Message to Prospective Students

Sociology is a tool that helps us understand the world we live in and need to act in every day. Sociological theories can assist us in making sense of things we experience on a daily basis. An understanding of sociological research methods is helpful in being able to judge information we are presented with in the media or elsewhere. This direct applicability is what makes sociology so fascinating to me and I hope to share this fascination with you!

Research Interests and Teaching Areas

Methods of Social Research, Sociological Theory, Social Stratification, Social and Subjective Wellbeing, Risk Society

Selected Works

• Carola Hommerich, Susumu Ohnuma, Kazushige Sato & Shogo Mizutori, 2022: Determinants of Interdependent Happiness Focusing on the Role of Social Capital: Empirical Insight from Japan. Japanese Psychological Research, doi: 10.1111/jpr.12415
• Hiroshi Kanbayashi, Carola Hommerich & Naoki Sudo, 2021: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Income and Mental Well-Being: Evidence from a Panel-Survey in Japan
  理論と方法 (Sociological Theory and Methods) 36(2): 260-278
• Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo and Toru Kikkawa (eds.), 2021: Social Change in Japan, 1989-2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values. London: Routledge.
• Carola Hommerich and Nora Kottmann, 2020: How to combine methods: Mixed methods designs, pp.: 256-274, in: Kottmann, Nora and Cornelia Reiher (eds.): Studying Japan: Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Carola Hommerich and Toru Kikkawa, 2019: Movement behind the Scenes – The Quiet Transformation of Status Identification in Japan, Social Science Japan Journal 22(1): 11-24.
• Nate Breznau and Carola Hommerich, 2019: No generalizable effect of income inequality on public support for governmental redistribution among rich democracies, 1987-2010, Social Science Research 81: 170-191.
• Carola Hommerich and Tim Tiefenbach, 2018: Analyzing the Relationship between Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Social Affiliation, Journal of Happiness Studies 19(4): 1091-1114.
• David Chiavacci and Carola Hommerich (eds.), 2017: Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan: Transformation during Economic and Demographic Stagnation. London: Routledge
• Carola Hommerich, 2015: Feeling Disconnected: Exploring the Relationship between Different Forms of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Japan. In: VOLUNTAS 26(1): 45-68.
• Carola Hommerich, 2012: Trust and Subjective Well-being after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown: Preliminary Results. In: International Journal of Japanese Sociology 21: 46-64
• Carola Hommerich, 2012: The advent of vulnerability: Japan’s free fall through its porous safety net. In: Japan Forum 24 (2): 205-232.
• Carola Hommerich, 2009: „Freeter“ und „Generation Praktikum“ – Arbeitswerte im Wandel? Ein deutsch-japanischer Vergleich. (“Freeter“ and “Generation Internship“ – Work values under change? A German-Japanese Comparison) München: iudicium Verlag.

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