Alessandro Angelini

Competition: International Dissertation Research Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Anthropology, City University of New York (CUNY) / Graduate Center

Proposal Title: The Production of Urban "Knowledges:" The Favelas of Rio de Janeiro as Sites of Intervention

Matthew Amengual

Competition: International Dissertation Research Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Proposal Title: The Politics of Labor and Environmental Regulation in Argentina: Constructing State-Society Relations for Effective Implementation

Ken Masujima

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University

Proposal Title: Development for Regionalism: Political Dynamics of Regional Development Policy in Europe and South America and Its Implications for Asia

Mika Shimizu

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Visiting Fellow, East-West Center

Proposal Title: Designing Institutions for a Global Risk Management Approach in Asia: The U.S.-Japan Initiative

Salil Mehra

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Professor, Beasley School of Law, Temple University

Proposal Title: Law, Harm and Cultural Cognition: An Experiment with Interactive Cartoons

Toshiaki Miura

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Editorial Writer, Editorial Board, Asahi Shimbun

Proposal Title: Historical Memory and Politics in East Asia--A Perspective from US-Japan Relations

Robert Knapp Jr.

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Member of the Faculty, Physics and Sustainable Design, Evergreen State College

Proposal Title: Comparative Case Studies of Sustainable Commercial/Institutional Buildings

Ying Hua

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Assistant Professor, Design & Environmental Analysis, Cornell University

Proposal Title: Towards Low-Carbon Building Sector in the Post- Kyoto Era: A Comparative Study of the Building Sector Policy Framework in Japan and the U.S. and Policy Impact on Emission Reduction

Yuko Okubo

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, National University of Singapore

Proposal Title: The Localization of Multicultural Education and the Second-Generation Chinese and Vietnamese Immigrants: A Comparison of Japan and the United States

Takako Hikotani

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Associate Professor, Public Policy, National Defense Academy - Japan

Proposal Title: Civil-Military Relations of Multilateral Military Operations

Shin Arita

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo

Proposal Title: Transformation of Employment Structure and Social Inequality in the Post-industrial Countries: A Comparison of Japan, South Korea, and the United States

Erin Chung

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Assistant Professor, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

Proposal Title: Immigrant Incorporation in Ethnic Democracies: Citizenship Regimes and Noncitizen Political Participation in Austria, Germany, Japan, and Korea

Michiko Ueda

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Assistant Professor, The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology

Proposal Title: The Effect of Minority Legislative Representation

Lauren Eastwood

Competition: Abe Fellowship 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice, State University of New York (SUNY) / Plattsburgh

Proposal Title: Civil Society in Global Environmental Governance: A Comparative Analysis of NGO Participation in UN Environmental Policy Debates

Rob Schmitz

Competition: Abe Fellowship for Journalists 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Los Angeles Bureau Chief, The California Report, KQED

Proposal Title: The Path to Greater Energy Efficiency: What California Can Learn From Japan

Stéphanie Giry

Competition: Abe Fellowship for Journalists 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Deputy Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs

Proposal Title: Push and Pull, Twist and Shout: Energy Relations Between Japan, China, and Russia

Gordon Feller

Competition: Abe Fellowship for Journalists 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Freelance Journalist

Proposal Title: Asian Municipalities Design Innovative City-Level Responses to Global Warming

Satoru Fuse

Competition: Abe Fellowship for Journalists 2008

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Correspondent, Political Section, TV-Asahi

Proposal Title: Modernization of Chinese Navy: Implications for the Japan-U.S. Alliance

Robert Tierney

Competition: 2008

Margarita Estevez-Abe

Competition: 2001

Institutional Affiliation (at time of award): Harvard University

Philip Streich

Competition: 2008

George Sipos

Competition: 2008

Hillary Pedersen

Competition: 2008

Gabriella Lukacs

Competition: 2008

Ramona Bajema

Competition: 2008