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A material analysis of the Revue de l’Institut de Sociologie in the interwar period reveals three levels: national, international and transnational. The first level demonstrates the liberal and Freemason roots of the RIS in Brussels, as well as its influence on the structure of sociology in Belgium through its themes, pragmatic approach, and collaboration with members of the Solvay Institute of Sociology. The second level analyses the cooperation of foreign authors, showing that the RIS participated in an international liberal and Masonic network, mainly comprising France, Italy and Switzerland. This network defended an anti-Durkheimian functional sociology. Additionally, it opened its pages to scholars who were persecuted in their home countries, such as the Russian Empire or Germany, and found refuge at the Free University of Brussels. This Europe-wide network communicated primarily in French and excluded Great Britain and the United States. The third transnational dimension concerns the circulation of knowledge through the exchange of reviews and book reviews in historical and religious studies. This indicates a broader scholarly geography that encompasses the Anglo-Saxon countries and does not ostracise the former Central Powers — Germany and Austria — as other sciences did in the post-First World War period.