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!!!Research Interests
Social Movement Theory. In particular, I am interested in radical protest actions and their social acceptability.
I have conducted fieldwork in South Korea. By focusing on disability movements that employ radical protest tactics, I aim to clarify how such movements are received or not received in a country where social movements are highly active.
Social Movement Theory, Disability Sociology. Within social movements, I am particularly interested in direct action employing non-institutional tactics. While direct action may elicit negative reactions characterised by terms like nuisance or radicalism, it also garners fervent support as the most radical means of existing social transformation. I examine the potential of direct action as a means to address social problems unresolvable through institutional channels.
Furthermore, within the theme of social movements, my research has focused on the disability rights movement. Specifically, I am studying the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (전장연), a disability rights movement employing direct action as its tactic. The ideal of 'coexistence' between disabled and non-disabled people, which many unquestioningly hold as an ideal, has limitations when approached solely through institutional means. Using Jeonjangyeon's direct actions as a case study, I aim to explore what it truly means to live alongside people with different attributes.
!!Contact
onozato.ryo.s2(at)dc.tohoku.ac.jp
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!!Research Categories
{{category Social Movement Theory}}{{category Korean Society}}{{category Sociology of Disability}}
!!Biography
■Education
March 2021: B.A., School of Social Sciences, Waseda University
September 2022~March 2023: Korea University (KLC)
March 2024: M.A., Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University
April 2025 ~; Present: Ph.D. Program, Department of Integrated Human Sciences (Sociology), Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University
■Professional Experience
April 2021~ August 2021: Teaching Assistant, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University
April 2024~March 2025: Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University
■Academic Societies
Tohoku Sociological Association
The Japan Sociological Society
The Association for Contemporary Korean Studies in Japan
The Japan Society for Disability Studies
!!Research Achievements
■Thesis
Onozato, Ryo. 2025. (Acceptance)South Korean University Students' Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Social Movements—Why Do They Choose to Be "Bystanders"?—,
Onozato, Ryo. 2025. South Korean University Students' Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Social Movements
Onozato, Ryo. 2024. “A Study on the Protest Consciousness of Korean University Students: Focusing on the Formation of Sentiments After the Impeachment Demonstrations Against Former President Park Geun-hye.” M.A. Thesis, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University.
■Conference Presentations
Onozato, Ryo. "Disability rights movement halting the underground – The form of struggle adopted by the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination."98th Annual Meeting of the Japan Sociological Association, Nov 15&16, 2025
Onozato, Ryo. “How Do Korean University Students Interpret Social Movements? ; Choosing the Role of a Bystander in the Context of Polarization.” 70th Annual Meeting of the Tohoku Sociological Association, July 13&14, 2024.
■Other
2025.2-2026.2 Amnesty International Japan Youth Representitive
2026.3- Amnesty International Japan International consultation committee
!!Grants and Fellowships
Advanced Graduate School Researcher Development Program (AGS RISE Program)