Multiple Migration and Complex Transnationalism

• Project/Area Number: 21530552
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Sophia University (2010-2011); International Christian University (2009)
• Principal Investigator: OISHI Nana 上智大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (70384005)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 移民 / 外国人労働者 / 高度外国人材 / グローバル人材 / 人口移動 / 労働移動 / 頭脳循環 / 移民政策 / 国際人口移動 / 国際労働移動 / 人国管理 / 高度人材 / 国際化 / 国際移動 / 外国人 / 社会統合 / 頭脳還流 / トランスナショナリズム / 国際社会学

Research Abstract

This research project examined the multiple migrations of highly skilled professionals and international students. In addition to the survey on 121 international students, 112in-depth qualitative interviews with highly skilled professionals and international students and 21 interviews with government officials and corporate directors were conducted to identify the factors that determined the orientation for multiple migrations. Based on these interview data as well as literature reviews, the project revealed some major policy implications for Japanese immigration schemes as well as newinsights for international migration theories.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The Limits of Immigration Policies : The Challenges of Highly-Skilled Migration in Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Journal Title: American Behavioral Scientist Volume: Volume 56.Issue 8 Issue: 8 Pages: 1080-1100
  • DOI: 10.1177/0002764212441787
  • URL: http://abs.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/12/0002764212441787.abstract
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Highly-Skilled Migration in Post-3.11 Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Migrant Communities in Japan in the Aftermath of the Tohoku Earthquake
  • Place of Presentation: Institute of Comparative Culture. Sophia University
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-18
• [Presentation] Highly-Skilled Migration in Post-3.11 Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Migrant Communities in Japan in the Aftermath of the Tohoku Earthquake
  • Place of Presentation: Sophia University
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-18
• [Presentation] Highly Skilled Migration and Population Aging in Japan,"Population Dynamics in East Asia : Migration, Ageing, Fertility" (2012)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: The British Academy and the Royal Society Workshop, The British Academy & The Royal Society
  • Place of Presentation: London, United Kingdom
• [Presentation] Migration and Competitiveness : Science and Engineering Sectors in Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: The Conference on "Migration and Competitiveness : Japan and the United States." The University of California at Berkeley
  • Place of Presentation: Berkeley, the United States
• [Presentation] Highly Skilled Migration and Population Aging in Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: The British Academy and the Royal Society Workshop "Population Dynamics in East Asia : Migration, Ageing, Fertility"
  • Place of Presentation: The British Academy & The Royal Society, London (United Kingdom)(招待講演)
• [Presentation] Migration and Competitiveness : Science and Engineering Sectors in Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: The Conference on "Migration and Competitiveness : Japan and the United States."
  • Place of Presentation: University of California at Berkeley (USA)(招待講演)
• [Presentation] Highly-Skilled Migration and Multicultural Coexistence in Japan : The Challenges for Migrant Incorporation (2011)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: Workshop on Migration and Multicultural Coexistence in East Asia. Sponsored by the National Research Foundation(Korea) and Co-organized by Korea University and Sophia University
  • Place of Presentation: Japan
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-19
• [Presentation] Highly Skilled Migration and Globalization of Higher Education : The Case of Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: Asian Development Bank Institute and OECD Roundtable on Labor migration in Asia : Recent Trends and Prospects in the Postcrisis Context
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2011-01-19
• [Presentation] Highly-Skilled Migration and Globalization of Higher Education : The Case of Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: ADBI-DECD Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia
  • Place of Presentation: アジア開発銀行研究所(東京)
  • Year and Date: 2011-01-19
• [Presentation] Highly Skilled Migration in Japan : Policies, Realities, and Challenges (2010)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: Is Immigration Necessary? : Work, Growth and the Future in the US and Japan
  • Place of Presentation: University of California San Diego, USA
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-10
• [Presentation] 高度外国人材受入れの現状と課題:多国間移動の視点から (2010)
  • Author(s): 大石奈々
  • Organizer: 経済団体連合会(経団連)政策勉強会
  • Place of Presentation: 経団連会館
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-16
• [Presentation] 高度外国人材受入れの現状と課題:多国間移動の視点から (2010)
  • Author(s): 大石奈々
  • Organizer: 日本経済団体連合会(経団連)政策勉強会
  • Place of Presentation: 経団連会館
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-16
• [Presentation] Highly-Skilled Migration in Japan : Policies, Realities and Challenges (2010)
  • Author(s): Nana Oishi
  • Organizer: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
  • Place of Presentation: United States
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://abs.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/12/0002764212441787
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20120509p2a00mOna013000c.html