معرفی
Iori Hamada is a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at Monash University, specializing in migration, gender, and labour precarity across Japan, Australia, and the Asia-Pacific. Her research explores how legal frameworks, digital platforms, and care infrastructures shape transnational migrant experiences, focusing particularly on gendered structural inequalities.
- Current Projects:
- Second Monograph: 'Back to Home, Where Work Begins: Reframing the Future of Work from Japan'
- Edited Volume: 'Japanese Migrations to Australia: Transformation and Heterogeneity' (Routledge, forthcoming)
- Funded Research: Post-separation/post-divorce experiences of East Asian women in Australia
Her research intersects with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to gender equality, decent work, and reduced inequalities. She is also actively involved in pedagogical innovation, including authoring a digital textbook on Japanese language that incorporates Indigenous and decolonial perspectives. In 2025, she will be a visiting scholar at Keio University, Tokyo, focusing on labour, care, and technological transformation in Japan.
- Awards:
- Institute of Social Science/Oxford University Press Prize (2019)
- HEA Fellowship (2021)
- Endeavour Japan Award (2006)
Her supervision interests include labour migration dynamics, gender and precarious employment, transnational care infrastructures, and innovative language education approaches. She collaborates extensively with institutions in Japan, Australia, and globally to address issues of social inclusion and cultural exchange.
