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POLISHSOCIOLOGICALASSOCIATION
ThePolishSociologicalAssociationisthescholarlyandprofessionalorganizationofPolishsociolo-
gists.Itstasks,asformulatedinitsarticles,are"topromotethedevelopmentofthesociologicaldisci-
plines,tospreadsociologicalknowledge,toshapetheprofessionalethicsofthesociologistsandto
representtheinterestsofitsmembersinthesphereoftheirscholarlyandprofessionalactivity.”The
historyofthePolishSociologicalAssociationgoesbackto1956when,followingthecollapseof
Stalinism,therestitutionofsociologyinPolandtookplace.Atthattimeagroupofsociologists,acting
upontheinitiativeofStanisławOssowski,organizedaSociologicalSectionwithinthePolish
PhilosophicalAssociation,whichwasthentransformedintoanindependentPolishSociological
Association.ProfessorStanislawOssowskibecamethefirstPresidentofthePolishSociological
Association,withJanSzczepanskiactingashisdeputy.
Today,thePolishSociologicalAssociation[PSA]hasabout1000membersin13regionalbranches
inWarsaw(thelargestone)andinallcitieswithuniversities.WithinPSAthereareresearchcommittees
(sections)onsociologyoflabour,sociologyofmedicine,ruralsociology,sociologyofscience,social
engineering,sociologyofdevianceandsocialcontrol,sociologyoflaw,urbansociology,sociologyof
religion,socialanthropology,socialresearchmethods,socialwork,andhistoryofsociology.
ThehighestauthoritywithinthePolishSociologicalAssociationhastheGeneralAssemblyof
Delegates,whichelectstheAssociation’sPresidentandtheExecutiveBoard.PreviousPSAPresidents
includeStanisławOssowski,NinaAssorodobraj-Kula,WładysławMarkiewicz,JerzySzacki,Stefan
Nowak,JanuszZiółkowski,AntoninaKłoskowska,AntoniSułek,AndrzejKojder,Włodzimierz
Wesołowskiandsince2006PiotrGlińskihasbeenPresident.
Thebasicformsofactivityaremeetingsandconferences,organizedinsections.
ThemostimportantscholarlyeventorganisedbyPSAarenationalcongresses,convenedeveryfour
years.Theysummariseandsynthesisethesociologicalknowledgeofthechangingsociety,stimulate
newtrendsinsocialresearchandareaforumfortheexchangeofopinionaboutthecurrentstateof
sociologyinPoland,aswellasonchangesintheprofessionalrolesofsociologistsandtheirpublicdu-
ties.ThelatestXIIISociologicalCongresswasheldinZielonaGórain2007andwasdedicatedto
"Whatunitesus,whatdividesus?”
Since1961ThePolishSociologicalAssociationhaspublishedThePolishSociologicalReview[in
English],andquarterlyinformationalbulletin.Thisbulletin,Informacjabieżąca,containsdescriptions
oflesserknownsociologicalcentres,announcementsof,andreportsfrom,sociologicalconferencesin
Polandandinternationally,andalistofnewsociologicalpublicationswithanemphasisonthose
bookswhicharepublishedinrelativelyfewcopiesandhencearelittleknownoutsidetheirplaceof
publication.
PSAparticipatesintheworldsociologicalmovementsbybeingpartofboththeInternational
SociologicalAssociation[ISA]andtheEuropeanSociologicalAssociation(ESA).Polishsociologists
haveheldimportantpositionsinISA,withProfessorPiotrSztompkabeingitsPresident(2002–2006).
PolishSociologicalAssociation
NowyŚwiatstreet72,R216
00-330Warsaw,Poland
Phone/Fax:+48(22)8267737
e-mail:pts@ifispan.waw.pl
www.pts.org.pl