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(Federation Press), and co-author of a policy brief on methamphetamine’s impact in rural
America for the Rural Sociological Society.
Julia Evetts is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social
Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK. For a number of years she has been researching
and writing about professions and occupations including women’s and men’s careers in teach-
ing, banking, science, and engineering in industrial organizations. Currently she is working on
projects to do with professionalism in the armed forces and journalism; the increased use of the
concept of professionalism as a mechanism of occupational change and social control in work
organizations; and the role of the scientific and engineering institutes in the UK.
Charles Gadea is the Professor of Sociology at the University of Versailles, France. He is the
President of ISA RC52 ‘Sociology of Professional Groups’, President of the Association des
Sociologues Enseignants du Supérieur (ASES), and Director of the journal Knowledge, Work
& Society. He is also in charge of the thematic net ‘Knowledge, Work and Professions’ in the
Association Française de Sociologie (AFS) and the working group ‘Savoirs, metiers, identité
professionnelle’ in the Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française
(AISLF). His main research themes are currently the death of the professions, medical profes-
sions, managers, and gender.

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Maria da Glória Gohn, sociologist, PhD in Political Science, University of Sao Paulo/Brazil
(1983); Pos/PhD in the New School of University, New York (1996/97). Professor at the
University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and at the University of 9 July, S. Paulo (UNINOVE).
Researcher I of the CNPQ–National Council of Research. Secretary of the RC 47 of the
International Sociological Association since 2002. Some of her published books on social
movements: Movimentos Sociais no Inicio do Século XXI, (Vozes, 2007, 3a ed);
O Protagonismo da Sociedade Civil (Cortez, 2008, 2a ed). She had published a new book
this year, titled Novas Teorias ods Movimentos Sociais (Loyola, 2008).

Kjeld Hogsbro, Professor of Social Work, Department of Sociology, Social Work and
Organisation, Aalborg University, Denmark. PhD (1991) with a dissertation on social problems
and self-help organizations in Denmark, he has published books on disabilities, mental illness,
social work, and community development in Denmark, As senior research fellow at The Danish
Institute of Governmental Research he conducted several evaluations of programs for people
with mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, brain injury, and pervasive developmental
disorders. He has been Secretary of ISA Research Committee on Sociotechnics and
Sociological Practice since 2002 and Vice-President since 2006.

Jaime Jiménez has a doctoral degree in Social Systems Sciences from the University of
Pennsylvania, USA. He is a full-time researcher for the Institute of Applied Mathematics and
Systems (IIMAS), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Currently, he is
involved in research in the science and technology, education, and health systems. He is spe-
cialized in development processes, participative strategic planning, quality of working life,
total quality, and group dynamics associated to organizational change. He has conducted
research projects for UNESCO, OIT, and Mexican public and private agencies. He has pub-
lished several books and research papers in specialized journals.
Pat Jobes received his PhD in sociology at the University of Washington, USA. He has held
academic positions in the United States, Romania, Pakistan, and Australia. Most of his research