Dear RC17 members,
We are excited to announce that the International Conference on Organizational Sociology (ICOS) has received a record 112 submissions this year—up from 83 in 2025 and 62 in 2022! For more details about the conference, please click here.
Moreover, we are happy to share several opportunities to participate and publish, including an ISA Webinar on the use of AI in research co-organized by RC17, the New Institutionalism Workshop, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty, and a Current Sociology Monograph on knowledge transfer. Please see the details below.
ISA Webinar: Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Research Process of Scholars and Students: Tool or/and Con-Contributor?
Join us on 20 November 2025 (14:00–16:00 GMT) for an engaging webinar exploring how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping the research process for scholars and students alike. The session will look at how GenAI is being used in learning and social research, and discuss whether it serves purely as a research tool or is becoming a genuine co-contributor in knowledge creation. Featuring presentations and discussions from international speakers, the event invites participants to reflect on the promises and challenges of integrating GenAI into academic practice. The webinar is co-organized by researchers from several ISA Research Committees, bringing together diverse perspectives on this rapidly evolving topic. Log in to your ISA Member account at the ISA Member Portal (Benefits – Webinars) to access the live Zoom session schedule and save the session to your calendar. More details are available in the attached GenAI webinar_ISA series_description
CfP: 21st Workshop on New Institutionalism, Liverpool, March 26-27, 2026
The 21st Workshop on New Institutionalism (NIW) will take place in Liverpool on March 26–27, 2026.
Short papers (800 to 3,000 words) can be submitted via email to NIW2026@liverpool.ac.uk until November 30, 2025. You can find the full Call for Papers here.
Inviting Contributions for The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty, Volume I: Concepts and Theories, Volume II: Researching Poverty
Editor-in-Chief Rajendra Baikady (rajendra.baikady@mail.huji.ac.il) invites contributions to the two-volume Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty. The submission deadline is November 30, 2025. Please see the attached calls for details on Call for Contribution_The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty_Volume_1and Call for Contribution_The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty_Volume_2.
CfP: Current Sociology Monograph (Special Issue) Research to Practice? Expectations, Tensions, and Compromises in Science-Practice Knowledge Relations
Guest editors Walter Bartl (walter.bartl@hof.uni-halle.de), Robert Aust (r.aust@macromedia.de), and Melike Janßen (janssen@dzhw.eu) are preparing a special issue in Current Sociology Monographs on the topic of knowledge transfer. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 December 2025. Please see the attached Cfp_Research_to_Practice_SI_Current_Sociology for more details.