NEW FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH ON INEQUALITY & SOCIAL EXCLUSION

The 12th Annual Aage Sørensen Memorial Conference

for Graduate Students in Sociology

Harvard University

Thursday-Friday - April 10-11, 2008

William James Hall 1550

33 Kirkland St.

Thursday, April 10, 2008                                                                                                                

9:00 – 9:30 AM          WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

Jason Beckfield (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University)

9:30 – 11:00 AM       GENDER & INEQUALITY

Heidi Stockl (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

Understanding Trafficking in Women in Uzbekistan

Discussant: Moa Bursell (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Eunmi Mun (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

Sex-typing of Jobs in Hiring: Evidence from Japan

Discussant: Alexey Bessudnov (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

Moa Bursell (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Based Discrimination: The Gender Difference

Discussant: Heidi Stockl (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

11:00 – 11:30AM       Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30PM   

IMMIGRATION & INTEGRATION

Oana Dan (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

United in Diversity: the determinants of European Union Citizenship

Discussant: Maria T. Grasso (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

Sundas Ali (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

 Second-Generation Muslims in the UK: A Socially Excluded Minority Group?

Discussant: Cecilia von Otter (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

12:30 – 2:00PM          Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:30PM            YOUTH & SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Christopher Wildeman (PhD Candidate, Harvard University via Princeton University)

Paternal Incarceration and Children’s Aggressive Behaviors: Evidence from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Discussant: Béatrice Daumerie (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Maria T. Grasso (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

Social Exclusion, Political Participation and the Differential Impact of Education Levels amongst Young People in Italy and the United Kingdom

Discussant: Oana Dan (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

Béatrice Daumerie (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Youthful Populations and the Risk for Armed Conflict

Discussant: Christopher Wilderman (PhD Candidate, Harvard University via Princeton University)

4:00 – 5:30PM            Walking Tour of Harvard

6:00PM                       Dinner at John Harvard’s (33 Dunster St.)

Friday, April 11, 2008

9:30 – 11:00AM         CLASS, CULTURE & HEALTH

Lauren Rivera (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

Homophily and Cultural Reproduction in the Labor Market

Discussant: Elias Le Grand (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Cecilia Von Otter (addendum 1) (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Health and Cultural Activity

Discussant: Sundas Ali (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

Elias Le Grand (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Class, Culture, and Identity: The “Chav” Phenomenon in Britain

Discussant: Lauren Rivera (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

11:00 – 11:30AM       Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30PM        NEW APPROACHES TO NETWORK ANALYSIS

Thomas Grund (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

Organizational Turnover and Performance: The Case of English Soccer

Discussant: Andreea Gorbatai (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

Andreea Gorbatai(addendum 1, 2) (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

Social Structure of Contribution to Wikipedia

Discussant: Thomas Grund (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)

12:30 – 2:00PM          Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:30PM            EDUCATION & STRATIFICATION

Alexey Bessudnov (addendum 1) (DPhil Candidate, Oxford University)
Social Status in Post-Soviet Russia

Discussant: Eunmi Mun (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

Frida Rudolphi (addendum 1) (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

Social Selection in Swedish Schools: Changing Primary and Secondary Effects

Discussant: Maocan Guo (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

Maocan Guo (addendum 1, 2, 3, 4) (PhD Candidate, Harvard University)

School Expansion and Educational Stratification in China, 1981-2006

Discussant: Frida Rudolphi (PhD Candidate, Stockholm University)

4:00PM                       DEPARTURE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Conference Sponsors:

Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard University

Graduate Student Council, Harvard University

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Faculty Sponsor:

Jason Beckfield           Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Special Thanks to:

Robert J. Sampson          Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Bruce Western            Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Pamela Metz            Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Cheri Minton          Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Nancy Branco           Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Melissa Rico                Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Conference Organizers:

Chris Bail                    PhD Program in Sociology, Harvard University
Nathan Fosse               PhD Program in Sociology, Harvard University

Maocan Guo                PhD Program in Sociology, Harvard University

Laura Tach                  PhD Program in Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University

Van Tran                     PhD Program in Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University

Jessica Welburn          PhD Program in Sociology, Harvard University