Malta Sociological Association established

The Malta Sociological Association has been established as an independent, non-profit and non-commercial voluntary organisation (VO/1322).

The Association promotes sociological research and contributes toward facilitating the cooperation of people working within the sociological field. It also aims at understanding and analysing social problems for the improvement of the quality of life.

As a scientific, independent organisation, MSA has no religious, political or any other kind of affiliation. The Association may decide to affiliate with international sociological associations.

Its functions are to encourage the exchange of social research findings by developing a network of individuals working within the field of sociology; to organise meetings, seminars and workshop sessions with the intention of facilitating the participation of members in the analysis of social research; to publish a regular newsletter, at least twice annually, e-mailed to all members to keep them informed of ongoing and planned activities; to promote the study of social research and the dissemination of the results and to act as a source of sociological outreach within the Maltese society.

The first executive committee of MSA comprises:

Chairperson: Valerie Visanich; vice-chairperson: Maria Brown; secretary: Angele Deguara; treasurer: Mariella Debono; Public Relations officer: Michael Briguglio; Membership officer: Lina Caruana; Events administrator: Noel Agius and Student representative: Bridget Borg.

Sociologists and/or other social scientists, that is, persons with a recognised qualification in the field of social science, as well as tertiary level students of sociology and/or other social sciences are eligible for membership. More information is available at www.maltasociologicalassociation.blogspot.com and at maltasociologicalassociation@gmail.com, https://maltasociologicalassociation.blogspot.com.mt/2016/12/malt a-sociological-association-is.html