Various Special Events will take place throughout the congress. They provide a forum for current and fundamental topics in sociology, the work of the DGS committees, as well as discussions across sections and disciplines.

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

SV01:
Sociology Under Pressure to Take Sides: Scholarly Self-Reflection Amid the Israel/Palestine Conflict

SV02:
Committee on Sociology in Schools and Teaching – Teaching Images of Society, Understanding Society: Sociological Perspectives in the Context of School Education

SV03:
Future Scenario Slam: Futures of Participation

Wednesday, 30 September 2026

SV04:
Does Theory Still Have a Future in Sociology?

SV05:
Jürgen Habermas and Critical Social Theory: Looking Back on Seventy Years of Research

Thursday, 1 October 2026

SV06:
German-Language Sociology after 1945 in Oral History Interviews: An Audiovisual Archive on Sociology in Germany and Austria

SV07:
Promoting Sociological Research through the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Friday, 2 October 2026

SV08:
Research Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in Sociology