RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & The 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia Tokyo, Japan, 12– 16 September 2022 Japan Women’s University Research C…
RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & The 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology Tokyo, Japan, 12– 16 September 2022 Japan Women’s University Research Committ…
I firstly become a member of RC33 in 2008 at the 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, held in Naples, the place where I work now, and where I grew up as both a scholar and a per…
Dear RC33 members, Another unpredictable year has passed. RC33 has never had such a turbulent year, as far as I can remember. But we made the most of it! We have tried to organize our RC33 conference …
Due to the advantages of lower cost and higher efficiency, online surveys have been more commonly used than other survey modes. The disadvantages of volunteer-based or non-probability online surveys, …
Call for Papers (deadline: 31 December 2021): The RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & the 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia (Tokyo, Japan, 12– 16 S…
Winners of the 1st RC33 awards for best papers The Board of RC33 would like to proudly congratulate the winners of the First RC33 Awards for Best Paper and Best Paper by a Young Scholar: Congratulatio…
We look forward to welcoming you to the online SMUS conference Botswana from 23-25 September 2021. The call for abstracts is now closed and registration is open until the 15.09.2021 via a google form …
The RC33 conference will be online from September 7-10 2021. The conference will take place via teams. If you want to participate (and you are not a presenter), please send an email before August 16 2…
We would like to inform you about the changes related to the RC33 membership benefits for those who are currently members and for those who are planning to become members. Following a long term partne…
Deadline: 31 May 2021 Re-Opening the Call for Submissions for the First RC33 Awards for Best Paper and Best Paper by a Young Scholar With the rescheduling of the 10th RC33 Conference in Cyprus to 7-10…
7 – 10 September, 2021 Dear colleagues, We regret to inform you that we have finally decided to cancel the RC33 conference in Cyprus. It was a very hard decision. However, the good news is that the …
Tokyo, Japan, 12– 16 September 2022 Japan Women’s University Research Committee on Comparative Sociology (RC 20) & Research Committee on Logic and Methodology in Sociology (RC 33) Call for …
Vice president for Finances, Wander van der Vaart Membership fees Since May 2020 RC33 distinguishes three categories of membership that – similar to ISA – follow the A/B/C categories of count…
The New Schedules for RC20 and RC33 Joint Conference (Tokyo, Japan | September 12– 16, 2022 | Japan Women’s University) As announced in BMS issue 147-148/August-October 2020, RC20 Regional Confere…
Dear RC33 members, I hope this letter finds you well. I had so many expectations for 2020, but none of them came true. It seemed such a beautiful number: 2020. For years we had been planning the RC33 …
As 2020 is drawing to a close I’m sure that most of you are as relieved as I am and that you are also hoping for a different year in 2021. It was very disappointing not to meet familiar and new face…
with the year coming to a close, I would like to give a quick update on the state of the first RC33 Awards for Best Paper and Best Paper by a Young Scholar, which would have been given out at the 10th…
IV ISA Forum of Sociology will be held online from February 23rd – 28th, 2021 Usually sociologists from all over the world meet every second year either for the World Congress or for the Forum of So…
New conference dates: 7 – 10 September, 2021 Dear authors, Further to our recent update regarding the new dates of RC 33 conference 7-10 of September, 2021 due to the Coronavirus outbreak, We would …
On 8 September 2020 the RC33 Board had an online meeting in lieu of the customary face-to-face meeting that would have been held at the conference in Cyprus this year. The main topics of discussion in…
The Center for Survey Research (CSR), RCHSS, Academia Sinica, with which I am affiliated, has been regularly conducting academic surveys for over two decades, mostly in-person and telephone interviews…
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically influenced our day to day lives. Apart from a big negative impact on health, socializing, working, and spending our free time, it has also brought a renewed i…
The International Conference on Social Science Methodology (RC33) Logic and Methodology in Sociology New conference dates: 7 – 10 September, 2021 Dear authors, After very careful consideration of…
We received the following message from the ISA about the postponement of the IV Forum of Sociology that we would like to share with you: Dear members of the ISA and participants to the IV ISA Forum, A…
Due to the coronavirus crisis, we have decided to postpone the joint conference: The 1st RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & the 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Meth…
Dear RC33 members, I hope you are all well. I will not repeat phrases that have been said a million times, but the Covid19 pandemic has put the entire world on hold. Organizing conferences seem to be …
In order to lower the threshold for scientists and students from low-income countries to become a RC33-member, the board decided to introduce a differentiation in RC33 membership fees. Similar to an …
Project Description The “Global Center of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability” (GCSMUS) is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via the DAAD pr…
This is an exciting year for the members of our RC33 community. In addition to planning our forthcoming regional conferences in March/April in Botswana, Brazil and India, we are working hard to prepar…
This year will be a busy year for RC33. We will have our own RC33 Conference in Cyprus in September. When I look at this year’s program for all conferences that are related to Methods and Logistics …
If you are a current member of RC33 or even a former RC33 member, you have been receiving weekly emails from me concerning materials such as books and articles, and also forth-coming events associated…
It is as if in the last two decades social scientists more and more love to celebrate their research methods. When looking at all research methods initiatives, conferences, meetings, trainings, worksh…
The Board of RC33 is pleased to announce the introduction of two awards for best social science papers! These two awards will highlight excellent published work by RC33 members. Winning articles will …
Conference website: http://cyprusconferences.org/rc33/ Enjoy Summer 2019 … and prepare for an exciting Summer 2020 in Cyprus! Summer 2019 is already here and we have all made great plans. But have y…
RC33 (Logic and Methodology in Sociology) has a long history given that it was established in 1973. It has been one of most active RCs, hosting conferences regularly all over the world. This time, RC3…
Enjoy Summer 2019 … and prepare for an exciting Summer 2020 in Cyprus! Summer 2019 is already here and we have all made great plans. But have you prepared for an exciting 2020 visit in Cyprus? With …
Next summer thousands of sociologists from all over the world will meet in Porto Alegre for the IV ISA Forum of Sociology. The Call for Papers just opened (see our main page) and we invite you to subm…
At the RC33 Board meeting in Toronto in July 2018 I gave a brief update on the RC33 website that was launched in 2017 and asked for feedback from the audience. Someone mentioned that the blog se…
As Karl van Meter reminded us in his contribution to the first issue under the new editorship (van Meter, 2018), the RC 33 is a constant travelling companion for the BMS. The “Logic and Methodology…
Dear RC33 members and colleagues, as hopefully one of the last things I do before the holidays begin, I would like to write a short blog for the website introducing myself and outlining some prelimina…
Dear RC33 Members, Finally I can write to you as your new President for RC33. I have been involved with RC33 for quite some time, and I am sure most of you have seen me in (one of) the last conference…
Dear RC33 members, Since the last World Congress, we have a new board, and as can be seen from the results of the elections below, all candidates have been confirmed in their office, so in the name of…
As you all know, research methods and methodology are important for all disciplines in social sciences. There is far less research on methodology, however, than that on its applications in most countr…
Becoming a member of RC33-ISA has been prompted by participation in the World Congress 2018 in Toronto. I have been presenting in a session organized by RC33 and have attended many of its other sessio…
Inspired by the session of RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology in Toronto during the World Congress 2018. The original title of this session talked about the replicability crisis in the social sci…
RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & The 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia Tokyo, Japan, 12– 16 September 2022 Japan Women’s University Research C…
RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & The 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology Tokyo, Japan, 12– 16 September 2022 Japan Women’s University Research Committ…
I firstly become a member of RC33 in 2008 at the 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, held in Naples, the place where I work now, and where I grew up as both a scholar and a per…
Dear RC33 members, Another unpredictable year has passed. RC33 has never had such a turbulent year, as far as I can remember. But we made the most of it! We have tried to organize our RC33 conference …
Due to the advantages of lower cost and higher efficiency, online surveys have been more commonly used than other survey modes. The disadvantages of volunteer-based or non-probability online surveys, …
Call for Papers (deadline: 31 December 2021): The RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & the 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia (Tokyo, Japan, 12– 16 S…
We look forward to welcoming you to the online SMUS conference Botswana from 23-25 September 2021. The call for abstracts is now closed and registration is open until the 15.09.2021 via a google form …
We would like to inform you about the changes related to the RC33 membership benefits for those who are currently members and for those who are planning to become members. Following a long term partne…
Deadline: 31 May 2021 Re-Opening the Call for Submissions for the First RC33 Awards for Best Paper and Best Paper by a Young Scholar With the rescheduling of the 10th RC33 Conference in Cyprus to 7-10…
Vice president for Finances, Wander van der Vaart Membership fees Since May 2020 RC33 distinguishes three categories of membership that – similar to ISA – follow the A/B/C categories of count…
Dear RC33 members, I hope this letter finds you well. I had so many expectations for 2020, but none of them came true. It seemed such a beautiful number: 2020. For years we had been planning the RC33 …
As 2020 is drawing to a close I’m sure that most of you are as relieved as I am and that you are also hoping for a different year in 2021. It was very disappointing not to meet familiar and new face…
with the year coming to a close, I would like to give a quick update on the state of the first RC33 Awards for Best Paper and Best Paper by a Young Scholar, which would have been given out at the 10th…
IV ISA Forum of Sociology will be held online from February 23rd – 28th, 2021 Usually sociologists from all over the world meet every second year either for the World Congress or for the Forum of So…
New conference dates: 7 – 10 September, 2021 Dear authors, Further to our recent update regarding the new dates of RC 33 conference 7-10 of September, 2021 due to the Coronavirus outbreak, We would …
On 8 September 2020 the RC33 Board had an online meeting in lieu of the customary face-to-face meeting that would have been held at the conference in Cyprus this year. The main topics of discussion in…
The Center for Survey Research (CSR), RCHSS, Academia Sinica, with which I am affiliated, has been regularly conducting academic surveys for over two decades, mostly in-person and telephone interviews…
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically influenced our day to day lives. Apart from a big negative impact on health, socializing, working, and spending our free time, it has also brought a renewed i…
We received the following message from the ISA about the postponement of the IV Forum of Sociology that we would like to share with you: Dear members of the ISA and participants to the IV ISA Forum, A…
Due to the coronavirus crisis, we have decided to postpone the joint conference: The 1st RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & the 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Meth…
Dear RC33 members, I hope you are all well. I will not repeat phrases that have been said a million times, but the Covid19 pandemic has put the entire world on hold. Organizing conferences seem to be …
In order to lower the threshold for scientists and students from low-income countries to become a RC33-member, the board decided to introduce a differentiation in RC33 membership fees. Similar to an …
Project Description The “Global Center of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability” (GCSMUS) is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via the DAAD pr…
This is an exciting year for the members of our RC33 community. In addition to planning our forthcoming regional conferences in March/April in Botswana, Brazil and India, we are working hard to prepar…
This year will be a busy year for RC33. We will have our own RC33 Conference in Cyprus in September. When I look at this year’s program for all conferences that are related to Methods and Logistics …
If you are a current member of RC33 or even a former RC33 member, you have been receiving weekly emails from me concerning materials such as books and articles, and also forth-coming events associated…
It is as if in the last two decades social scientists more and more love to celebrate their research methods. When looking at all research methods initiatives, conferences, meetings, trainings, worksh…
Dear Colleagues, please consider submitting an English-language abstract for the session “Decolonizing Social Science Methodology – Overcoming Positivism and Constructivism” hosted by the Resear…
According to the RC33 statutes, for a new election period, the current President organizes the election and at the World Congress, automatically becomes Past President. The Secretary is automatically …
Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018 Since the inception of the discipline, sociologists have been concerned with power, violence …
ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018 We want to invite you to submit an abstract for the ISA World Congress of Sociology which will take place from July 15th to 21th, 201…
Registration Open: 2017 RC33 Regional Conference The 1st RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia will be held in Taipei, September 11-14, 2017. Registration is now open via the co…
Deadline: 20 March 2017 Dear Colleagues, The 1st RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia, hosted by the Center for Survey Research, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, will take place on Sept…
Deadline: 5th February, 2017 Dear colleagues, The 1st RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia, hosted by the Center for Survey Research, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, will take place on…
The “Bulletin de Méthodoligie Sociologique / Bulletin of Sociological Methodology” or “BMS”, a bilingual English-French quarterly scientific journal, published jointly by th…
Deadline: 31 July 2016 Hi everybody, The World social sciences Forum will be held in Montreal October 13-15 2013. The organizers want to put emphasis on methods and would like to get a better particip…
The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World (3rd ISA Forum of Sociology) July 10th – 14th, 2016, Vienna, Austria We want to invite you to the 3rd ISA Forum of Sociolog…
2nd Call for Papers for Special Issue & for Session: The RC33 9th International Conference on Social Science Methodology The 9th International Conference on Social Science Methodology (RC33) at th…
Call for abstracts for the 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology (“The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World”), which will take place from July 10th to 14th, 2016, at…
Results of the online voting. We are happy to announce the results of the online voting for the new RC33 board members. All nominated candidates have been approved. The new members of the RC33 Board f…
Dear RC33 Members. Sociopedia.isa is a new online journal of the International Sociological Association, which publishes ‘state-of-the-art’ review articles on subjects in the social sciences. Soci…
Dear RC33 members. RC33 is participating at the XVIII World Congress of Sociology (13-19 July, 2014) with 18 sessions. See the call for papers at here. The titles of our sessions are: Panel Data Analy…
BMS – 30 Years of Sociological Methodology Posted on 12 April 2013 http://karlvanmeter.wordpress.com/ (English / français) The bilingual English-French scientific quarterly “BMS” (Bulle…
Dear RC33 members. The next ISA World Congress will take place on 13-19 July 2014 in Yokohama, Japan. RC33 has always been very active, proposing and organizing several sessions at these congresses. T…
Hi everybody, The World social sciences Forum will be held in Montreal October 13-15 2013. The organizers want to put emphasis on methods and would like to get a better participation of French-speakin…
Dear RC33 members. This is a call for nominations for the RC33 Vice President for the ISA World Congress. According to the RC33 Statutes (Article 6) the Vice President for the ISA World Congress is an…
A RC33 business meeting was held during the RC33 during the 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology in Sydney. We publish here the minutes of the meeting. Minutes of the meeting. &n…
Dear RC33 Members. In Fall 2011 the ISA requested us to revise the RC33 Statutes in order to more closely follow the general Statutes of the ISA. The RC33 board members have been working on the revisi…
The University of Sydney, Monday July 9, 2012 – Friday July 13, 2012 Welcome to RC33’s 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology.RC33 is the International Sociological Associa…
Please sign if you have not done so earlier! And you do not need to be European to support this initiative… ========================================= Dear colleagues, The discussions at the next…
GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences offers a new research methods training opportunity: The 1st GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology. This event is designed for doctoral stude…
Dear RC33 Session Chairs for the ISA Forum 2012, The Call for Papers for the 2nd ISA Forum of Sociology (Buenos Aires, August 1-4, 2012) is open until December 15, 2011. Only abstracts submitted by th…
Dear Rc33 members, When submitting abstracts for the RC33 2012 conference in Sydney, we recommend a limit of 400 words for abstracts. Please, try to stick to this limit. RC33 conference organizing com…
Dear Session organizers for the RC33 2012 conference. Please, see some brief guidelines for the review process. Please contact me if you have any queries. Regards, Betsy Blunsdon rc33conference@acspri…
Please find below a notice regarding next year’s RC33 Conference, which will be held in Australia for the first time.This is shaping up as a landmark event for social science and related researc…
CALL FOR SESSION CONVENORS The 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology (RC33) Venue: The University of Sydney, Sydney Australia Conference dates: Monday July 9 – Friday July 1…
BMS greatly values the work of our reviewers. In recognition of your continued support, we are pleased to announce that we have arranged with our publisher SAGE to offer you free access to all 550+ SA…
Dear RC33 members. We are organizing a small symposium to the P.F.Lazarsfeld Anniversary in Prague. Symposium: “Paul Felix Lazarsfeld – His Methodological Inspirations and Networking Activ…
The 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology (RC33) July 9th – 13th, 2012, Sydney, Australia The RC33 conference is the major international forum for current and fundamental is…
Dear RC33 Members, As most of you probably already know, there will be two major conferences in 2012 that hopefully are of interest to you: 1. The 8th International Conference on Social Science Method…
The list of RC33 sessions and accepted papers has been sent to ISA. For each paper at least one of the authors should: register for the congress. See here; and after registration, submit the abstract …
Dear Session Organizers, I just got response from Izabela (ISA office), we do not get any additional session. This is the bad news, the good one is, the sessions are 120 minutes and we can accept up t…
Dear RC33 session organizers. Just a quick note that me and Joerg expect your session proposal by January 15, 2010. I hope you are doing well and are already gathering proposals. At the same time, the…
Social scientists from the Universities of Southampton and Manchester have collaborated on a new research methods text ‘Doing Social Science’, which examines how experienced researchers ta…
As of the 26th of March, Methodology.co.uk has been replaced by exciting new social network site, Methodspace (www.methodspace.com). Methodspace aims to bring together researchers from across the ac…
Dear Session Organizer, I have forwarded all your details to ISA and they asked for some details. Here my answers: First: All proposals will go to the session organizers, you have to decide about thei…
The RC33 Call for Papers for the 2010 Congress of the International Sociological Association has been posted at the RC33 home page at the ISA website. Submissions welcome. LIST OF SESSIONS Please, s…
Dear Colleagues, The present Editor of the Current Sociology Monographs and of the Sage Studies in International Sociology (SSIS) Book Series, Julia Evetts, will soon complete her term of service. The…
The Faculty of Philosophy I, Institute of Sociology, of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg invites applications for a W3 Professorship in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences to comm…
Call for Session Organizers Dear RC33-member: As you probably know, the next ISA World Congress is coming soon, or more precisely, the meeting will be from July 11 to 17, 2010, in Gothenburg, Sweden (…
There are still a few Naples session reports missing and needed. Please try to send them today or tomorrow. Thanks to all those who have already sent in their reports. Karl M. van Meter
Dear RC33 Members and BMS Subscribers, The 1-5 September RC33 conference in Naples was a major success with over 600 paid participants. To make sure the whole world hears about it, please send me by 2…
The Social Science Research Center (WZB) currently offers a position for a social scientist (with special emphasis on expertise in quantitative empirical methods). You can find more information on thi…
Dear Session organizers, the organizing committee had his meeting in Naples and I’m happy to tell you that all your sessions have been accepted. Please inform your contributors that they should regi…
Dear session organizer, Just in case we are still waiting for your report, please send it before Monday, April 1, to Simona Balbi (sb@unina.it). The report should contain the paper givers, their af…