» Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences (UK)    Responds to Government and other consultations on behalf of the social science community, organises meetings about social science for practitioners and seminars on topics that span social science disciplines, and sponsors a number of schemes that promote    http://www.acss.org.uk

» British Society of Criminology    Aims to further the interests and knowledge, both academic and professional, of persons engaged in any aspect of teaching and research, advance, research public education about crime, criminal behaviour, and the criminal justice systems in the United King    http://www.britsoccrim.org/

» British Sociological Association    The professional association for sociologists in Britain and the BSA website is a key resource for anyone wanting to keep in touch with developments in the discipline.    http://www.britsoc.co.uk/

» European Society for Rural Sociology    Membership, Congress and conference information, news archive, and mailing list information.    http://cc.joensuu.fi/~alma/esrs/index.html

» European Sociological Association (ESA)    Relatively young association created in an attempt to offer a pan-European professional association.    http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/

» Social Research Association UK    News and information relating to training days, seminars, conferences and events.    http://www.the-sra.org.uk/

» Socio-Legal Studies Association (UK)    Dedicated to improving the quality of and facilities for socio-legal research.    http://www.kent.ac.uk/slsa/index.htm

» Sociological Association of Ireland    Information on members, events and publications.    http://www.sociology.ie