Paul J. Kramer
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Paul J. Kramer
@paul-jokr.bsky.social
Social Scientist and Japan Specialist | PhD @ LMU Munich 🇩🇪🇯🇵

I investigate how resilience, governance, and vigilance form effective and democratic crisis management through the case of rural communities in Japan during Covid-19

👉🏻 www.paul-kramer.com
I’ve been quiet here, busy with #fieldwork and making friends in the beautiful #Hita, in #Japan. My research on #Covid19 #governance was recently featured in #Oita Godo Shimbun, which finally inspired me to post a short fieldwork update on the Japan-Center‘s blog!

See below👇🏻

#大分 #日田 #自粛 #jishuku
Einblicke in die Feldforschung: Wie lokale Gemeinschaften Krisen meistern – und was Hita mich über Resilienz lehrt - Blog des Japan-Zentrums
Vor einigen Tagen erschien in der Lokalzeitung der Präfektur Ōita (Ōita Gōdō Shimbun) ein kurzer Artikel über meine noch laufende Feldforschung (Abbildung 1). Seit Oktober 2024 arbeite ich in Hita...
www.blog.japan.uni-muenchen.de
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Back in Japan! I think I’ve never been to Haneda this time of the year, so seeing the Christmas decorations was a first for me.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Paul J. Kramer
Pünktlich zum Wochenende ist der neueste Band unserer Reihe Vigilanzkulturen ist erschienen!
Viel Spaß beim Lesen von Benedetta Chizzolinis „Between Cure and Control. Doctors, Convicts and Slaves in Tuscan and Papal Galleys (16th–18th Centuries)“ 📖

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Between Cure and Control
Since antiquity, doctors have always been required to be "vigilant" (i.e., extremely attentive), particularly when it comes to any symptoms exhibited and/or complained of by the patient. As outlined i...
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Some impressions from the first day of the 2025 @ipsa.org world congress in Seoul, yesterday. Looking forward to more cutting-edge research on the second day, today!
July 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It’s good to be back! But now the real work begins (after I treat myself to some good food first).

About my research 👉🏻 project.paul-kramer.com

Thanks to @gabrielevogt.bsky.social for putting me on her team, thus granting me this opportunity!
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM