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Christoph Schimkowsky

Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

Christoph Schimkowsky is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. He was awarded a PhD in Sociological Studies from the University of Sheffield (UK) in 2022 for his work on poster campaigns employed by Japanese railway companies to inscribe behavioral expectations into public transport environments. Building on this, his current postdoctoral project explores the development of codes of transit etiquette on Tokyo’s urban railway network since 1945. Christoph was previously a Visiting Research Fellow on the HERA-funded PUTSPACE (Public Transport as Public Space) project in Finland and holds degrees from SOAS (University of London), Waseda University (Tokyo), and the University of Göttingen. In addition, he completed research and study stays at Keio University, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Christoph's PhD thesis was awarded the Charles Alfred Fisher Prize by the University of Sheffield's School of East Asian Studies. His research has appeared in Mobilities, Japanese Studies, and Visual Communication, among others. Christoph's broader research interests include interdisciplinary approaches to studying urban space, social order, media, and design.

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