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

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management

Program Coordinators: Sheetal BHOOLA (The University of Zululand, South Africa), Michela FREDDANO (National Institute for the Educational Evaluation of Instruction and Training (INVALSI), Italy) and Dasarath CHETTY (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Social Justice through Decoloniality in the Anthropocene
Session Organizers: Dasarath CHETTY and Simangele CELE

11:00-12:45

Food Democracy, Politics of Food in Relation to Urbanisation and Sustainability: Understanding Participatory Practices and Policies.
Session Organizer: Sheetal BHOOLA

13:00-14:45

Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, Participatory Evaluation and Social Responsibility - 1
Session Organizers: Dasarath CHETTY, Volkmar KREISSIG and Michela FREDDANO

Organizing Refugee Participation
Session Organizers: Nadine ARNOLD, Robert JUNGMANN and Gerhild PERL

15:00-16:45

Action-Research and the Multiplicity of Theoretical Orientations and Methodological Applications
Session Organizers: Michela FREDDANO and Azril BACAL ROIJ

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Conflicts, Communities and Social Change in the Time of Anthropocene Technologies (RC26 Open Session)
Session Organizers: Arsenii BUCHATSKII and Leonidas PAPAKONSTANTINIDIS

11:00-12:45

Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, Participatory Evaluation and Social Responsibility - 2
Session Organizer: Michela FREDDANO

13:00-14:45

Justice, Social Inequality, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Expectations
Session Organizers: Eleni NINA-PAZARZI, Isabel DA COSTA and Charalambos MELETIADIS

15:00-16:45

Democratic Innovations
Session Organizer: Lucia MIRANDA-LEIBE

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, Participatory Evaluation and Social Responsibility - 3
Session Organizer: Sheetal BHOOLA

11:00-12:45

Organizational Justice and Participation at Work in the Global Digital Age
Session Organizer: Isabel DA COSTA

13:00-14:45

Gender in Localisation: Key to Attain Sustainable Development Goals
Session Organizer: India INDIA INDIA

15:00-16:45

Urban Collective Action Around Public Spaces
Session Organizer: Jurate IMBRASAITE

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Governing Digital Commons: Diversity, Inclusion and Democratic Participation
Session Organizer: Dr. Stefan LUCKING

11:00-12:45

Climate Justice and Trade Unions in Global Perspective
Session Organizers: Dr. Stefan LUCKING, Vera TRAPPMANN and Catherine CASEY

13:00-14:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part I)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

15:00-16:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part II)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

19:00-20:30

RC10 Business Meeting

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part III)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

11:00-12:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part IV)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

13:00-14:45

Digital Futures: Contesting Power and Visions (Part V)
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

15:00-16:45

Water Resilience in the Anthropocene Era: How Civic Action Can Address Ecosystem Shifts in the Global North and South
Session Organizer: Katrinell DAVIS