Ritsuko Ozaki

Ritsuko is Senior Lecturer in Sociology. She joined the Univerity in August 2017. She has a DPhil in Sociology from the University of Sussex, and an MA in Social History from the University of Essex. Prior to coming to Winchester, she worked at the University of Sussex, Imperial College London, and Policy Studies Institute. She is also Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan. 

Her research is in the areas of: Social and Environmental Sustainability; Housing and Urban Built Environments; and Consumption and Lifestyles. Her teaching subjects reflect her expertise in these areas. 

Higher Education Teaching Qualification: Higher Education Academy Fellowship (FHEA).

I work in areas of: social and environmental sustainability; consumption and lifestyles; and urban built environments. My current research investigates urban mobilities in post-carbon ageing societies, and energy poverty and energy transitions in southeast Asia. 

With my background in housing studies, I have worked closely with social housing associations for many years. Research includes: adaptable homes for those with disability/chronic conditions and older people; domestic energy-saving technology; and meaning of homes.

My theoretical background is in Consumption Studies and my research has been on user perspectives of consumption and lifestyles.

Supervision of research students

Dr Ozaki welcomes enquiries about supervision. Her areas of supervision are: Social and Environmental Sustainability; Consumption and Lifestyles; Housing and Urban Built Environments.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles & Book Chapters

• Barlow, J. and Ozaki, R. (2023) ‘Building mass customised housing through innovation in the production system. Lessons from Japan’, Lu, D. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History, Routledge, New York, pp.340-350.
• Blomsma, F., Tennant, M. and Ozaki, R. (2023) ‘Making sense of circular economy: understanding the progression from idea to action’, Business Strategy and the Environment (published online: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3107).
  
• Aoyagi, M. and Ozaki, R. (2022) ‘Just transition in mobility: towards net-zero 2050’, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 15(1), 12-15.
• Ozaki, R., Aoyagi, M. and Steward, F. (2022) ‘Community sharing: sustainable mobility in a post-carbon, depopulating society’, Environmental Sociology. 8(1), 73-87.
• Ozaki, R. (2018) 'Follow the price signal: people's willingness to shift their household practices in a dynamic time-of-use tariff trial in the United Kingdom', Energy Research & Social Science, 46, 10-18.
• Shaw, I. and Ozaki, R. (2016) ‘Emergent practices of an environmental standard’, Science, Technology, and Human Values, 41, 219-242.
• Shaw, I. and Ozaki, R. (2015) ‘Performing accountability: Making environmental credentials visible in housing design’, Energy Policy, 87, 136-139.
• Ozaki, R. and Shaw, I. (2014) ‘Entangled practices: governance, sustainable technologies, and energy consumption’, Sociology, 48(3), 590-605.
• Ozaki, R. and Dodgson, M. (2014) ‘Consumption of Innovation’, in M. Dodgson, D. Gann and N. Phillips (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 271-289.
• Ozaki, R., Shaw, I. and Dodgson, M. (2013) ‘The co-production of “sustainability”: negotiated practices and the Prius’, Science, Technology and Human Values, 38(4), 518-540.
• Shaw, I. and Ozaki, R. (2013), ‘Energy provision and housing development: re-thinking professional and technological relations’, Energy Policy, 60, 427-430.
• Ozaki, R., Shaw, I. and Dodgson, M. (2013), ‘The negotiated consumption of sustainability’, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 29(2), 194-202.
• Ozaki, R. and Shaw, I. (2013) ‘Close encounters of the third kind: social housing residents and new technologies for sustainability’, Environment and Planning A, 45(2), 238-243.
• Ozaki, R. (2012) ‘Purity and danger from a Japanese perspectives: culture and house plan’, C. Briganti and K. Mezei (eds) The Domestic Space Reader, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 116-120.
• Ozaki, R. and Sevastyanova, K. (2011) ‘Going hybrid: An analysis of consumer purchase motivations’, Energy Policy, 39, 2217-2227.
• Ozaki, R. (2011) ‘Green electricity tariffs: Why do consumers adopt?’, European Business Review, March-April 2011, 10-13.
• Ozaki, R. (2011) ‘Adopting sustainable innovation: what makes consumers sign up to green electricity?’, Business Strategy and the Environment, 20, 1-17.
• Ozaki, R. and Schram, A. (2011) ‘Can design facilitate community?’, International Journal of Housing Science, 35(3), 195-205.
• Ozaki, R. and Dodgson, M. (2010) ‘Adopting and consuming innovation’, Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation, 28(4), 1-16.
• Ozaki, R. (2010) ‘Co-producing space and value: end-user involvement in the Nokia Cable Factory building renewal project’, in E. Chinyio and P. Olomolaiye (eds) Construction Stakeholder Management, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, 353-354.
• Lewis, J. R. and Ozaki, R. (2009) ‘Amae and mardy: a comparison of two emotion terms’, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40(6), 917-934.
• Ozaki, R. (2009) ‘Interaction and seclusion: meaning of the domestic landscape of loft-style apartments’, Social Psychological Review, 11(1), 3-16.
• Pickett-Barker, J. and Ozaki, R. (2008) ‘Pro-environmental products: marketing influence on consumer purchase decision’, Journal of Consumer Marketing, 25(5), 281-293.
• Ozaki, R. (2006) ‘A Review of The Common Place: The Ordinary Experience of Housing by P. King, 2005’, European Journal of Housing Policy, 6(3), 351-365.
• Kempen, E. and Ozaki, R. (2006) ‘Psychological meaning of living rooms in the management of impression and identity: literature review’, Social Psychology Review, 8(2), 89-102.
• Ozaki, R. and Lewis, J. R. (2006) ‘Boundaries and the meaning of social pace: a study of Japanese house plans, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 24(1), 91-104.
• Barlow, J. and Ozaki, R. (2005) ‘Building customer-focused housing through innovation at the customer interface: lessons from Japan’, Environment and Planning A, 37(1), 9-20.
• Ozaki, R. (2005) ‘Exploring tenants’ perceptions in the UK social housing sector’, K. Tulla (ed.) Facilities Business and its Management, Combining Forces, Advancing Facilities Management & Construction through Innovation Series, Helsinki, VTT and RIL, 362-373.
• Ozaki, R. (2005) ‘House design as a representation of values and lifestyles: the meaning of use of domestic space’, R. García Mira, D. Uzzell, J. E. Real, and J. Romay, J. (eds) Housing, Space and Quality of Life, Ethnoscapes Series, Ashgate Publishing, London, 97-111.
• Ozaki, R. (2003) ‘Customer-led approaches to innovation in housebuilding’, Construction Management and Economics, 21(6), 2003, 557-564.
• Ozaki, R. (2003) ‘The front and back regions of the English house: changing values and lifestyles’, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 18(2), 105-127.
• Barlow, J. and Ozaki, R. (2003) ‘Achieving ‘customer focus’ in private housebuilding: current practice and lessons from other industries’, Housing Studies, 18(1), 87-101.
• Barlow, J., Childerhouse, P., Gann, D., Hong-Minh, S., Naim, M. and Ozaki, R. (2003) ‘Choice and delivery in housebuilding: lessons from Japan for UK housebuilders’, Building Research and Information, 31(2), 134-145.
• Ozaki, R. (2003) ‘Le peril de l’impur: l’organisation de l’espace dans les intérieurs japonais’, in B. Collignon and J.-F. Staszak (eds) Espaces Domestiques: Construire, Aménager et Représenter, Bréal, Paris, 197-210.
• Coolen, H., Kempen, E. and Ozaki, R. (2002) ‘Experience and meanings of dwellings’, Housing, Theory and Society, 19(2), 114-116.
• Ozaki, R. (2002) ‘Housing as a cultural representation: privatised living and privacy in England and Japan’, Housing Studies, 17(2), 209-227.
• Ozaki, R. (2002) ‘Mind the gap: Customers’ perceptions and the gaps between what people want and what they are offered’, in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (ed.) Consumer Experiences in UK Housing, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 44-67.
• Ozaki, R. (2001) ‘Society and housing form: home-centredness in England vs. family-centredness in Japan’, Journal of Historical Sociology, 14(3), 337-357.
• Ozaki, R. (1998) ‘Classlessness and status difference: the tatemae and honne in home-ownership in Japan’, Hitotsubashi Journal of Social Studies, 30(1), 61-83.

Funding awards

• Sustainable Consumption and Production in Urban Development, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, June 2016 – March 2021
• Cities as Driver for Social Change, European Commission FP7, October 2013 – September 2016
• Climate-KIC Doctoral Studentship, European Institute for Innovation and Technology, December 2012 – November 2016
• Low Carbon London, Oftem, September 2011 – June 2014
• Energy Networks Grand Challenge, EPSRC, October 2011 – September 2015
• Resident Feedback Systems, Southern Housing Group, January 2001 – March 2003

Academic awards

• British Sociological Association Climate Change Group Annual Article Award, February 2015
• Bernard Sunley Fellowship, Bernard Sunley Foundation, April 2003 – March 2006
• British Council Fellowship, British Council, October 1995 – September 1996

Memberships

• International Sociological Association