Call for Papers SASA & RC46 Interim conference
Uys, Tina
South
African Sociological Association (SASA)
31st Annual Conference 6–9 July 2026
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY WORKING GROUP
ISA RC46 (Clinical Sociology) interim conference
The International Sociological Association (ISA-RC46-Clinical Sociology) members are allowed to pay standard SASA member conference fees.
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Registration |
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R 4000 |
Full-Conference: Early-Bird-Academic/Working (SASA Member or ISA Category B/C) |
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R 4400 |
Full-Conference: Early Bird- Academic/Working (Non SASA Member) |
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R 2600 |
Full Conference: Early Bird- Student (SASA Member or ISA Category B/C S ) |
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R 2600 |
Full Conference: Early Bird- Student (Non SASA Member) |
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Optional Extras |
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R 1320 |
Student Residence Accommodation @ R 440 per night |
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R 2000 |
Solidarity Contribution For Students |
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R 300 |
Gala Dinner 8/07/2026 |
The Clinical Sociology Working Group invites abstract submissions for papers, book launches, and research panels at the 31st Annual SASA Conference, to be held at the University of the Witwatersrand. Anchored in the conference theme Solidarity: Possibilities and Pitfalls, the Clinical Sociology stream foregrounds the applied, interventionist, and ethically engaged dimensions of the discipline amid inequality, institutional fragility, and global precarity. As an action-oriented subfield, Clinical Sociology is uniquely positioned to interrogate solidarity not merely as a theoretical construct, but as an ethical practice and site of struggle. Across the Global South — and particularly in South Africa — solidarity is a contested terrain: mobilised in resistance movements, strained within institutions, and tested in the face of corruption, whistleblowing, trauma, and professional risk. We welcome submissions that engage these tensions, as well as broader Clinical Sociology work on problem-solving, intervention, and applied practice.
Conference theme Solidarity: Possibilities and Pitfalls
Submission types Papers · Book launches · Research panels
Venue University of the Witwatersrand
Working group Select Clinical Sociology on submission
submission deadline Thursday, 2 April 2026
Full conference information is available on the SASA Annual Conference page. https://sociology.africa/index.php/annual-conference
Abstracts must be submitted via the online portal linked above; please select Clinical Sociology Working Group when prompted.