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Social Analysis Studio
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A studio where students learn qualitative and quantitative research methods to analyze society.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring social phenomena through surveys and data
The Social Analysis Studio aims to explore the phenomena and issues inherent in society while students acquire a variety of methods of social analysis.
Students learn broadly in both qualitative and quantitative research, the respective specialties of the faculty members in charge.
On that basis, according to their own research interests, students aim to be able to concretely analyze issues in urban society as well as politics, gender, and the movement of people amid internationalization.
Some programs involve fieldwork off campus.
Key terms
- Social stratification
- A field that scientifically clarifies, through statistical analysis, the actual state of inequality unevenly distributed in society and the processes that generate it.
- Reproductive labor
- A term referring to so-called housework and care work.
- Fieldwork
- Research conducted by going to the site being studied. This studio has programs held off campus.
ResearchResearch themes
Students explore the phenomena and issues inherent in society after learning both qualitative and quantitative research. The faculty's specialties range widely across political science, urban sociology, social stratification, gender studies, and cultural anthropology. Professor Hisashi Matsumoto studies the movement and interaction of people and goods, with fieldwork in Africa (Nigeria) and East Asia (especially Japan).
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding Political Phenomena through Data
Associate Professor Yuta Kamahara seeks to explain various political phenomena using scientific methods such as data analysis. The specialties are political science methodology (measurement) and civil war studies.
*Illustrative imageUrban Communities and Policy
Professor Asato Saito studies urban communities and policy within global connections, from perspectives such as competition and equality, and stability and exclusion. The specialties are urban sociology and community sociology.
*Illustrative imageSocial Inequality in Later Life
Lecturer Shingo Nitta studies social inequality in later life from the standpoint of social stratification. Focusing on retirement, health, mortality, family, assets, and pensions, the research uses statistical analysis to clarify the actual conditions and the processes that produce them.
*Illustrative imageHousework, Care Work, and Gender
Associate Professor Keiko Hirano studies reproductive labor, so-called housework and care work. In particular, Associate Professor Hirano has conducted fieldwork on Indonesian migrant domestic workers in both the sending and receiving regions.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorAsato Saito
- ProfessorHisashi Matsumoto
- Associate ProfessorYuta Kamahara
- Associate ProfessorKeiko Hirano
- LecturerShingo Nitta
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