Sono un sociolinguista specializzato nelle lingue del Giappone. La mia ricerca si estende oltre la sociolinguistica e include la storia della linguistica, l'ideologia linguistica, lingue in pericolo di estinzione, e la comunicazione urbana. Ho esperienza istituzionale in Germania, Giappone e Italia. Pubblico e insegno principalmente in inglese, ma parlo anche tedesco, giapponese, francese e italiano. Ho avuto la fortuna di studiare con Florian Coulmas, Jiří Neustupný, Fumio Inoue, Shinsho Miyara e Josef Kreiner. Mi piace collaborare nella ricerca e nelle pubblicazioni con studiosi di tutto il mondo. Nell'insegnamento, spero di condividere la gioia di studiare. Per ulteriori informazioni su di me, consultare l'elenco sottostante.

Formazione academica

1998: MA in Linguistics and Japanese Studies (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany)

2002: Dr. phil in Japanese Studies (Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg, Germany)

2005: Habilitation thesis in Japanese Studies (Duisburg-Essen University, Germany)

Occupazione e borse di studio a tempo pieno

1998–1999: Research assistant, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 2000–2001: PhD scholarship by DAAD, 2001–2006: Assistant professor, Duisburg-Essen University, 2006–2008: Associate professor, Duisburg-Essen University, 2008–2010: JSPS/Humboldt-fellow, University of the Ryukyus, 2010–2013: Associate Professor Dokkyo University, 2013–2014: Professor Dokkyo University, 2014–2021: Associate Professor Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice, Since 2021: Professor Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice

Editorial boards

Associate Editor: East Asian Pragmatics (University of Toronto Press)

Editorial Board: The Endangered Language Yearbook (Brill), Contemporary Japan (Taylor & Francis), Current Issues in Language Planning (Taylor & Francis), International Quarterly of Asian Studies (Heidelberg University Press), Kotoba to shakai (Sangensha),  Études japonaises (L’Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès), Journal of Arabic Sociolinguistics (Edinburgh University Press)

Fellowships

Since 2016: University of Hokkaido: lecturer at the annual summer school, 2026: Visiting professor University Toulouse Jean-Jaurès, 2025: Erasmus teacher exchange: University of Ljubljana, 2019: Erasmus teacher exchange: University of Vienna, 2016: Erasmus teacher exchange: University of Helsinki, 2016: Visiting professor: Duisburg-Essen University, 2015: Fellow: University of Lapland, 2013: Visiting professor: University Toulouse Jean-Jaurès, 2010–2013: Fellow: Gakushuin University, 2008–2010: Fellow: Okinawa International University, 2006–2013: Fellow: Hosei University, 2004: Visiting Fellow: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Impatto della ricerca

Google Scholar: Citations: 1800+ / h-index 22 / i10-index 43, Researchgate: 800+, 75,000+ reads

Premi

2020: Honorary President, Ryukyuan Heritage Language Society, 2014: Honorary member, Foundation for Endangered Languages, 2010: Tokugawa Award, Japanese Association for Sociolinguistic Sciences, 2002: Annual Award of the Duisburg University Society: Best Dissertation of the Year

Presentazioni recenti e future (dal 2024)

20.11.2026: Language and space. The role of language in the construction of social spaces in Japan. Bergen: University of Bergen.

29.08.2026: Interaction and social space: Multilingual complexity in Tokyo’s Ameyoko. Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań.

28.07.-02.08.2026: Sociolinguistics and ESD: Language and Wellbeing in Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University.

23.03.2026: La lingua di Okinawa in Giappone. Mestre: IIS Bruno Franchetti. 

19.02.2026: Le paysage sonore linguistique de Tokyo. Toulouse University.

02.12.2025: Language endangerment and wellbeing in the Ryukyu Islands. Ca'Foscari University of Venice.

23.10.2025: Invited lecture: Language endangerment and well-being in Japan. University of Vienna.

13.09.2025 Commentator on the panel: Language repression and reclamation: What needs to be done? What can be done? International Conference on the Revitalization of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages. Kyoto University.

13.09.2025 Panel presentation: Language and well-being from a Welfare Linguistics perspective. International Conference on the Revitalization of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages. Kyoto University.

13.09.2025 Keynote lecture: Language and well-being in Yomitan Village and Setouchi Town: A Contrastive Analysis. International Conference on the Revitalization of Indigenous and Minoritized Languages. Kyoto University.

05.05.2025 Decolonizing toponymic systems in the Japanese Archipelago. Symposium on Environmental Humanities. Ca’Foscari University of Venice.

26.02.2025 Invited lecture: What is lost in language loss in Japan? Ljubljana University.

15.12.2024 Workshop: Reclaiming endangered languages in a welfare linguistics framework. 20th Linguapax Asia Symposium. Hiroshima Eikei University.

14.12.2024 Keynote lecture: Language as a relational good: Language and well-being in the Ryukyu Islands. 20th Linguapax Asia Symposium. Hiroshima Eikei University. 

05.08.–09.08.2024 Intensive course: The sociolinguistics of language and well-being. Sapporo: Hokkaido University.

05.03.2024 Invited lecture: Multilingualism in Japan: Transformational Changes. University of Tokyo.