Hardeep Aiden

Incorporating foreign residents in the city of Osaka

Drawing on qualitative research methods, my project will consider how the current configuration of state, local government and NGO policies and programmes are shaping the social, political and economic incorporation of foreign residents in Japan. While the nation state has long been used as the point of reference for investigating incorporation processes, I am using the city as the context for understanding citizenship and migrant incorporation.

Research interests

Immigration, citizenship and incorporation; policies toward foreign residents in Japan; supporting social excluded groups

Achievements

Publications

Gravestock, Helen, Katie McDowell, Dan Vale and Hardeep Aiden (2011) Counting the Costs of Cancer: The Financial Impact of Cancer on Children, Young People and their Families. London: CLIC Sargent. Available at   http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/Getinvolved/Campaignwithus/Countingthecostsofcancer>

Aiden, Hardeep Singh (2011) ‘Creating the “Multicultural Coexistence” Society: Central and Local Government Policies towards Foreign Residents in Japan’. Social Science Japan Journal. 14(2): 213-231

Conference contributions

The Third Pillar of Internationalism: Multicultural Coexistence and Policies toward Foreign Residents, 7th East Asian Social Policy Conference, August 2010, Sogang University, Seoul.

Conference website: 7th.welfareasia.org

Organised events

Pride after Prejudice? Challenges for LGBT Youth, ESRC Festival of Social Science 2011, October 2011, Watershed, Bristol. Event website: prideafterprejudice.org

Prizes

2009: Arthur Stockwin for the Best Dissertation (MSc Modern Japanese Studies)

Membership of Professional Bodies

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)