Researchers
Yuki Abe
Political Science
June 2010 - March 2013DIJ Projects
The debate on nuclear energy policy after March 11
Great East Japan Earthquake
Norbert R. Adami
Humanities
September 1990 - August 1993
Barbara Altmiks
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
October 2005 - December 2006DIJ Projects
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
Junko Ando
History
May 2001 - November 2015DIJ Projects
Adult Guardianship in Japan
Die Zulassung der weiblichen Thronfolge in Japan
Die Diskussion um die Änderung der japanischen Verfassung und der Kriegsverzichtsartikel (Artikel 9)
Challenges of Demographic Change
Miki Aoyama-Olschina
Philosophy, Japanese Studies
January 2014 - April 2016DIJ Projects
Diversität, Körper und Gesundheit: Bioethische Diskussionen in Japan
Effective Multinational Teamwork in the Japanese Context (EMTJ Study)
Diversität und ethische Probleme in der Kultur- und Sprachpolitik Japans: Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft
Happiness and Unhappiness in Bioethical Questions: Decision Making for Organ Donation and Organ Transplantation in Germany and in Japan
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Peter Backhaus
Linguistics
September 2005 - March 2010DIJ Projects
Communication between staff and residents in a Japanese nursing home for the elderly
Challenges of Demographic Change
Verena Blechinger
Politics
February 1997 - January 2002DIJ Projects
Politics and the Internet
Japan in Asia
Politics in Japan
Social Transformation in Modern Japan: State, Family and Individual
Richmod Bollinger
Japanese Studies
May 1998 - April 2001
Susanne Brucksch
Social Science
Innovation Studies, Science & Technology Studies (STS)
June 2016 - March 2022Innovation Studies, Science & Technology Studies (STS)
DIJ Projects
Humans and Devices in Medical Contexts in Japan (book project)
Aging in Japan: Domestic Healthcare Technologies in Place
Technical Innovation and Research Collaboration / Clusters: Biomedical Engineering in Japan
Katja Caßing
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
September 2000 - December 2006DIJ Projects
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
Harald Conrad
Economics/ Social Science: Social Policy
July 2000 - March 2007DIJ Projects
Wandel der Entlohnungspraktiken japanischer Großunternehmen bei alternden Belegschaftsstrukturen
Jüngste Arbeitsmarktreformen in Deutschland – Mögliche Lehren für Japan
Competitiveness of Japan's Economy for the Future
Challenges of Demographic Change
Helmut Demes
Economics
October 1989 - September 1994DIJ Projects
The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan
Daniel Dirks
Economics
December 1994 - December 1998DIJ Projects
Enterprises and Management
Harald Dolles
Business Administration
August 2001 - July 2006DIJ Projects
Competitiveness of Japan's Economy for the Future
International HRM: Expatriate Selection, Training, Assistance and Repatriation Strategies on International Assignments to Japan
Management of Cross-Cultural Cooperative Ventures: On the Relationship between Trust, Control, Problem-Solving Strategies and Success
Japan in Asia
Isa Ducke
Politics
May 2001 - May 2006DIJ Projects
Politics and the Internet
Challenges of Demographic Change
Knowledge Society and Demographic Change in Japan
Environmental Movements in Germany and Japan
Assertions of Cultural Uniqueness in Asia
Japan in Asia
Volker Elis
Business and Economics, Geography
April 2006 - March 2011DIJ Projects
Employment of the Elderly, the Ageing Workforce and HRM
Demographic Change and its Regional Implications for Municipalities in Rural and Urban Areas
Challenges of Demographic Change
Harald Fuess
Social History, Gender Studies
July 1995 - June 2000DIJ Projects
Social Transformation in Modern Japan: State, Family and Individual
Sonja Ganseforth
Social Sciences, Human Geography
Head of research group 'Future of Local Communities'
March 2017 - September 2022Head of research group 'Future of Local Communities'
DIJ Projects
Japan’s “blue economies”? Japanese firms in the restructuring of the global seafood trade
Fishing communities between growth and demise
What is the "local"? - Rethinking the politics of subnational spaces in Japan
Lisette Gebhardt
Japanese Literature
December 1994 - August 1998
Andrea Germer
Gender Studies, History
September 2001 - June 2007DIJ Projects
Images of the Nation: Gender, Race, and Culture in Women’s
Geschichtstheorien der Historischen Frauenforschung
Assertions of Cultural Uniqueness in Asia
Maren Godzik
Japanology, Sociology
November 2006 - March 2013DIJ Projects
Older people’s housing situation and future prospects in the Tōhoku region
Great East Japan Earthquake
Housing and living arrangements in Japan's ageing society
Challenges of Demographic Change
Hilaria Gössmann
Japanese Literature
November 1992 - October 1995DIJ Projects
Social Transformation in Modern Japan: State, Family and Individual
Ines Günther
Liaison Office/Economics
January 1998 - September 2004
René Haak
Business Administration, Management and Technology
September 1999 - October 2005DIJ Projects
Technology and Management in Japan - The Early Days of Japanese Automation Technology
Collective Internationalization Strategies - German-Japanese Business Cooperation in Third Markets
Competitiveness of Japan's Economy for the Future
Japan and China - Strategic Management in a Dynamic Environment
Japan in Asia
Kazue Haga
Business and Economics
May 2013 - April 2016DIJ Projects
Entrepreneurship and Employment in Demographically Ageing Societies
Challenges of Demographic Change
Peter Hartmann
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
January 2005 - December 2005DIJ Projects
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
Steffen Heinrich
Political Science
September 2014 - August 2019DIJ Projects
The political regulation of minimum wages in Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom
The political consequences of employment diversification in Japan
Work-related Diversity in Japan: New Risks and Opportunities for Whom?
Privatisation and diversification in the Japanese welfare state: Toward a new safety net through regulation?
Martin Hemmert
Economics
October 1993 - May 1998DIJ Projects
Innovation Strategies and Technology Policy
Hanns Günther Hilpert
Economics
July 1999 - February 2002DIJ Projects
Japan in Asia
Phoebe Stella Holdgrün
Japanese Studies, Political Science
January 2012 - January 2015DIJ Projects
Social movements and gender in post-3.11 Japan
Political participation and well-being: A case study of political activists after 3/11
Parents against Radiation. A case study
Political Participation and Happiness in Japanese Community Groups
Political Participation and Happiness in Japan
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Great East Japan Earthquake
Barbara Holthus
Sociology
March 2007 - November 2013DIJ Projects
Regional diversity of well-being in Japan
Social movements and gender in post-3.11 Japan
Parental well-being in the rural periphery of Germany and Japan: Choices, challenges, and considerations
Parents against Radiation. A case study
Social Aspects of Low Fertility in Japan
Marital Happiness and Discord: Discourses in Japanese Women’s Magazines
Parental Well-Being - Germany and Japan in Comparison
Great East Japan Earthquake
Childcare and Work-Life Balance in Low Fertility Japan
Fertility and Social Stratification
Carola Hommerich
Sociology
April 2008 - August 2015DIJ Projects
Trust and Subjective Well-being after 3/11 – results of a DIJ-survey
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Comparatively Happy – Objective Precarity and Subjective Exclusion in Germany and Japan
Great East Japan Earthquake
Matthias Hoop
Editor
October 2002 - November 2004
Robert Horres
Economics
August 1995 - October 1996
Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt
Literature and Media
April 2008 - September 2013DIJ Projects
Negotiating Nuclear Disaster: Cultural Representations of “Fukushima”
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Imaging the Lost Generation: Representations of Japan’s “Unequal Society” in Popular Culture Media
Great East Japan Earthquake
Edzard Janssen
Economics
April 1995 - November 1996DIJ Projects
The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan
Hanno Jentzsch
Social Science
October 2016 - March 2020DIJ Projects
Harvesting State Support – Endogenous Institutional Change and the Role of the “Local” in Japan’s Agricultural Support and Protection Regime
What is the "local"? - Rethinking the politics of subnational spaces in Japan
The Changing Political Economy of “Rural Revitalization”
Axel Klein
Japanese Studies, Political Science
June 2007 - September 2011DIJ Projects
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Religious organizations and the politics of happiness
Political Responses to Low Fertility in Japan
Fertility and Social Stratification
Challenges of Demographic Change
Susanne Klien
Modern Japanese Studies, Cultural Anthropology
December 2009 - August 2013DIJ Projects
Volunteering in Tōhoku
The Appropriation of Traditions in Contemporary Rural Japan: Pursuit of Happiness?
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Great East Japan Earthquake
Matthias Koch
Social and Economic History of Japan, Business History, Germany and Japan in Comparative Studies, German-Japanese Relations
October 2001 - February 2008DIJ Projects
Population History of Japan: Past, Present, and Future
Letters from Japan by a German Geographer: Johannes Justus Rein, 1873–1875
Germany and Japan in Comparative Studies
Special Collections in Japanese University Libraries
Challenges of Demographic Change
Glossary of Demography
German-Japanese Relations
Japan in Asia
Assertions of Cultural Uniqueness in Asia
Florian Kohlbacher
Business and Economics
April 2007 - August 2014DIJ Projects
Consumption and economic sustainability after March 11
Happiness in Japan before and after 3/11: An economic approach
Employment of the Elderly, the Ageing Workforce and HRM
Great East Japan Earthquake
The Silver Market Phenomenon: Business Opportunities and Responsibilities in an Era of Demographic Change
Advertising to the Silver Market in Japan
Challenges of Demographic Change
Claudia Kolatek
Economics
September 1991 - May 1992
Gerhard Krebs
History
July 1990 - June 1995
Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg
Education
May 1995 - May 2001DIJ Projects
Social Transformation in Modern Japan: State, Family and Individual
Daniel Kremers
Japanese Studies, Political Science
July 2015 - June 2020DIJ Projects
Work-related Diversity in Japan: New Risks and Opportunities for Whom?
Temporäre internationale Arbeitsmigration und lokaler Arbeitsmarkt in Japan am Beispiel des Technical Intern Training Program
Industrial Trainees from China and Vietnam in Japan: An Entry Point into the Key Issues of International Labour Migration and Skill Transfer
Energy Transition and Energy Democracy in Japan – Local Strategies vs. National Policies
Andreas N. Küppers
Geology
March 1989 - August 1992
Jochen Legewie
Economics, Economic Geography
October 1996 - February 2001DIJ Projects
Japan in Asia
The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy
Nicola Liscutin
Japanese Literature
October 1998 - September 2001DIJ Projects
Japan in Asia
Ralph Lützeler
Geography, Population Studies
March 2007 - August 2010DIJ Projects
Demographic Change and its Regional Implications for Municipalities in Rural and Urban Areas
Challenges of Demographic Change
Social Transformation in Modern Japan: State, Family and Individual
Politics in Japan
June 1993 - May 1998
Heinrich Menkhaus
Law
February 1989 - December 1993DIJ Projects
The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan
Hendrik Meyer-Ohle
Economics
February 1995 - January 2000DIJ Projects
State and Enterprises: The Structural Change of Japan's Consumer Goods Distribution
The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy
Andreas Moerke
Business Administration
September 2001 - August 2006DIJ Projects
Competitiveness of Japan's Economy for the Future
Service Engineering as the Systematic Development of Services: The Japanese Case
Comparing Corporate Governance Systems
Corporate Governance in High-Growth Companies - A Comparative Study on Biotechnology Enterprises in Germany and Japan
The Impact of New Technologies on Industrial Organization
Challenges of Demographic Change
Knowledge Society and Demographic Change in Japan
Ulrich Möhwald
Social Science
May 1989 - September 1993DIJ Projects
The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan
Johann Nawrocki
History
August 1998 - September 2000DIJ Projects
Japan in Asia
Christian Oberländer
Medicine
June 1995 - August 1998DIJ Projects
Social Transformation in Modern Japan: State, Family and Individual
Hans Dieter Ölschleger
Ethnology
March 1990 - February 1995DIJ Projects
The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan
Annelie Ortmanns
Sprach- und Übersetzungswissenschaft
April 1989 - March 1994DIJ Projects
The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan
Beate von der Osten
Kulturgeschichte
April 1997 - April 1998
Birgit Poniatowski
Wirtschaftswissenschaft/Verb. Büro
June 1994 - May 1996
Bettina Post-Kobayashi
Social Science
July 1988 - June 1993DIJ Projects
The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan
Jörg Raupach-Sumiya
Economics
July 1999 - December 2000
Sven Saaler
Modern Japanese Political History, History of Foreign Relations
November 2000 - April 2005DIJ Projects
Assertions of Cultural Uniqueness in Asia
Japan in Asia
Ronald Saladin
Literature Studies, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Gender Studies
August 2016 - December 2017DIJ Projects
Work-related Diversity in Japan: New Risks and Opportunities for Whom?
Discussions of Diversity in Fiction and the Media - Work and the Workplace in the Context of Alternative Concepts of Life
Annette Schad-Seifert
Social Sciences
March 2005 - November 2006DIJ Projects
Challenges of Demographic Change
Generational Conflict and Social Disparities behind Japan’s Low Fertility Society
Monika Schrimpf
Study of Religions
September 2002 - November 2004DIJ Projects
Assertions of Cultural Uniqueness in Asia
Tobias Söldner
Personality and Cross-Cultural Psychology
February 2014 - February 2019DIJ Projects
Sexism and career aspirations of Japanese university students
Work-related Diversity in Japan: New Risks and Opportunities for Whom?
Effective Multinational Teamwork in the Japanese Context (EMTJ Study)
Happily Different? On Happiness and Norm Deviation in Japan
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Jürgen Stalph
Librarian
January 1998 - December 2009DIJ Projects
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
April 1989 - May 1992
Harald Suppanschitsch
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
January 2004 - March 2006DIJ Projects
DIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
Hiromi Tanaka
Sociology
April 2008 - March 2011DIJ Projects
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Life Course Changes in Contemporary Japanese Society: A Study of Single Working Women in Tokyo
Political participation and happiness: The public-private divide and its implication for gender equality
Parental Well-Being - Germany and Japan in Comparison
Tim Tiefenbach
Economics and Ethics
October 2011 - December 2016DIJ Projects
Happiness in Japan before and after 3/11: An economic approach
Political Participation and Happiness in Japanese Community Groups
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Great East Japan Earthquake
Temporary Employment in Japan and the Economics of Happiness
Gabriele Vogt
Political Science
January 2005 - April 2009DIJ Projects
Civil Society and Population Ageing in Japan
Challenges of Demographic Change
Migration and Integration in Japan
Franz Waldenberger
Economics and Business
November 1992 - October 1997
Chris Winkler
Japanese Studies, Political Science
December 2010 - August 2015DIJ Projects
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
How to make voters happy? The promise of happiness by Japan’s political parties between continuities and discontinuities
Yufei Zhou
History of East Asian Social Sciences
April 2019 - February 2022DIJ Projects
The Making of Modern Social Sciences in East Asia - Concepts, Agents and Transnational Networks