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professionalization within social sciences in order to set a theoretical and practical framework
to support Spanish social educators in their process of professionalization.
Mariano Sánchez is the Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the
University of Granada, Spain. As one of the scholars responsible for the development of
Gerontagogy, i.e., older adult education, in Spain, he is interested in researching and writing
about professional developments in this field. This interest took him, with his colleagues J.
Sáez and L. Svensson, to co-edit recently the book Sociología de las profesiones. Pasado, pre-
sente y futuro, which includes a critical assessment and an updated state-of-the-art of Sociology
of Professions in Spain. He has published articles on the professionalization of social profess-
sions, specifically social education.

Ulrike Schuerkens has doctorates in sociology, social anthropology, and ethnology, from the
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and the diploma ‘Habilitation à diriger
des recherches’ from the University Paris V – René Descartes. She is a Senior Lecturer at the
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. She has published extensively
on development, social change, migration, multiculturalism, and colonialism. Her latest
monographs are Globalization and Transformations of Local Socio-economic Practices
(ed., Routledge, 2008); Transnational Migrations and Social Transformations (ed., Current
Sociology, 53, 4, 2005); Global Forces and Local Life-Worlds: Social Transformations
(ed., Sage, 2004).

Markus S. Schulz serves as the President of the ISA Research Committee on Futures Research
(ISA-RC07). He is a Professor with the University of Illinois and researcher at New York
University. He earned his PhD from the New School for Social Research. He co-authored a
book series of six volumes on Internet and Politics in Latin America (Vervuert, Germany).
Among his published articles is ‘Collective Action across Borders’ (Sociological Perspective).
He has won national and international awards for his research, including ISA’s Prize for the
Internationalization of Sociology. His current work focuses on new media, social movements,
and global futures.
David R. Segal received his PhD from the University of Chicago and spent the first nine years
of his career at the University of Michigan. He is currently a distinguished Scholar-Teacher,
Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Research on Military Organization at the
University of Maryland, and is a member of the executive committee and past President of
Research Committee 01, Armed Forces & Society, of the International Sociological Association.
His research focuses on military organization and personnel issues, and unconventional military
operations.
Marco Silvestro has a Master’s in sociology from the Université de Montréal, Canada.
His thesis examined the institutionalization of the community movement for economic
development in Montréal. His subsequent research has dealt with links between community
and trade union movements in Québec, with self-management and ethical consumption.
His doctorate deals with protests about the agro-food system in Québec by a farmer’s
organization. He recently co-edited La consommation responsable. Entre bonne conscience
individuelle et transformations collectives (Éditions Écosociété, 2007). He teaches courses on
anarchist thought and on the sociology of social movements at the Université du Québec
à Montréal.