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Newsletter May 2022

Dear RC17 members, The preparations for the ISA World Congress 2023 are now starting. As a first step we are calling for session proposals. So, if you have a nice idea for a session of 110minutes (or more), please send us a proposal of 250 words until May 20. More information below and on our website: And of course,…

Newsletter April 2022

Dear RC17 members, RC17 is co-organizing an international conference on “Organizations in a Plural Society” this year! Check out the exciting call for abstracts below and the conference website: www.icos2022.com! Furthermore, we are now beginning with the preparations for the ISA World Congress 2023 and will come back to you with more information soon. For now, general information can be…

Newsletter December 2021

Dear RC17 members, Here comes our new newsletter. We hope that you are all doing well and will enjoy reading! While the ISA Congress has been postponed to 2023, many of our members are organizing sub-themes for the EGOS Colloquium 2022 Check out their Calls for Papers! We also want to remind you of the RC17 activity grants. The procedure…

Newsletter July 2021

Dear RC17 members, Here comes our new newsletter. We hope that you are all doing well and will enjoy reading! If you have any suggestions, announcements, publications, or call for papers for the next newsletter, please contact our newsletter editor Michael Grothe-Hammer (Michael.grothe-hammer@ntnu.no). Postponement of ISA Congress and Forum On May 1st, the ISA Assembly of Councils (i.e., the members…

Newsletter April 2021

Dear RC17 members, We hope that you are all doing well. Between February 23 and 28, the IV ISA Forum of Sociology took place. RC17 organized 14 sessions on 10 topics featuring fascinating discussions and facilitating inspiring debates. You can access the Forum’s sessions down below. We are also happy to announce that the Brazilian theory journal Teoria e Cultura…

Newsletter February 2021

Dear RC17 members, The IV ISA Forum of Sociology is approaching fast. On February 23, the Forum will begin featuring over 800 online sessions with more than 3000 contributions, and we are excited to be part of this. RC17 offers 14 sessions on 10 topics featuring presentations from scholars around the globe. You will find more information on the sessions…

Newsletter December 2020

Dear RC17 members, With our December newsletter in 2020 we want to send you our best wishes for the upcoming holidays and New Year’s Eve, and a healthy and a successful year 2021 in which we can hopefully return to a more or less normal social life. What a year this has been. As you know, the IV ISA Forum…

Newsletter October 2020

Dear RC17 members and Newsletter subscribers, We hope you are all doing well. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the ISA Forum 2020/2021 is going digital! As a consequence, RC17 has re-opened calls for abstracts and invites your submissions. You will find more information below. Our newsletter moreover features some more announcements and calls that might be of interest! If you…

Newsletter June 2020

Dear RC17 members and Newsletter subscribers, We hope you are all doing well during these challenging times. For many, the past few months have been difficult and the months to come will most probably be as well. As you might know the ISA Forum is postponed to February 23-27, and we hope that we can have a fantastic conference by…

Newsletter December 2019

Dear RC17 members, With our December newsletter in 2019 we want to send you our best wishes for the upcoming holidays and New Year’s Eve, and a healthy and a successful year 2020! We are looking forward to the IV ISA Forum of Sociology that will take place in July 2020 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. RC17 will feature a diverse…

Newsletter September 2019

Dear RC17 members and Newsletter subscribers, There are only a few weeks left to submit your abstracts to our RC17 sessions at the ISA Forum of Sociology 2020. We included a reminder for the calls for abstracts below and hope to see many of you in Porto Alegre! Moreover, thanks to our board member Robert Jungmann, RC17 will co-organize an…

Newsletter June 2019

Dear RC17 members and Newsletter subscribers, In our new newsletter you will find a brief report on the workshop “Meta-, Macro-, and Partial Organization: Advances in Research and Theory” that took place last month. The workshop was supported by RC17 and organized by RC17 board members Héloïse Berkowitz and Michael Grothe-Hammer. Moreover, you will find a call for chapters for…