Professor

Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen

ANNE METTE FISKER-NIELSEN

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Faculty of International Liberal Arts Department of International Liberal Arts

Specialized Field	Social Anthropology of Contemporary Japan; Anthropology of Religion and Politics; Anthropology of Gender; Anthropology of Cosmopolitanism; Komeito and Soka Gakkai; Anthropology of Climate Change.
Research theme	Gender in Contemporary Japan; Contemporary Soka Gakkai; Climate Change and Youth Climate Action in Japan, Carnivorism and Youth Consumer Identities in Japan.
Laboratory Information	Global Square AW1023
Subjects in charge	Anthropology of Religion and Morality, Anthropological Approached to Contemporary Japan, Principles of Social Anthropology
Main career, work history, and academic background	Denmark. Lived in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Social Sciences (BSSc) Hong Kong Open University 1993-1997 Social Psychology (MPhil), Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1999-2001 Social Anthropology (PhD), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2002-2008 (2008-2017) Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Anthropology of Japan, Japanese Culture and Society, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (2017-2023) Associate Professor in Social Anthropology with reference to Japan, Soka University (2024-) Professor in Social Anthropology with reference to Japan, Soka University
Affiliated academic societies and organizations	Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI); Association of Social Anthropology (ASA); Japanese Anthropology Workshop (JAWS); British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS); Japanese Association for Religious Studies (JARS)
Main Papers and Publications	“Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Soka Gakkai Youth and Komeito.” (2012), etc.

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