Research Interests
- Migration studies
- Education
- Social stratification and inequality
- Life-course studies
- Qualitative research designs and methods
- General sociology
Education
| Nov. 2018 - Jan. 2022 | PhD in Political and Social Sciences, Dept. of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna |
| Jul. 2020 | Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex |
| Jan. - Mar. 2020 | Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), University of Tokyo |
| Feb. - Nov. 2018 | MA Degree in Migration Studies, Ca’ Foscari Challenge School, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice |
| Sept. 2015 - Aug. 2016 | Overseas exchange, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), University of Kobe |
| Sept. 2014 - Sept. 2016 | MA Degree in Japanese Studies, Dept. of Languages and Economic and Legal Institutions of Asia and Mediterranean Africa, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice |
| Sept. 2015 - Aug. 2016 | Erasmus, Undergraduate school of the Asia-Pacific, Sciences Po Lyon |
| Sept. 2011 - Sept. 2014 | BA Degree in Japanese Studies, Dept. of Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice |
Academic Positions
| May 2024 - June 2025 | Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bologna, Dept. of Political and Social Sciences. Project title: Unraveling school segregation causes and effects towards an Italian urban model. Tutor: Prof. Debora Mantovani |
| Sept. 2022 - March 2024 | Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bologna, Dept. of Statistical Sciences “Paolo Fortunati”. CARIPLO project title: Assessing geographical mobility between marginal and central areas in Italy through secondary data analysis. |
| Jun. - Sept. 2021 | VJunior researcher, University of Parma, Dept. of Economics. Project title: Migrant Entrepreneurship in Emilia-Romagna. |
Teaching activities
| Feb. 2026 - Sept. 2026 | Adjunct professor, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Oriental Studies. Course title: History of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Thought. |
| Feb. 2026 - current | Adjunct professor, Global Asian Studies Minor Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, International College (Honours school). Seminar on Anthropologies and methodologies with a focus on East-Asian national contexts (Japan, China, and South Korea). |
| Sept. 2025 - Feb. 2026 | Adjunct professor, University of Milan, Dept. of. Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Mediations. Course title: Japanese II. Part of the Languages and modern literatures graduate course. |
| Sept. 2024 - Sept. 2026 | Adjunct professor, University of Bologna, Dept. of Political and Social Sciences. Laboratory title: MaxQDA. Qualitative data analysis. Part of the SLEG (Local and Global Development) graduate course. |
| Sept. 2021 - Sept. 2026 | Adjunct professor, University of Bologna, Dept. of Languages, Literatures and Modern Cultures. Course title: Sociology of Asian Countries. Part of the LMCA (Languages, Markets and Cultures of Asian and Mediterranean Africa) undergraduate course. |
| Sept. 2022 - Sept. 2024 | Adjunct professor, Global Asian Studies Minor Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, International College (Honours school). Seminar on social sciences and methodologies with a focus on East-Asian national contexts (Japan and China). (30 hours) |
Organization of International Conferences, Workshops and Other Research Meetings
| Sept. 2026 | Selected as the Convenor for the “Urban, Regional and Environmental Studies” panel at the 18th EAJS (European Association of Japanese Studies) 2026 Conference, University of Poznan, Poland |
| Aug. 2024 | Collaboration with Dr. Marco Zappa (grant owner) to the realization of the workshop “Dis/Re-Orient: Theories. Methods. Practices.” (https://sites.google.com/view/disre-orient/home) Host at the Dept. of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice |
| Apr. 2021 | Organization of the panel: "Answering to the roll call: challenges and good practices for the integration of immigrants’ children at school ", together with Dr. Yuki Nagae, University of Tokyo. Panel part of the conference on “IMISCOE PhD led Workshops on Norms and Values”, organized by Novamigra, IMISCOE, and Malmӧ University |
| Sept. 2020 - Jan. 2022 | Co-organizer of the IMISCOE Ph.D. Network, responsible for the Blog Group coordination (https://www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blog/phd-blog) |
Editorial services and Scientific Reviewing activites
European Societies (1461-6696) – Part of the Editorial Review Committee; European Journal of Sociology (0003-9756); Ethnography and Qualitative research (ISSN 1973-3194); Sociologia del Lavoro (ISSN 0392-5048); Inequalities (e-ISSN 3035-0395); Contemporary Japan (ISSN 1869-2729); Sociologia Italiana (ISSN 2281-2652); Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102)
Publications
Monograph
- Dugar, Giulia. 2026. The Integration of Immigrant-Origin Youth in Japan: Theoretical Insights from Narratives on School Experiences, Routledge, (ISBN: Hardback: 9781041137382; Paperback: 9781041143772; E-book: 9781003674122).
Chapters
- Dugar, Giulia. 2025. ‘“Am I the School I Attend?” Understanding the Self-Identity Construction of Immigrant-Origin Youths in Japan’. In A Transdisciplinary Study of Global Mobilities. Identities on the Move, edited by Eduardo Tasis Moratinos, Ti-han Chang, and Alicia Moreno Gimenez, 15–42. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74539-3_2
Scientific Articles
- Francesca Tosi, Giulia Dugar, and Livia Ortensi, Early Occupational Outcomes of University Graduates in Italy. A “Centre-Periphery” Geographical Approach, Population, Space and Place. https://doi.org./10.1002/psp.70226
- Kenji, Ishida, and Giulia Dugar. 2025. Upper Secondary Educational Attainment of Japan-Born Immigrants: Mixed-Parentage as a Marker of Social Integration or Family Instability in Japan?, Journal of International Migration and Integration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-025-01306-5
- Giulia Dugar, Roberto Impicciatore, and Francesca Tosi. 2024. ‘L’uscita dalla casa dei genitori nelle aree interne e centrali in Italia nel corso del Novecento’. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 3, 609–648. https://doi.org/10.1423/114115
- Dugar, Giulia. 2024. ‘Negotiating One’s Own Belonging: Envisaging the Japanese (Im)Migratory Stratification through Immigrant-Origin Youths’ Narratives’. Identities, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2024.2403211
- Dugar, Giulia. 2023. ‘The Twofold Strategy of Temporariness in the Japanese Immigration Control System: The Outcomes of a Restrictive Policy Framework for “Disguised Refugees”, Irregular and Economic Immigrants’, The Lab’s Quarterly, 25(2), 91-116. https://doi.org/10.13131/UNIPI/6F16-FC89
- Dian, Matteo, and Giulia Dugar. 2022. ‘A Post-Western World in the Making. The Conceptual Framework’, Interdisciplinary Political Studies, 8(2), 233-245. https://doi.org/10.1285/I20398573V8N2P233