RC01 Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution

Program Coordinators: Baris ATES (Turkish National Defence University, Turkey) and Celso CASTRO (Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil)

Monday, 7 July 2025

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09:00-10:45


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

11:00-12:45


Total Defence Forces in the 21st Century – Integration of Regulars, Reservists, Defence Civilians, and Contractors
Session Organizer: Irina GOLDENBERG

15:00-16:45


Trust in the Armed Forces
Session Organizers: Maja GARB and Yasmina ABOUZZOHOUR
Chair: Maja GARB

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

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09:00-10:45


Women As Agents of Change: Their Transformative Role in Peace and Conflict Resolution
Session Organizer: Arvinder A. ANSARI
Chair: Tatjana TAKSEVA

11:00-12:45


The Sociologist in a Political Role: The Experience of Being the Minister of Defense
Session Organizer: Celso CASTRO

13:00-14:45


Research on the Military: Methodological Issues
Session Organizer: Celso CASTRO

15:00-16:45


RC01 Business Meeting

19:00-20:30


Nutrition in the Armed Forces – a Sociological Perspective
Session Organizer: Stefano DE ROSA

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

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09:00-10:45


Education in Times of Peace, with Conflict in Mind: Overlaps and Spill-over Effects of Military and Civil Education Paths
Session Organizers: Tobias MAIER and Baris ATES

11:00-12:45


Armed Forces and Democracy: Contemporary Experiences
Session Organizers: Celso CASTRO, Helena CARREIRAS and Adriana MARQUES

13:00-14:45


Investigando a Los Militares En América Latina
Session Organizers: Sabina FREDERIC and Adriana MARQUES

15:00-16:45


Rethinking Professional Military Education (PME) – New Interpretations of Its Past, Present and Future?
Session Organizers: Baris ATES and Tamir LIBEL

19:00-20:30


Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Retention of Personnel: Key Considerations for Military Capability in Today’s Defence and Security Context
Session Organizers: Delphine RESTEIGNE and Irina GOLDENBERG

Thursday, 10 July 2025

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09:00-10:45


Military and Society Transformations after the Years of Full Scale War: The Case of Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
Session Organizer: Dr. Oleh IVANOV, PhD

11:00-12:45


Reframing War in a Multipolar World
Session Organizer: Paul JOBIN

Friday, 11 July 2025

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13:00-14:45


War Ecology and Society in the Anthropocene
Session Organizer: Paul JOBIN