Conferences and Activities

Centre for Research on the English-speaking World (CREW) EA 4399: Call for Papers

This conference will address the similarities and differences in higher education between the United Kingdom
and the United States over the last thirty years. It will be held on 23 March 2012 in Paris, France.

Call for Papers: 2nd ISA Forum of Sociology in Argentina

Call for Papers: RC04 & RC34 Conference on Transitions 2012 in Tampa, Florida, USA

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RC04, ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Education, is joining with RC34, ISA Research Committee on the Sociology of Youth, to co-sponsor an ISA Interim Conference on “Transitions” to be held in Tampa, Florida on January 13-15, 2012.

10th European Sociological Association Conference in Geneva from 7th to 10th September 2011

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3rd International Youth Conference Slated in India 22 – 25th November 2011

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Australian Youth Affairs Conference: May 30-June 1, 2011

Australian Youth Affairs Conference

Preparations are underway for Australia's first national youth sector conference since 2007. It will be held in Sydney, from May 30-June 1, 2011. We anticipate that in excess of 500 delegates will attend the conference, to access the most recent information about what’s happening in the area of youth policy, research, development and practice, and to develop networks and contacts throughout the youth sector.

The conference theme for 2011 is: Interrupting Transmission: youth | change | policy | practice
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ISA Forum 2012 in Buenos Aires

Second ISA Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1-4 August 2012 Read more

Upcoming Conference in Greece

3rd International Conference Thessaloniki, 2-4 December 2010 "Children and Youth in Changing Societies" http://www.psy.auth.gr/childrenandyouth2010/ Read more

Youth Constructing Worlds: Capacities and Limits of Action for Change: Madrid October 14 & 15, 2010

The Youth and Society Postgraduate Studies of the Spanish Distance University (UNED) organize the International Congress “Youth Constructing Worlds. Capacities and Limits of Action for Change”. The Congress will be held on October 14 and 15th 2010 in the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. The objective of the Congress is to discuss about the capacities and limits that young people face when the try to transform the world in which they live. For this aim the different sessions are designed as a space for experts, youth workers and young people bringing together their reflections. Read more

Youth (Sub)cultures in Changing Societies

Rapid technological developments, structural changes in the society and economic uncertainty influence lifestyles of young people. One of the possibilities for identification and belonging is participation in different youth cultures. Youth (sub)cultures are oriented towards choices in music, style, sports or politics, but at the same time determined by structural circumstances. As the media tends to focus on their negative aspects, distinctive youth lifestyles have often been associated with deviance. The latter is especially the case in Eastern Europe, where the society has for a long time been understood as homogeneous, and where a plurality of lifestyles has only recently began to surface. Read more