研究テーマ
移民と統合：グローバルな視点から
Immigration and Integration: Global Perspectives
代表者
Gracia Liu-Farrer教授
(1)研究目的
Now that COVID has become endemic and mobility restrictions are removed, we are likely to see increased cross-border mobilities all over the world. In particular, with the severe labor shortages, Japan is going to see increasing immigrants. This year’s Migration and Citizenship Research Group wants to focus on building theoretical knowledge and empirical studies about immigration and integration issues around the world.
(2)研究の意義
People of different socioeconomic backgrounds are more mobile than any period in the history. However, we have also witnessed the increasing efforts on the part of nation states to have control over the immigration and citizenship. What is happening to immigrants’ integration process? Or, is integration a reasonable concept to measure immigrant incorporation? How does this process unfold in different parts of the world, from Europe to Asia? This year, through inviting scholars who research migration and integration around the world, we want to investigate the distinct patterns and issues of immigration and integration among different people and in different regions and countries. This exercise has practical significance. For countries such as Japan who will see a rapid increase of immigrants, it is important to understand the promises and pitfalls of different integration patterns and have a vision about how integration will take place in this country.
(3)運営方法
The research group’s main activity this year will continue to be a public lecture series and internal workshops. We will invite speakers around the world in the field of migration and integration to present their research and carry out group discussions.
(4)期待される成果
We expect to broaden the theoretical and empirical knowledge base of research group members and increase the number of publications produced.
