Paul Johann Kramer, M.A.

Research Associate at the SFB 1369 Cultures of Vigilance, Project B08

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Research Interests
Curriculum Vitae
Research Projects
Publications

Further Information

Research Interests

Society and Politics during the COVID–19 Pandemic
Governance, Cultures of Vigilance, Rural Japan
Sociology of Politics, Law and Culture

Curriculum Vitae

Year: Academic appointments and education
03/2025 – 04/2026: Guest at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo
03/2025 – 04/2026: Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Tokyo, with Prof. James Farrer
Since 08/2023: PhD Student / Researcher at the SFB 1369 Cultures of Vigilance, Project B08

08/2023 - 11/2024: Consultant at Exxeta AG, Munich
08/2022 - 07/2023: Assistant at SFB 1369 Cultures of Vigilance for preparing the project application
10/2021 - 07/2023: Master of Japanese Studies
10/2021 – 09/2024: Bachelor of Sociology / Political Science
10/2021 - 07/2023: Working Student for web development and business consulting at Exxeta AG, Munich
11/2020 - 09/2021: Working Student at Socialwave GmbH, München
10/2020 - 02/2021: Student Assistant at the Japan-Center, LMU
09/2019 - 09/2020: Study abroad at the Hokkaido University, Sapporo with a MEXT-scholarship
10/2017 - 09/2021: Bachelor of Japanese Studies / Computer Science

Research Projects

Vigilance in Japan’s neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic (Pl: Gabriele Vogt)
- Research Associate
- SFB 1369 Cultures of Vigilance funded by the DFG
Bearing in Remembrance: Wartime Japan and Germany (Pl: Yumiko Murata, Gabriele Vogt- Student Assistant (09/2022)
- Student Assistant (09/2022)
- Funded by DAAD, in cooperation with Waseda University, Tokyo
Citizen Self-Restraint, Institutional Vigilance, and Neighborhood Resilience: Japan’s Non-Legalistic Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Dissertation Project)

Publications

Kramer, Paul J. (2022). „Geschlossene Grenzen: Alltagserfahrungen internationaler Studierender während der Covid-19 Pandemie und deren Implikationen für eine Integration in die japanische Gesellschaft“. in Japan 2022. Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, herausgegeben von D. Chiavacci und I. Wieczorek. München: IUDICUM.

Fuschlberger, Pia & Paul J. Kramer (2024). „Attenzione Pickpocket!“ Vigilante Appelle in Italien, Japan und der Frühen Neuzeit". In: Mitteilungen Vigilanzkulturen, 01/2024. DOI: 10.5282/ubm/epub.115662.

Kramer, Paul J. (2024). „World–Wide–Vigilance: Netizens Against Trans–Spatial Scams in the Digital Age“. In: Vigilanzkulturen, https://vigilanz.hypotheses.org/7398.

Kramer, Paul J. & Gabriele Vogt (2024). "Ein deutsch-japanischer Dialog über den Umgang mit der Covid-19-Pandemie". In: Mitteilungen Vigilanzkulturen, 01/2024. DOI: 10.5282/ubm/epub.115662.

Fuschlberger, Pia & Paul J. Kramer (12.12.2023). „Attenzione Pickpocket!“ Vigilante Appelle in Italien, Japan und der Frühen Neuzeit: Ein interdisziplinärer Dialog". In: Vigilanzkulturen, https://vigilanz.hypotheses.org/4478.

Kramer, Paul J. (2024). „Die Unumgänglichkeit der Normativität menschlichen Zusammenlebens? Sozialtheoretische Gedanken zur Hegemonie und Geltung von Normen im Spiegel des Politischen II “. Bachelor’s Thesis Sociology. LMU Munich.

Kramer, Paul J. (2023). „Neue Verhaltensmuster der Pandemiegesellschaft: Das Beispiel „jishuku“ im öffentlichen Raum Japans. Eine Untersuchung zur Konformität gegenüber unverbindlichen Regeln und Empfehlungen“. Master’s Thesis Japanology. LMU Munich.

Kramer, Paul J. (2021). „Japan, Migration und die Corona-Pandemie. Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf den Alltag universitärer internationaler Studierender und deren Implikationen für eine Integration in die japanische Gesellschaft“. Bachelor’s Thesis Japanology. LMU Munich.

Further Information

"Citizen Self–Restraint, Institutional Vigilance, and Neighborhood Resilience: Japan’s Non Legalistic Governance of the COVID–19 Pandemic“. Workshop: „FUB–LMU Doctoral Workshop on Japanese Politics“, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. (17.12.2024).

"COVID-19 and the Gastronomy Industry in Japan: Navigating Diverging Expectations". With Gabriele Vogt and James Farrer. Conference: "Societies at the Crossroads – Germany and Japan in Comparison", GJSSS & DIJ. Tokyo. (23. – 24.10.2024)

"Social Norms and Public Health: Japan’s Approach of 'self-restraint' to COVID-19". Conference: "Social Norms -Emergence, Stability, Social Change", Universität Leipzig & ETH Zürich. Monte Verità. (8.07.2024).

"Denunciation and the Mitigation of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan". Conference: "Denunciation – Creating a Culture of Fear", University of Tartu, Estonia. (8.6.2024)

"Vigilance in Japan’s neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic". Workshop: "FUB-LMU Doctoral Workshop on Japanese Politics", Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. (18.12.2023).

"New and Old Manners on the Train in Times of the Pandemic" Workshop "Governance in Japan" at the Japan-Center LMU Munich, Germany. (13.06.2023).

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