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

WG10 Digital Sociology

Program Coordinators: Prof. Jelica STEFANOVIC STAMBUK (University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences, Serbia), Pilar RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ (University of Almeria, Spain) and David DUENAS-CID (Kozminski University, Poland)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Electronic Citizenship in the Context of Emigration and Immigration: A Comparative Approach to Online Mobilizations of Diasporas from the Global South
Session Organizers: Mireille MANGA and Mary Boatema SETRANA

Engaged Feminist Digital Social Research: Epistemological, Ethical and Political Debates (Part I)
Session Organizers: Elisa GARCIA-MINGO, Jacinto GUTIÉRREZ LORCA and Hector PUENTE-BIENVENIDO

11:00-12:45

Digitalization, Digital Transformation and Economic Development in the Global South
Session Organizer: Gabriel FAIMAU

13:00-14:45

Digital Sociology of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Session Organizers: Jerome CLEOFAS and Marlon ERA

Dignified Aging in the Digital Age? (Part I)
Session Organizers: Ana VUKOVIC and Prof. Jelica STEFANOVIC STAMBUK
Chair: Ana VUKOVIC

Sociological Theories of the Digital
Session Organizer: Attila MARTON
Chair: Attila MARTON

15:00-16:45

Dignified Aging in the Digital Age? (Part II)
Session Organizers: Ana VUKOVIC and Prof. Jelica STEFANOVIC STAMBUK
Chair: Prof. Jelica STEFANOVIC STAMBUK

Methodological Challenges in Digital Sociology in the AI Era
Session Organizers: Anu MASSO, Berenika DYCZEK and Marcin STARNAWSKI

19:00-20:30

Keynote Address
Session Organizer: David DUENAS-CID

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Internet Uses Associated with Hate Speech (Part I)
Session Organizers: Pilar RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ and Nuria RODRIGUEZ AVILA

11:00-12:45

Internet Uses Associated with Hate Speech (Part II)
Session Organizers: Pilar RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ and Janara SOUSA

Transforming Collective Action: From Digital Activism to Datafied Movements (Part I)
Session Organizers: Anabel QUAN-HAASE and Jared WRIGHT
Chair: Jared WRIGHT

13:00-14:45

Cyberviolence Against Women and Girls
Session Organizers: Nuria RODRIGUEZ AVILA and Janara SOUSA

Transforming Collective Action: From Digital Activism to Datafied Movements (Part II)
Session Organizers: Anabel QUAN-HAASE and Jared WRIGHT
Chair: Anabel QUAN-HAASE

15:00-16:45

AI, Gender and the Future of Work
Session Organizer: Tanja CARSTENSEN

Democratic Innovations
Session Organizer: Lucia MIRANDA-LEIBE

New Frontiers in the Study of Digital Religion
Session Organizers: Avi ASTOR and Dr. Daisy BARMAN

19:00-20:30

Digital Knowledge for Justice in the Anthropocene
Session Organizers: Prof. Jelica STEFANOVIC STAMBUK and Ana VUKOVIC
Chair: Ana VUKOVIC

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

A Society of Genai?
Session Organizer: Attila MARTON
Chair: Attila MARTON

11:00-12:45

Online Conspiracy-Making and Digital Ethnography
Session Organizer: Danaé LEITENBERG

13:00-14:45

A Sociology of Digital Government: How Has Citizens' Experience of the State Been Transformed?
Session Organizer: Paolo GERBAUDO

Disinformation and Framing Battles in the New Technomediatic Public Sphere
Session Organizer: Richard MISKOLCI

15:00-16:45

Digital Sociology Search for Understanding the Power Dynamics of Data Flows
Session Organizers: Anu MASSO, Berenika DYCZEK and Anabel QUAN-HAASE
Chairs: Berenika DYCZEK, Barbara NEVES and Anabel QUAN-HAASE

The Bright and Dark Sides of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Its Potential Solutions
Session Organizer: Esther BRAININ

19:00-20:30

WG10 Business Meeting

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

Tech Workers in Current Times: Contexts, Identities, and Actions
Session Organizer: Dr. Rianka ROY
Chair: Deepali DUNGDUNG

13:00-14:45

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

Smart of Just Smartass City? Insights into the Development and Impact of Smart Cities
Session Organizers: Prof. Anna DOMARADZKA, Associate Professor and Mateusz TROCHYMIAK

15:00-16:45

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

Personal Insecurity and the Anthropocene - What Are People Experiencing in Their Media Use?
Session Organizers: Ichiyo HABUCHI and Izumi TSUJI

19:00-20:30

Myths and Realities of Digitalisation
Session Organizer: Dr. Stefan LUCKING

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

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

Digital Health and Wellbeing: Sociological Perspectives on Emerging Technologies
Session Organizers: Mikolaj BIESAGA, Prof. Anna DOMARADZKA, Associate Professor and Ewa DOMARADZKA

11:00-12:45

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

Trust and Distrust in the Digital Society (Part I)
Session Organizer: David DUENAS-CID

13:00-14:45

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

Trust and Distrust in the Digital Society (Part II)
Session Organizer: David DUENAS-CID
Chair: Thomas ZENKL

15:00-16:45

Engaged Feminist Digital Social Research: Epistemological, Ethical and Political Debates (Part II)
Session Organizers: Elisa GARCIA-MINGO, Jacinto GUTIÉRREZ LORCA and Hector PUENTE-BIENVENIDO