Profile
Christian Etzrodt made his undergraduate studies in Economics at the University of Bonn and the University of Fribourg. He received his first PhD in Economics from the University of Cologne and his second PhD in Sociology from Ritsumeikan University. He taught Sociology and Economics at Akita International University and the International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA) at Yamanashi Gakuin University before he came to Osaka University. He was the Founding Associate Dean of the International College of Liberal Arts.
Research Interests
Sociological Theory, Sociology of Education (especially Liberal Arts and Multicultural education), Sociology of Elites, Political Sociology (with a focus on the management of liberal democracies), Money and Banking (especially Banking reforms), Japanese Studies (nihonjinron, bushidō), and Matriarchal Studies.
Teaching
Courses Taught for the Human Sciences Undergraduate Degree Program
- Diversity and Inclusion (with Beverley Yamamoto)
- Sociological Theory
- Sociological Analysis of nihonjinron
- Cross Cultural Studies: Mapping Variations of Cultures
Courses Taught for the graduate level
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Ⅰ Multicultural Education
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Master’s Research Seminar 1&2
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Master’s Reading Seminar 1&2
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Doctoral Research Seminar 1&2
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Doctoral Reading Seminar 1&2
Courses Taught for Undergraduates
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Ⅰ Multicultural Education
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Practicum 2&3
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Undergraduate Research Seminar
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Undergraduate Dissertaion Seminar
- Critical Studies in Education for Transformation Critical Studies Undergraduate Readings Seminar 1&2