Updated on 2026/03/07

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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
Affiliation campus
Morinomiya Campus

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

  • Discrimination

  • Disparities and Inequalities

  • Ethnic Minorities

  • 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

Committee Memberships (off-campus)

  • 日本社会学会   国際交流委員会委員  

    2025.11 - Now 

  • 日本都市社会学会   国際交流委員  

    2025.09 - Now 

  • 日本都市社会学会   選挙管理委員  

    2025.09 

Awards

  • 2025 Osaka Metropolitan University Young Researchers Award (for Humanities and Social Sciences)

    Heesang KIM

    2025.11   Osaka Metropolitan University  

  • The 10th Housing Foundation Prize for Doctoral Thesis

    Heesang KIM

    2025.07   Housing Research Foundation JUSOKEN  

  • The 6th UTokyo Jiritsu Award for Early Career Academics

    Heesang KIM

    2025.04   The University of Tokyo  

  • Encouraging Award for Young Researcher (Research Article Award)

    Heesang KIM

    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

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

    Heesang KIM

    Housing council   ( 123 )   10 - 12   2025.06

  • Elderly Immigrants Living in Tokyo Invited

    Heesang KIM

    Housing council   ( 122 )   48 - 51   2024.10

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

    Heesang KIM

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

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  • ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HOMEOWNERSHIP IN JAPAN Reviewed OA

    Heesang KIM, Yasushi Sukenari

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

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    Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author  

    Repository URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10466/0002003502

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

    Heesang KIM

    Housing council   ( 117 )   36 - 39   2023.02

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

    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 OA

    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 OA

    Heesang KIM, In-Jin Yoon

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

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    Repository URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10466/0002003504

  • 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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Books and Other Publications

  • 「移民」の住む場所:日本の住宅市場における居住格差の実証分析

    金希相( Role: Sole author)

    慶應義塾大学出版会  2026.01  ( ISBN:4766430859

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    Total pages:272   Book type:Scholarly book

    Other Link: https://note.com/keioup/n/n69b3e818e57b

  • 在外同胞社会の現況と政策課題(재외동포 사회의 현황과 정책과제)

    Yoon In-Jin 編著( Role: Contributor ,  第1章 在外同胞の帰還移住と移住民共同体の形成 (제1장 재외동포의 귀환 이주와 이주민 공동체의 형성)

    ブックコリア(북코리아)  2018.11  ( ISBN:9788963246208

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    Book type:Scholarly book

MISC

  • 第10回日本都市社会学会若手奨励賞受賞の言葉

    金希相

    日本都市社会学会年報   ( 43 )   119 - 120   2025.09

Presentations

  • 移民の集住は問題か資源か ──「エスニック・コミュニティ」の再考 Invited Domestic conference

    金希相

    第17回神戸大学芸術学研究会:現代都市における「コミュニティ」を問いなおす  2025.12  神戸大学人文学研究科芸術学研究室

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:神戸大学  

  • Structural Barriers to the Housing Choice Process of Immigrants: Focusing on the Japanese Spouse Premium in International Married Couples Invited Domestic conference

    Heesang KIM

    The 43th Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Urban Sociology  2025.09 

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    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

  • Housing Disparities among Immigrant Groups in Japan Invited Domestic conference

    Heesang KIM

    The 10th Housing Foundation Prize for Doctoral Thesis, Housing Research Foundation JUSOKEN   2025.07 

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

  • Understanding Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market in Japan: Ethnic Disparities in Access to Advantaged Neighborhoods Invited International conference

    Heesang KIM

    Diversity and Inclusion in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Korea University 120th Anniversary Symposium  2025.05  BK21 FOUR Sociology Research and Education Program, Korea University

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    Presentation type:Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)  

    Venue:Korea University, Seoul, KOREA  

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

    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 Domestic conference

    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 Domestic conference

    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 Domestic conference

    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 Domestic conference

    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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    Venue:online  

  • Housing disparities among immigrants in Japan Domestic conference

    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 International conference

    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 Domestic conference

    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 Domestic conference

    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 Domestic conference

    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 International conference

    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 International conference

    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 coauthorship 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

  • International Comparative Study on Neighborhood Effects in the Disruption and Formation of Social Ties in Metropolitan Areas

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)  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

Incentive donations / subsidies

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

    The University of Tokyo  Grants for Publication of Academic Achievement  2025.04

Charge of on-campus class subject

  • Basic Seminar in Sociology

    2025   Weekly class   Undergraduate

  • Research Methods in Sociology

    2025   Weekly class   Undergraduate

  • Introduction to Sociology B

    2025   Weekly class   Undergraduate

  • Supervision of Master's Thesis in Sociology 1

    2025   Intensive lecture   Graduate school

  • Comprehensive Seminar in Sociology 1

    2025   Weekly class   Graduate school

  • Advanced Studies on Basic Issues in Sociology B

    2025   Weekly class   Graduate school

  • 現代社会学入門

    2025   Weekly class   Undergraduate

  • 社会学特論E

    2025   Weekly class   Undergraduate

  • 社会学演習3

    2025   Weekly class   Undergraduate

  • 人間行動学研究演習2

    2025   Intensive lecture   Undergraduate

  • 修士論文

    2025   Intensive lecture   Graduate school

  • 社会学研究指導2

    2025   Intensive lecture   Graduate school

  • 社会学総合研究演習2

    2025   Weekly class   Graduate school

  • 社会学基礎問題研究演習B

    2025   Weekly class   Graduate school

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Charge of off-campus class subject

  • 都市社会論

    2026.01
    Institution:The University of Tokyo

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    Level:Postgraduate 

    国際移民の時代における都市の諸相

Academic Activities

  • 第98回日本社会学会大会、司会[都市(2)]

    Role(s): Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

    第98回日本社会学会大会  ( 一橋大学国立キャンパス ) 2025.11

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    Type:Academic society, research group, etc. 

Foreigner acceptance

  • 2025

    foreigners accepted :1

    International Students :0