{"id":577,"date":"2016-01-18T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.sgs-sss.ch\/new\/en\/kongresse\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T19:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:01:50","slug":"congress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/the-association\/congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1qquch-191b90094a7b41739fb250a85f90b5ea\">\n.avia-section.av-1qquch-191b90094a7b41739fb250a85f90b5ea{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1qquch-191b90094a7b41739fb250a85f90b5ea main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-577'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1ipjzt-a1e55691103c5928ff4f1213774b5279\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1ipjzt-a1e55691103c5928ff4f1213774b5279{\npadding-bottom:25px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1ipjzt-a1e55691103c5928ff4f1213774b5279 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1ipjzt-a1e55691103c5928ff4f1213774b5279 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1ipjzt-a1e55691103c5928ff4f1213774b5279 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >CONGRESSES<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1egzpl-da1cc7e08d66314fc9b16632a729ea2f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The SSA organizes general and thematic congresses. They are used as places for exchange of information between the different research committees and to promote contacts between sociologists from all over Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The association organizes its\u2019 own general conference once every two years. Spread over two or three days, this enables members to present their research and to receive information on various subjects.<\/p>\n<p>In alternate years, thematic one or two day conferences on more specific themes take place, usually organized by one of the Research committees.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-16u8i9-c1c1762184c98a0cf6f760bf79338a1c\">\n.avia-section.av-16u8i9-c1c1762184c98a0cf6f760bf79338a1c{\nbackground-color:#f5f5f5;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-16u8i9-c1c1762184c98a0cf6f760bf79338a1c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-577'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-13rhmh-bfe1fa9d38f70e7ea685c5ef9c23a96c sc-av_one_full av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13rhmh-bfe1fa9d38f70e7ea685c5ef9c23a96c\">\n.flex_column.av-13rhmh-bfe1fa9d38f70e7ea685c5ef9c23a96c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-13rhmh-bfe1fa9d38f70e7ea685c5ef9c23a96c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-yoymx-ad67af3361564cea44809367b6ab3a8c\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-yoymx-ad67af3361564cea44809367b6ab3a8c{\npadding-bottom:25px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-yoymx-ad67af3361564cea44809367b6ab3a8c .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-yoymx-ad67af3361564cea44809367b6ab3a8c .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-yoymx-ad67af3361564cea44809367b6ab3a8c av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Previous General Congresses<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-muvhxayt-2b8da0f0bb12a8e146da01b7b9c92d87 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li>2026: Fribourg, <a href=\"https:\/\/ssa-congress26.sciencesconf.org\">&#8220;Communities and Societies in Movement&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2024: Basel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhnw.ch\/plattformen\/sgs-kongress\/\">&#8220;Vulnerable Societies: Risks and Responses&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2021: Geneva, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/the-association\/congress\/kongress-2021-in-geneva\/#toggle-id-5\">&#8220;Social Justice in Times of Uncertainty&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019: Neuch\u00e2tel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/socio\/home\/manifestations-et-prix\/congress-ssasgssss-2019.html\">&#8220;The Future of Work&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017: Zurich, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgs-kongress2017.uzh.ch\/en.html\">&#8220;Common Good and Self-interest&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015: Lausanne, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/the-association\/congress\/sgs-kongress-2015-in-lausanne\/\">\u201cCollective Dynamics, Social (De-)Regulation and Public Spheres\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>2013: Bern, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/the-association\/congress\/sss-congress-2013-in-bern\/\">\u201cInequality and Integration in Times of Crisis\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>2011: Geneva, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/the-association\/congress\/sss-congress-2011-in-geneva\/\">\u201cDemocratie in Turbulent Times\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>2009: Geneva,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/the-association\/congress\/sss-congress-2009-in-geneva\/\">\u201cIdentity and the Transformations of Lifestyle\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>2007: Basel,\u00a0 \u201cWar\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>2005: St. Gallen,\u00a0 \u201cThe Swiss Sonderfal\u201d, 50th anniversary conference of the SSA.<\/li>\n<li>2003: Zurich,\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe splendors and misery of neoliberalism\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>2001: Geneva,\u00a0\u201cTheories and interventions\u201d .<\/li>\n<li>1998: Fribourg,\u00a0\u201cSociety without borders\u201d, joint conference of the national sociological Associations of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.<\/li>\n<li>1995: Bern,\u00a0\u201cSocieties in construction, identities conflicts, differences\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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