The Open Society Fellowship Program announces the selection of seven fellows, who will begin their fellowship terms in 2012. They are:
- Asef Bayat, Understanding Social (Non)Movements: Unconventional Activism, Citizenship, and the Arab Uprisings
- John Feffer, The Class of ’89: Lessons from the Eastern European Transitions
- Vanda Felbab-Brown, Managing Illicit Economies: Law Enforcement, Security, and Human Rights
- Mark Gevisser, The Sexuality Frontier: LGBT Rights in Global Perspective
- Suki Kim, North Korea: The Economics of Defection
- Sarah Spencer, In the Shadow of the Law: Irregular Migrants and Local Government
- Martina Vandenberg, Civil Justice: Winning Restitution for Trafficking Victims
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