European Sociological Association
The European Sociological Association (more known as ESA) is an academic association of sociologists and a non-profit Europe-wide association made up of over 700 members.
History
It was established in 1992, mainly on the Austria Sociological Association's initiative. This idea follows an informal meeting during the Biannual Congress of the Austrian Sociological Association in Graz 1987. After that event, after a lot of deliberations and consultations among sociologists from a diverse range of countries, after the decision for Vienna as the place of the First European Conference of Sociology, also a local Organising Committee was established, consisting of Eva Cyba, Max Haller, E. Jandl-Jager, Rudolf Richter and Ronald Pohoryles.
The First European Conference of Sociology in Vienna in August 1992 attracted 631 sociologists from East, West, North and South Europe, and from a total of 33 countries. The conference was organised by both international and local programme committees with the cooperation of 38 panel organisers from 19 different European countries.
Mission
The European Sociological Association (ESA) aims to facilitate sociological research, teaching and communication on European issues, and to build networks between European sociologists.
ESA is also member of the Initiative for Science in Europe.
Organisation
- President: Pekka Sulkunen
- Vice-Presidents: Elena Danilova, Ellen Kuhlmann, Frank Welz
- General Secretary: Vincenzo Cicchelli