Research Theme :
Comparative Sociology of Asian Societies

SONODA Shigeto, Professor
2020, Deputy Director, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
2018, Director, Beijing Center for Japanese Studies
2017, Vice President and Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
2015, Department Head, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
2015-17, Deputy Director General, Division of International Affairs/ Special Advisor to the President, the University of Tokyo
2013-15, Deputy Director, International Center, Division of International Affairs, the University of Tokyo
2010-15, Course Director, ITASIA, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
2010-13, Deputy Director, Research and Information Center of Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (Former Institute of Oriental Culture), the University of Tokyo
2009-, Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture and Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
2005, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
1997, Professor, Department of Sociology, Chuo University
1992, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Chuo University
1990, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Chuo University
1988, Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, the University of Tokyo1987-88, Scholarship Student at Nankai University by Chinese Government
1986, M.A., Graduate School of Sociology, the University of Tokyo
1984, B.A., Department of Sociology, the University of Tokyo