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Personal profile
Biography
Laura Dales is Discipline Chair of Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia. Her main research interests include agency, sexuality, friendship and dating across Asia, as well as singlehood and marriage in contemporary Japan.
She is currently writing a book based on an Australia Research Council DECRA project examining friendship and intimacy beyond the family in contemporary Japan. Since 2020 she has also been working with Dr Nora Kottman on a project on intimate practices among unmarried individuals in Japan during COVID, funded by the German Institute of Japanese Studies, Tokyo (DIJ).
Previous positions
* 2009-10 JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
* 2005-9 Lecturer in Japanese, School of Communications, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
* 2005-9 Lecturer in Japanese, School of Communications, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
Funding overview
2010-2016 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE120101702)
2009-10 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
Research
Research interests and publication themes include women’s groups, sexuality and gender in Japan, agency, ethnography, friendship, marriage and singlehood throughout Asia.
Roles and responsibilities
Discipline Chair of Asian Studies
Languages
Japanese
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
International Advisor, Osaka Gender Equality Foundation
2009 → …
Research expertise keywords
- Japanese Society
- Marriage
- Friendship
- Gender
- Femininities And Masculinities
- Marriage and singlehood in Asia
- Feminisms
- Sexuality and gender in Japan
- Women's groups
- Agency
- Feminist ethnography
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Japanese singles and solo-life
Dales, L. & Kottmann, N., 2024, Singular Selves: An Introduction to Singles Studies. Chowkhani, K. & Wynne, C. (eds.). UK: Taylor & Francis, p. 119-137 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Doing Intimacy in Pandemic Times: Findings of a Large-Scale Survey Among Singles in Japan
Kottmann, N. & Dales, L., 2023, In: Social Science Japan Journal. 26, 1, p. 3-26 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Surveying singles in Japan: qualitative reflections on quantitative social research during COVID time
Dales, L. & Kottmann, N., 2023, In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 26, 3, p. 291-304 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Femininity and masculinity
Dales, L. & Taga, F., Jan 2021, Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan. Takeda, H. & Williams, M. (eds.). 1 ed. UK: Taylor & Francis, p. 361-368 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Texts, voices and numbers: Using mixed methods to sketch social phenomena
Dales, L., 2020, Studying Japan: Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods. Kottmann, N. & Reiher, C. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 287-291Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Beyond the Family - Relationships of Intimacy in Contemporary Japan
Dales, L. (Investigator 01)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/12 → 19/07/18
Project: Research
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2011 - Beyond the Family: Relationships of Initmacy in Contemporary Japan
Parker, L. (Investigator 01), Dales, L. (Investigator 02) & Bulbeck, C. (Investigator 03)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/11 → 31/12/11
Project: Research
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Configurations of Conventional & Non Conventional Family Arrangements in Japan
Dasgupta, R. (Investigator 01), Aoyama, T. (Investigator 02), Low, M. (Investigator 03), Hashimoto, K. (Investigator 04), Uchiyama, A. (Investigator 05), Dales, L. (Investigator 06), Nakamatsu, T. (Investigator 07), Stickland, L. (Investigator 08), Sone, S. (Investigator 09) & Denman, J. (Investigator 10)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/11 → 31/12/11
Project: Research
Prizes
Activities
- 1 Blog/ Podcast
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Solo-camping and solo-hotpots: Rethinking practices and perceptions of singlehood in Japan in COVID-time
Dales, L. (Author) & Kottmann, N. (Author)
26 Jan 2021Activity: Service and engagement › Blog/ Podcast