1st Conference 1992 in Vienna

'Sociological Perspectives on a Changing Europe' from 26 to 29 August 1992

The very first European Conference of Sociology examined the theme 'Sociological Perspectives on a Changing Europe: Paradoxes of Socioeconomic, Political and Cultural Transformation'.

Panels were held on the following themes:

The Economic Integration and Cultural Identity of Europe
Europe and the Global World Economy
Religion-Secularisation-Changes of Value
Environmental Problems
Restructuring of European Peripheries
Europe and the Others
Feminism and Citizenship
Changing Family Structures and New Forms of Living Together
Migration Processes in Europe- Emergence of New Minorities
Gender Relations and the Labour Market
Class Structure and Stratification
Communication in the Making of European Culture

Title: Sociological Perspectives on a Changing Europe

Dates: 26-29 August 1992

Conference Venue:
Institute of Sociology at the University of Vienna
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Participants: 602 participants from over 25 countries including Spain, Belgium, Estonia, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Switzerland, Greece, Poland, Croatia, France, Slovenia, Turkey, Norway, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Great Britain, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany.

International Organising Committee:
David Lane (Chair, Great Britain)
Max Haller (Chair, Austria)
Thomas P. Boje (Treasurer, Denmark)
Giandomenico Amendola (Italy)
Ayse Gunes-Ayata (Turkey)
Michael Illner (Czechoslovakia)
Wladyslaw Kwasniewicz (Poland)
Rudolf Richer (Austria)

Local Organising Committee:
Chair: Rudolf Richter
Secretary: Eva Cyba
Co-Chair: Max Haller
Co-Chair: Elisabeth Jandl-Jager
Co-Chair: Helga Nowotny
Roland Pohoryles

Plenary Sessions:
Martin Albrow
Zsuzsa Ferge
Peter Flora
Luciano Gallino
Johan Galtung
Anthony Giddens
Salvadore Giner
Jiri Musil
Helga Nowotny
Wlodzimierz Wesolowski

Conference Report:

Report_on_the_First_European_Conference_of_Sociology.pdf