Departemen Sosiologi FISIP-UI telah menyelenggarakan konferensi Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA) yang ke-9 pada 13-15 Juni 2009 di Hotel Discovery Kartika Plaza, Kuta – Bali.

Tema konferensi APSA ke-9 ini adalah “Improving the Quality of Social Life in Asia Pacific: A Challenge for Sociology”, dengan pembicara Key Note Prof. Michael Burawoy (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Public Sociology and the Quality of Social Life".

Terdapat 18 panel dan 4 panel khusus dalam konferensi APSA ke-9:

1. Environment
2. Social Policy and Social Planning
3. Labour and Industrial Relations
4. Gender and Family
5. Socio-Cultural Transformation
6. Education
7. Economy and Society
8. Globalization
9. Ethnicity & Identity
10. Society & Politics
11. Multiculturalism
12. Governance, Politics Policy
13. Sociological Theory and Methodology
14. Sociology of Health
15. Sociology of Religion
16. Urban & Migration
17. Law and Crime
18. Information society

Special panels:

1. Governance, Politics and Development Policy (Murdoch University)
2. Urban & Migration (Tohoku University)
3. Multiculturalism (LabSosio Pusat Kajian Sosiologi UI
4. CSR issues (Pertamina & Unilever)