Academic Staff
Araki, Minako: Associate Professor
Her specialties are Development Studies and African Area Studies. She has been involved in both research and practices in development in Africa. After participating in a sustainable rural development project in Tanzania, she has been monitoring ongoing process by examining how participation and empowerment take place in local and global contexts. She edited with Itani,J., Rural Development Reconsidered: People's Responses to Globalization in Tanzania, African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue No.36, 2007.
Kagami, Tomiyo: Professor
Her specialty is cross-cultural psychology. Her research interest is relationships among teachers and students with different values and backgrounds in the era of globalization. Her hope is to consider together with students the way to interrelate with different people in order to built positive relationships and mutual assistance, both on university campus and in a globalizing society. She wrote books including Tabunka Shakai no Katto Kaiketsu to Kyoiku Kachikan (Solution for Conflict in Multi-Cultural Society and Educational Value, 2007).
Kumagai, Keichi: Professor
His specialties are social geography and Oceanian area studies. He has been conducting field research in remote rural villages and urban squatter settlements in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since 1980. He worked as a JICA expert for urban poverty alleviation in PNG in 2000-2001. He edited Dai-san Sekai o Egaku Chishi (A Regional Geography representing the Third World, 2000) and Toshi no Tanjo: Taiheiyo Shokoko no Shakai-henyo (The Birth of Cities: Urbanization and Social Change in the Pacific Islands Countries, 2000).
Kobayashi, Makoto: Professor
His specialty is International Relations. His starting point of research comes from the hypothesis that the structure of international relations has been transformed quite radically. His research interest lies, especially, in the emerging global civil society that enlarges the sphere of global politics. He edited Global Politics (Japanese), International Political Economy of Integration and Separation (Japanese), etc.
Miura, Toru: Professor
His specialties are Islamic History and Middle Eastern Studies. His research field is Islamic World under rapid globalization where coexistence and interaction of various regions, ethnic groups and religions can be observed. He is also interested in Muslims of China, Indonesia and Korea. He edited books including Islamic Urban Studies: Historical Review and Perspectives (London, 1994) and Slave Elites in the Middle East and Africa (London, 2000).
Moriyama, Shin: Professor
His specialty is Japanese Language Education. Based on many years of involvement in Japanese language education and research together with interaction with overseas students, he has been considering what it means to people in Asian nations to study Japanese language and culture. He is keen to explore alternative modes and possibilities to international relations through Japanese language education. He wrote books including Basic Nihongo Kyoiku (A Basic Guide to the Teaching Japanese as a Second Language), and Tayoukasuru Gengo Syutoku Kankyo to Korekara no Nihongo Kyoiku (Japanese Language Education in Diverse Learning Environment) .