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Chikako Mori

もり ちかこ

Mori Chikako

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1972-01-01 (Omotesando, Tokyo (Harajuku))
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese, French, English

Career

Occupations
Sociologist, University professor, Researcher, Translator
Active Years
2001-
Affiliations
Nanzan University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Social Sciences (Sociology), Doshisha University, Faculty of Sociology, Princeton University (Visiting Researcher), CNRS-CERI / Sciences Po (Associate Fellow), University of Tokyo (Adjunct Lecturer), University of Tsukuba (Adjunct Lecturer)

Education

Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Language and Society
Master's Program, Graduate School of Language and Society
Degree: 修士
Year of Graduation: 2001
Country: Japan
Completed master's degree in 2001
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
Department/Program of Sociology / Doctoral Program in Sociology
Degree: 社会学博士
Year of Graduation: 2010
Country: France
After coursework withdrawal, awarded Doctorate in Sociology (2010)

Awards

Shibusawa–Claudel Prize (Special Prize)
2016
Work: The Suburbs of Exclusion and Resistance: Formation and Transformation of Immigrant Enclaves in France
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Shibusawa–Claudel Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Osaragi Jirō Forum Award
2016
Work: The Suburbs of Exclusion and Resistance: Formation and Transformation of Immigrant Enclaves in France
Organization: Osaragi Jirō Forum Award Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Suburbs of Exclusion and Resistance: Formation and Transformation of Immigrant Enclaves in France

2016 Sociology / Non-fiction

A sociological study of the formation of immigrant residential areas in France and the dynamics of exclusion and resistance. Integrates urban sociology, migration studies, and analyses of racism.

migrationurban sociologyexclusionresistanceracism

Bibliography

  • The Suburbs of Exclusion and Resistance: Formation and Transformation of Immigrant Enclaves in France (University of Tokyo Press, 2016)
  • The Paradox of Border Policies (co-edited, Keiso Shobo, 2014)
  • Legal Studies on Hate Speech (co-authored, Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2014)
  • Rethinking Xenophobia: Exclusion, Discrimination and Participation in France (co-edited, Keiso Shobo, 2015)
  • Michel Vivierca (translated) 'The Transformation of Racism' (Akashi Shoten, 2007)
  • Loïc Wacquant (co-translated) 'Prisons of Poverty' (Shinyosha, 2008)
  • Michel Vivierca (co-translated) 'Difference: The Politics of Identity and Culture' (Hosei University Press, 2009)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Academic and critical analytical proseEvidence-based writing grounded in fieldwork
Recurring Motifs
exclusion and resistanceurban marginalitymigrant experience

Legacy

Recognized for detailed field research on immigrant residential areas and racism in France, highly regarded in urban sociology and migration studies. Also influential through translations and public commentary.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Sociological Society

Trivia

  • Official website: https://www.chikmori.com/
  • Has research affiliations including Hitotsubashi University Graduate School and Princeton University.
  • Active also as a translator.