[OFFLINE, 23rd Nov. (Sat) 13:00] @ Doshisha University, Event on skilled migration to Japan
Dear all,
We would like to invite you to the upcoming public event of Multiculturalism and Intersectionality in Complex Cities (MICCS )at Doshisha University on 23 November 2024, featuring two talks of the collaborative research project =E2=80=99Qualific= ation and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia (QuaMaFA) .' Dr. Helena Hof (University of Zurich / Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity) will present on "Migrant Founders in the Japanese Startup Ecosystem: The Opportunities and Risks of Deviant Entrepreneurship", followed by Dr. Aimi Muranaka's presentation "Staying as a Stepping-Stone for Upward Career Mobility? Study on the (Im)Mobilities of Vietnamese Skilled Migrants in the IT Sector in Japan". After the two talks, there will be dedicated time for questions and answers. The event is organized by the Working Group on the Migration and Ethnicity (=E7=A7=BB=E6=B0=91=E3=83=BB=E3=82=A8=E3=82=B9=E3=83=8B=E3=82=B7= =E3=83=86=E3=82=A3) by Prof. Minori Matsutani, Otemon Gakuin University.
DATE: Saturday, 23nd November
TIME: 13:00-15:30
LOCATION: Room 105 (1st floor) at Building Ryoshin-kan (=E8=89=AF=E5=BF=83= =E9=A4=A8), Doshisha University
REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY. Please register via this link by Friday, November 22nd.
The presented project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Dr. Aimi Muranaka (=E6=9D=91=E4=B8=AD =E3=81=82=E3=81=84=E3=81=BF=EF=BC=89 Post-doc/ Research Associate Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen Tel (Germany): +49 203 379-2166 Research project website: https://quamafa.de Latest publications: Muranaka, Aimi (2024). "Perks or burdens? Being =E2=80=9Cnearly (Im)mobile= =E2=80=9D as IT foreign professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan". Contemporary Japan. DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2024.2410556
Wang, Aeneas Zi, Aimi Muranaka and Florian Coulmas (2024). "Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies How Attractive for Migrants are Japan and Germany?" Routledge Muranaka, Aimi (2024): "Being a Foreigner During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Researcher Positionality in Online Interviews". Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-25.1.4075 Muranaka, Aimi (2023): "'Framing' and 'Packaging' of Foreign Skilled Workers: Diversity of the Intermediary Actors in the Cross-Border Labour Market Between Japan and Vietnam". Globalizations. DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2023.2165376
