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CfP Special Issue: “The Centenary of Romanian Sociology (1925-2025): 100 years since the first sociological field research carried out by the Gusti School in Greater Romania”

2024-12-20

In 2025, we will commemorate the centennial of the first sociological field research campaign conducted in Greater Romania in 1925 by Dimitrie Gusti’s Sociological School in the village of Goicea Mare, Dolj County, Oltenia Province. This event marks the true beginning of Romanian sociology as a scientific discipline. With the establishment of the Sociological School of Bucharest by Dimitrie Gusti, Romania connected to the international scientific community. Field research is an essential component of sociology as a social science, and the commencement of field-based sociological research in Greater Romania in 1925 represents the definitive structuring of sociology as a mature scientific discipline.

The centenary of this remarkable milestone in the history of Romanian sociology calls for a special commemorative issue of Sociologie Românească, the journal founded by Dimitrie Gusti. This issue will pay tribute to Romanian sociology and to those who contributed to its foundation, continuation, and revival during the interwar, communist, and post-communist periods. The thematic issue seeks original contributions—both quantitative and qualitative—that are directly or indirectly connected to field research in sociology. Equally, we are interested in manuscripts addressing the evolution of Romanian sociology and field research across the three key historical periods that Romania has traversed over the past century: the interwar era, the communist period, and the post-1989/post-communist period. Contributions should emphasize the main achievements of Romanian sociology, particularly from the perspective of field research.

In conclusion, Sociologie Românească proposes a thematic issue dedicated to original research contributions focusing on field research and its historical development across the three major periods in Romania's history. This initiative aims not only to honor the founders and continuers of Romanian sociology but also to stimulate critical reflection on the discipline’s future directions in alignment with international scientific trends.

CfP Sociologie Românească Special Issue: "Romanian workers, home and abroad: inequalities, social rights and labor struggles"

2022-05-15

Call for papers Sociologie Românească Special Issue
Title: “Romanian workers, home and abroad: inequalities, social rights and labor struggles”
Planned Date of Publication: First half of 2023
Keywords: fair mobility; freedom of movement; inequalities; labor relations; migration infrastructure; care work

Editors:
Cătălin Buzoianu, Institute for East European Studies, Free University of Berlin, catalin.buzoianu@fu-berlin.de
Christian Sperneac-Wolfer, Institute for Social Research, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, sperneac-wolfer@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Sebastian Țoc, National University of Political Science and Public Administration, and Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, sebastian.toc.@politice.ro

Description:
Since 1989 Romania has experienced one of the largest emigration processes worldwide, with an estimated 3 million citizens leaving the country (Anghel et al. 2017, 35). The Enlargement process of the European Union with its freedom of movement has gradually expanded the possibilities of finding work abroad in Europe for Romanians.  However, many recent studies have shown the challenges faced by Romanian workers abroad: insecure and exploitative work relations (Hopfgartner et al. 2022; Cosma et al. 2020), difficult access to healthcare and social protection (Ratzmann 2022; Scheibelhofer 2022a; Blauberger and Schmidt 2014), institutionalized racism and racializing media discourses (Fox et al. 2012), criminalization and deportation practices (Vrăbiescu 2019) etc. Theoretically, scholars have focused on the regime of social rights for mobile EU citizens in destination countries (Scheibelhofer 2022b; Schmidt et al. 2018; Bruzelius et al. 2017), the transnational migration infrastructure enabling mobility (Voivozeanu 2021) as well as the role of knowledge asymmetries in administrative procedures for social entitlements (Ratzmann and Heindlmaier 2022).

Open Call for Papers 2022

2021-12-02

Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review) is the official journal of the Romanian Sociological Association. First established in 1936, The Romanian Sociology Review is dedicated to promoting sociological knowledge and inquiry related to a broad range of social processes. Covering different topics and domains, including gender studies, political issues, social inequalities, education, organization & labour studies, criminology, and migration studies, the review’s focus is oriented towards (but not limited to) empirical research from a sociological and historical approach.

Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review) is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, edited by the Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy). SR welcomes original research papers with innovative methods, theoretical and conceptual research papers, case studies, book reviews, and conference reviews. We encourage studies with different methodologies and theoretical approaches that could add value to already established normative ways of doing research but also approaches that give space to alternative methodologies and critical theories. We are particularly interested in contributions focused on Eastern and Central Europe or that could sustain collaborations between scholars across borders and disciplines.

Articles that include Romania in their analyses are particularly welcomed, however, we are committed to expanding this focus.

Read more about the review’s aims and scope here.

How to submit: www.revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/submission-form.

The contributions should be sent in English, French, or Romanian. Please see the instruction for authors for full details: www.revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/submission-detailsSociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review) does not charge authors a fee for the submission process, review process, or/and publication of the manuscripts. The journal is published twice a year, in June and December.

The Editorial Committee of Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review)

sociologieromaneasca@arsociologie.ro

Call for Reviewers: Romanian Sociology Review (Sociologie Românească)

2020-07-14

The Romanian Sociology Review Editorial Board is looking to expand our team of expert peer reviewers and therefore we invite you to join our team.

If you are interested, please send your response or other inquiries related to our call to sociologieromaneasca@arsociologie.ro  Your e-mail should contain details regarding your research experience, publication track and areas of interest, institutional affiliation (s), and a short cv or link to your personal and/or professional webpage. We welcome potential reviewers at any stage of academic career that could assess papers in English, French, and Romanian. Please note that being a reviewer is voluntary, there is no fee provided.

The Editorial Board will commit to not overburden reviewers, so depending on the topic of proposed manuscripts, reviewers should expect a maximum of 1-2 review requests per year.

The Romanian Sociology Review uses a double-blind peer review process. Once a paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it is sent for review to two independent, anonymous experts, who will have to fill up a separate review standard form. The review standard form contains general as well as specific evaluations, observations, critiques, and suggestions for improving the paper. The reviewers’ comments and suggestions are sent back to the author for further changes. The average time for review is three-four weeks. Along the process, the identity of the reviewers and those of the author(s) are strictly anonymized.

Further details regarding our journal can be found here: https://revistasociologieromaneasca.ro.  

 

Sincerely,

The Editorial Team of Romanian Sociology Review

Open call for papers 2020

2020-05-29

Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review) is the official journal of the Romanian Sociological Association. First established in 1936, The Romanian Sociology Review is dedicated to promoting sociological knowledge and inquiry related to a broad-range of social processes. Covering different topics and domains, including gender studies, political issues, social inequalities, education, organization & labour studies, criminology and migration studies, the review’s focus is oriented towards (but not limited to) empirical research from a sociological and historical approach.

The Romanian Sociology Review is an open-access, double blind peer-reviewed review, edited by Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy). RS welcomes original research papers with innovative methods, theoretical and conceptual research papers, case studies, book reviews and conference reviews. We encourage studies with different methodologies and theoretical approaches that could add value to already established normative ways of doing research, but also approaches that give space to alternative methodologies and critical theories. We are particularly interested in contributions focused on Eastern and Central Europe or that could sustain collaborations between scholars across borders and disciplines. Articles that include Romania in their analyses are particularly welcomed, however we are committed to expand this focus.

How to submit: www.revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/submission-form

The contributions should be sent in English, French or Romanian. Please see the instruction for authors for full details: www.revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/submission-details.

Read more about the review’s aims and scope here.

The Editorial Committee of Romanian Sociology Review
Research Institute for Quality of Life
sociologieromaneasca@arsociologie.ro

CfP Tendințe ale cunoașterii și dezvoltării sociale în secolul XXI, Alba Iulia, 2019

2019-09-02

Tema ediției a VI-a a conferinţei cu participare internațională, organizată de Departamentul de Științe Sociale al Universității „1 Decembrie 1918” din Alba Iulia, este „Tendințe ale cunoașterii și dezvoltării sociale în secolul XXI”. La conferință sunt invitați deopotrivă cercetători și practicieni preocupați de comunicarea unor rezultate recente ale activității lor de cercetare sau aplicative din domeniul cunoșterii și dezvoltării sociale. Conferința se dorește a crea un cadru viu de dezbatere asupra tendințelor actuale de evoluție a cunoașterii sociale, precum și a contribuției pe care sociologia o poate avea în susținerea proceselor de dezvoltare socială.

Call for Papers – Open Call: May 31, 2019

2019-03-02

Romanian Sociology Review is the official journal of the Romanian Sociological Association. First established in 1936, The Romanian Sociology Review is dedicated to promoting sociological knowledge and inquiry related to a broad-range of social processes.  Covering different topics and domains, including gender studies, political issues, social inequalities, education, organization & labour studies, criminology and migration studies, the review’s focus is oriented towards (but not limited to) empirical research from a sociological and historical approach.