Professional Bio

Short version

Danau Tanu (PhD) is an anthropologist and author of Growing Up in Transit: The Politics of Belonging at an International School.

www.danautanu.com

Medium-length version

Danau Tanu (PhD) is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM), Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a PhD in anthropology and sociology and is the author of Growing Up in Transit: The Politics of Belonging at an International School, the first book on structural racism in international schools. As a child, Danau moved around with her mixed heritage family, speaking Indonesian, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin) at home and English at international schools. She is currently researching Japan’s Multicultural Youth and working as a Co-Editor on Uru Stories, a book project about Global South MK stories. Danau also volunteers as Co-Founder of TCKs of Asia and for the Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Research Network. Website & publications: www.danautanu.com

Extended version

Danau Tanu (PhD) is an anthropologist who specializes in researching international education and youth mobility. Her doctoral research was published as the first book on structural racism in international schools: Growing Up in Transit: The Politics of Belonging at an International School. Currently, Danau is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM), Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan and holds an interdisciplinary PhD in anthropology, sociology and Asian studies from the University of

Western Australia. www.danautanu.com

As a public speaker, Danau is skillful at combining in-depth research expertise with the power of storytelling to deliver hard-to-hear messages on sensitive topics, such as racism in the international education sector. She also has first-hand experience in her subject area having moved between several countries as a child while attending international schools in Indonesia and Singapore as well as local

public schools in Japan and Indonesia. She grew up speaking Indonesian, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin) at home and English at school.

Danau volunteers as Co-Founder of TCKs of Asia and for the Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Research Network.

Languages

Fluent in English, Japanese and Indonesian; conversational in Chinese (Mandarin). Certified professional translator for Japanese & Indonesian into English.

Recent publications

● Academic publications – www.danautanu.com/publications/ 

● General publications – www.danautanu.com/easy-reads/ 

Research interests

Youth studies, mobility, migration (incl. forced migration), international education & schooling, multiculturalism, Indonesian studies, Japanese studies.