based on outcomes of the 2024-year QuaMaFa workshop Comparative perspectives on the Transformation of the Japanese Labor Market through International …

based on outcomes of the 2024-year QuaMaFa workshop Comparative perspectives on the Transformation of the Japanese Labor Market through International Skilled Migration (focus on Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan)
Aimi Muranaka and Helena Hof (Uni Zürich)
Funded by Toshiba International Foundation, 2025

Projektleitung: Markus Taube (IN-EAST), Mitarbeiterin: Karolin Hofmann (IN-EAST), Verbundpartner: Jörn-Carsten Gottwald …

Projektleitung: Markus Taube (IN-EAST), Mitarbeiterin: Karolin Hofmann (IN-EAST), Verbundpartner: Jörn-Carsten Gottwald (RUB), Mikko Huotari (MERICS)
Gefördert vom BMBF, No. 01DO21014A, 10/2021–09/2024

In cooperation with Korea University, Seoul. Project manager: Jae-Seung Lee.
From IN-EAST: Hannes Mosler.
Funded by the National …

In cooperation with Korea University, Seoul. Project manager: Jae-Seung Lee.
From IN-EAST: Hannes Mosler.
Funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 07/2021–06/2024

Project lead: Ruth Achenbach (Goethe University Frankfurt), Joohyun Justine Park (Goethe University Frankfurt), Aimi Muranaka …

Project lead: Ruth Achenbach (Goethe University Frankfurt), Joohyun Justine Park (Goethe University Frankfurt), Aimi Muranaka (UDE/IN-EAST), Megha Wadhwa (Free University of Berlin), Helena Hof (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)
Funded by BMBF, 03/2021–12/2024

Project contributors: Yuka Ando, Yuko Sugita, Axel Klein (IN-EAST),
Sponsor: Lehr-Lern-Innovationen, Zentrum für Hochschulqualitätsentwicklung …

Project contributors: Yuka Ando, Yuko Sugita, Axel Klein (IN-EAST),
Sponsor: Lehr-Lern-Innovationen, Zentrum für Hochschulqualitätsentwicklung der Universität Duisburg-Essen, Programm­runde 2020, 02/2020–02/2021
Das Projekt Mobiles Lernen der japanischen Grammatik für die Mittelstufe ist ein erstes zentrales Projekt zur Steigerung des Lernerfolgs in einer komplexen, heterogenen Ausbildungssituation und soll bei positiver Evaluierung auf die Sprachkurse für Chinesisch und Koreanisch übertragen werden. Das Projekt führt zu diesem Ziel hin, indem es das selbstständige Lernen der Studierenden mit der Sprachwahl Japanisch am IN-EAST durch ein Grammatikportal fördert, durch das mobiles und selbstständiges Lernen mit Smartphones, Tablets etc. sowie eine Homogenisierung der Studierendenkompetenzen erleichtert wird.

Die Notwendigkeit dieser Plattform ergab sich aus folgenden Schwierigkeiten:

Die Mittelstufen-Grammatik von Japanisch zielt darauf ab, komplexe Satzstrukturen erkennen zu können, ähnliche Funktionsgefüge in Nuancen zu unterscheiden oder einen situationsgemäßen (Schreib-)Stil wählen zu können, der überwiegend in der Schriftsprache, nicht jedoch sofort mündlich im Alltag Anwendung findet. Im Unterricht sollen deshalb viel mehr Übungen als Erklärungen stattfinden.
Immer mehr Studierende mit unterschiedlichen Vorkenntnissen der japanischen Sprache nehmen am IN-EAST das Studium auf. Deshalb erlauben Präsenzveranstaltungen für alle Studierenden des gleichen Fachsemesters oft keinen optimalen Lehr- und Lernerfolg.
Das Grammatikportal soll deshalb auch als Mittel für einen „umgedrehten Unterricht“ (flipped classroom) dienen.

Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt die Entwicklung der digitalen Plattform eine erhebliche Verbesserung der Lehr- und Lernsituation dar. Während man genügend Online-Angebote für Grammatik im Grundstufenniveau GER A1 auf Webseiten sowie in Form von Apps findet, gibt es für das Mittelstufenniveau keine ausreichenden, systematischen und auch fehlerfreien (!) Angebote. Wir schließen diese Lücke und entsprechen damit einer großen Nachfrage von Studierenden.

Eine zentrale Eigenschaft dieses Grammatikportals ist, dass das angestrebte Mittelstufenniveau den Anforderungen der staatlichen Sprachprüfung JLPT (Level N3) entspricht. Zudem ist die Grammatik dieses Niveaus beim selbstständigen Lesen von Texten für die Studierenden sowohl während des Studiums als auch im späteren Berufsleben von großem praktischem Nutzen. Wir bieten das Portal für die Studierenden mit Vorkenntnissen bereits ab dem ersten Semester an. Für die Studierenden ohne Vorkenntnisse steht das Portal gleich nach dem dritten Semester zur Verfügung, so dass sie sich in den Semesterferien sowohl für den Unterricht im vierten Semester als auch für die JLPT-Prüfung vorbereiten können.

Das Portal ist in einem Moodlekurs verankert und besteht aus folgenden zwei Teilen:

Online-Grammatikhandbuch in deutscher Sprache: bestehend aus 11 Modulen (siehe Abbildung 1);
Online-Verständnisfragen: wiederholbare Quizfragen, die mit Hilfe von Moodle-Test hergestellt sind (siehe Abbildung 2).
Seit SoSe 2020 gibt es bereits positive Rückmeldungen von unseren Studierenden.
Für unsere internationalen Studierenden im Masterstudiengang steht nun auch das Grammatikportal in englischer Sprache bereit.
Zurzeit wird ein weiteres Portal mit praktischem Übungsteil aufgebaut.

Abbildung 1: Online-Handbuch (auch als PDF verfügbar)



Abbildung 2: Verständnisfragen zur jeweiligen Grammatik?



Contact:
Yuko Sugita
yuko.sugita@uni-due.de

Organizers: Tao Liu (UDE/IN-EAST) and Anja Weiß (UDE); further contributor from IN-EAST: Benjamin Quasinowski.
Funded …

Organizers: Tao Liu (UDE/IN-EAST) and Anja Weiß (UDE); further contributor from IN-EAST: Benjamin Quasinowski.
Funded by DFG, No. 394996186, 06/2018–04/2021

German team: Werner Pascha, Diana Schüler, Mihaela Suhalitca (IN-EAST), together with a Korean team.
Funded by DAAD and Korea Research …

German team: Werner Pascha, Diana Schüler, Mihaela Suhalitca (IN-EAST), together with a Korean team.
Funded by DAAD and Korea Research Foundation, 03/2018–2019
This is a comparative study of the relationship between regional differences and creating entrepreneurship on a local level in Germany and (South) Korea. The joint project aims to explore the distinct features of entrepreneurial ecosystems in different regions and the influence on startup activities. The project includes two field studies in Korea by the German team and two more field trips by the Korean team to Germany.

Grant Applicant: Florian Coulmas; further contributor: Zi Wang, Connor Malloy (IN-EAST) (since 2020).
Funded by DFG, No. 404408794, …

Grant Applicant: Florian Coulmas; further contributor: Zi Wang, Connor Malloy (IN-EAST) (since 2020).
Funded by DFG, No. 404408794, 2018–2022

Karen Shire (IN-EAST)
DFG grant for the initiation of international cooperation, 2018–2020
The grant funds follow-up activities …

Karen Shire (IN-EAST)
DFG grant for the initiation of international cooperation, 2018–2020
The grant funds follow-up activities from a workshop, initiated by the DFG and organized on their behalf by Karen Shire and Verena Blechinger-Talcott (FU Berlin) in Tokyo, November 13–15, 2017 on Social Science Contributions to Contemporary Social and Political Changes in Germany and Japan. The follow-up research collaboration aims to deepen two dimensions of cooperation between German and Japanese sociologists. The first aim is to support the development of collaboration between major survey research programs designed for sociological research in both countries (especially the Japanese Life Course Panel Survey and the German SOEP survey, among other). This part of the program was completed earlier in 2019 and reported in Institute Report 26/2019. In the current reporting period the second aim of the grant, to work towards a joint research project, building on a theoretical perspective, which reframes migration as a cross-border labor market, and focusses on the social mobility of skilled as well as less skilled migrant labor was pursued.

In December 2019 a joint workshop of graduate students and young scholars researching migration in both regions was conducted in cooperation with Waseda ­University, Keio University and the University of Duisburg-Essen. This activity was aimed at discussing a research idea for a possible International Research Training Group. In February 2020 Prof. Hirohisa Takenoshita, Keio University, was guest professor at IN-EAST. His visit was used to engage in cooperation talks with the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung in Nürnberg, the SOEP survey program researchers in Berlin, and with the Deutsches Zentrum für Integration- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM) in Berlin to discuss research cooperation. A workshop was also held at the UDE with migration researchers, to exchange state of the arts with the idea of a broader cooperation (the workshop was joined by Helen Baykara-Krumme, Anja Weiss, ­Marcel ­Erlinghagen, Stephan Scheel, and their associated research assistants, as well as by IN-EAST scholar Florian Coulmas). A joint research workshop was planned with co-funding by both the Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies and Keio University in March 2020 to finalize a program of comparative research on employment patterns of migrants in Germany and Japan. The workshop was canceled due to the pandemic. This event would have provided the opportunity to meet with key researchers at the Japan Institute of Labor, who have conducted surveys which can be matched to the IAB surveys. It would have also provided Karen Shire a chance to meet personally with the Deans and Research officers at Keio University, whose cooperation is needed for joint research programs. PI Karen Shire planned month-long research residency at the Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies in March 2020 to work on joint research proposals, especially one for an international research training group. Again, this visit would have provided the essential opportunities to meet with the Dean of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies and research officers, whose assent for a grant is necessary. Karen Shire was invited as a visiting fellow to the Graduate School for this purpose. Also, this activity was canceled due to the pandemic. With all travel canceled at the critical stage of negotiating with university officials and grant-writing with cooperation partners, we applied for an extension and rededication of the DFG funds to allow for Aimi Muranaka to coordinate and support grant-writing virtually from Duisburg. A proposal for joint research is now being prepared by Aimi Muranaka and Karen Shire with Prof. Hirohisa Takenoshita and Gracia Liu-Farrer. This has been enabled by an extension to the grant by the DFG until the end of December 2020 (due to disruptions in plans caused by the pandemic). While we will have completed the necessary preparation for submitting a grant on the German side, the actual submission of joint grants is postponed until travel and meetings in Tokyo are again possible.

Project B05 of CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
Project Directors: Tao Liu and Tobias ten Brink; further contributors …

Project B05 of CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
Project Directors: Tao Liu and Tobias ten Brink; further contributors from the IN-EAST: Armin Müller.
Funded by DFG, 2018–2021

Speaker: Nele Noesselt; further contributors from IN-EAST: Hannes Mosler and Markus Taube.
Funded by Mercator Research …

Speaker: Nele Noesselt; further contributors from IN-EAST: Hannes Mosler and Markus Taube.
Funded by Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR), 10/2017–2022.

Project leader: Timo Heinrich (IN-EAST)
Gefördert vom Profilschwerpunkt Wandel von Gegenwartsgesellschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen, …

Project leader: Timo Heinrich (IN-EAST)
Gefördert vom Profilschwerpunkt Wandel von Gegenwartsgesellschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen, 09/2016–08/2017

Study Group convened by Clemence Ledoux (Université de Nantes), from the IN-EAST: Karen Shire,
Funded by Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg, …

Study Group convened by Clemence Ledoux (Université de Nantes), from the IN-EAST: Karen Shire,
Funded by Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg, 2016–2019
In 2019 to conclude the research group, Clemence Ledoux (University of Nantes), Franca van Hooren (University of Amsterdam) and Karen Shire completed and submitted a manuscript for publication to the Palgrave Press Work and Welfare in Europe series, scheduled for publication in February 2021: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030566227

Applicants: Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Brigitte Geißel (Uni Frankfurt), Yves Sintomer (CRESPA, Paris), Stéphanie …

Applicants: Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Brigitte Geißel (Uni Frankfurt), Yves Sintomer (CRESPA, Paris), Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal (CNRS-EHESS, Paris); further contributor: Anna Shpakovskaya (IN-EAST).
Sponsored by DFG and L’Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), 2016–2020

Project participants: Birgit Apitzsch (IN-EAST), Maximiliane Wilkesmann, Caroline Ruiner (TU DO)
Funded by Stiftung Mercator …

Project participants: Birgit Apitzsch (IN-EAST), Maximiliane Wilkesmann, Caroline Ruiner (TU DO)
Funded by Stiftung Mercator / Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR), 03/2015–06/2017

Grant Applicants: Markus Taube (Director), Flemming Christiansen, Florian Coulmas, Thomas Heberer, Axel Klein, Tao Liu, Nele Noesselt, …

Grant Applicants: Markus Taube (Director), Flemming Christiansen, Florian Coulmas, Thomas Heberer, Axel Klein, Tao Liu, Nele Noesselt, Werner Pascha, Karen Shire. Coordinator: Iris Glockner, since 05/2015: Birgit Geith.
Funded by BMBF, 04/2013–03/2017, prolonged to 12/2019.

Project lead: Karen Shire; further contributors: Chih-Chieh Wang, Hannelore Mottweiler, Markus Tünte (IN-EAST); in Japan: Jun …

Project lead: Karen Shire; further contributors: Chih-Chieh Wang, Hannelore Mottweiler, Markus Tünte (IN-EAST); in Japan: Jun Imai (Hokkaido Unviersity), Steffen Heinrich (DIJ Tokyo).
Funded by DFG, No. 227795227, 2012–2016

Part of Competence Network Governance in China
Joint project of Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Björn Alpermann (University of …

Part of Competence Network Governance in China
Joint project of Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Björn Alpermann (University of Würzburg), Heike Holbig (Universities of Frankfurt and Hamburg), Gunter Schubert (University of Tübingen).
Funded by BMBF, 2010–10/2016

Speaker: Karen Shire, since 04/2014: Flemming Christiansen; further participants from IN-EAST: Florian Coulmas (since 2023), …

Speaker: Karen Shire, since 04/2014: Flemming Christiansen; further participants from IN-EAST: Florian Coulmas (since 2023), Winfried Flüchter, Thomas Heberer, Werner Pascha, Karen A. Shire, Kristin Surak, Markus Taube. Coordinator: Uta Golze, since 04/2014: Maike Müller, since 05/2015: Vinita Samarasinghe.
Funded by DFG, No. 122408594, 10/2009–09/2018.

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Dieter Grunow (UDE) and YU Keping (CCCEP)
Funded by Franz Haniel Foundation, …

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Dieter Grunow (UDE) and YU Keping (CCCEP)
Funded by Franz Haniel Foundation, 2008–2012

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Dieter Grunow (UDE) and YU Keping (CCCEP)
Funded by Franz Haniel Foundation, …

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Dieter Grunow (UDE) and YU Keping (CCCEP)
Funded by Franz Haniel Foundation, 2006–2009

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Dieter Grunow (UDE) and YU Keping (CCCEP)
Funded by Franz Haniel Foundation, …

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Dieter Grunow (UDE) and YU Keping (CCCEP)
Funded by Franz Haniel Foundation, 2005–2007

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Gunter Schubert (University of Tübingen), Christian Göbel and Anja Senz …

Joint project by Thomas Heberer (UDE/IN-EAST), Gunter Schubert (University of Tübingen), Christian Göbel and Anja Senz (IN-EAST)
Funded by DFG, 2002–2007