Hideo Nakazawa

Hideo Nakazawa holds a Doctoral degree in Sociology from University of Tokyo. He is a professor of Regional and Environmental Sociology at Sophia University (Tokyo) and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR), University of Kent (2006-07). Since 2021, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Japanese Journal of Sociology, published by Wiley on behalf of JSS. He is the principal investigator of an international research team called as JAFCOF (Japan Association for study of Former COalFields). Recent publications include: Sengo Nihon no Shupattsu to Tanko Rodo Kumiai [Coalmine Union in the Departure of Post-war Japan] in collaboration with other JAFCOF scholars (Tokyo: Ochanomizu Shobo, 2022); ‘Suburban/Hinterland Aging in Japan and Types of Policy/Civic Reactions: Contraction, Relocation, or Machizukuri?’ (2017, Korean Regional Sociology 18(2): 293-317).