The European Sociological Association’s 2017 Conference takes place in Athens at the epicentre of the European crisis. The underlying question for the conference is: How and where to should a sociology that matters evolve? How can sociology’s analyses, theories and methods, across the whole...

The theme for the conference is „Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination“.

THEME: Crisis, Critique and Change Which crisis? Whose critique? What changes? Making the world safe for banks is only one side of the coin. The present crisis is multi-faceted. It is not just a debt crisis, but also a political and a social crisis.

The aim of this conference will be to establish the role and position of Gender Relations in European Labour Markets and Welfare States and consider what achievements have been made and what challenges remain. This should enable discussions about future developments, Europe-wide,...