Mitchell Sedgwick

Mitchell Sedgwick is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Director of the Europe Japan Research Centre. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has extensive academic appointments, including at Oxford Brookes University and Harvard University. His research focuses on Japanese organizational culture, globalization, multinational corporations, cross-cultural dynamics, and disaster anthropology. Sedgwick has conducted fieldwork across Japan, Thailand, France, and the Tex-Mex border, examining corporate structures, labor relations, and post-disaster recovery.

Education: BA in Anthropology (University of California, Santa Cruz), MA in International Relations (The Fletcher School, Tufts University), PhD in Anthropology (University of Cambridge). He has held prestigious fellowships including the Abe Fellowship (SSRC) and Fulbright Scholar award.

Research interests include Japan’s aging society, corporate ethics, and the anthropology of disasters. His influential book *Globalisation and Japanese Organisational Culture* (2008) explores Japanese corporate practices in France. Sedgwick’s work bridges organizational studies, economic anthropology, and global political economy.

Awards: Abe Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar, Japanese Education Ministry (Monbusho) fellowship. Grants include SSRC support for disaster anthropology studies in post-tsunami Japan.