Fumiya Uchikoshi
@ufsoc.bsky.social
Academy Scholar @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social studying family demography, gender, and meritocracy with a focus on East Asia & Asian Americans. PhD @Princeton
My talk at the Harvard US-Japan program next month!
Navigating Uncertainty: Gendered Aspiration, Meritocracy, and Imagined Futures in Japanese Selective College Admission | Weatherhead us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/naviga...
Navigating Uncertainty: Gendered Aspiration, Meritocracy, and Imagined Futures in Japanese Selective College Admission | Weatherhead us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/naviga...
Navigating Uncertainty: Gendered Aspiration, Meritocracy, and Imagined Futures in Japanese Selective College Admission | Weatherhead
us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My talk at the Harvard US-Japan program next month!
Navigating Uncertainty: Gendered Aspiration, Meritocracy, and Imagined Futures in Japanese Selective College Admission | Weatherhead us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/naviga...
Navigating Uncertainty: Gendered Aspiration, Meritocracy, and Imagined Futures in Japanese Selective College Admission | Weatherhead us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/naviga...
I hadn’t really thought about a book project before, but the current intellectual environment changed my mind. I just completed a proposal and have started sending it to potential discussants. It still feels so unreal.
October 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I hadn’t really thought about a book project before, but the current intellectual environment changed my mind. I just completed a proposal and have started sending it to potential discussants. It still feels so unreal.
Sometimes your co-authors are more critical than reviewers (in a good sense)
September 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sometimes your co-authors are more critical than reviewers (in a good sense)
Excited to be visiting Vancouver tomorrow! I’ll be sharing my book project ideas at the UBC Japan Centre Seminar Series
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UBC
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September 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Excited to be visiting Vancouver tomorrow! I’ll be sharing my book project ideas at the UBC Japan Centre Seminar Series
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Meet the 2025–2026 Academy Scholars! Most will be working on transforming their dissertation into a book manuscript or series of articles, while some will be embarking on new writing. Learn more about them and The Harvard Academy at: https://loom.ly/jgRd-yA
August 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Meet the 2025–2026 Academy Scholars! Most will be working on transforming their dissertation into a book manuscript or series of articles, while some will be embarking on new writing. Learn more about them and The Harvard Academy at: https://loom.ly/jgRd-yA
The Harvard Academy is now accepting applications for next year’s Academy Scholars Program. The deadline is September 19. Please consider applying! academy.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs/aca...
Academy Scholars Program | Weatherhead
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August 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Harvard Academy is now accepting applications for next year’s Academy Scholars Program. The deadline is September 19. Please consider applying! academy.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs/aca...
It was such an honor to organize two sessions on Asia at ASA 2025 (Demography and inequality in East Asia and Inequality and diversity among Asian Americans). I was especially pleased that both sessions were very well attended!
August 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It was such an honor to organize two sessions on Asia at ASA 2025 (Demography and inequality in East Asia and Inequality and diversity among Asian Americans). I was especially pleased that both sessions were very well attended!
Submitted my first job application of the year.
Ah yes, I'm officially on the job market...
Ah yes, I'm officially on the job market...
July 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Submitted my first job application of the year.
Ah yes, I'm officially on the job market...
Ah yes, I'm officially on the job market...
Thrilled to share that my paper on nonmarital childbearing and family structure among Asian Americans, co-authored with Airan Liu, has been conditionally accepted at RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
July 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thrilled to share that my paper on nonmarital childbearing and family structure among Asian Americans, co-authored with Airan Liu, has been conditionally accepted at RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
This paper, published in Research in Higher Education, examines how gendered expectations and stereotypes contribute to persistent gender disparities in selective college applications in Japan. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Gendered Expectations for College Applications: Experimental Evidence from a Gender Inegalitarian Education Context - Research in Higher Education
In Japan, the gender gap in attendance at 4-year universities is narrowing, yet significantly fewer women apply to selective colleges. A growing body of literature suggests that gendered expectations ...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This paper, published in Research in Higher Education, examines how gendered expectations and stereotypes contribute to persistent gender disparities in selective college applications in Japan. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I'm joining the World Elite Database, a cross-national comparison of economic elites, as a Japan team cordinator!
June 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I'm joining the World Elite Database, a cross-national comparison of economic elites, as a Japan team cordinator!
Paper acceptance from Journal of Asian Studies and Research in Higher Education!
May 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Paper acceptance from Journal of Asian Studies and Research in Higher Education!
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New on Epicenter: On the first day he noticed so few women at his university. Fumiya Uchikoshi set out on a scholarly pursuit to find out why. Read about his investigation of the gender gap at elite Japanese universities. loom.ly/Nq0I5Uo
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April 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
New on Epicenter: On the first day he noticed so few women at his university. Fumiya Uchikoshi set out on a scholarly pursuit to find out why. Read about his investigation of the gender gap at elite Japanese universities. loom.ly/Nq0I5Uo
@ufsoc.bsky.social
@ufsoc.bsky.social
Epicenter (Harvard Weatherhead Center's online magazine) features my ongoing work on gender gap in selective college attendance in Japan. Many thanks to Michelle Nicholasen for making this happen and Jessica Barnard for interviewing me epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/news/2025/04...
High Risk, No Reward: Unpacking Gender Disparities at Japanese Universities | Epicenter
A researcher investigates the reasons behind low numbers of women at elite Japanese universities, and looks at the high-stakes national entrance exam as a possible culprit.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Epicenter (Harvard Weatherhead Center's online magazine) features my ongoing work on gender gap in selective college attendance in Japan. Many thanks to Michelle Nicholasen for making this happen and Jessica Barnard for interviewing me epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/news/2025/04...
I'm presenting my working paper on the role of college education in social origin homogamy at RC28 UCLA!
April 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm presenting my working paper on the role of college education in social origin homogamy at RC28 UCLA!
Looking forward to PAA! My team and I are presenting five papers in total, covering a range of topics on family demography and social stratification including low fertility in East Asia, married women's employment in Japan, and social origin homogamy in the US.
April 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Looking forward to PAA! My team and I are presenting five papers in total, covering a range of topics on family demography and social stratification including low fertility in East Asia, married women's employment in Japan, and social origin homogamy in the US.
My East Asia low fertility paper has been accepted to ASA Asia/Asian American section session!
April 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My East Asia low fertility paper has been accepted to ASA Asia/Asian American section session!
got two R&Rs from the same journal lol
April 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
got two R&Rs from the same journal lol
I have published two papers this month. For the paper published in CSR, we discussed the policy mismatch in low-fertility Asia (South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore) and estimated the increasingly salient role of marriage formation in declining fertility
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FQ44S...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FQ44S...
The increasing importance of changes in nuptiality: policy mismatch and fertility decline in low-fertility Asian societies
Despite the strong relationship between marriage and childbearing in Asian societies, policies addressing “lowest-low” fertility have often prioritized parity progression within married couples whi...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I have published two papers this month. For the paper published in CSR, we discussed the policy mismatch in low-fertility Asia (South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore) and estimated the increasingly salient role of marriage formation in declining fertility
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FQ44S...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FQ44S...
Paper just accepted at Chinese Sociological Review, which is titled "The Increasing Importance of Changes in Nuptiality: Policy Mismatch and Fertility Decline in Low-Fertility Asian Societies." I was fortunate to be working with two amazing collaborators, Jolene Tan (Princeton) and Qi Cui (LSE)
March 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Paper just accepted at Chinese Sociological Review, which is titled "The Increasing Importance of Changes in Nuptiality: Policy Mismatch and Fertility Decline in Low-Fertility Asian Societies." I was fortunate to be working with two amazing collaborators, Jolene Tan (Princeton) and Qi Cui (LSE)
Fellow sociologists working on Asia, please nominate your book (or your colleague's) for the ASA Section on Asia and Asian America Asia/Transnational Book Award. I am one of the committee members. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2025. www.asanet.org/communities-...
Section Award Nomination Calls | American Sociological Association
Many ASA Sections offer awards to recognize achievement in their respective areas of academic interest. Following are the most recent calls for nominations
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March 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Fellow sociologists working on Asia, please nominate your book (or your colleague's) for the ASA Section on Asia and Asian America Asia/Transnational Book Award. I am one of the committee members. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2025. www.asanet.org/communities-...
Next week I'm visiting the University of Pittsburgh to share my work at the workshop on reproductive crisis in East Asia. While most events are closed, the keynote presentation by Prof Anne Allison is open to the public.
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The “Crisis” of Sociality: Caring for the Dead Otherwise | Asian Studies Center
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March 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Next week I'm visiting the University of Pittsburgh to share my work at the workshop on reproductive crisis in East Asia. While most events are closed, the keynote presentation by Prof Anne Allison is open to the public.
www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/events/%...
www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/events/%...
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard supported by Japan Foundation
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academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14755
Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
With support from the Japan Foundation, the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations invites applications for the postdoctoral fellowship which includes a teaching component. One fellow will be appointed for t...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard supported by Japan Foundation
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14755
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14755
got an R&R from a higher ed journal
March 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
got an R&R from a higher ed journal
An extra session request was approved. A huge win (I believe) for East Asian sociologists.
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
An extra session request was approved. A huge win (I believe) for East Asian sociologists.