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OZAWA Wataru

Department / Course College of Social Sciences Department of Social Sciences

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Sociology

Academic background
1.	1987/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Gradutate school of Chuo University Master of Laws
2.	～1985	Faculty of Sociology │ Hitotsubashi University
3.	～1991	Doctorial Course │ Social Sciences │ Graduate School, Division of Sociology │ Hitotsubashi University

Research activities
1.		International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)
2.		The International Society of Volunteer Studies in Japan

Subject of research
1.	Sociology on Multi-cultural society
2.	Study on J. J. Rousseau's Political Thought
3.	Study on Youth Culture

Research summary
Sociology on Multi-Cultural Society Wataru Ozawa　has　been　doing research　on　the　comparative sociological study on volunteering culture between Japan, Korea and Canada since 1995. He has also been studying the ethnical minority problem in Japan. He is working as an advisor for MORE-NET, an NGO supporting Korean old residents in Japan. He built a internet site, "rits-daisy.com" for supporting the foreign students’ education through the use of digital book system called DAISY.

Present specialized field
History of Ideas, Sociology (including Social Welfare) (Keyword：Sociology on Culture)

Books
1.	2017/03	Empowering the Welfare-Community │ ,pp.115-250 (Co-authored)

Papers
1.	2019/12/01	Differences in Reading Ability of Children with Foreign Backgrounds Using Horizontally and Vertically Written Textbooks: Findings from Reading Ability Test and Visual Performance Evaluation │ (40),pp.1-13 (Co-authored)
2.	2019/01	Evaluation of Immigrant Children’s Impediments in Reading Japanese: An Analysis of Eye Tracking and Reading Ability │ RITSUMEIKAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES │ (38),pp.59-72 (Co-authored)
3.	2017/03	Empowering the Welfare-Community with Joy-Talk │ Emparing the Welfare-Community │ ,pp.115-166 (Co-authored)
4.	2017/03	Resarch Data: Report on the Survey on Minsei-Iin │ Empowering the Welfare-Community │ ,pp.171-250 (Co-authored)
5.	2016/12	VOlluntary Sector and Japan Facing The Super-Aged Society │ Neo-Liberalism and Globalisatuon in East Asia │ ,pp.197-219 (Sole-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2018/08/18	Evaluation of Immigrant Children’s Impediments in Reading Japanese: Comparative Analysis on Reading Horizontal and Vertical Writing Texts (Japan Society of Degital Textbook)
2.	2015/03/15	Volunteer Sector facing the Super Aged Society in Japan (新自由主義的グローバル化と現代東アジアの社会経済構造の変容)
3.	2014/07/24	“The Local Community Volunteer Social Worker System in Japan: Survey-data Analysis and Feedback to the Community” (ISTR(International society for third sector research) 11th International Conference)
4.	2013/10/25	“Action Research to build a Transnational Volunteer Support Network for Foreign Students’ Education: Possibility of Digital Book System as a Tool for Volunteer Linkage” (ISTR (International society for third sector research) The 8th　Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Seoul)
5.	2012/07/12	Action Research on the Minority Problem in Japan : How we can empower the Voluntary Support Network for Foreign Students’ Educationｂｙ DAISY System? (International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR))
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