Established in 1950

RC28 general objectives are to promote high quality research on social stratification and social mobility, and the international exchange of scientific information in this field.

Statutes

President
Robert Mare, University of California-Los Angeles, USA
mare@ucla.edu
Secretary-Treasurer
Meir Yaish, University of Haifa, Israel, myaish@univ.haifa.ac.il
Board Members
Richard Arum,  New York University, USA
Gunn E. Birkelund, University of Oslo, Norway
Hiroshi Ishida, University of Tokyo, Japan
Thomas DiPrete, Columbia University, USA
Michelle Jackson, University of Oxford, UK
Yannick Lemel, Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, France
Haya Stier, Tel Aviv University, Israel

e-addresses
RC28 Web Site
RC28 e-mail: rc28_secretary@soc.haifa.ac.il

Aage B. Sørensen Student Travel Award
RC28's Board announces a new student award in memory of Aage B. Sørensen. These competitive awards are intended to help outstanding graduate students participate in RC28 conferences. Awards, of 500 USD each, will be made in conjunction with each RC28 conference. The exact number of awards made each year will depend of the availability of funds but is assumed to be about 2-4. Members can make donation to the award fund. Please send checks in the name of RC28 with a designation that they are for the Sørensen Award. The checks should be sent to

Meir Yaish
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Haifa
Haifa, 31905
Israel

Donors names will be announced on the RC's web site unless they request otherwise.

 RC28 Newsletter is published twice a year, in June and in December, and appears on the RC28 web site.

Membership and Dues
Dues USD 100 (USD 25 discount) for a 4 year period.ISA membership registration form is available on http://www.isa-sociology.org/memb_i/index.htm

The RC28 travel fund subsidizes low income members for travel to RC28 conferences. For details and conditions, turn to the RC28 Web Site.