RC23 ISA is preparing now for the program of XX World Congress «Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies» (Melbourne, Australia, June 25 – July 1, 2023).

Please visit the webpage of the XX World Congress https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/melbourne-2023

Guidelines for Program Coordinators and Session Organizers

Deadlines

March 7, 2022 24:00 GMT

Announcing Program Coordinators: RC/WG/TG provide name and contact details of Program Coordinator to the ISA Secretariat This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

May 10, 2022 24:00 GMT

Submission of proposals to the ISA Secretariat This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for:

• Integrative Sessions which involve at least 3 Research Committees, 3 National Associations or a combination of the two
• Regular sessions by National, Regional, Linguistic and Thematic Associations
• Author Meets Critics sessions
• Ad Hoc Sessions

May 31, 2022: Announcing the Program Committee decision on accepted proposals

May 2 - 31, 2022  24:00 GMT

Call for Sessions

• RC/WG/TG session proposer must submit session’s description (250 words, in English, French or Spanish) on-line via Confex platform.
• Invited Session organizer (RC/WG/TG, Presidential, Plenary, LOC sessions, etc.) must submit session’s description (250 words, in English, French or Spanish) on-line via Confex platform.

June 1 - 26, 2022  24:00 GMT

Final list of Sessions: RC/WG/TG Program Coordinator must finalize a list of sessions. Sessions format, titles, descriptions and the language in which they will be held (English, French or Spanish), as well as contact details of session organizers (name, affiliation, country, e-mail) will be available on the ISA conference platform run by Confex.

July 1 - September 30, 2022  24:00 GMT

Abstracts submission: Participants and organizers of invited sessions must submit abstracts on-line via Confex platform. Abstracts must be submitted in English, French or Spanish. Only abstracts submitted on-line will be considered in the selection process.

October 7 - November 7, 2022  24:00 GMT

Abstracts selection: Session Organizer must complete selection of abstracts and provide a final presentation designation (oral, distributed, poster, round table). Session Organizers move good quality abstracts unsuited for their sessions to the Program Coordinator’s bin for transfer to another session.

Note: abstracts transfers should be done to the Program Coordinator’s bin as early as possible so that good abstracts may be transferred to other appropriate sessions to enable organizers to consider these transferred abstracts and make decisions within the deadlines.

Session Organizers add chairs, co-chairs, discussants, and panellists to their sessions as needed.

November 8 – 25, 2022 24:00 GMT

Abstracts re-location: Program Coordinator re-locates good quality abstracts considered unsuited by Session Organizers from the Program Coordinator's bin to other sessions.

No more sessions can be added after that deadline.

December 2, 2022 24:00 GMT

• Notification letters: Confex sends notification letters to:
  • authors and co-authors of accepted abstracts
  • authors of rejected abstracts

December 15, 2022 – January 26, 2023 24:00 GMT

•    Sessions Scheduling
December 15 - January 15: Confex schedules Joint Session, Round Table, and Poster sessions
January 16 - January 26: Program Coordinators schedule regular sessions

January 31, 2023 24:00 GMT

•    Applications for Registration Grants deadline: Program Coordinator receives applications for ISA grants submitted by the participants

February 15, 2023 24:00 GMT

•     Submission of proposed Registration Grants recipients: Program Coordinator sends a list of selected individuals and amounts recommended to the ISA Secretariat This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for verification and approval.

March 22, 2023 24:00 GMT

•     Registration deadline for presenters: Registration must be paid by the deadline. Confex matches registrations with accepted presenters and will send out last reminder to register. Presenters who have failed to register will be automatically deleted from the program.

April 3 - 18, 2023 24:00 GMT

•    Session Organizer modifies sessions based on withdrawal of non-registered presenters.
•    Chairs and discussants are assigned from among the registered participants.
•    Program Coordinator completes sessions schedule according to the conference timetable.
•    In case the type of an individual’s presentation is changed, or if a presentation is transferred to a different session, Confex will send notifications to authors with final session and presentation details after June 15 deadline.

May 9, 2023 24:00 GMT

•     Online program published