The Annual General Meeting of the Malta Sociological Association will be held on Friday 26th February 2021 at 18.00 on Zoom (An online link will be shared closer to the date). The meeting is open to paid members of the MSA and those interested in joining the MSA. Members interested in joining the meeting should inform us by the 24th February by emailing the MSA.
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Friday, 5 February 2021
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021
Members are encouraged to renew their membership. To renew membership or join MSA, please click here.
Nominations for specific positions on the Executive Committee may be sent via email to MSA and addressed to the Secretary. The subject of the email should be: Nominations MSA Committee. Nominations will be received until the 19th February 2021. Only members of the MSA may submit a nomination for the Executive Committee.
The positions that need to be filled are the following:
• Chairperson
• Vice Chairperson
• Events Coordinator
• Outreach Coordinator
• International Relations Officer
• Public Relations Officer
• Treasurer
• Secretary
Regards
Jude Cauchi
MSA Secretary
Friday, 21 August 2020
Open Access - Highly Cited Articles - Evidence and Policy
Evidence & Policy achieved an impact factor of 1.453 in the 2019 Journal Citation Reports. It has created a free collection of highly cited articles. This collection features papers which have contributed to our 2019 Impact Factor and more recent papers. All of the articles below are free to access until 31 August:
Link:
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/evidence-and-policy/highly-cited
Link:
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/evidence-and-policy/highly-cited
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Webinar: Small States and COVID-19
Join us on 02 September between 17:00h and 18:00h CEST (Malta) for a webinar on "Small States and COVID-19", held on Zoom and also live-streamed on this Facebook page.
The webinar is jointly organised by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Collaborating Centre on Health Systems and Policies in Small States and the Small States Health Platform (SSHP), which are both hosted by the Islands and Small States Institute - University of Malta.
Speakers will be Professor Lino Briguglio, Director of the ISSI and world-renowned expert on islands and small states; Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director of the Division of Country Health Policies & Systems at the WHO and Coordinator of the SSHP; and Dr Stefano Moncada, Director Designate of the ISSI and Coordinator of the Climate Change Platform - University of Malta
.
30 minutes of presentations will be followed by another 30 minutes where you can share your questions and comments on Zoom with the panel.
Registration for the limited spaces on Zoom can be made until 12h noon (CEST) of Friday, 28th: http://bit.do/ISSI-Webinar-SEP2020.
For further information, please contact us on islands@um.edu.mt
You can also visit our website to learn more about our Institute: www.um.edu.mt/issi
The webinar is jointly organised by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Collaborating Centre on Health Systems and Policies in Small States and the Small States Health Platform (SSHP), which are both hosted by the Islands and Small States Institute - University of Malta.
Speakers will be Professor Lino Briguglio, Director of the ISSI and world-renowned expert on islands and small states; Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director of the Division of Country Health Policies & Systems at the WHO and Coordinator of the SSHP; and Dr Stefano Moncada, Director Designate of the ISSI and Coordinator of the Climate Change Platform - University of Malta
.




Webinar - The Sociology of Belarusian Protest
Thursday, 20 August 2020, 1700-1900 CET
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/300133044394676/
Organisers:
- Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany (www.einsteinforum.de)
- Ukraine in European Dialogue Program at IWM, Vienna (Chronicle from Belarus: https://www.iwm.at/closed-but-active/chronicle-from-belarus)
- Democracy Seminar (Public Seminar / Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, New School for Social Research, New York)
- Research Committee 47 Social Classes and Social Movements, International Sociological Association (www.isarc47.org)
- Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany (www.einsteinforum.de)
- Ukraine in European Dialogue Program at IWM, Vienna (Chronicle from Belarus: https://www.iwm.at/closed-but-active/chronicle-from-belarus)
- Democracy Seminar (Public Seminar / Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, New School for Social Research, New York)
- Research Committee 47 Social Classes and Social Movements, International Sociological Association (www.isarc47.org)
Belarusian voices are few and far between in international debates about the ongoing protests in Belarus. In this webinar, Belarusian sociologists will share their views and analysis of the current protest wave. Among other things, they will discuss the role of striking workers; class, gender, and violence; patterns of mobilization and self-organization; the mobilizing effects of trauma; the impact of urban space; the legacy of previous protests; the role of protest in forging different types of communities; and the ways in which the post-industrial shift and other long-term transformations in Belarusian society have affected its political economy. This webinar will take place in English.
Participants:
Nelly Bekus, sociologist, University of Exeter, UK
Elena Gapova, sociologist, Western Michigan University, USA / European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Aliaksei Lastouski, sociologist, Polotsk State University, Belarus
Alena Minchenia, gender scholar and social scientist, Lund University, Sweden
Andrey Vozyanov, social anthropologist, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) / Minsk Urban Platform
Moderator: Mischa Gabowitsch, sociologist and historian, Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany
Registration required at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_23nuZRqITKukfFyWsmw-bA
Monday, 17 August 2020
Free webinar on environmental, social, governance performance and impact assessment
Link ↘️
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1203909566108083472?source=IAIA+Home+Page+Slider
Free webinar on finding and understanding Eurostat data
🆓 Free webinar on finding and understanding Eurostat data 🖥️
🗓️ Takes place on 24 September 2020 at 11:00 CET (in English) 🗓️
➡️ If interested, please contact: Eurostat.helpdesk_EN@sogeti.lu
🗓️ Takes place on 24 September 2020 at 11:00 CET (in English) 🗓️
➡️ If interested, please contact: Eurostat.helpdesk_EN@sogeti.lu
Friday, 7 August 2020
Sign up to the #VirtualIslandSummit
Sign up to the #VirtualIslandSummit to meet guests and experts from 100+ island communities from across the globe:
Link: https://kingsumo.com/g/dwjv0u/virtual-island-summit-2020/lgynvnp
Link: https://kingsumo.com/g/dwjv0u/virtual-island-summit-2020/lgynvnp
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