Updated on 2025/04/20

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KIM Heesang
 
Organization
Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences Department of Human Behavioral Sciences Associate Professor
School of Literature and Human Sciences Department of Human Behavioral Sciences
Title
Associate Professor
Affiliation
Institute of Literature and Human Sciences

Position

  • Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences Department of Human Behavioral Sciences 

    Associate Professor  2025.04 - Now

  • School of Literature and Human Sciences Department of Human Behavioral Sciences 

    Associate Professor  2025.04 - Now

Degree

  • Ph.D. in Sociology ( The University of Tokyo )

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Sociology  / urban sociology

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Sociology  / imigration studies

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Sociology  / housing studies

Research Interests

  • Urban Studies

  • Migrants

  • Housing

  • Ethnic Minorities

  • Discrimination

  • Disparities and Inequalities

  • Neighborhood Change

Professional Memberships

  • Korean Sociological Association

    2024.09 - Now   Overseas

  • JAMS (Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology)

    2022.05 - Now   Domestic

  • The Japan Sociological Society

    2022.03 - Now   Domestic

  • Japan Association for Urban Sociology

    2021.06 - Now   Domestic

  • The Kantoh Sociological Society

    2020.07 - Now   Domestic

Awards

  • The 6th UTokyo Jiritsu Award for Early Career Academics

    2025.04   The University of Tokyo  

  • Encouraging Award for Young Researcher (Research Article Award)

    2024.09   Japan Association for Urban Sociology  

Job Career (off-campus)

  • Rikkyo University   College of Sociology   Assistant Professor

    2024.04 - 2025.03

  • Toyo University   Faculty of Sociology   Part-time Lecturer

    2024.04 - 2025.03

  • Chiba University   Faculty of Education   Part-time Lecturer

    2023.10 - 2025.03

  • Dokkyo University   School of International Liberal Arts   Part-time Lecturer

    2023.04 - 2025.03

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science   Research Fellowhip for Young Scientists

    2022.04 - 2024.03

Papers

  • Residential Attainment of Immigrants in the Private Rented Sector: Ethnic Differences in Access to Advantaged Neighborhoods Reviewed

    Heesang KIM

    The Annals of Japan Association for Urban Sociology   ( 42 )   60 - 75   2024.09

  • ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HOMEOWNERSHIP IN JAPAN Reviewed

    Heesang KIM, Yasushi Sukenari

    Journal of the Housing Research Foundation "Jusoken"   ( 49 )   85 - 96   2023.03( ISSN:2433801X

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  • Understanding the Processes of Immigrant Incorporation into the Housing Market in Metropolitan Areas Reviewed

    Heesang KIM

    The Annals of Japan Association for Urban Sociology   ( 40 )   93 - 108   2022.09

  • The Effects of Social capital on Tolerance toward Immigrants : The Case of Kawasaki City Reviewed

    Heesang KIM

    The Annual Review of Sociology   ( 34 )   72 - 83   2021.07

  • Hate Speech against Immigrants in Korea: A Text Mining Analysis of Comments on News about Foreign Migrant Workers and Korean Chinese Residents Invited Reviewed

    In-Jin Yoon, Ki-Duk Han, HeeSang Kim

    Seoul National University Asia Center, Asia Review   8 ( 1 )   259 - 288   2018.08

  • The Influence of Attitudes toward Korean Language and Motivational Intensity on Korean Proficiency of Korean Residents in Japan Reviewed

    Heesang KIM, Hyoeun KIM

    Journal of Korean Language Education   28 ( 1 )   49 - 78   2017.03

  • The study on changes in accepting North Korean refugees by mass media Reviewed

    Heesang KIM, In-Jin Yoon

    Sogang University Institute of Social Science, Social Science Studies   25 ( 1 )   8 - 42   2017.02

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  • The Formation and Current State of the Immigrant Community of Returning Overseas Koreans Invited Reviewed

    In-Jin Yoon, Heesang Kim

    Pusan National University Korean Studies Institute, Journal of Koreanology   ( 60 )   37 - 81   2016.08

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MISC

  • Elderly Immigrants Living in Tokyo Invited

    Heesang KIM

    Housing council   ( 122 )   48 - 51   2024.10

  • Current Situation and Sociological Issues Related to Housing for Immigrants Invited

    Heesang KIM

    Housing council   ( 117 )   36 - 39   2023.02

Presentations

  • (Commentator) The Negative Legacy of Hosting Mega-Events : A Focus on Immigrant Housing Issues Invited

    Heesang KIM

    2024.12  JAPAN HOUSING COUNCIL

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    Presentation type:Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)  

    Venue:Sophia University  

  • How is Housing Discrimiation Research Possible?: Toward a Shift Toward the 'Housing Problem' to 'Housing Discrimination Problem' Invited

    Heesang KIM

    The 42th Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Urban Sociology, Round Table Session: Thinking Again about Ethnicity Studies and Urban Studies  2024.09  Japan Association for Urban Sociology

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    Presentation type:Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)  

    Venue:Rikkyo University Niiza Campus  

  • Residential Attainment of Immigrants in the Private Rented Sector

    Heesang KIM

    The 96th Annual Meeting of the Japan Sociological Society  2023.10  The Japan Sociological Society

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Rissho University  

  • A comparison of ethnic differences in the process of incorporation into the housing market Invited

    Heesang KIM

    The 1st migration study seminar  2023.04 

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    Presentation type:Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech  

    Venue:The University of Tokyo  

  • Examining the significance of decomposition analysis methods in regional disparity studies

    Heesang KIM

    2022 Secondary Data Analysis Workshop "Quantitative Sociology of Regional Differences"  2023.03  Center for Social Research and Data Archive, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo

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    Presentation type:Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech  

    Venue:online  

  • Housing disparities among immigrants in Japan

    Heesang KIM

    The 7th Winter Conference of The Japanese Association for Migration Studies  2022.12  The Japanese Association for Migration Studies

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    Presentation type:Symposium, workshop panel (public)  

    Venue:Kyoto Academia Forum in Marunouchi  

  • Ethnic Communities and Immigrant Homeownership in Japan

    Heesang KIM

    The KIMSA 2022 Annual Meeting   2022.11  Korea International Migration Studies Association

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Korea University  

  • Housing consumption patterns of immigrants in the latecomer nation of immigration : A focus on immigrants’ homeownership attainment in Japan

    Heesang KIM

    The 95th Annual Meeting of the Japan Sociological Society  2022.11  The Japan Sociological Society

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Otemon Gakuin University  

  • Ethnic differences in homeownership

    Heesang KIM

    The 73th JAMS Conference  2022.08  Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:online  

  • Housing quality for immigrants and the process of incorporation into the housing market

    Heesang KIM

    The 39th Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Urban Sociology  2021.09  Japan Association for Urban Sociology

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:online  

  • The two faces of mass media : social integration and conflict

    Heesang KIM

    The First 2015 Korean Sociological Association Conference  2015.06  Korean Sociological Association

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Gyeongsang National University  

  • Mass media effects on attitudes toward accepting North Korean refugees

    In-Jin Yoon, Heesang KIM

    The Second 2014 Korean Sociological Association Conference  2014.12  Korean Sociological Association

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Chung-Ang University  

  • Cultural and Psychological Well-being of Asian Students Studying in South Korea: A Comparison of Han-Chinese and Korean-Chinese Students International conference

    InJin Yoon, Xina Jin, Heesang Kim

    Korean Sociology Forum, XVIII ISA World Congress   2014.07  International Sociological Association (ISA)

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Yokohama  

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  • Where Immigrants Live: An Empirical Analysis of Housing Disparities in Japan

    Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results / Scientific Literature  2025.04

  • The Effect of Housing on the Relationship between Occupational Careers and Social Integration among Immigrant Women

    Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up  2025

  • The Effect of Housing on the Relationship between Occupational Careers and Social Integration among Immigrant Women

    Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up  2024.04

  • Housing Disparities and Housing Consumption of Immigrants in Japan

    Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows  2022.04

Joint research

  • Ethnic Disparities in Homeownership in Japan

    Housing Research Foundation JUSOKEN  Research and Practice Grants  2021.06