The European Consortium of Sociological Research (ECSR) will hold its next annual conference in Prague, the Czech Republic, on September 18th – 20th 2023. The meeting will be hosted by the Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of … Read more

Christopher T. Whelan, who served as Chair of the Board of the European Consortium for Sociological Research from 2009-2012, has died. Chris did a primary degree in Psychology at University College Dublin followed … Read more

ECSR and our community of European sociological scholars are devastated about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our hearts are with the Ukrainian people and our colleagues. But, above the personal losses, the attack … Read more

6-8 July 2022 The European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR), together with the Institutions, Inequalities, and Life courses programme group and the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies, are pleased to announce that the next three-day conference will be … Read more

The ECSR has a new Board. For details click here.

7-8 October 2021 Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the 2021 annual ECSR conference will be held online. Conference fees are waived for this year’s event. There is no specific theme for this year … Read more

On 11 November 2019, the ECSR presented at the European Parliament Research Service the agenda “Promoting social mobility and equal opportunities: The challenge for Europe”. The event was a result of a fruitful … Read more

The ECSR now has a Twitter account, @ECSR_Soc. With the Twitter account, we can easily disseminate announcements, job vacancies, etc. If your institution/department has its own Twitter account, it would be reasonable to … Read more

On 20 April 2017, the ECSR sent letters of support for the academic freedom of the Central European University in Budapest to the Culture and Education Committee Chairman of the European Parliament, to … Read more