► Short CV
 

2004–08   BA, Sociology
2005–10   BA, Philosophy (and Russian Studies)
2006–10 and 2017–18   BA, Sinology/Japanology, University of Geneva
2008–10   MA, Asian Studies, University of Geneva
2014–20   PhD, Sociology
From 2020   Teaching in Japan
From 2021   Assistant Professor at Kanagawa University, Yokohama

► Research Interests
 

• Comparative study of socio-economic institutional systems (e.g. Japan’s simultaneous recruitment of new graduates system)
• “Comprehensive Teaching” of Western European languages to East Asian native speakers
• The foundational question What is ’the West’?

Stefan Heeb is interested in everything that connects people, particularly in ideas, society, and languages.