She holds a Phd in Sociology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Her research spans comparative urban segregation in Japan, France, and the United States; international migration; and ethnic and housing discrimination. Chikako was a visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University Center for Migration and Development from period October 2015-October 2016. In 2017, she was awarded the Sixteenth Osaragi Jirō for Social Sciences, for her book The Banished Suburb (Haijo to teikō no kōgai, The University of Tokyo Press, 2016). More info: www.chikmori.com