Research Profile

Iori's research examines the intersections of migration, gender and labour precarity across Japan, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Her work illuminates how legal frameworks, digital platforms and care infrastructures shape transnational migrant experiences, with particular focus on women navigating structural inequality.

Current Projects

Second Monograph: Back to Home, Where Work Begins: Reframing the Future of Work from Japan - Investigates how care, reproductive labour, and digital transformation are reconfiguring work in contemporary Japan

Edited Volume: Japanese Migrations to Australia: Transformation and Heterogeneity (Routledge, forthcoming) - Curates original scholarship on evolving Japanese mobility and identity

Funded Research: Leading studies on post-separation and post-divorce experiences among East Asian women in Australia, examining hidden social and economic costs

Among other ongoing research initiatives and collaborations

Educational Contributions

Iori drives pedagogical innovation through:

• Digital pedagogy development and inclusive learning design

• Authorship of Japanese Introductory 1 digital textbook (Monash Publishing), which incorporates Indigenous and decolonial perspectives - foregrounding diverse knowledges, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia and the Ainu in Japan. This approach reflects her commitment to critical global citizenship and more equitable representations in language education

• Active participation in the Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) Research Cluster

Upcoming

In 2025, Iori will serve as a visiting scholar at Keio University, Tokyo, to pursue her research on labour, care and technological and demographic transformation in Japan. Her work contributes to global discourse on the future of work while strengthening institutional and international partnerships through both academic and public engagement.

Supervision Opportunities

Iori welcomes expressions of interest from prospective postgraduate and honours students researching:

• Labour migration dynamics in Japan, Australia, and the broader Asia-Pacific region
• Gender and precarious employment
• Transnational care infrastructures
• Digital transformation of work
• Innovative approaches to language education and curriculum design

Current Postgraduate Supervisions

'The Wartime Record of NX34734 Captain Reginald W.J. Newton, 2/19th Battalion' (with Associate Professor Beatrice Trefalt)

'Chinese Returnees' Development of Employability Capital in the Chinese Labor Market' (with Dr Thanh Pham)