Dear colleagues and friends,

the Japan Sociological Society (JSS) is pleased to announce its 16th annual grant competition for early-career scholars in its renewed format as *JSS Travel Award*. JSS will select an overall of 10 scholars to present papers in two special sessions on "COVID-19 and Society" and participate in the JSS Annual Meeting, held at Otemon Gakuin University, November 12-13, 2022. The scholars will receive financial support towards their travel costs as follows:

* *6 early-career scholars from outside of Japan*(100,000 yen for
travel costs)
* *4 early-career scholars from within Japan*(10,000 yen for travel
costs)

Joining the special sessions on "COVID-19 and Society" as discussant is Dr. Carol Underwood, Associate Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, the globally leading institution in collecting and analyzing data on the COVID-19 pandemic. As internationally renowned expert in research on the social determinants of health, she is actively involved in hands-on sociological research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in various countries around the globe. She will be commenting together with a Japan-based discussant from JSS.

​For the detailed Call for Applications, please refer to the website below:
https://jss-sociology.org/news/jimukyoku/board/20220325travel-award-2022/ <https://jss-sociology.org/news/jimukyoku/board/20220325travel-award-2022/>

Please also share this information with anyone you think might be interested to apply.

Best regards,

Carola Hommerich
(JSS Board member and Vice-Director of International Liaison Committee)


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Carola Hommerich, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Faculty of Human Sciences
Sophia University
Email: hommerich@sophia.ac.jp
http://researchmap.jp/hommerich/?lang=english
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Recent publications:
Hiroshi Kanbayashi, Carola Hommerich & Naoki Sudo, 2021: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Income and Mental Well-Being: Evidence from a Panel-Survey in Japan
/理論と方法(Sociological Theory and Methods) /36(2): 260-278

Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo & Toru Kikkawa (eds.), 2021: /Social Change in Japan, 1989-2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values/. (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series)