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

TG12 Social Love and Solidarity

Program Coordinators: Angelica DE SENA (CONICET-UNLaM, Argentina), Silvia CATALDI (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and William CALVO-QUIROS (University of Michigan, USA)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Bridging Divides: Exploring Solidarity, Empathy, and Social Connection
Session Organizers: Serena QUARTA, Fabrizio MARTIRE and Paulo Henrique MARTINS ALBUQUERQUE

11:00-12:45

Poverty, Social Policies and "New Commodifications" (1)
Session Organizers: Eva SOTOMAYOR and Angelica DE SENA

13:00-14:45

Social Love and Solidarity between Emotions and Actions: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges for Social Research
Session Organizers: Gennaro IORIO, Maria Carmela CATONE and Angela DELLI PAOLI

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Bodies and Emotions in Climate Change Crisis: The Role of Solidarity
Session Organizers: Victoria D'HERS and Angelica DE SENA
Chair: Victoria D'HERS

11:00-12:45

Feminist, Decolonial and Digital Approaches to Radical Love: Changing the World from within / Enfoques Feministas, Decoloniales y Digitales De Un Amor Revolucionario: Cambiando El Mundo Desde Adentro
Session Organizers: William CALVO-QUIROS, Mr. Sérgio BARBOSA, MA and Ferlanda LUNA

13:00-14:45

Love As Collective Action: Bodies, Emotions, and Sensibilities (1)
Session Organizer: Adrian SCRIBANO

19:00-20:30

Education and Social Love: Educational Spaces As Sites of Social Transformation / Éducation Et Amour Social : Les Espaces Éducatifs Comme Lieux De Transformation Sociale
Session Organizers: Agnes KEUHO TCHOFFO and Maritza VASQUEZ REYES

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Love As Collective Action: Bodies, Emotions, and Sensibilities (2)
Session Organizer: Monica MESQUITA, Ph.D.

11:00-12:45

Pathways of Collaborative Visual Research
Session Organizers: Piotr GOLDSTEIN and Magdalena NOWICKA

15:00-16:45

The Public Dimension of Love in the Socio-Political Sphere: Dialogical Insights from Presidents of National Research Bodies
Session Organizers: Silvia CATALDI and Paulo Henrique MARTINS ALBUQUERQUE

19:00-20:30

Connections across Differences: Exploring the Social Dimension of Empathy and Love
Session Organizers: Wonho JANG, Vincenzo AURIEMMA and Silvia CATALDI

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Nature, Cultures and Social Love
Session Organizers: Jay MALAGA, Paulo Henrique MARTINS ALBUQUERQUE and Marco PALMIERI

11:00-12:45

Poverty, Social Policies and "New Commodifications" (2)
Session Organizers: Eva SOTOMAYOR and Angelica DE SENA

13:00-14:45

TG12 Business Meeting

19:00-20:30

Work, Vocation, and Social Love: Between Emancipation and Exploitation
Session Organizers: Laura CATALDI, Tania PARISI and Francesca TOMATIS

Friday, 11 July 2025

13:00-14:45

No Justice, No Love: Gaza at the Limits of the Anthropocene
Session Organizers: ajmaL.hussain HUSSAIN, Kawtar NAJIB and Fahid QURASHI

15:00-16:45

Visualizing Youth Solidarity Actions: Visual Sociology and Young People's Altruism in Times of Uncertainty
Session Organizers: Marina CIAMPI, Silvia CATALDI and William CALVO-QUIROS