James Farrer is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies and Director of the Graduate Program in Global Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo. His research focuses on the contact zones of global cities, including ethnographic studies of sexuality, nightlife, expatriate communities, and urban food cultures. Recent publications include The Global Japanese Restaurant: Mobilities, Imaginaries and Politics (with David Wank eds.), International Migrants in China’s Global City: The New Shanghailanders,...
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4130 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-0347 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
Roles
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Sophia University
University, Tokyo, Japan
Professor
Research
Correction to: Commonplace and out-of-place diversities in London and Tokyo: migrant-run eateries as intercultural third places
| Authors | Susanne Wessendorf, James Farrer |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
Commonplace and out-of-place diversities in London and Tokyo: migrant-run eateries as intercultural third places
| Authors | Susanne Wessendorf, James Farrer |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
The space-time compression of Tokyo street drinking
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Food, Culture & Society |
International Migrants in China's Global City
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2019 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Raising cosmopolitans: localized educational strategies of international families in Shanghai
| Authors | James Farrer, Anna Greenspan |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Citations (WoS) | 5 |
China Wants You: The Social Construction of Skilled Labor in Three Employment Sectors
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Asian and Pacific Migration Journal |
China Wants You: The Social Construction of Skilled Labor in Three Employment Sectors
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Asian and Pacific Migration Journal |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
Global Nightscapes in Shanghai as Ethnosexual Contact Zones
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
‘New Shanghailanders’ or ‘New Shanghainese’: Western Expatriates' Narratives of Emplacement in Shanghai
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 39 |
Urban foodways and social sustainability: neighborhood restaurants as social infrastructure
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Food, Culture & Society |
From cooks to chefs: skilled migrants in a globalising culinary field
| Authors | James Farrer |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
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