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

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research

Program Coordinators: Andrew BLASKO (IPHS-BAS, Bulgaria), Dirk MICHEL-SCHERTGES (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Humberto FERNANDES (Universidade Estadual Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Brazil)

Monday, 7 July 2025

11:00-12:45

Estudios De La Alienación: Teoría y Método
Session Organizer: Humberto FERNANDES

13:00-14:45

Sports, Bodies, and Emotions
Session Organizer: Miriam ADELMAN

15:00-16:45

RC36 Business Meeting

19:00-20:30

RC36 Invites: Current and Future Perspectives on the Anthropocene
Session Organizer: Humberto FERNANDES

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Digital Alienation: From Everyday Internet to Artificial Intelligence 1
Session Organizers: Sunjin OH and Vessela MISHEVA

11:00-12:45

Digital Alienation: From Everyday Internet to Artificial Intelligence 2
Session Organizer: Dirk MICHEL-SCHERTGES

13:00-14:45

Alienation and Knowledge: The Anthropocene and Human Development 1
Session Organizer: Dirk MICHEL-SCHERTGES

15:00-16:45

Alienation and Knowledge: The Anthropocene and Human Development 2
Session Organizers: Ekaterina LYTKINA and David EMBRICK

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

The Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Alienation: Modernity, Agents, Structures, and Processes 1
Session Organizers: Emma ENGDAHL and Olga SIMONOVA

11:00-12:45

The Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Alienation: Modernity, Agents, Structures, and Processes 2
Session Organizer: Olga SIMONOVA

13:00-14:45

The Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Alienation: Modernity, Agents, Structures, and Processes 3
Session Organizer: Andrew BLASKO

15:00-16:45

The Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Alienation: Modernity, Agents, Structures, and Processes 4
Session Organizers: Dr. Ramón MENÉNDEZ DOMINGO, PhD and Laura MOSTEYRIN

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Higher Education Systems between Quality Assurance, Rankings, and Alienation to the Labour Market. What out-of-Ranking Higher Education Systems Can Teach Us? 1
Session Organizers: Silvia PEZZOLI and Stefano BECUCCI

11:00-12:45

Higher Education Systems between Quality Assurance, Rankings, and Alienation to the Labour Market. What out-of-Ranking Higher Education Systems Can Teach Us? 2
Session Organizer: Miriam ADELMAN

Friday, 11 July 2025

11:00-12:45

Alienation, Racial Capitalism, and Palestine
Session Organizer: David EMBRICK

15:00-16:45

Alienation and Futures Research
Session Organizers: Dirk MICHEL-SCHERTGES and Mariolina GRAZIOSI