ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat, Marocco, July 6 to 11, 2025 ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat, Morocco, July 6 to 11, 2025 The program coordinators of TG04 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty are seeking suggestions for sessions at the next Forum of Sociology. Please propose your sessions for TG04 for the Forum by …
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At the start of 2020, with the emergence of Covid-19, risk turned from a state of virtuality into reality and the anticipated catastrophe became factual. Suddenly, we were confronted with the pervasiveness of multidimensional risks that spill over into different social domains partly escaping control of our perfected techno-scientific society. Public controversies over the pandemic …
Mid-term Conference: Uncertain times, unsettled lives? Call for abstracts – April 30th The next ESA RN22 and ISA TG04 Mid-term Conference will take place on 26th & 27th October 2023, at the University of Southern Denmark in Esbjerg. The theme of our midterm will be ´Uncertain times, unsettled lives? Complex risks and uncertainties in times of crises´, with a …
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SoRU Newsletter 2022-3: News from the Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty networks of the ISA and ESA Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty Newsletter 03 of 2022 Mid-term Conference!! Please save the date… This week it was confirmed that the next ESA/ISA Mid-term Conference will take place on 26th & 27th October 2023, at University of Southern Denmark …
The articles in this issue below: “Living on the Volcano of Civilization”. For the Thirtieth Anniversary of Ulrich Beck’s Risk Society Fabio D’Andrea, Andrea Lombardinilo World Risk Society and Ulrich Beck’s Manufactured Uncertainties Andrea Antonilli Gods of “Second Modernity”: Religion and Spirituality from Ulrich Beck’s Sociological Perspective Antonio Camorrino How Side Effects Can Be Positive. …
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Understandings of risk permeate end-of-life (EOL) care contexts. In addition to the risk of bodily death, patients, family and healthcare providers face spiritual and communication risks during EOL care. The Western biomedical healthcare model is an objectivist, curative framework focusing on fixing the body; this cultural notion limits communication regarding physical illness. Existing work argues …
