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

RC15 Sociology of Health

Program Coordinators: Alan PETERSEN (Monash University, Australia), Jae-Mahn SHIM (Korea University, South Korea) and Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR, Iceland)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

How Socio-Cultural Contexts Shape Conceptions of Health, Medicine and Care (Part 1)
Session Organizer: Jae-Mahn SHIM
Chair: Ouahidi HANANE

Using Innovative Approaches to exploring Health and Medicine (Part 1)
Session Organizer: Susan BELL
Chair: Diana PIANTEDOSI

11:00-12:45

Addressing Gentrification, Displacement, and Health Among Older Adults
Session Organizers: Ronica ROOKS and Joyce WEIL
Chair: Sandra TORRES

The Interaction between Policies and Practices of Medicine and Healthcare
Session Organizer: Guido GIARELLI
Chair: Guido GIARELLI

13:00-14:45

Health, Religion, and Spirituality. Interstices in a Complex Field of Knowledge. (Part I)
Session Organizers: Olga OLIVAS HERNANDEZ and Lorena NUNEZ CARRASCO

How Technological Optimism Shapes Health, Medicine and Healthcare
Session Organizers: Farah PURWANINGRUM, Joana ALMEIDA and Alan PETERSEN
Chair: Axel DE LEON MARCOS

15:00-16:45

Choice and Constraint in Healthcare
Session Organizer: Jonathan GABE
Chair: Lindsay BALFOUR

Planetary Health---Challenges to Social and Health Disparities in the Context of Global Health
Session Organizers: Surichai WUNGAEO and Maria Aurora T.W. TABADA
Chair: Maria Aurora T.W. TABADA

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Aging and Issues of Illness, Medical Care and Wellbeing
Session Organizers: Bouchta EZZIANI, Ouafae ELARABI and Ahmed SELIM
Chair: Bouchta EZZIANI

Culture Matters: Taking into Account Cultural Context in Health Policy Making I
Session Organizer: Ignat BOGDAN
Chair: Ignat BOGDAN

11:00-12:45

How Socio-Cultural Contexts Shape Conceptions of Health, Medicine and Care (Part 2)
Session Organizer: Jae-Mahn SHIM
Chair: Zeenat HASHMI

Social Determinants and Consequences of Early Life Health
Session Organizers: Han LIU and Jonathan GABE
Chair: Han LIU

13:00-14:45

Health, Religion, and Spirituality. Interstices in a Complex Field of Knowledge. (Part II)
Session Organizers: Olga OLIVAS HERNANDEZ and Lorena NUNEZ CARRASCO

Using Innovative Approaches to exploring Health and Medicine (Part 2)
Session Organizer: Susan BELL
Chair: Jesus RIVERA-NAVARRO

15:00-16:45

Rethinking Public Health Governance for a Pandemic Age I
Session Organizer: Alan PETERSEN

The Marginality of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Prospects of Integrated Healthcare: The Influence of Knowledge, Power and Interests I
Session Organizers: Joana ALMEIDA, Nelson FILICE BARROS and Michael SAKS
Chair: Nelson FILICE BARROS

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

The Marginality of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Prospects of Integrated Healthcare: The Influence of Knowledge, Power and Interests II
Session Organizers: Nelson FILICE BARROS, Joana ALMEIDA and Michael SAKS
Chair: Joana ALMEIDA

Ways of Vaccination: Production, Allocation, Utilization, and Atonement for Side-Effects
Session Organizers: Jae-Mahn SHIM and Michael CALNAN

11:00-12:45

Culture Matters: Taking into Account Cultural Context in Health Policy Making II
Session Organizer: Ignat BOGDAN
Chair: Ignat BOGDAN

Science, Health, and Religion: Intersections in the Field of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
Session Organizers: Gabriela IRRAZABAL, Rosa MARTINEZ CUADROS and María Cecilia JOHNSON
Chair: Séverine MATHIEU

13:00-14:45

Existing and Not Belonging: Teaching Sociology for Healthcare Professionals
Session Organizers: Nelson FILICE BARROS and Paula FEDER-BUBIS

15:00-16:45

Rethinking Public Health Governance for a Pandemic Age II
Session Organizer: Alan PETERSEN

Sociology of Age, Body, and Identity
Session Organizer: Ronica ROOKS
Chair: Ronica ROOKS

19:00-20:30

RC15 Business Meeting

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Caring for Healthcare Professionals
Session Organizers: Netta FELDMAN GILBOA, Paula FEDER-BUBIS and Tracey ADAMS

Stigma of Mental Illness
Session Organizer: Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR
Chair: Andrey TIBAJEV

11:00-12:45

Intersectional Health and Wellbeing: Emphasizing Vulnerable Populations I
Session Organizer: Maria BELDI ALCANTRARA

Language on Health, Disease and Treatment after COVID-19 Pandemic
Session Organizers: Keiji FUJIYOSHI and Miwako HOSODA

13:00-14:45

Addressing Healthcare Challenges for Migrant Populations I
Session Organizers: Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR and Andrey TIBAJEV
Chair: Andrey TIBAJEV

Qualitative Methodologies in Health Sociology: Exploring Health through Sociological Lenses
Session Organizers: Ignacio de Loyola GONZALEZ-SALGADO and Jesus RIVERA-NAVARRO

15:00-16:45

Addressing Healthcare Challenges for Migrant Populations II
Session Organizers: Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR and Andrey TIBAJEV
Chair: Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR

The Regulation of Health Practitioners: Diversity and Impact
Session Organizer: Michael SAKS
Chair: Michael SAKS

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Intersectional Health and Wellbeing: Emphasizing Vulnerable Populations II
Session Organizer: Maria BELDI ALCANTRARA

On the Move? Migration and (Im)Mobility Among Healthcare Professionals
Session Organizers: Susan BELL and Joana ALMEIDA
Chair: Susan BELL

11:00-12:45

Experiences of Working on and Working with Artificial Intelligence: Automated Futures and Challenges Facing the Healthcare Field and Healthcare Professions
Session Organizers: Farah PURWANINGRUM, Alan PETERSEN and Tracey ADAMS

Social Networks and Health
Session Organizer: Lijun SONG

13:00-14:45

Global Transformations in Substance Use
Session Organizer: Michael VUOLO

Médecine Et Société à l’Epreuve De La Maladie Chronique
Session Organizers: Khadija ZOUITNI and haddou Rahou BOUCHRA

15:00-16:45

Empowerment through Peer Support for People with Illnesses and Disabilities
Session Organizer: Miwako HOSODA

Immigrant Health through the Life Course: Exploring Pre-Migration Influences and Post-Migration Outcomes
Session Organizer: Ariel AZAR