Anne-Sophie L. König, M.A.
Research Associate at DFG-Project "Demography and Democracy: How Population Aging Alters Democracy – The Case of Japan"
Research interests
- Local politics and quality of democracy
- Political multilevel system in Japan
- Demographic change
- State risk communication
Curriculum Vitae
- Year
- Academic appointments and education
- October 2019 - March 2025
- LMU Munich, Japan Zentrum as research fellow (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) and doctoral student (Supervisor: prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt)
- January 2018 - March 2018
- Research Internship at Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ), Tōkyō
- October 2017 - February 2018
- Exchange student Sophia University, Tōkyō, Japan
- October 2016 – September 2019
- M.A. Japanese Studies, Universität Hamburg
- April 2016 – September 2016
- Internship at German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, DEinternational
- October 2015 – March 2016
- Internship at Bosch Corp. Yokohama, Project Management CC-AS
- September 2014 - March 2015
- Exchange student Dōshisha University, Kyōto, Japan
- October 2011 – September 2015
- B.A. International Bachelor Program in East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies (Major) and Law (Minor); Universität Hamburg
Participation in Research Projects
- Demography and Democracy: How Population Aging Alters Democracy – The Case of Japan
- Research grant by DFG (2023-2026)
- Diversification of Japan’s Labor Market: Risks and Opportunities in a Multidisciplinary and Comparative Perspective
- in cooperation with Waseda University
- Research grant by German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD (2016-2019)
- Sustainability in Eldercare: Use of technology, care migration and community-building in Japan
- Research grant by Hamburg Innovation (“Calls for Transfer”, 2018-2020)
- Conversion of military land to civilian use in Germany and Okinawa/Japan: Challenges and opportunities for politics, society, and economy
- In cooperation with the University of the Ryūkyūs
- Research grant by German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD (2019)
Publications
(2023)
[With: Vogt, Gabriele]: Robotic devices and ICT in long-term care in Japan: Their potential and limitations from a workplace perspective. In: Contemporary Japan, 35:2, 270-290 (online since 17 December 2021), https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2021.2015846 Open Access
(2020)
Der Standortwechsel des Tsukiji Großmarkts in Tōkyō: Staatliche Risikokommunikation und ihre Wahrnehmung bei den Händlern [The Relocation of the Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo: Perception of State Risk Communication by Intermediate Wholesalers]. In: Chiavacci, David and Iris Wieczorek (eds.): Japan 2020: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, pp. 69-100.
(2022)
[mit Schwarte, Stefanie]: There's no Way in!? How We Study Japanese Democracy from our German University. In: Heyne, Lea und Christian Ewert (Hgs.): PhD Confessions: From Democracy Scholars, Students, and Supporters. Nordersted: BoD – Books on Demand, 73-77. URL: https://democracynet.eu/wp-content/uploads/HeyneEwert-2022-PhD-Confessions.pdf.
(2022)
[With: Vogt, Gabriele]:"Japans Altenpflege: Zukunftsstrategien im Praxistest" In: Ostasien Aktuell Working Papers, OAWP Series No. 17. Institut für Sinologie, Universität Heidelberg. URL:
https://ostasien-aktuell.uni-heidelberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/017-OAWP-Vogt-Koenig-2022-1.pdf
Further Information
2024)
'The so-called narite busoku problem: Understanding why the shortage of candidates for town and village assembly elections in Japan is worsening', Forschungskolloquium, Japan-Zentrum Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 02/2024.
(2023)
'The impact of the lack of candidates in local assembly elections on Japanese democracy: National efforts and local solutions', Joint FU/LMU Doctoral Workshop on Japanese Politics, Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett München, 12/2023.
(2021)
'The Effects of Aging Society on Japanese Local Democracy: Declining Candidacy at Municipal Elections' Workshop of the Doctoral Program Democracy Studies and DemocracyNet: “This is Fine” – Democracy in Times of Crises, Universität Zürich, 09/2021
'Robotik und Technologie in Japans Altenpflege' am Centrum für Asienwissenschaften und Transkulturelle Studien, Universität Heidelberg mit Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt, 06/2021
'Tackling Declining Candidacy at Local Elections – The Case of Japan', IAPSS Virtual World Congress 2021: Democracy, Identity and Power, International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS), 05/2021
(2019)
'Communicating Risk to the Fish Market at the Center of the World', International Workshop: Diversification of Japan's Labor Market: Risks and Opportunities in a Multidisciplinary and Comparative Perspective, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2019/12
'Conversion of U.S. military bases in Okinawa: The case of Shintoshin, Naha', Fachgruppe Politik, Jahrestagung Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF) 2019 mit Stefanie Schwarte, M.A., 2019/11
'Robotics and Technology in Japanese Long-Term Care', German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences (GJSSS) 30th Annual Meeting, GIGA Hamburg mit Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt und Anna-Lea Schröder, M.A., 2019/06
(2018)
'Communicating Risk to the Fish Market at the Center of the World', Fachgruppe Stadt- und Regionalforschung, Jahrestagung Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF) 2018, 2018/11
'Communicating Risk to the Fish Market at the Center of the World', Diversification of Japan's Labor Market: Graduate Student Workshop, Waseda Universität, 2018/10
- European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
- International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
- VSJF – German Association for Social Science Research on Japan