

15:00-16:45

Democratic Innovations
Session Organizer: Lucia MIRANDA-LEIBE

Sociology of Global Populism (Part II)
Session Organizer: Gabor SCHEIRING

19:00-20:30

RC18 Business Meeting

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

11:00-12:45

Sociological Discourse of Livelihoods of Adivasis or Tribal Communities of South Asia (Part II)
Session Organizer: Eswarappa KASI

Sociology of Global Populism, Part IV
Session Organizer: Cihan TUGAL

13:00-14:45

Youth Activism and New Media in the Global South: Towards an Alternative Political Culture.
Session Organizer: Abdelaaziz EL BAKKALI

15:00-16:45

Sociology of Global Populism (Part I)
Session Organizers: Gabor SCHEIRING and Cihan TUGAL

19:00-20:30

Agency in Democratic Innovations: Roles, Powers, and Appropriation (Part I)
Session Organizers: Roberto FALANGA, José Duarte Medeiros RIBEIRO and João MONIZ

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Mobilisations Et Luttes Écologistes Face Aux Inégalités Environnementales (Part I)
Session Organizers: Charif ELALAOUI and Benchekor LINA

11:00-12:45

Studying Our Own Uprisings: Positionalities, Methods and Baggage of History
Session Organizers: Rima MAJED and Atef SAID

13:00-14:45

Sociology of Global Populism (Part III)
Session Organizers: Gabor SCHEIRING and Cihan TUGAL

15:00-16:45

Violence in Contemporary Society: Examining Contributors to and Consequences of Increasing Polarization.
Session Organizers: Myrna DAWSON and Yans DIPATI

19:00-20:30

Agency in Democratic Innovations: Roles, Powers, and Appropriation (Part II)
Session Organizers: Roberto FALANGA, José Duarte Medeiros RIBEIRO and João MONIZ

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Former Les Élus Locaux Aux Enjeux Climatiques
Session Organizer: Pierre CAMUS

11:00-12:45

Social Justice and the Environment
Session Organizer: Jo LINDSAY

Sociological Discourse of Livelihoods of Adivasis or Tribal Communities of South Asia (Part III)
Session Organizers: Eswarappa KASI and Anshu SINGH
Chair: Sili ROUT

13:00-14:45

Social Justice Reform and the State
Session Organizers: Trina VITHAYATHIL and Ashok DANAVATH

Sociology and the Politics of History Part 2
Session Organizer: Juho KORHONEN
Chair: Juho KORHONEN

15:00-16:45

Locating Motherhood As a Right or Responsibility in Globalized World
Session Organizers: Bhup SINGH and DrBinoyjyoti DAS
Chair: Lindsay SMITH