Research keywords (9)：
Employment relations
, Industrial Citizenship
, Sociology of labor
, Economic sociology
, New institutionalism
, Japan Study
, Gender
, Comparative sociology
, Class and stratification
Research theme for competitive and other funds (13)：
2024 - 2028 The Examination of the Sustainability of Capitalist Society - Focusing on the Expansion of Platform Work
2023 - 2028 The examination of the status achievement mechanism of immigrant workers focusing on the roles of intermediary agencies
2019 - 2024 The making of transnational labor markets - Economic sociological study of the roles of personnel business in Asia
2019 - 2023 The Mechanisms of Social Class Formation through Education in Developed Societies: Historical and Comparative Sociological Analyses
2020 - 2021 Employment relations and social inequality
2016 - 2020 The expansion of non-regular employment and the changes of masculinity
2015 - 2018 Comparative Study of Demographic Changes and Mobility Regime in Asian Societies
2017 - 2017 The social effects of the sociocultural displacement of the Ainu in Modern Japan
2012 - 2016 Research on Social Stratification and Rewards Inequalities in Japan from a Comparative Sociological Perspective
2012 - 2015 Interdisciplinary Study of Social Stratification and Employment-livelihood Risks Focusing on the Dynamics of Mobility Regimes
2011 - 2015 Masculinity in Service/Knowledge Economy: Basic Research on the Changes of Welfare-Employment Regime
2002 - 2006 Employment Diversification in Japan: The Case of Temporary Dispatched Work
Jun Imai. The vanguards of building transnational labor markets: the activities of Japanese THAs in Asia. Sociological Studies, published by the department of sociology, Sophia University. 2022. 46. 27-55
Jun Imai. 雇用関係と社会的不平等. 2021
Heinrich, S., Imai, J. Work and employment: Inside, outside and beyond the lifetime employment model. Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan. 2020
Heinrich, S., Imai, J. Work and employment: Inside, outside and beyond the lifetime employment model. Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan. 2020
IMAI, Jun. Book Review: KAMURO Ayami, 2022, Analysis of Employment Systems that Produce Disparities between Employment Status: A History of the Division Employment Status: A History of the Division of Labor and the Formation. Social Policiy and Labor Studies. 2024. 15. 3. 160-163
BOOK REVIEW Sociology of Work and Organization in the 21st Century By Shintaro Matsunaga, Kaoru Sonoda, and Numeto Nakagawa. Advances in Social Research. 2023. 31. 104-104
Jun Imai. BOOK REVIEW The Japanese Economy By Hiroaki Richard WATANABE. Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin. 2023. 4. 77. 1-4
Book review: Reading the Research Series "The Structure of Social Stratification in the Aged Society with Low Fertility" (the results of 2015 SSM survey). 2023. 73. 4. 460-470
Employment Relations and Social Inequalities: Social Structural Changes Shaped by the Development of Industrial Citizenship
Yuhikaku 2021 ISBN:9784641174580
Studying Japan : Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 2021 ISBN:3848750856
Routledge handbook of contemporary Japan
Routledge 2021 ISBN:9781138668614
現代日本社会の権力構造
北大路書房 2018 ISBN:4762830267
Transnationalisierung der Arbeit
Springer VS 2018 ISBN:9783658209384
1997 - 2006 State University of New York at Stony Brook Graduate School, Department of Sociology
1994 - 1996 International Christian University Graduate School of Public Administration
1986 - 1990 International Christian University College of Liberal Arts Division of Social Sciences
1983 - 1986 Utsunomiya High School
Professional career (2)：
PhD (Sociology) (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
B.A. (Liberal Arts) (International Christian University)
Work history (14)：
2023/04 - 現在 Sophia University SRO Research Institutes Division Institute of Comparative Culture
2018/04 - 現在 Sophia University Department of Sociology, Faculty of Human Sciences Professor
2022/04 - 2022/09 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology and Faculty of Letters Part-time Lecturer
2014/04 - 2018/03 Sapporo Aoba Vocational College Part-time Lecturer
2012/04 - 2018/03 Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters, Department of Sociology Associate Professor
2015/04 - 2016/03 Doshisha University Institute for Study of Humanities and Social Sciences Adjunct researcher
2013/04 - 2013/09 Fuji Women's University Faculty of Humanities Part-time Lecturer
2012/10 - 2012/10 Tohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters Part-time Lecturer
2009/03 - 2012/03 Tohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Department of Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality Assistant Professor
2006/06 - 2009/02 University of Duisburg-Essen Institute of Sociology/Institute of East Asian Studies Post-doctoral Research Associate, Lecturer
2002/04 - 2006/03 International Christian University College of Liberal Arts Part-time lecturer
2002 - 2006 University of Duisburg-Essen Institute of East Asian Studies Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
1999 - 2001 Gerhard-Mercator Universitaet Duisburg Institute of East Asian Studies Wissenshaftliche Hilfskraft
1990/04 - 1994/03 Sumitomo Bank Ltd.
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Committee career (17)：
2023/11 - 現在 The Japan Sociological Society The Committe for the Promotion of International Research Activities (Chair)
2022/03 - 現在 A member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Industrial Relations
2013/03 - 現在 A member of the Editorial Board of Contemporary Japan
2021/11 - 2023/10 The Japan Sociological Society Committee
2020/11 - 2023/10 Japan Association for Social Policy Studies International Exchange Committee
2018/11 - 2022/03 Japan Sociological Association IJJS, Editorial Board
2020/11 - 2021/10 The Japan Sociological Society Member of Recommendation Committee, Shorei-sho award, The Japan Sociological Society
2018/11 - 2021/10 日本社会学会 社会学評論編集委員会 専門委員
2017/06 - 2019/06 Hokkaido Sociological Association Board member
2018 - 2019 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Reviewer of the Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research
2015/12 - 2018/11 Japan Sociological Association Committee on Sociology Education
2014/10 - 2018/10 Japanese Association of Labor Sociology Board member
2014/07 - 2018/07 International Sociological Association RC28 (Economy and Society) Board Member
2016/09 - 2018/03 北海道立女性プラザ 運営協議会委員
2015/12 - 2017/11 日本社会学会 奨励賞選考委員会委員
2014 - 2016 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Reviewer of the Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research
2013/06 - 2015/06 Hokkaido Sociological Association Board member
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Awards (5)：
2022/05 - Japan Association for Social Policy Studies JASPS Shōrei-shō Award Employment Relations and Social Inequalities: Social Structural Changes Shaped by the Development of Industrial Citizenship
2018/08 - Hokkaido University Excellent teacher (2017 academic year)
2017/07 - Hokkaido University Excellent teacher (2016 academic year)
2017/01 - Hokkaido University President's award for outstanding education
2015/10 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Best reviewer award, JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Association Membership(s) (7)：
Hokkaido Sociological Association
, International Sociological Association
, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
, 日本労働社会学会
, 社会政策学会
, European Association for Japanese Studies
, 日本社会学会
