Welcome to Rio de Janeiro!

It is our great pleasure to host you for the International Conference on the Transformation of Military Profession, organized by the Research Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution (RC01) of the International Sociological Association (ISA).

The conference will take place at Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, between 25 and 28 September 2016. We are honored to host, for the first time in Brazil, this important event, a reference for studies on the military around the world.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at lem@fgv.br
The Organizing Committee

It is no longer possible to register for presenting papers at the ISA/RC01.

If you want to attend the Conference, even not presenting a paper, it is also necessary to be affiliated with the ISA/RC01. In this case, please access: http://www.isa-rc01.net/

The Board of the Research Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution (RC01,http://isa-rc01.net/") of the International Sociological Association has accepted Dr. Celso Castro proposal to organize RC 01’s Interim Conference in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, from September 25 to 28, 2016, with support from the Getulio Vargas Foundation, one of the most important think tanks of South America.

The overarching theme of the conference makes provision for a wide range of research interests: Transformations of the Military Profession.