International Sociological Association received 122 applications for its 9th International Laboratory for PhD Students in Sociology but only had the funds to accept 14 applicants. Because there were so many excellent applications, the selection process was extremely difficult.
Congratulations to the selected participants!

• Mr. Antonio ALEJO, Mexico / University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  The Latin American civil societies and globalization process
  
  
• Ms. Avital BAIKOVICH, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  Going global? Social and cultural transformations within a Japanese subsidiary
  
  
• Mr. Thijs BOL, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The Netherlands
  Institutional context in the explanation of labor market pay off of education
  
  
• Ms. Jitka CIRKLOVA, The Charles University, Czech Republic
  Buddhism as value source in the course of forming new identities and lifestyles in the Czech Republic
  
  
• Ms. Maria GRASSO, Italy / University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  Political involvement in Western Europe
  
  
• Ms. Hiroko INOUE, Japan / University of California, USA
  The dynamics of population differentiation and conflict: toward a sociological theory of societal integration and disintegration
  
  
• Ms. So-Jung LIM, South Korea / University of Wisconsin, USA
  The emergence of non-standard employment and its impact on working lives of married women in Japan
  
  
• Mr. Wesley LONGHOFER, University of Minnesota, USA
  The transnationalization of philanthropy
  
  
• Ms. Laura LOPEZ-SANDERS, Mexico / Stanford University, USA
  Is brown the new black? Latino inmigrant incorporation in the contemporary south
  
  
• Ms. Leah MUSE-ORLINOFF, University of California, USA
  Modeling migrant entrepreneurial networks: innovative methodologies for sociology in an era of globalization
  
  
• Mr. Sanjeev Kumar ROUTRAY, India / University of British Columbia, Canada
  Between eviction and existence: urban restructuring and the politics of poverty in Delhi
  
  
• Mr. Yoshiya SHIOTANI, Tohoku University, Japan
  Social images and status orientation
  
  
• Mr. Hirofumi TAKI, Doshisha University, Japan
  Distinguishing characteristics of education and inequality in Japan: an international comparison analysis
  
  
• Ms. Carolina ZUCCOTT, Argentina / Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  The integration of immigrants in host societies: objective and subjective dimensions of social mobility and social inequality
  

ISA Laboratory will be organised jointly with the Japanese Sociological Society at Shonan Kokusai Village, Hayama, Japan, October 3-9, 2009.