Research projects
Professional Appointments
Post-doctoral Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Title: “Dress Politics of the Gulf: The Case of Naturalised Iranian Women”
Project: Investing how migrant Iranian women in the UAE and Oman have utilized different types of dress to express their sense of belonging, integrate into society, and reject certain social norms imposed on them.
4/2019-Present
Project-based Appointments
Visiting Student, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University
Task: Data collection for the PhD research mainly interviewing local women.
4/2016
Project Coordinator, Human Right Now (Japan)
Projects: Data collection and report on cases on gender-based discrimination and punishment against women in the Middle East and Asia as a research leader. Research on cases such as Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan, the violence against women in Vietnam, and congenital birth defects in Fallujah in Iraq.
6/2013-8/2013
Local Media Coordinator and Translator, TV Tokyo (Kuwait)
Task: Negotiation with and interviewing organisations and individuals concerned, and preparation for shooting on locations.
12/2012
Business Development Assistant, Saudi Arabia-Japan Industrial Forum (Japan)
Task: Consult with organisation concerned and preparation of a venue.
3/2011-4/2011
Short-term Clerk, Middle Eastern and African Bureau, First Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
Task: Data collection and report on effect of the Arab Spring and on-going situation in the Middle East and North Africa.
3/2011-3/2011
Research projects
Impact of Social and Economic Reforms on Gender in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Interdisciplinary Study on Consumption, Education and Religion
Promoting social participation of young people and social transformation in Gulf Arab countries, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Institute of Developing Economies
Comprehensive Study on Social Transformation of the Arab Gulf States under the National Development Visions, Special Researchers Incentives, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
3/2026-4/2024
3/2024-5/2022
3/2022-5/2021
The politics of “dress” in the Gulf countries: Focusing on Iranian immigrant women, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Construction of the Face-Body studies in transcultural conditions, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Knowledge and Practice on “Heat” in the Process of Natural Resource Management: A Case Study from Eurasian Steppes and the Middle East
Long-Time Temporariness and the Quest for Citizenship: A Study of Second-Generation Asian Gulf Migrants, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
3/2022-4/2019
3/2022-6/2017
3/2021-10/2019
3/2021-4/2018