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
OTSUBO Shigeru
（Retiring in March 2024）		 Professor Development Economics, International Development Economics (Globalization and Development) Website
UMEMURA Tetsuo Professor Tourism Economics, Project Cycle Management for Economic and Social Development Website
SOMEYA Masakazu Associate Professor Public Financial Management, Development Finance
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
(The Applied Social System Institute of Asia)		 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 Associate Professor Political Institution Theory, Comparative Methods 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
YAMAGATA Hideo Professor International Cooperation Law, The Law of the United Nations
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 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
Jeremy WOOD Assistant Professor Assisting Thesis and Paper Writings in English
KONDO Natsuki Assistant Professor Overseas and Domestic Field Works
FUKUHARA Kei Assistant Professor Computer Network Administrator and Publications

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

AY2022
授業科目 単位数 時間数 Name／Position
Theory on Non-Governmental Organizations 2 30 NODA Masato
(Professor Department of Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences,Ibaragi University)
Rural Economics 2 30 USAMI Koichi
(Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University)
Project Evaluation 2 30 HAYASHI Kaoru
(Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University)
Education and Wellbeing 2 30 SHIMIZU Kyoko
(Staff, Asian Health Institute(AHI))
International Economic Law 2 30 UMIRDINOV Alisher
(Associate Professor, graduate school of law,Nagoya University of economics)
Seminar on Education and Human Resource Development I 2 30 SHIMAZU Yuki
(Lectuer, Faculty of Global Culture and Communication,Aichi shukutoku University)

International Guest Researchers

Domestic Guest Researchers

AY2021
Name TAKASE Chikako
Position Former director, The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
Theme UN reform through the adoption of the SDGs
Period July-September, 2022
Host Researcher OKADA Aya, Professor
Name YOKOYAMA Kazuko
Position Designated Professor, Department of Business Administration, Toyo Gakuen University
Theme Transnational Entrepreneurship in South East Asia
Period July-September, 2022
Host Researcher OKADA Aya, Professor
Name Jody Chafee
Position Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University Law School
Theme International Business Law
Period July-September, 2022
Host Researcher ISHIKAWA Tomoko, Professor