Research

Research Interest

Attitudes towards Immigrants, Immigrants' National Identification, Migrant Policies

Peer Reviewed Articles

1. James Laurence, Akira Igarashi, and Kenji Ishida (2021). "The dynamics of immigration and anti-immigrant sentiment in Japan: How and why changes in immigrant share affect attitudes toward immigration in a newly diversifying society," Social Forces, online first.

2. Akira Igarashi and Kikuko Nagayoshi (2021). "Norms to be prejudiced: List experiments on attitudes towards immigrants in Japan," Social Science Research, online first.

3. Akira Igarashi and Yoshikuni Ono (2021). "The effects of negative and positive information on attitudes towards immigration," International Migration, online first.

4. Akira Igarashi and James Laurence (2021). "How does immigration affect anti-immigrant sentiment, and who is affected most? A Longitudinal Analysis of the UK and Japan cases," Comparative Migration Studies, online first.

5. Akira Igarashi (2021). "Threats and norms: Multicultural policies and natives’ attitudes towards immigrants," The Sociological Quarterly, online first.

6. Akira Igarashi (2021). "Hate begets hate: anti-refugee violence increases anti-refugee attitudes in Germany," Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(11): 1914-1934.

7. Akira Igarashi (2019). "Till multiculturalism do us part: Multicultural policies and the national identification of immigrants in European countries," Social Science Research, 77: 88-100.

8. Akira Igarashi (2018). "Territorial conflicts and Japanese attitudes towards East Asian countries: Natural experiments with foreigners' landings on disputed islands," Political Psychology, 39 (4): 977-992.

Discussion Papers

1. Akira Igarashi, Hirofumi Miwa, and Yoshikuni Ono (2021). "Why do citizens prefer highly skilled immigrants to low-skilled immigrants? Identifying causal mechanisms of immigration preferences with a survey experiment"

2. Akira Igarashi and Yoshikuni Ono (2020). "The effects of negative and positive information on attitudes toward immigration"

3. Akira Igarashi and Yoshikuni Ono (2020). "Neoliberalism and negative attitudes toward immigrants"

Papers in Japanese

1. Akira Igarashi, (2018). "Who cheats?," Japanese Journal of Family Sociology, 30(2): 185 - 196.

2. Akira Igarashi, (2015). "A consensual hierarchy of the definitions of Japanese: Application of Mokken scale analysis," Sociological Theory and Methods, 30(2): 293-306.

3. Akira Igarashi, (2015). "The influence of integration policies of immigrants on attitudes towards immigrants: Multilevel analysis with 22 European countries," Sociologos, 39: 31-44.

4. Akira Igarashi, (2015). "Consensual ethnic hierarchies among the East Asians: Mokken scale analysis with EASS 2008," JGSS Research Series, 15: 41-50.