2021–2023
Niedergang der alten Mittelschicht in Japan: Folgen für das soziale Bewusstsein und die politische Einstellung
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) University of Zurich, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Prof. Dr. Carola Hommerich (Project Leader) Sophia University, Tokyo, Department of Sociology
University of Zurich, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, sociology)

2021–2025
Foreign Entrepreneurs in Tokyo’s and Singapore’s Knowledge-intensive Start-up Sector
Dr. Helena Hof (Researcher) University of Zurich, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Dr. Ruth Achenbach (Collaborating Researcher) Goethe University Frankfurt, Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies (IZO), Dr. Aimi Muranaka (Collaborating Researcher) University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of East Asian Studies, Dr. Joohyun Justine Park (Collaborating Researcher) Goethe University Frankfurt, Korean Studies, Dr. Megha Wadhwa (Collaborating Researcher) Free University Berlin, Seminar of East Asian Studies
Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity

2020
Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) University of Zurich, PD Dr. Simona Alba Grano (Project Leader) University of Zurich
University of Zurich

2020
A gendered comparison of Covid-19-related telework in established, startup and foreign-affiliated companies in Japan
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Dr. Georg Blind (Researcher) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Dr. Stefania Lottanti (Researcher) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
Third-party funding: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI, Switzerland); Toshiba International Foundation (TIFO, Japan)
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, political science)

2019
New and Old Diversity Exchange (NODE) UK-Japan Network
Dr. Helena Hof (Collaborating Researcher) Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
University of Birmingham (UK) and Waseda University (Japan)
Third-party funding: Japan Foundation (Japan)
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, political science, sociology)

2019–2023
Tokyo's Attractiveness for Global Talent: A Comparative Study of Tokyo, Singapore, and Sao Paulo
Dr. Helena Hof (Collaborating Researcher) Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Japan
Third-party funding: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, Japan)
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, political science, sociology)

2017
Political and Social Dynamics of Crisis and Innovation in Japan
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
Third-party funding: Tohoku Forum for Creativity (Japan) and German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA, Germany)
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, political science, sociology)

2017–2020
Civil Society versus the State? Emergent Trajectories of Civic Agency in East Asia in Comparative and Transnational Perspective
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, PD Dr. Simona Grano (Project Leader) Department of Chinese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zuric, Dr. Julia Obinger (Project Leader) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Department of Japanese Studies
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, political science, sociology)

2015–2018
Activism in Contemporary Japan: New Ideas, Players and Arenas?
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Dr. Julia Obinger (Project Leader) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich
Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Department of Japanese Studies
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, political science)

2014–2017
Continuity and Change in Japan's Political Economy
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Dr. Sébastian Lechevalier (Project Leader) Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Centre de Recherches sur le Japon
Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Department of Japanese Studies

2009
Japan Jahrbuch der Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF)
Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Project Leader) Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Dr. Iris Wieczorek (Project Leader) German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich; German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Finanzierung: Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF)
(Main research domains: Japanese studies, political science, sociology)