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Understanding Attitudes Towards Wealth Inequality: The Role of Normative Ideas of Justice and Fairness

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22KF0338
Project/Area Number (Other) 22F22770 (2022)
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund (2023)
Single-year Grants (2022)
Section外国
Review Section Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
Research InstitutionSophia University

Principal Investigator

ホメリヒ カローラ  上智大学, 総合人間科学部, 教授 (60770302)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KITSNIK JOANNA  上智大学, 総合人間科学部, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2023-03-08 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
KeywordsInequality analysis / Acceptance of inequality / Environmental sociology / Environmental attitudes / Inequality research / Data analysis
Outline of Research at the Start

The intended research project delves into the examination and comparison of individual-level concepts of justice and fairness principles, as well as their impact on the normative assessment of wealth inequality across economically developed societies have evolved over the past three decades.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

During FY2023, Kitsnik placed a focus on presenting and publishing her research.
She presented her research on attitudes towards wealth and income inequality at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne and in an invited talk at Tallinn University in Estonia at the School of Governance, Law, and Society, and published a peer-reviewed single-author paper in international journal Comparative Sociology. She also submitted a chapter (invited) to a volume on acceptance of economic inequality which will be published by Oxford University Press.
She presented research on environmental attitudes at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Sociological Society at Rissho University and at the 2nd ISSP User Conference (online) and published a chapter on the topic in an edited volume published by Sophia University Press.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.

Reason

During FY2023 Kitsnik made significant progress in her research on inequality and environmental attitudes. She successfully presented her findings at various international and local conferences. In addition to her presentations and talks, Kitsnik published a single authored article in an international peer-reviewed journal and submitted a first-authored book chapter (invited) for publication with Oxford University Press. Furthermore, she has contributed to an edited volume published by Sophia University Press. These accomplishments reflect Kitsnik’s ongoing commitment to sharing her insights with a broad audience: Her work sheds light on important societal issues and contributes to the academic discourse on inequality and environmental attitudes.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

For FY2024, Kitsnik has planned several presentations and publications. First is an invited talk with her host researcher at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo on “Who Drives the Green Shift? Environmental Attitudes in Japan from 1993 to 2020”. Following this, she will present her individual research findings on wealth gap sentiments at the RC28 Spring Meeting in Shanghai. In addition to this, she will continue to work on several articles, the publication of which is likely to happen only after the conclusion of her JSPS fellowship at the end of June.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2024 2023

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Why We Don’t Mind the Gap2023

    • Author(s)
      Kitsnik Joanna
    • Journal Title

      Comparative Sociology

      Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Pages: 589-630

    • DOI

      10.1163/15691330-bja10092

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Bite the Bullet and Carry on? The Robust Role of Individual Beliefs on Enduring Unequal Income Distribution. Evidence from 34 Countries.2023

    • Author(s)
      Joanna Kitsnik
    • Organizer
      XX ISA World Congress of Sociology
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Revolution in Consciousness? Changes in Environmental Attitudes in Japan and Germany2023

    • Author(s)
      Joanna Kitsnik & Carola Hommerich
    • Organizer
      96th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Sociological Society
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Revolution in Consciousness? Changes in Environmental Attitudes in Japan and Germany2023

    • Author(s)
      Joanna Kitsnik & Carola Hommerich
    • Organizer
      2nd ISSP User Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Eine Revolution des Bewusstseins? Wandel von Einstellungen zu Umweltproblemen und Klimakrise in Japan und Deutschland im Zeitvergleich2023

    • Author(s)
      Carola Hommerich & Joanna Kitsnik
    • Organizer
      Jahrestagung der Vereinigung sozialwissenschaftlicher Japanforschung (VSJF), Fachgruppe Soziologie und Sozialanthropologie
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exploring East Asia’s Beliefs About Socioeconomic Inequality: Shared Narratives Amidst Diverging Paths2023

    • Author(s)
      Joanna Kitsnik
    • Organizer
      Tallinn University in Estonia at the School of Governance, Law, and Society
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] Sustainable Societies in Fragile World. Approaches from Germany and Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Hommerich, Carola & Kimura, Masato
    • Total Pages
      233
    • Publisher
      Sophia University Press
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report

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Published: 2022-11-17   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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