PROFILE
Josuke Amada
Professor
Faculty of Letters, Chuo University, Tokyo JAPAN.
Office:
Faculty of Letters,
Chuo University, Tokyo JAPAN.
742-1 Higashinakano Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0393 JAPAN
TEL: +81-42-674-3827
E-mail: josuke.amada@nifty.com
URL: http://www.josukeamada.com
Education:
April 1997－March 2000 Program in Sociology, Graduate School of Social Relations, Rikkyo (St.Paul’s) University, Tokyo, Japan (PhD in Sociology)
April 1995－March 1997 Program in Sociology, Graduate School of Social Relations, Rikkyo (St.Paul’s) University, Tokyo, Japan (MA in Sociology)
April 1991－March 1995 Department of Industrial Relations, College of Social Relations, Rikkyo (St.Paul’s) University, Tokyo, Japan
Degrees:
March 31, 2000 PhD (Sociology) Rikkyo (St.Paul’s) University
March 31, 1997 MA (Sociology) Rikkyo (St.Paul’s) University
Experience:
April 1, 2015－Present Professor, Faculty of Letters,Chuo University
April 1, 2014－March 31, 2015 Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier
Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
April 1, 2007－March 31, 2014 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics and
Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
April 1, 2003－March 31, 2006 Associate Professor, S Department of Social Welfare,
Kumamoto Gakuen University
April 1, 2002－March 31, 2003 Full-time Lecturer, Department of Social Welfare, Kumamoto
Gakuen University
April 1, 2000－March 31, 2002 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Rikkyo
(St.Paul’s) University
April 1, 1997－March 31, 2000 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science [DC1]
Awards:
November 2004 The Third Japan Sociological Society Award (Publication) for Sociology of
Aging and Frailty (Taga Shuppan).
Qualifications:
Specialized Social Research Certificate (Japanese Association for Social Research, 2005)
Specialties:
* Sociology
* Sociological Theory
Research Interests:
* Aging and Modernization
* Government and Identity Politics in the Welfare State
* Qualitative Research Methods (Ethnography)
