ABOUT ISA

Internal Organization

The affairs of the ISA are governed by the Assembly of Councils which is composed of all members of the Council of National Associations and the Research Council.

The Council of National Associations consists of one delegate from each member country. The Research Council is composed of representatives of all Research Committees and sponsors scientific activities of the ISA.

The rules of functioning of the Research Committees are detailed in:

Aims and Requirements for Research Committees.

Every four years at the time of the World Congress, the Assembly of Councils elect the President and Vice-Presidents. Each Council elect 8 members of the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee administers the affairs of the Association between these meetings, while the ISA Secretariat executes the decisions and handles administrative matters. Officers of the Executive Committee serve on at least one of the following sub-committees:

Research Coordinating Committee

The remit of the Research Coordinating Committee is to approve the formation of Thematic Groups, to examine applications for the establishment of Working Groups and Research Committees, to review their activities and to put forward to the Executive Committee recommendations on both particular cases and general policy.

Chair	Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, geoffrey.pleyers@uclouvain.be Vice-President, Research Council
Members	Tova BENSKI, College of Management Studies, Israel Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Koichi HASEGAWA, Tohoku University, Japan Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Susan MCDANIEL, University of Lethbridge, Canada Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago Ayse SAKTANBER (EC representative), Middle East Technical University,Turkey Celi SCALON (EC representative), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nazanin SHAHROKNI, Syracuse University, USA

Chair

Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, geoffrey.pleyers@uclouvain.be
Vice-President, Research Council

Members

Tova BENSKI, College of Management Studies, Israel
Jan FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA
Koichi HASEGAWA, Tohoku University, Japan
Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan
Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
Susan MCDANIEL, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
Ayse SAKTANBER (EC representative), Middle East Technical University,Turkey
Celi SCALON (EC representative), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nazanin SHAHROKNI, Syracuse University, USA

National Associations Liaison Committee

National Associations Liaison Committee coordinates activities of national associations, regular collective members, represented at the Council of National Associations.

Chair	Filomin GUTIERREZ, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines, fcgutierrez@up.edu.ph Vice-President, National Associations
Members	Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jan FRITZ (EC representative) University of Cincinnati, USA Koichi HASEGAWA (EC representative), Tohoku University, Japan Grace KHUNOU, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland Laura OSO CASAS, Universidade da Coruña, Spain Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA Mounir SAIDANI, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia Ayse SAKTANBER, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Celi SCALON, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Chair

Filomin GUTIERREZ, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines, fcgutierrez@up.edu.ph
Vice-President, National Associations

Members

Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Jan FRITZ (EC representative) University of Cincinnati, USA
Koichi HASEGAWA (EC representative), Tohoku University, Japan
Grace KHUNOU, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland
Laura OSO CASAS, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA
Mounir SAIDANI, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia
Ayse SAKTANBER, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Celi SCALON, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Program Committee World Congress of Sociology

XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018.
Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities

Program Committee Chair	Margaret ABRAHAM, ISA President, USA
ISA Vice-Presidents	Sari HANAFI, VP National Associations, Lebanon Markus SCHULZ, VP Research, USA Vineeta SINHA, VP Publications, Singapore Benjamin TEJERINA, VP Finance and Membership, Spain
Members of ISA Research Coordinating Committee	Rosemary BARBERET, USA Kalpana KANNABIRAN, India Marina KURKCHIYAN, United Kingdom Evangelia TASTSOGLOU, Canada
Members ISA National Associations Liaison Committee	John HOLMWOOD, United Kingdom Simon MAPADIMENG, South Africa Celi SCALON, Brazil Sawako SHIRAHASE, Japan
Local Organizing Committee	Patrizia ALBANESE, Canadian Sociological Association
2 Invited ISA Members external to Executive Committee	tbc

Publications Committee

The Publications Committee supervises journals and books published by the ISA and proposes policies in the area of publications.

Chair	Eloísa MARTIN, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, eloisamartin@hotmail.com
ditors	Current Sociology	Karim MURJI, University of West London, United Kingdom Sarah NEAL, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
	International Sociology	Marta SOLER, University of Barcelona, Spain
	International Sociology Reviews	Mohammed A. BAMYEH, University of Pittsburgh, USA
	Sage Studies in International Sociology	Chaime MARCUELLO SERVÓS, University of Zaragoza, Spain
	eSymposium and Social Justice Democratization Space	Kelvin LOW, National University of Singapore, Singapore
	Global Dialogue	Brigitte AULENBACHER, Johannes Kepler University, German Klaus DORRE, University of Jena, Germany
	Sociopedia.isa	Bert KLANDERMANS, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Executive Committee representatives	Hiroshi ISHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan Allison LOCONTO, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Susan MCDANIEL, University of Lethbridge, Canada Nazanin SHAHROKNI, Syracuse University, USA
Observer	Robert ROJEK, SAGE Publications

Finance and Membership Committee

The responsibility of the Membership and Finances Committee is to oversee the Association's financial affairs and to propose policies in the area of finance and membership.

Chair	Sawako SHIRAHASE, University of Tokyo, Japan, sshiraha@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp Vice-President, Finance and Membership
Members	Tova BENSKI, College of Management Studies, Israel Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago Mounir SAIDANI, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia

ISA representatives to other international organizations

UN office New York
UNESCO-International Science Council Paris	Delegates	Chih-Jou Jay CHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Geoffrey PLEYERS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
UN office New York	Delegates	Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Rosemary BARBERET, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA
UN office Vienna	Delegate	Rosemary BARBERET, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA
Global Development Network	Delegate	Habibul KHONDKER, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
International Council for Science Union, ICSU, Paris, France	Delegate	Stewart LOCKIE, Australia
International Institute of Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain	Delegate	Marta SOLER, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

The Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology of the University Complutense in Madrid is the host of the Secretariat. Activities of the ISA are financed from membership dues and sales of publications.

ISA archives are located at The International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.