Programme

View the Outline Programme (resolution reduced website version; published online: 9 August 2019)
View the Abstract Book (PDF 10 MB; published online: 22 November 2019)

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At its biennial conferences, the European Sociological Association offers Plenary, Semi-Plenary and Midday sessions, each with two invited speakers. ESA's 37 Research Networks and a number of Research Streams offer so-called regular sessions with four paper presentations per session. In total, there will be over 700 sessions. The choice is yours!

List of Research Networks

List of Research Streams

  • RS01 - Gaming at the Boundaries: Imagining Inclusive Futures
    Coordinators:
    Thomas Brock, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
    Aphra Kerr, Maynooth University, Ireland
    Mark R Johnson, University of Alberta, Canada
    Paolo Ruffino, University of Lincoln, UK
     
  • RS02 - Gestational Surrogacy. A Global Phenomenon in Europe
    Coordinators:
    Daniela Bandelli, Marie Curie Fellow, University of Texas, USA
    Chaime Marcuello Servos, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
    Consuelo Corradi, LUMSA University, Italy
     
  • RS03 - Maritime Sociology
    Coordinators:
    Agnieszka Kołodziej-Durnaś, University of Szczecin, Poland
    Frank Sowa, Nuremberg Tech Georg Simon Ohm, Germany
     
  • RS04 - Men and Masculinities in a Changing Europe
    Coordinators:
    Katarzyna Suwada, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
    Katarzyna Wojnicka, University of Leeds, UK
     
  • RS05 - Multi-locality and Family Life
    Coordinators:
    Lenka Formánková, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
    Laura Merla, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
    Majella Kilkey, University of Sheffield, UK
    Cédric Duchêne-Lacroix, University of Basel, Switzerland
     
  • RS06 - Patterns of Non-Resident Fatherhood (cancelled)
    Coordinators:
    Marieke Heers, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    Ivett Szalma, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
     
  • RS07 - Platform Work: Needs, Activation and Representativeness in the Era of Digital Labour (cancelled)
    Coordinators:
    Davide Arcidiacono, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
    Andrea Ciarini, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Italy
    Arianna Tassinari, University of Warwick, UK
     
  • RS08 - Politics of Engagement
    Coordinators:
    Eeva Luhtakallio, University of Tampere, Finland
    Veikko Eranti, University of Tampere, Finland
    Anders Blok, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
     
  • RS09 - Practicing Borders (cancelled)
    Coordinators:
    Carlo Colloca, University of Catania, Italy
    Daniela Stauffacher, University of Zurich, Switzerland and EHESS, Paris, France
    Rafael Walthert, University of Zurich, Switzerland
     
  • RS10 - Practicing the Future: Social, Material and Affective Futures
    Coordinators:
    Giuliana Mandich, University of Cagliari, Italy
    Daniel Welch, University of Manchester, UK
     
  • RS11 - Questioning Precariousness: Labour, Collective Organising and Everyday Life
    Coordinators:
    Annalisa Murgia, University of Milan, Italy
    Renato Miguel do Carmo, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, CIES-IUL, Portugal
    Mireia Bolíbar, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
    Adam Mrozowicki, University of Wroclaw, Poland
     
  • RS12 - Simmel and Beyond
    Coordinators:
    Pedro Jorge da Costa Caetano, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
    Laura Centemeri, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France
    Maria Manuela Ferreira Mendes, CIES-ISCTE, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
    José Manuel Vieira Soares de Resende, University of Évora, Portugal
     
  • RS13 - Sociology of Celebration
    Coordinators:
    Ismo Kantola, University of Turku, Finland
    Ozana Cucu-Oancea, Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy, Romania
  • RS14 - Sociology of Knowledge
    Coordinators:
    Saša Bosančić, University of Augsburg, Germany
    Justyna Kijonka, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Katowice, Poland
    René Tuma, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
     
  • RS15 - Sociology of Law
    Coordinators:
    Eleni Nina-Pazarzi, University of Piraeus, Greece
    Jacek Kurczewski, University of Warsaw, Poland
    Mavis Maclean, University of Oxford, UK
     
  • RS16 - Sociology of Spatial Mobilities
    Coordinators:
    Knut Petzold, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
    Heiko Rüger, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany
    Gil Viry, University of Edinburgh, UK
     
  • RS17 - Transformative Rural-Urban Connections
    Coordinators:
    Maria Jesus Rivera, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain
    Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
     
  • RS18 - Urban Futures: Visions for Social Inclusion
    Coordinators (Local Organising Committee):
    Elisa Pieri, University of Manchester, UK
    Catherine Walker, University of Manchester, UK
     
  • RS19 - Visual and Filmic Sociology (cancelled)
    Coordinators:
    Susan Hansen, Middlesex University, London, UK
    Christine Louveau, Université d’Evry Paris-Saclay, France
    Sebastiano Benasso, Università degli studi di Genova, Italy
     
  • RS20 - Education and Political Participation in Eastern Europe
    Coordinators:
    Lígia Ferro, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    Monica Massari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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