大石 奈々（OISHI Nana）- 社会学者、ILO政策分析官、上智大学教授、メルボルン大学准教授

大石 奈々（おおいし なな）は、日本の社会学者。メルボルン大学アジア研究所准教授、日本研究学科長。ハーバード大学で社会学の博士号を取得し、国際労働機関（ILO）政策分析官、国際基督教大学准教授、上智大学教授などを経て、2013年からメルボルン大学で研究・教育に携わる。専門は国際人口移動、移民研究、国際社会学。日本人の海外移住や高度人材の移動、外国人の起業と地域社会の関係を研究し、2019年にISS-OUP賞を受賞した。日本を離れて暮らす人々の動機と生活の実態を調べた『流出する日本人――海外移住の光と影』では、ワーキングホリデーの若者、子育て世代、技術者・研究者、富裕層、退職者などへの取材とデータをもとに、海外移住の機会とリスクを検証する。自由な環境で能力を発揮する人々だけでなく、悪徳業者に欺かれる若者や、離婚後に帰国できなくなる人々も取り上げ、移住者の経験から日本社会の課題を考察している。人口減少下の地域と外国人の協働を考える編著『地域の未来と外国人――外国人起業家・高度人材がもたらす変容と課題』では、福岡、京都、白馬、ニセコなどの事例を通じて、外国人が地域で起業する背景や事業を続ける際の障壁を分析する。自治体の支援、留学生の地域定着、住民との関係にも目を向け、外国人を人手不足の補充として受け入れるだけでなく、地域で事業を営み、暮らしを築く住民として迎えるための条件を検討している。

Nana Oishi is a Japanese sociologist, Associate Professor in Japanese Studies, and Head of Japanese Studies at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute. She earned her PhD in sociology at Harvard University and worked as a policy analyst at the International Labour Organization (ILO), an associate professor at International Christian University, and a professor at Sophia University before joining Melbourne in 2013. Her research focuses on international migration, migration policy, and international sociology, including Japanese emigration, skilled mobility, and foreign entrepreneurs’ relationships with local communities. She received the ISS-OUP Prize in 2019. The motivations and experiences of Japanese people living abroad are examined in “Ryushutsu suru Nihonjin: Kaigai Iju no Hikari to Kage,” a study of the opportunities and risks of emigration. Drawing on interviews and data, it covers working holiday participants, families raising children, engineers, researchers, wealthy migrants, and retirees. Alongside people who thrive in more flexible environments, Oishi discusses young people deceived by unscrupulous intermediaries and migrants unable to return to Japan after divorce, using their experiences to examine problems within Japanese society. Cooperation between foreign residents and communities facing population decline is explored in the volume she edited and contributed to, “Chiiki no Mirai to Gaikokujin,” about the changes and challenges brought by foreign entrepreneurs and skilled professionals. Cases from Fukuoka, Kyoto, Hakuba, Niseko, and other locations examine why migrants establish businesses and what obstacles they face in sustaining them. The volume also considers municipal support, international graduates remaining in local communities, and relationships with existing residents, investigating how newcomers can build businesses and lives as members of those communities.