| ISA International Laboratory for Ph.D. Students in Sociology
Theme: Possibility of Sociology in the Era of Globalization
October 3 - 9, 2009
Shonan Kokusai Village, Hayama, Japan
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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!
List of the selected participants and topics of their PhD dissertations (in alphabetic order):
- 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. |