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Ittonen Hosoki Ralph

ホソキ イットウネン ラルフ | Ittonen Hosoki Ralph
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Associate Professor
Research field  (3): Sociology ,  International relations ,  Local studies
Research keywords  (10): Sociological Neoinstitutionalism ,  Qualitative Comparative Analysis ,  Cross-national Research ,  Social Movements ,  International Migration ,  International Migration Studies ,  Human Rights ,  International Norms ,  Globalization ,  Global and Transnational Sociology
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (3):
  • 2020 - 2024 An Empirical Investigation into the Factors That Shape "Social Quality" Policy Measures across Municipalities
  • 2019 - 2024 The State Interest and International Norm Dialectic: A Cross-National Empirical Analysis of the Advent of an Opportunistic Humanitarian Protections Regime for Refuge Seekers
  • 2009 - 2010 日本の外国人労働者政策の策定プロセスにおける国際規範の役割と影響
Papers (9):
  • Ralph I. Hosoki. The Distinctive Incorporation of Sociological Neoinstitutionalism into Japanese Sociology and Its Theoretical Insights for the Discipline. Japanese Journal of Sociology. 2024. 33. 1. 1-18
  • Ralph I. Hosoki. World Society Theory and Cultural Globalization: Contrasts with World-Systems Theory and International Relations Constructivism. Sociological Studies. 2023. 47. 1-21
  • Ralph I. Hosoki. Theorizing Why States Confer Rights and Protections to Itinerant Populations: Moving Beyond State Interests and International Norms and Thinking about the Social Construction of Deservingness. Sociological Studies. 2022. 46. 1-25
  • Hosoki, Ralph, Ittonen. The Determinants of Cross-national Variation in Migrants’ Access to Rights. Sociological Inquiry. 2018. 88. 1. 155-179
  • Hosoki, Ralph, Ittonen. Whom Do Human Rights Norms Protect? The Determinants of Cross-national Variations in Protections for Itinerant Populations. Doctoral Dissertation. 2017
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MISC (9):
  • Ralph I. Hosoki. Demography and Social Movements and Revolutions. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements, 2nd ed. 2022. 1-3
  • Ralph Ittonen Hosoki. Book review of Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan, by Tsutsui, Kiyoteru. International Journal of Japanese Sociology. 2021. 30. 1. 199-202
  • Ralph Ittonen Hosoki. Book review of Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis, by Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M. Humanity & Society. 2020. 44. 2. 235-237
  • Ralph Ittonen Hosoki. Book review of Embedded Racism: Japan’s Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination, by Arudou, Debito. Pacific Affairs. 2017. 90. 2. 361-363
  • Hosoki, Ralph, Ittonen. The Industrial Training and Technical Internship Programs. The Center for the Documentation of Refugees and Migrants. 2011
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Books (2):
  • "Constitutions in World Society: A New Measure of Human Rights" (book chapter: Beck, Meyer, Hosoki & Drori)
    Cambridge University Press 2019 ISBN:1108473105
  • "The Potential Role of Migrant Rights Advocacy in Mitigating Demographic Crises in Japan" (book chapter: Hosoki)
    World Scientific 2016 ISBN:9814678872
Lectures and oral presentations  (14):
  • Understanding Variance in Migrant Protection Levels across Countries
    (2023 IMISCOE Annual Conference 2023)
  • Making Sense of the Institutional Logics behind Protective Measures for Internationally Displaced Persons
    (2021 IMISCOE Annual Conference 2021)
  • Invited Discussant for the “Immigration Policy and Gender Panel” at the 2020 Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies (JAMPS) Annual Conference.
    (Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies (JAMPS) Annual Conference (hosted online) 2020)
  • The Domestic and International Logics of Protection behind Codified Migrantsʼ Rights
    (2019 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting 2019)
  • Cross-national Variations in Protections for Internationally Displaced Persons
    (2017 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting 2017)
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Works (2):
  • Data Contributor (Japan) for the Immigrant Social Rights (ImmigSR) Project
    Project conducted at the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy," funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), project number 374666841 - SFB 1342 (Friederike Römer, University of Bremen) 2018 - 現在
  • Data Contributor (Japan) for the Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Project
    Project funded by the Emmy-Noether program of the German Research Foundation, WZB Berlin Social Science Center at the University of Bamberg, and the Swiss National Science Foundation (Marc Helbling, University of Bamberg) 2012 - 現在
Education (5):
  • 2010 - 2017 University of California, Irvine (UCI) (Ph.D Program) Department of Sociology
  • 2010 - 2014 University of California, Irvine (UCI) (MA en route to Ph.D) Department of Sociology (Demographic and Social Analysis [DASA])
  • 2007 - 2010 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Advanced Social and International Studies Program, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Course (Ph.D Program/withdrawal after completing Ph.D coursework)
  • 2005 - 2007 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Advanced Social and International Studies Program, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Course (MA Program)
  • 1998 - 2002 Carleton College Sociology/Anthropology
Professional career (4):
  • Bachelor of Arts (Sociology/Anthropology) (Carleton College)
  • Master of Arts in Advanced Social and International Studies (University of Tokyo)
  • Master of Arts in Social Sciences (University of California, Irvine)
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (University of California, Irvine)
Work history (3):
  • 2024/04 - 現在 Sophia University Faculty of Human Sciences Department of Sociology Associate Professor
  • 2019/04 - 2024/03 Sophia University Faculty of Human Sciences Department of Sociology Assistant Professor (tenure track)
  • 2018/01 - 2019/03 Kansai Gaidai University College of International Professional Development School of International Professional Development Assistant Professor (tenure track)
Awards (1):
  • 2013/06 - University of California, Irvine Department of Sociology Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2012-2013)
Association Membership(s) (6):
The Japan Sociological Society ,  Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies ,  The Kantoh Sociological Society ,  Association for Asian Studies ,  International Sociological Association ,  American Sociological Association
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