Profiles of Young Researchers

MOCHIZUKI, Aoi

Postdoctoral Fellow of JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

Specialized field:Middle East Area studies, Refugee Studies
Degree: Ph.D. in Area Studies (Kyoto University), 2022
Doctoral Thesis: The Creating of Syrian Refugees and Their Resettlement in Unfamiliar Lands: The Case of Syrian Refugees' Seeking Livelihoods and Belongingness in the Middle East and Europe after the Loss of Their Homeland.
Recent Papers: Resilience of the Nation-State System after the Refugee Crisis in Europe : Ambiguous Path of Immigration Policies on Syrian Refugees, Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, Vol.14, 2021, pp.228-244 (Japanese).
Recent Research Interests: Social inclusion of refugees in the Middle East and Europe, the problem of Syrian refugees' belongings and the process of reconstructing the basis for their survival, and challenges and prospects for contemporary multicultural coexistence.