Scientific Committee

• Andrea Borghini
• Roberta Bracciale
• Joseph A. Kotarba
• Thaddeus Müller
• Irene Psaroudakis
• Andrea Salvini
• Dirk vom Lehn

Organizing Committee

• Junio Aglioti Colombini
• Erika Carlucci
• Brenda Fedi
• Aurora Maria Lai
• Elena Salamino

SSSI-EUSSSI

The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction

The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) is an international professional organization of scholars interested in the study of a wide range of social issues with an emphasis on identity, everyday practice, and language.

European Board of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction

The European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (EU SSSI) emerged from an informal network of scholars having an interest in sociological and social psychology, especially Symbolic Interaction, and in the study of related issues through the use of qualitative methods.

The first conference of the EU SSSI was held in Pisa in 2010, followed by conferences in Kassel (2011), Rotterdam (2012), Uppsala (2013), Aalborg (2014), Salford (2015), Topola (2016), Lodz (2017) and Reykyavik (2018) which were attended by both European and American sociologists. Many of the participants were members of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI)—an international professional organization of social scientists with its own scientific journal, yearly conferences in conjunction with the meetings of the American Sociological Association, and a number of prestigious yearly awards for scholarly achievements.

The success of these EU SSSI conferences, attended by three generations of European researchers, had at least two important results. First, it led to a stable and growing interest on the part of the SSSI in the European traditions in the study of symbolic interaction, which were largely unknown in North America. Second, it motivated the EU SSSI to gain official recognition as a collective member of the SSSI, have structured discussions concerning research cooperation and the planning of edited publications, and form international research teams dealing with important European issues.

The EU SSSI Board

Andrew Blasko, Michael Dellwing, Robert Dingwall, Emma Engdhal, Anna Kacperczyk, Krzysztof Konecki, Vessela Misheva, Thaddeus Mϋller, Irene Psaroudakis, Andrea Salvini, Greg Smith, Vilma Zydziunaite.