Conferences

Knowledge is both a collective and an individual resource. Societal dynamics are driven by the accessibility and composition of knowledge at a macro level. As claimed by the prophets of the knowledge society, the way knowledge production takes place must therefore be of key interest to all societies.

Scholars who address our key topic from an analytical-empirical perspective in sociology, in particular, or from perspectives of other social sciences such as political science, demographic research, communication and data science, or the economics of education are invited to present and discuss their research in a stimulating format. In addition, we also very welcome talks on other topics (open sessions). The conference language is English.

The 4th AS Conference will be held in August, 28-30, 2023 at the University of Bern (Switzerland). See the call for papers at our conference website.

Three days of inspiring presentations and discussions, 400 registered participants and more than 80 talks given in thematic and special  sessions - this was our 2021 online AS conference on social cohesion. The AS board's thanks goes to all presenters, invited speakers, discussants, chairs, to our partners from Kontanz Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality' and the Resarch Institute Social Cohesion, and to the local organisers and staff members from Leipzig University.

AS Conference website and registration open since July 1st.

Over three days we will discuss new research on social cohesion in connection with the pandemic, social inequality, the climate crisis and other areas of society. In addition, we hear keynote lectures by renowned scientists from sociology, political science and health sciences.

Thanks to our cooperation partners, we can dispense with charging fees. Participation is therefore free of charge. However, prior registration is required. You can find the conference website here.

Contemporary societies face challenges that require a high degree of social cohesion in terms of effectively addressing them. Some argue that societies are characterized by declining social cohesion, while others dispute this diagnosis. Here, sociology, based on rigorous theoretical considerations and empirical analysis, can help to clarify the theoretical mechanisms at work and develop methods to enable a better understanding of the social dynamics that hinder or promote social cohesion or division.

Click here for Call for Papers - deadline May 31^st, 2021.

Conference website is coming soon.

Digitalization is one of the megatrends of our century. The social sciences as well as the public have just begun to study and understand the deep structural changes that come with digitalization. This complex mixture of opportunities and risks in many areas of social life has been subject of our second AS conference located in Konstanz, Sep 25-27, 2019. We are grateful to the University of Konstanz, its Clusters of Excellence „Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour“ and „The Politics of Inequality” as well as the ETH Zürich for generous support.

Rewatch selected talks given by invited speakers on You Tube.

You can find the programme of the conference here.

The first conference of the Academy for Sociology took place between April 4th and 6th, 2018 on the topic “Growing inequality – divided society? Current Contributions of Empirical-Analytical Sociology” in München-Nymphenburg. 120 participants discussed over 60 lectures and posters (conference language German). We thank the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation for the generous support.
You can find the programme of the conference here (in German).