Kort præsentation

In my capacity as teaching associate professor of Japanese at University of Copenhagen, I coordinate and teach at all elective courses of Japanese language from beginners through advanced levels for students of International Business in Asia at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). Spanning between two research institutions, my goal is to provide relevant, quality and coherence in all courses from Japanese Propaedeutics A, B, C and D to the 3rd year Content course with Japanese, which integrates politics and business relevant content into the teaching of language (e.g., content-based teaching). 

In November 2024, I earned my doctoral degree in International Business (subfield Cross-Cultural Management) at Copenhagen Business School. In my doctoral research, I focused on the intersection between bilingualism and biculturalism through a micro-sociological translation lens using Danish multinational companies in Japan as my empirical context.

My dissertation draws on almost six months of ethnographic fieldwork in two larger Danish multinational companies in Tokyo.

I have spent a total of one year and 5 months as a visiting researcher at Keio University (Yokohama) and Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo) between 2019-2023 supported by doctoral research grants from various foundations.

As a cross-disciplinary scholar at the intersection between cross-cultural management and organization studies, I am particularly interested in the growing field of international business (IB) research in biculturalism and bilingualism; the role of boundary-spanners and bicultural bridges in organizations and how they contribute or not to knowledge transfer and innovation. I position myself within the field of language-sensitive research within the broader field of international business and management. In my dissertation, I draw upon qualitative methods such as grounded theory, case studies, and ethnography including semi-structured interviews and participant observation. 

Undervisnings- og vejledningsområder

Kristina Kazuhara is the course coordinator and lecturer at CCRS' Japanese language courses that cater to electives students from Copenhagen Business School. 

CV

November 2024 Successfully defended doctoral thesis entitled "Shifting Frames: Contextualizing Biculturalism in International Business Research", Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark.   

2020-currently Teaching Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2013-2017 Teaching Associate Professor of Japanese, Department of International Economics and Management (INT), CBS.

2009-2013 Teaching Assistant Professor of Japanese, INT, CBS.

Primære forskningsområder

International Business and Management; organizational studies; culturally sensitive research; knowledge transfer; biculturalism; bilingualism; cross-cultural boundary spanning.

Sprogkundskaber

Danish, Japanese, English and Spanish.