Bio

Current Position

2021 April-: Associate Professor, Department of Social System Design, Eikei University of Hiroshima

Education

2016 Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

(Title: Between Civil Society and Political Society: An Anthropology of Citizen Movements in Mumbai, India. English summary)

2006 M.A. in Human Sciences, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka

2003 B.A. in Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University, Osaka

Academic Experience

2020 April–2021 March: Associate Professor, New University Establishment Preparatory Office, Prefectural University of Hiroshima

2018 April–2020 March: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University; International Student Advisor, International Student and Study Abroad Advising Office, Center for Global Education, Hitotsubashi University

2016 April–2018 March: Junior Fellow (postdoctoral researcher/lecturer), Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

2016 January–March: Visiting Scholar at Department of Anthropology, The University of California, Davis

2013 April–2016 March: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

2012 July–2013 March: Research Assistant at Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

2010 August–2012 January: Research Affiliate, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

2010 April–2012 March: Doctoral Course Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

2009 October–2010 February: Teaching Assistant at Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University

Other Work Experience

2007 April–2008 August: Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Position:  Associate, Marketing / Translator ― English editing team, Student Counselor ― English education team