Ilju Kim

(金一珠)

Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts Department of Liberal Arts, Sophia University

Degree: Ph.D. in Sociology(McGill University)

Researcher number: 80803056
J-GLOBAL ID: 202101019910209775
researchmap Member ID: R000019656

Research Interests

Migration and citizenship; Professional transnational mobility; Immigrant labor market participation; Comparative research

Research History

Apr, 2024 - Present

Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University
Oct, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Faculty of International Studies, Utsunomiya University
Apr, 2019 - Sep, 2022

Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University

Papers

The second generation’s perceptions of South Korea’s public support programs for multicultural families

Minjeong Kim, Ilju Kim (equal contribution)

Ethnic and Racial Studies, 48(6) 1218-1236, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead author
Mother Citizen and Non-Citizen: Citizenship and Political Participation of Filipina Marriage Migrants in Japan and South Korea

Ilju Kim

Journal of Feminist Economics Japan, 8 78-96, Aug, 2023 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
Stuck in Bottom Work: Filipina Marriage Migrants’ Work Lives in South Korea

Ilju Kim, Jah-Hon Koo

The Bottom Worker in East Asia, 105-126, Jul 12, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
自発的海外勤務者（Self-initiated expatriate, SIE）のキャリア形成：日本の IT 産業における韓国人 IT 従事者達のキャリア経路と３つの役割

金一珠, 金熙珍

国際ビジネス研究, 14(1) 25-40, Apr, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
To be accepted as we are: Multiple identity formation of Filipina marriage immigrants through Jasmine Lee

Ilju Kim

Redefining multicultural families in South Korea, 33-51, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author

Presentations

I’m Not Fighting for “Korea” Diasporic Koreans and President Yoon’s Impeachment Protests in Tokyo, Japan

Dodom Kim, Ilju Kim (equal contribution)

120th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Chicago, Aug 10, 2025
Global career in the making: Social construction of skill among migrant IT professionals in Japan

Sung-Chul Noh, Ilju Kim

120th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Chicago, Aug 9, 2025
Marriage immigrant women’s elusive belonging between maternal and market citizenship in Japan and South Korea

Ilju Kim

IPSA 28th World Congress of Political Science, Seoul, Jul 15, 2025 Invited
State-driven skilled migration of IT workers from South Korea to Japan

Ilju Kim, Sung-Chul Noh

119th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Montreal, Aug 13, 2024
Tax or Baby: Sustaining Gendered Citizenship Ideals Through Immigrant Incorporation in Japan and South Korea

Ilju Kim

119th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Montreal, Aug 10, 2024
Gendered Context of Reception: Highly Skilled Immigrant Women’s Diverging Paths

Ilju Kim, Minjeong Kim (equal contribution)

XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourn, Jun 27, 2023
Becoming a Transnational Professional?: State-driven Skilling and Migration of Korean IT Workers to Japan

Ilju Kim, Sung-Chul Noh

XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourn, Jun 27, 2023
Mother Citizens and Non-citizens: Comparative Study on Participatory Citizenship Practices of Filipina Marriage Migrants in Japan and Korea

Ilju Kim

The Japan Association for Feminist Economics, Jul 29, 2022 Invited
Skill development processes among migrant professionals in Japan

Ilju Kim

Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies, May 29, 2022
Gender and Transnational Professional Mobility in Two Male-Dominated Sectors

Ilju Kim, Minjeong Kim, equal contribution

116th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Aug 9, 2021
Claims from the Bottom: Dual Citizenship Claims of Marriage Immigrants in South Korea

Ilju Kim

115th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Aug, 2020

Research Projects

State-driven skilled migration of South Korean IT professionals to Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2028

Ilju Kim
Claims from the Bottom: Dual Citizenship Claims of Marriage Immigrants in South Korea

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2024

KIM IL JU
Female Marriage Migrants' Labor Market Participation and its Sociopolitical Implications

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2020

Kim Ilju

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