Dear RC02 Members,
Since the last newsletter, I am pleased to report a relatively tranquil hum of activity. We are currently organizing the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne, Australia from June 25 to July 1, 2023. Please mark your calendars! This will be a hybrid conference, but the precise form that this will take, and how much of the conference will be hybrid, remains an open decision by the Congress’ Program Committee. As soon as I learn of their decision, I will let you know.
In RC02, we are currently planning three primary venues in which you could participate in the World Congress. First, would you like to organize a session? Each session is 110 minutes and can accommodate five papers and time for collective discussion. I am most interested in proposals for research topics that involve an open call for papers that can potentially attract scholars from across the globe. The hard deadline is May 31, 2022, 24:00 GMT. You can find details on how to propose a session here. Please submit your best ideas!
Secondly, you can submit your own research paper in response to your colleagues’ calls for papers. This June there will be hundreds of calls for papers that you can submit in July-September 2022. RC02 will host at least twenty, and these will be posted widely, including in our weekly RC02 broadcasts.
Thirdly, RC02 is organizing a major event immediately prior to the World Congress, a Junior Scholar Laboratory to advance the research and careers of doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars, and potentially junior professors. If you have attended successful laboratories and mentoring events in the past and have ideas that you would like to share, please reach out to me. If you are interested in participating in or helping to organize this Laboratory, please email me at the contact information below.
Lastly, if you would like to organize a social or academic event prior to, at, or after the World Congress, or if you have an idea for an RC02 activity anywhere in the world, please reach out to me with your ideas.
In aloha and solidarity,
Aaron PitluckPresident, Economy and Society Research Committee (ISA RC02, 2018-2023)Illinois State UniversityAaron.Pitluck@IllinoisState.edu