Author & Anthropologist (Researcher)
Danau Tanu (PhD) is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM), Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a PhD in anthropology and sociology and is the author of Growing Up in Transit: The Politics of Belonging at an International School, the first book on structural racism in international schools. As a child, Danau moved around with her mixed heritage family, speaking Indonesian, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin) at home and English at international schools. She is currently researching Japan’s Multicultural Youth and working as a Co-Editor on Uru Stories, a book project about Global South MK stories. Danau also volunteers as Co-Founder of TCKs of Asia and for the Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Research Network.