Symposium: (XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014))

RC07 Futures Research

Program Coordinator: Celi SCALON (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Monday, July 14, 2014

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

JS-1

Characteristics of Neoliberalism in a Time of Global Crisis
Session Organizer: Ulrike M.M. SCHUERKENS

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

JS-6

Civil Society and Collective Actions. Part II
Session Organizer: P. P. BALAN
Chair: P. P. BALAN

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

JS-11

Intellectual South-South and North-South Dialogues from Critical Thinking, Theory and Collective Praxis
Session Organizers: Alberto BIALAKOWSKY and Alicia Itati PALERMO
Chairs: Alberto BIALAKOWSKY and Nora GARITA

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

132

RC07 Roundtable I. Open Themes. Temas Abiertos. Thèmes Ouverts. Part I
Session Organizers: Celi SCALON, Walden BELLO and Hiro TOYOTA
Chairs: Hiro TOYOTA and Sonia K. GUIMARAES

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

JS-20

Challenges and Innovations in Contemporary Counter-Hegemonic Politics
Session Organizers: William K. CARROLL and Markus S. SCHULZ

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

133

BRICS and Global Futures
Session Organizer: Jan NEDERVEEN PIETERSE

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

JS-29

The Future of Teaching and Research in Universities
Session Organizers: Jaime JIMENEZ GUZMAN, A. Gary DWORKIN, Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA and Ralph MATTHEWS
Chair: Ralph MATTHEWS

7:30 PM-8:50 PM

134

Special Session Ulrich Beck

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

135

Sociological Images of the Future
Session Organizer: Elisa REIS

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

136

Real Utopias
Session Organizer: Erik Olin WRIGHT

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

137

The Self as Project: Memory and Future in the Formation of Identity
Session Organizer: Mariolina GRAZIOSI

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

138

Inequality and Difference as Challenge for Social Theory
Session Organizer: Emil Albert SOBOTTKA

Thursday, July 17, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

JS-51

Future of Aging: Global and Comparative Perspectives on Trends, Implications, Policies, and Practices
Session Organizer: Julia ROZANOVA

JS-52

Futures of Post-Neoliberalism in a Time of Global Crisis
Session Organizer: Ulrike M.M. SCHUERKENS

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

JS-55

Socio-Ecological Inequality: Water Futures
Session Organizer: José Esteban CASTRO

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

139

Media Futures: Designs, Practices, Policies, Visions
Session Organizers: Timothy W. LUKE and Martine LEGRIS REVEL

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

JS-62

Future of Education: Innovation, Reform, Struggle, and Vision / Futuro De La Educación, Reforma, Lucha, y Visión
Session Organizers: Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA, Sonsoles SAN ROMAN and Hiro TOYOTA
Chairs: Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA, Hiro TOYOTA and Sonsoles SAN ROMAN

Friday, July 18, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

140

RC07 Roundtable II. Open Themes. Temas Abiertos. Thèmes Ouverts. Part II
Session Organizers: Hiro TOYOTA and John URRY
Chairs: Emil Albert SOBOTTKA and Mariolina GRAZIOSI

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

141

RC07 Business Meeting

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

142

Environmental Futures: Disasters, Climate Change, and the City
Session Organizer: Timothy W. LUKE

143

The Aftermath of Violence: The Lingering Memory of Genocide, War, and Political Terror
Session Organizer: Lynn RAPAPORT

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

144

Sociology and the Knowledge Society
Session Organizer: Sonia K. GUIMARAES
Chair: Sonia K. GUIMARAES

145

The Future of Research on Global Inequalities
Session Organizer: Sergio COSTA

Saturday, July 19, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

146

Global Change, Local Continuities: Focus on the Global South and the Environment
Session Organizer: Wilson AKPAN

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

147

Urban Futures and Technologies of Inequality
Session Organizers: Sultan KHAN, Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA, Eliana HERRERA-VEGA and Radhamany SOORYAMOORTHY
Chair: Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA

12:30 PM-2:20 PM

148

Social Movements, Publics, and the Contentious Politics of the Future - Part I
Session Organizers: Markus S. SCHULZ and Benjamín TEJERINA

2:30 PM-4:20 PM

JS-92

Social Movements, Publics, and the Contentious Politics of the Future - Part II
Session Organizers: Benjamín TEJERINA and Markus S. SCHULZ
Chair: Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA