Graduate School of Asia-Pacific StudiesWaseda University

Faculty

Aimi MURANAKA

  • Degree:
    Ph.D., University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Background
    -Post-doc/ research associate at the Institute of East-Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen (2025)
    -Principal Investigator of a collaborative research project at the Institute of East-Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen (2021-2024)
    -Post-doc/ research associate at the Institute of East-Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen (2020-2021)
    -Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of East-Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen (2015-2020)

Field of Specialization

International Migration Studies, Japan Studies

Research Theme

International skilled migration, mobility, brokerage, migration industry/ infrastructure

 

Major Works / Publications / Awards

Major Works / Publications

  • Hof, H., Muranaka, A., and Park, J. J. (2024) “Employment as an anchor: The prospects of emerging skilled migration regimes through the lens of migrants’ access to the labor market.” Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 33(3), 554-576.
  • Muranaka, A. (2024) “Perks or Burdens? Being ‘Nearly (Im)mobile’ as IT Foreign Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.” Contemporary Japan.
  • Wang, A. Z., Muranaka, A., and Coulmas, F. (2024) “Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies: How Attractive for Migrants are Japan and Germany?” Routledge.
  • Muranaka, A. (2024) “Being a Foreigner During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Researcher Positionality in Online Interviews.” Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 25(1).
  • Muranaka, A. (2023) “‘Framing’ and ‘Packaging’ of Foreign Skilled Workers: Diversity of the Intermediary Actors in the Cross-Border Labour Market Between Japan and Vietnam”. Globalizations, 20(4), 696-713.
  • Tran, H. A. and Muranaka, A. (2022) “Editorial – Transnational Flows of Contemporary Asia: Trends and Futures”. (special issue) The German Journal on Contemporary Asia/ ASIEN. 162/163: 7-14.
  • Muranaka, A. (2022) “Brokerage in the cross-border labour market: Recruitment and training of Vietnamese IT workers by Japanese temporary staffing firms.” Asian Studies Review. 46(4): 578-596.
  • Muranaka, A. (2022) “Beyond blue ocean? The roles of intermediaries in the cross-border labour market between Japan and Vietnam.” Global Networks. 22(3): 514-529.

Academic Societies / Service to Society

Academic Societies

  • International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE)
  • Interdisciplinary Center for Integration and Migration Research (InZentIM)
  • European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS)
  • European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
  • Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA Ruhr)

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