Israeli Sociological Association

In the public sphere: (1) The association unites and represents sociologists in the public space of the State of Israel. Sociology is a scientific discipline that operates in universities, colleges, research institutes, public associations, and more, encompassing research, applied, critical, and public activities, conducted in parallel and reciprocally. The association supports the variety of approaches pursued in these fields of activity, while maintaining strong commitment to equality, democracy, and human and civil rights, without distinction of nation, origin, faith, gender, sexual orientation, lifestyle, physical disability, or other difference. The association is also committed to maintaining an equal and democratic environment for all its members, free from discrimination and harassment. In the scientific sphere: (2) The association will protect the academic freedom and research freedom of its members. In this framework, the association will work to protect freedom of reporting and stand behind its members. The association will maintain the scientific and professional level and professional ethics of the sociological community in Israel and promote sociological work in Israel. The association will conduct, among other things, scientific assemblies and conferences, send representatives to scientific congresses, establish contact with scientific institutions and scientists abroad, publish literature and journals in the field of sociology, and establish and translate professional terminology. The association is entitled to undertake all or some of the activities listed in this section. In the professional sphere: (3) The association will work to protect and improve the working conditions and professional matters of its members and the sociological community in the State of Israel. (4) The association is entitled to undertake any action to assist its members, including the provision of credit, insurance, establishment of pension funds and trusts, and to ensure their organization and funding as required to achieve or promote this goal, as well as to enter into contracts with existing financial and other institutions, and to undertake any other action necessary or useful for providing assistance to its members as described in this section, all as it deems appropriate. (5) The association will work to establish applied sociology as an independent profession providing knowledge services to society, will cultivate the professionalism and ethics of applied sociologists, will work to increase the attractiveness of sociology in the community of students in higher education institutions and to improve the competitiveness of sociologists in the labor market. For this purpose, the association is entitled to grant formal recognition of expertise in applied sociology by issuing a certificate and to prepare a list containing the names of experts who will be available to potential employers