ISA wakhala membala kuyambira 1952.
International Sociological Association (ISA) ndi bungwe lopanda phindu pazolinga zasayansi. Yakhazikitsidwa mu 1949 motsogozedwa ndi UNESCO, ili ndi mwayi wokambirana ndi NGO ndi United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Cholinga cha ISA ndikuyimira akatswiri a chikhalidwe cha anthu kulikonse, mosasamala kanthu za sukulu yawo yamaganizo, njira za sayansi, kapena maganizo awo, ndikupititsa patsogolo chidziwitso cha chikhalidwe cha anthu padziko lonse lapansi. Mamembala ake amachokera ku mayiko 126.
International Sociological Association imapanga World Congresses ndi Forums of Sociology zaka ziwiri zilizonse ndikugwirizanitsa maukonde makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu asanu ndi anayi a Makomiti Ofufuza, Working, ndi Thematic Groups, iliyonse ikugwira ntchito yapadera yodziwika bwino mu chikhalidwe cha anthu. ISA imathandizira zochitika za mabungwe azachikhalidwe cha anthu ndipo yapanga zochitika zapadera za akatswiri achichepere.
ISA imasindikiza magazini awiri, Current Sociology ndi International Sociology, ndi mndandanda wa mabuku, Sage Studies in International Sociology.
Pazinthu za digito, ISA imapanga zofalitsa ndi zochitika pa intaneti, komanso zosungira zakale, monga: