Faculty Members

Faculty members

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Click on Website to view the faculty members’ personal websites.

Economic Development Policy and Management Program

Name Position Course subjects Personal website
UMEMURA Tetsuo Professor Tourism Economics, Project Cycle Management for Economic and Social Development Website
SOMEYA Masakazu Professor Public Financial Management, Development Finance
SHIMIZUTANI satoshi Professor Development Economics, International Development Economics (Globalization and Development)
Christian OTCHIA Associate Professor Industrial Development, Development Microeconomics
Carlos MENDEZ Associate Professor Development Macroeconomics, Quantitative Economic Analysis, Spanish (Institute of Liberal Arts and Science) Website

Education and Human Resource Development Program

Name Position Course subjects Personal website
OKADA Aya Professor Industrial Human Resource Development, Development and Business
YAMADA Shoko Professor Comparative and International Education, African Development Studies Website
UTSUMI Yuji Associate Professor Educational Development Planning and Evaluation, Educational Development Cooperation and Partnership
ASHIDA Akemi Associate Professor Education and Social Change,Education in the Era of Globalization

Inclusive Society and State Program

Name Position Course subjects Personal website
HIGASHIMURA Takeshi Professor Multi-Ethnic Society, International Migration Website
SHIMADA Yuzuru Professor Law and Development, Law and Society in Asia Website
OKADA Isamu Professor Political Institution Theory, Comparative Methods Website
SEKI Katsunori Associate Professor Politics in Developing Countries, Quantitative Social Science Website

Poverty and Social Policy Program

Name Position Course subjects Personal website
ITO Sanae Professor International Development and Poverty, Poverty and Social Policy
UEDA Akiko Associate Professor Indigenous Development and Capacity Building in Rural Areas, New Horizons of Development Theory and Practice
KANAZAWA Reiko Associate Professor Development Sociology

Peace and Governance Program

Name Position Course subjects Personal website
ISHIKAWA Tomoko Professor International Economic Law, Multinational Corporations and International Law
Francis PEDDIE Associate Professor International Politics, Global Governance, English (Institute of Liberal Arts and Science)
FUJIKAWA Kentaro Associate Professor Peacebuilding, Security Studies Website

International Student Advisor

Name Position Job responsibilities Personal website
Sunate KAMPEERAPARB Associate Professor Assisting international students

Assistant Professors

Name Position Job responsibilities Personal website
KABARA Thomas john Assistant Professor Assisting Thesis and Paper Writings in English
KONDO Natsuki Assistant Professor Overseas and Domestic Field Works

Asian Satellite Campuses Institute Faculty Member

Name Position Job responsibilities Personal website
IGA Tsukasa Designated Associate Professor Asian Satellite Campuses Institute Program

* Assistant Professors, International Student Advisor and Asian Satellite Campuses Institute Faculty Member cannot be a supervisor.

Part Time Lecturers

AY2025
Course Title Credits Hours Name／Position
Special Lecture on International Development B (Global Career Development) 2 30 MORITA Hiroko
(International Christian University)
Rural Economics 2 30 USAMI Koichi
Project Evaluation 2 30 HAYASHI Kaoru

International Guest Researchers

AY2025
Name Hoy Sereivathanak Reasey
Country Cambodia
Position Head of Department, Department of Natural Resource Management and Development, Royal University of Phnom Penh
Theme Natural resource management function of subnational administration level
Period 2025/5/17-2025/6/30
Host Researcher ASHIDA Akemi, Associate Professor
Name Kriebaum Ursula
Country Austria
Position Professor, Public International Law, University of Vienna
Theme Burden Sharing in Climate Change and Investment Law: Assessing the Adequacy of Existing Case Law for Sustainable Development
Period 2026/2/9-2026/2/27
Host Researcher ISHIKAWA Tomoko, Professor

Domestic Guest Researchers

AY2025
Name TAMMA Yasuhito
Position Associate Professor, Institute of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Theme 岐阜県における地域と教育の協働について
Period April-July, 2025
Host Researcher Francis PEDDIE, Associate Professor