ISA Congress

RC42 sessions at the ISA World Congress of Sociology

RC42 organizes and co-sponsors sessions at the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, taking place July 4–10, 2027 in Gwangju, South Korea. Browse our sessions below, or see the full program listing.

Bounded Solidarities: The Interconnections of Home, Migrations and Digitization
Migration
Digitization
Solidarity
The session explores the interconnections of home, migrations, and digitization to examine contemporary forms of solidarity. It examines how migration and digitization have…
Sepetla Molapo
Comparative Critical Studies on Universal Basic Income and Basic Income
Basic Income
Social Policy
Comparative Research
This session explores the benefits and challenges of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Basic Income (BI) programs implemented in different countries and regions. Research…
Tania Garcia-Ramos
Comparative Study of Social Cohesion and Economic Inequality
Inequality
Social Cohesion
Comparative Research
This session examines how economic inequality and beliefs about inequality connect to social cohesion in contemporary societies. The organizers invite submissions exploring…
Julio Iturra, Gonzalo Franetovic
Crisis, Subjectivity, and Civic Agency In the Global South: Social Emotions, Meaning-Making, and Democratic Imaginaries
Global South
Emotions
Civic Agency
This panel examines how people in the Global South experience political rupture emotionally and cognitively. The session integrates social psychology and sociology to…
Fateme Alamdar, Seyed Nima Orazani
Culture, Cognition and Inequality
Culture
Cognition
Inequality
The session examines connections between cultural frameworks, cognitive processes, and social inequality. It seeks research on how cultural knowledge — broadly understood as…
Francisco Olivos, Peng Wang
Digital Health Technologies As Sites of Subjectivation: Algorithmic Care, Self-Governance, and the Making of New Health Subjects
Health
Technology
Digitization
The session explores how digitalized healthcare transforms illness, care, and patient identity. It examines eHealth technologies — including AI-driven tools, gamified…
Robert Aust
Emotions Beyond Borders: Identity, Social Media and Affective Experiences In Digital Society
Emotions
Social Media
Identity
The session examines how social media platforms and AI-driven digital infrastructures shape emotional experiences and identity construction. It investigates the tension…
Jingting Zhang
Engaging Polarising Societal Issues In the Classroom
Education
Polarization
The session focuses on pedagogical approaches for addressing contentious topics in diverse classroom settings. It examines safe spaces amongst an often increasingly diverse…
Charles Puttergill, Cawo Abdi
From Inequality to Action: How Justice and Deservingness Beliefs Shape Political Behavior
Inequality
Political Behavior
Justice
This session explores how individuals’ perceptions of fairness influence their political engagement. It bridges political sociology and social psychology by examining the…
René Canales Sellés, Andreas Laffert Tamayo
Group Processes
Group Processes
Social Interaction
This session examines the underlying mechanisms that govern human behavior, influence, and organization within small groups. The research bridges individual psychology and…
Lisa Walker
Meritocracy, Deservingness, and Inequality
Meritocracy
Inequality
Deservingness
The session examines how meritocracy has become one of the most powerful ways of making sense of social inequalities. It investigates how concepts of merit and deservingness…
Juan Carlos Castillo, Tomás Urzúa Moreno
Political Socialization of Younger Generations: Participation, Beliefs, Attitudes and Knowledge
Political Socialization
Youth
The session examines how recent global transformations — including crises related to globalization, misinformation, and political polarization — shape younger generations’…
Daniel Miranda, Janina Suppers
Sensitive Research: Positionality and Reflexivity In Fragile and Violence-Affected Contexts
Research Methods
Reflexivity
This panel explores how researchers’ positionality and reflexivity function within fieldwork conducted in violence-affected environments. The session examines qualitative…
Sandra Rios Oyola
Social Networks and Political Life: Attitudes, Behavior, and Cleavages
Social Networks
Political Behavior
The session examines how interpersonal networks shape political attitudes and behavior, moving beyond individual preference explanations. It focuses on network structure…
Alejandro Plaza Reveco
The Social Psychology of Inequality: Perceptions, Emotions, and Justifications In Turbulent Times
Inequality
Emotions
Meritocracy
This session examines how psychological mechanisms shape individuals’ interpretations of inequality across various nations during times of rapid social change. The…
Hye Won Kwon
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