Atsuko Fujino is a Japanese economist and sociologist specializing in labor economics, labor sociology, demography, and gender studies. Born in Kobe, she graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Osaka University and pursued graduate studies in economics at Osaka University and Kwansei Gakuin University, where she earned a doctorate in economics. She is currently Professor in the Faculty of Sociology and Vice President of Kyoto Sangyo University. Her research examines how employment practices affect women's careers, marital relationships, fertility, and family formation, using both statistical analysis and interviews. In "Tenkin no Shakaigaku: Jenda, Kazoku kara Tou Nihonteki Koyo Shisutemu," she examines Japan's long-standing system of employee transfers and analyzes its consequences not only for workers but also for their spouses' careers, childcare, family relationships, and local communities, reconsidering the Japanese employment system from the perspectives of gender and family.