The International Institute of Sociology (IIS) is a scholarly organization which seeks to stimulate and facilitate the development, exchange, and application of scientific knowledge to questions of sociological relevance. Membership is open to all sociologists as well as to scholars in neighbouring disciplines.

Created in Paris in 1893 by René Worms, it is the oldest continuous sociological association in existence. Since its foundation the goal of the IIS has been to bring together sociologists from around the world. It has a longstanding tradition of promoting discussions on the most crucial theoretical issues of the day and on the practical use of social scientific knowledge.

Every two years the IIS organizes a world congress in Sociology. These congresses are vibrant intellectual events.

Next congress - the 40th IIS World Congress - will take place in Delhi on 16-19 February, 2012. The theme of the congress is After Western Hegemony: Social Science and its Publics. For further details, please visit the congress website: www.iisoc.org/iis2012.

In addition to the congresses and other meetings, the IIS publishes the Annales de l'Institut International de Sociologie / Annals of the International Institute of Sociology. First published in 1895 after the first world congress, this book series is a major forum for the presentation of cutting-edge research and synthesis. The volume Social Change in the Age of Globalization is currently available through Brill Academic Publishing