Motion by the Board

Motion by the Board in support of freedom of thought, speech and academic production and in solidarity with urban academics at risk; it was discussed and approved at the RC21 Conference in Leeds, September 2017

ISA Congress in Toronto: Deadline for abstract submission is September, 30!

In July 2018 we will meet at the ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto. RC21 sessions at the Congress were already submitted, now it is time to select paper proposals. Check out the RC21 Sessions lineup

2017 Summer School

5th Summer School on Comparative Urban Studies, was held in London and Leeds (UK) from 30 August to 13 September 2017 (in conjunction with the RC21 Conference)

Call for Papers – Leeds Conference

Leeds RC21 Conference Call for Papers is out! Take a look at this brilliant line of sessions. March 10, 2017, is the deadline for abstract submission. We are also receiving the session proposals for the ISA Congress!

2017 RC21 Conference in Leeds: Website is online

RC21 Conference 2017: Call for Sessions!

The deadline for session proposals is December 31, 2016. RC21 Conference 2017 “Rethinking Urban Global Justice” will take place in the University of Leeds, 11-13th September 2017

Next RC21 Conference: 11-13 September 2017

The next RC21 Conference will take place in Leeds, UK, on 11-13 September 2017. Call for session proposals is now open (Deadline: December, 31)

RC21 Board: Public Statement on the political events in Turkey

The board of the Research Committee 21 of the International Sociological Association makes public its rejection of the recent political events in Turkey. Our solidarity goes with this statement to the Turkish people and to its academic community, especially attacked in its autonomy, independence and even its basic civil rights.

Past Conferences: 2016 Conference Program

Information on the past RC21 Conferences is available under the “Conferences” section of the menu

RC21 Conference 2016: Thank you, Mexico City!

The RC21 Conference in Mexico City was a success, with 26 streams and 200 presentations, participants discussed what is the “transgressive city” and its consequences for governance.

Past Conferences: 2016 Call for Proposals

Information on the past RC21 Conferences is available under the “Conferences” section of the menu

Past Conferences: Call for Stream Proposals

The Conference theme in 2016 is: “The transgressive city: Comparative perspectives on governance and the possibilities of everyday life in the emerging global city”. Conference dates: July 21-23, 2016. Please send your stream proposals before November 30, 2015

The RC21 Conference in 2016 will take place in Mexico City

The Conference theme is “The transgressive city: Comparative perspectives on governance and the possibilities of everyday life in the emerging global city”

RC21 2015 Conference: Watch Plenary Sessions online

You can watch the videos of the RC21 Plenary Sessions online! Listen to David Harvey, Ayse Caglar and Nina Glick Schiller, Raquel Rolnik, Susan Feinstein and Peter Marcuse

RC21 2015 Conference: Papers and Programme

More than 200 papers of the Urbino 2015 conference and the programme booklet are available online.

RC21 2015 Conference: Paper submission guidelines available

In order to facilitate the paper submission we kindly ask you to follow some very simple but important guidelines. Thanks!

RC21 2015 conference: Programme and Registration!

Early bird registration for the 2015 conference on “The Ideal City: between Myth and Reality” is now open!

The Ideal City: between myth and reality – Urbino (Italy) – 27-29 August 2015

The RC21 Conference 2015 will be hosted by the School of Social and Political Sciences – Department of Economics, Society, and Politics at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.

Summer School on Comparative Urban Studies – Urbino (Italy) – August 2015

RC21, IJURR and FURS in collaboration with the University of Urbino Carlo Bo (Italy) invite applications for the School on Comparative Urban Studies.

2015 FURS Essay Competition Prize