Dr. Christoph Schimkowsky

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsEmpirical Social Research,Asian Studies,Human Geography
Keywordspassenger behavior, public transport, urban mobilities, behaviour in public, qualitative methods
Honours and awards

2022: Charles Alfred Fisher Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Chinese, Japanese or Korean Studies, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield

2018: Dean's List (Graduating Cohort), Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

2017: Departmental Prize for Best MA Profile 2015-2016, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, University of London

2017: Departmental Prize for the Best Student on MA Anthropological Research Methods 2015-2016, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, University of London

2017: SOAS Postgraduate School Prize, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityFrankfurt am Main
InstitutionGoethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
InstituteFachbereich 11 - Geowissenschaften / Geographie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Naofumi NakamuraFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Martin LanzendorfFachbereich 11 - Geowissenschaften / Geographie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2022

Programme(s)

2022Research Fellowship Programme from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Publications (partial selection)

2024Christoph Schimkowsky: A passenger service revolution? Transport design and passenger experience on Tokyo’s urban railway network, c. 1945–2010. In: Mobilities, 2024,
2024Christoph Schimkowsky, Ole B. Jensen and Max Frank: Queuing (im)mobilities: mobilizing the study of waiting in line. In: Applied Mobilities, 2024,
2024Christoph Schimkowsky: Selective neglect of viral risk: Tokyo’s commuter trains during the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Asian Anthropology, 2024,
2024Schimkowsky, Christoph: Towards a history of transit etiquette: the development of orderly boarding practices in Tokyo. In: Mobilities, 2024, 1–18
2022Christoph Schimkowsky: Anxious Mobilities: A Visual Inquiry into Pandemic Disruptions of Urban Railway Mobilities in Tokyo . In: Transfers, 12, 2022, 95--108
2022Christoph Schimkowsky: Managing passenger etiquette in Tokyo: between social control and customer service. In: Mobilities, 17, 2022, 932-950
2021Christoph Schimkowsky: Crime prevention in a low-crime nation: an enquiry into Japanese bōhan initiatives. In: Contemporary Japan, 33, 2021, 148-168
2021Christoph Schimkowsky: Manner Posters: A Genre Approach. In: Japanese Studies, 2021, 1--22
2020Christoph Schimkowsky: Seeking Seclusion, Embracing Decline: A Qualitative Enquiry Into the Long-Term Development of a Private Online Community. In: Social Media $\mathplus$ Society, 6, 2020, 205630512090794
2017Christoph Schimkowsky and Florian Kohlbacher: Of ikumen and ikuboss: macro and micro perspectives on modern fatherhood. Fathers in Work Organizations. Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2017. 149--168
2015Kosuke Mizukoshi and Florian Kohlbacher and Christoph Schimkowsky: Japan's ikumen discourse: macro and micro perspectives on modern fatherhood. In: Japan Forum, 28, 2015, 212--232
2014Christoph Schimkowsky: Ikumen: Japans neue Väter als neuer Markt?. 2014