Ryo Konishi

Ryo Konishi holds a PhD in Regional Innovation Studies from Mie University, Japan, and is currently a Research Fellow at the same institution. His research specializes in the sociology of education and family sociology, with a particular focus on educational inequality, family background, and the formation of young people’s attitudes and aspirations in Japan. His recent research focuses on perceptions of relative inequality rooted in family background, the formation of beliefs about effort and merit, and the well-being of children and young people.