Research interests

  • Social movements and feminism in Japan today
  • Self-publishing, independent bookstores, and zine communities
  • Healthcare and medical history in Japan

Curriculum Vitae

Year
Academic appointments and education
Since 01/2026
Research fellow (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at Japan Zentrum, LMU
Since 12/2024
Doctoral student in Japanese Studies (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt)
11/2023 - 12/2025
Pharmacist in Augsburg
04/2023 - 07/2023
Tutor, University of Osaka, Multilingual Café
10/2022 - 09/2023
Exchange Student, University of Osaka, Scholarship DAAD, International Study and Training Partnerships (ISAP)
04/2022 - 07/2024
M.A. Japanese Studies, Minor Philosophy, University of Heidelberg
04/2022 - 10/2023
Stand-in Pharmacist
03/2021 - 09/2023
Student assistant Chair of Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Krämer, University Heidelberg
10/2020 - 09/2021
Online Exchange Student, University of Mie, Scholarship DAAD
10/2018 - 03/2022
B.A. East Asia Studies (Japanese Studies), Minor Philosophy, University of Heidelberg
01/2018 - 12/2018
Special Training Geriatric Pharmaceutical Sciences, Landesapothekerkammer Baden-Württemberg
10/2015 - 09/2022
Pharmacist in Heidelberg
05/2014 - 04/2015
Pharmacist in Training (Augsburg, Würzburg)
08/2012
Exchange Student, Hospital Pharmacy at University of Kaunas (Lithuania), International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF Student Exchange Programme)
11/2009 - 10/2010
Tutor, Munich Student Union
10/2008 - 04/2014
Pharmacy (State Examination), LMU Munich

Publications

Decker, Simone (2025): „Zines und Feminismus der vierten Welle Japans: Fokus und Mobilisierung zwischen Queerness, Politik und Archivpraxis“. In: Chiavacci, David und Wieczorek, Iris (Hrsg.): Japan 2025. Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. München: Iudicum Verlag.

Further information

(2024)

Feminismus im heutigen Japan. Qualitative Analyse feministischer Zines (2019–2023). Universität Heidelberg, Absolvent:innenfeier 2024/11/22, Centrum für Asienwissenschaften und Transkulturelle Studien, Heidelberg

(2018)

Interaktionen und Nebenwirkungen. Bethanien Krankenhaus Heidelberg, Agaplesion Akademie 2018/09/18, Heidelberg.

  • European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
  • German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)
  • Bavarian State Chamber of Pharmacists (BLAK)