New Research on Social Transformations Session I

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: SJES014 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development (host committee)

Language: English and French

This session will include new research on social transformations and the sociology of development that cannot be introduced in the other RC 09 sessions and in particular recent research from PhD students is welcomed. Please, submit to this session new topics that are not covered by the other RC 09 sessions.
Session Organizer:
Brian DILL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Oral Presentations
Analysis of Korean Discourse on Global Citizenship Using Lda Topic Modeling: A Study of News Coverage and Online Community Posts
Yisag KIM, Sogang University, South Korea
Geopolitical Tension, Shifting Global Value Chains, and Corporate Responses in East Asia: An Institutional Complexity Perspective
Joonkoo LEE, Hanyang University, South Korea; Hyun-Chin LIM, Seoul National University, South Korea
Precarious Work and Labour Relation in Thailand
Saowalak CHAYTAWEEP, Maejo university, Thailand
Navigating Identity and Values in a Globally Connected Middle Eastern City
Logan COCHRANE, HBKU, Qatar; Hira AMIN, College of Public Policy, HBKU, Qatar
The Social Impact of Covid 19 in Hungary
Éva MOLNÁR, University of Debrecen, Hungary; Noémi LONCSÁK, University of Debrecen, Hungary; Melitta SZARKA, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Distributed Papers
What to the Undocumented Migrant Is a Border? an Analysis of Migration and Borders from the Immigrant Point of View
Salvador RANGEL, Swarthmore College, USA
Commodification, Exploitation and Vulnerability: (Un)Documented Afghan Migrant Workers in Istanbul
Ramazan ARAS, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey; Ensar KÜL, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey; Saleh Kahled IBRAHIM, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey; Melahat GÖKTAŞ, School of Graduate Studies, Turkey
Migration Brokerage Among South Asian Migrants Traveling to South Africa
Pragna RUGUNANAN, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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