David Chiavacci | Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies | UZH

David Chiavacci

David Chiavacci, Prof. Dr.

Professor in Social Science of Japan
Director of Studies Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies

Phone: +41 44 634 40 84
Room number: ZUB 4-417

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Office hours wednesday 16-18h, please contact the secretary
Current Lectures at the University of Zurich

Table of contents

Functions
Research interests
Academic career
Publications
Membership in scientific associations

Functions

Professor in Social Science of Japan
Director of Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies
Board, European Association of Japanese Studies and Swiss Asia Society
Academic advisory board, German Institute for Japanese Studies
Co-editor, Japan yearbook of the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF, Iudicium)
Editorial board, Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques (Swiss Asia Society, de Gruyter), Contemporary Japan (German Institute for Japanese Studies, Taylor and Francis), Pacific Affairs (University of British Columbia), Social Science Journal Japan (University of Tokyo, Oxford University Press) and book series Worlds of East Asia (Swiss Asia Society, de Gruyter)

Research interests

Immigration and immigration policy in Japan
Frames and narratives of social inequality in Japan
Social change and social movements in Japan
Comparative sociology with focus on Japan

Academic career

Since 2017 Full Professor in Social Science of Japan, University of Zurich
2010 – 2017 Associate Professor in Social Science of Japan, University of Zurich
2009 Professor for Modern Japanese Studies (substitution), University Duisburg-Essen
2005 – 2010 Reader and research fellow, Free University Berlin
2003 – 2005 Reader and research fellow, University of Zurich
2001 – 2003 Visiting research fellow, University of Tokyo
1998 – 2001 Lecturer and research fellow, University of Zurich

Publications

Academic Publications (April 2023) (PDF, 214 KB)

Newer publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

Chiavacci, David (2010). Schweizer Firmen auf dem japanischen Arbeitsmarkt”. In: P. In: Ziltener, P. Handbuch Schweiz–Japan – Manuel des Relations Suisse-Japonaises: Diplomatie und Politik, Wirtschaft und Geschichte, Wissenschaft und Kultur. Zürich: Chronos Verlag, 765-769.
Chiavacci, David (2010). Gender und internationale Migration: Heiratsmigrantinnen in den Bergregionen Nordostjapans. In: Gludovatz, K; Middelbeck-Varwick, A. Gender im Blick: Geschlechterforschung in den Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 147-164.
Chiavacci, David (2010). Divided Society Model and Social Cleavages in Japanese Politics: No Alignment by Social Class, but Dealignment of Rural-Urban Split. Contemporary Japan, 22(1/2):47-74.
Edited by: Chiavacci, David; Wieczorek, I (2010). Berlin: Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung. Japan 2010: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.
Chiavacci, David. Der Boom der ausländischen Unternehmen als Arbeitgeber - Paradigmawechsel in Japan?. 2001, University of Zurich, Faculty of Arts.

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Membership in scientific associations

German Association for Asian Studies (DGA)
European Association of Japanese Studies (EAJS)
German-Japanese Society of Social Sciences (GJSSS)
Swiss Society of Asian Studies (SAG)
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)
German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)