The ISA Research Committee on Futures Research (RC07) invites proposals for paper presentations at the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, to be held in Gwangju, South Korea, 6-11 July 2025. We welcome diverse theoretical, empirical, and practical approaches as well as interdisciplinary collaboration. The program offers an exciting spectrum of topics related to forward-oriented social research. It includes thematically open sessions and opportunities in any the ISA’s three o

Best Paper Award: Graduate Student Competition 2025 in Futures Research by International Sociological Association ISA-RC07

Coming soon: The Futures of the Anthropocene. Program to be planned for the Forum in Rabat 2025.

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Jan Nederveen Pieterse delivers inaugural lecture of the Futures Research Series. Topic: Multipolar Globalization

ISARC07 Lifetime Achievement Award Announcement

The event series on “Futures Research” serves as a global platform for debate of the theoretical, methodological, empirical, and normative f