Masayo Fujimoto

Masayo Fujimoto is a Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan). She serves as Dean of Doshisha University Graduate School and previously as Dean of the Center for Japanese Language and Culture. Her academic roles include Visiting Scholar positions at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (France-Japan Foundation) and Associate Researcher at Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail (France).

Her research focuses on sociology of work, sociology of professions, social mobility, and institutional change. She examines AI's impact on workplaces, labor market disparities between Japan and France, disaster resilience in SMEs, and organizational transformations in traditional industries.

Recent publications analyze:

• AI implementation's effect on professional work (2024-2025)
• Pandemic-induced telework gender bias (2023)
• Kawasaki industrial cluster revitalization (2023)
• Professional mobility in high-tech sectors

She received:

• JACUE Selection 2020 Award
• 中小企業研究奨励賞 (Economic Division)

Her methodology combines comparative studies (Japan/US/France), institutional analysis, and ethnographic fieldwork in corporate environments. She contributes to science-policy interfaces through committee work in Japan Society of Human Resource Management and Ministry of Education committees.