Home > What to do in Geneva ?	Thursday 12th of July 2012
10th Conference of the European Sociological Association	7th to 10th September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

What to do in Geneva ?

More than simply the cultural and economic focus of French-speaking Switzerland, Geneva is also the international city par excellence, the home of global institutions such as the Red Cross, the World Health Organization and the United Nations.

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ESA

The European Sociological Association (ESA) aims to facilitate sociological research, teaching and communication on European issues, and to give sociology a voice in European affairs.

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Theme of the conference

In the wake of the credit crunch, one of the worst financial crashes in modern history, the economic system has been shaken to its core. European economies teeter on the brink of collapse: ...

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About Geneva

Distinguished, technological, scientific, the world capital of meetings and conferences brings together a human dimension with an excellent infrastructure and the communication facilities found in the largest metropolitan areas.

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Conference Venue

The 10th ESA Conference will take place at Uni-Mail, a new and large building in the center of Geneva. Uni-Mail hosts the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Geneva.

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Geneva International

From the Place des Nations, one can discover the international world hosted by Geneva: international organizations, non-governmental organizations ( NGO ) related to Geneva in areas such as Human Rights, Environment, Development, Peace, Humanitarian, Trade, UN, ILO, Labor, Refugees, Telecommunications, AIDS, Indigenous Peoples, NGOs, or Health.

Department of sociology

The Sociology department of the University of Geneva is one of the oldest departments of this discipline in the world. Many famous scholars taught sociology in Geneva, such as de Sismondi, Louis Warin, or Jean Piaget.

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Hill Collins :

"Sociologists, for example, can no longer imagine the sociological community as a small group of faculty from elite American, French, German, or British institutions who speak for everyone. This style of imagining a sociological community by placing an elite group at the center of power is becoming increasingly fractured within the new global context. New communications technologies enable individuals in the margins to speak directly with one another. With little need to consult the center on issues of what constitutes bona fide sociology, the entire sociological enterprise is changed. Sociology now extends across regional and national borders and through various organizations that knit together people in an imagined interpretive community that is simultaneously local, global, multicultural, and aspirational. These mediated sociological communities create new possibilities for the practice of sociology in multiple social locations. New communications technologies enable sociologists to craft entirely new mediated communities that build on, transcend, and challenge existing sociological power configurations."