Faculty Information

• International Relations (IR)

area studies (East Asia); comparative politics; conflict resolution; international relations theory; security studies (critical); sociology of knowledge

• Society and Culture (SC)

History of Pre-modern Southeast Asia

• International Relations (IR)

International Reconciliation, Conflict Resolution, Peace Studies (Education)

• Society and Culture (SC)

Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Malaysian Studies,

• International Relations (IR)

Japanese Foreign Policy, International Politics with a regional focus on East Asia

• Society and Culture (SC)

Folklore Studies

• Society and Culture (SC)

Social inequality, Class, Sociology of Work, Labor Issues, Migration, Multiculturalism, Globalization and Transnationalism, Sociology of Culture, Ethnographic and Qualitative research methods

• Society and Culture (SC)

Anthropology, Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnamese Studies, ageing and lifecourse, religion and society, urban subcultures, philanthropy

• Society and Culture (SC)
• International Relations (IR)

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Media and Politics, Videogame Theory, Political Communication, Political Visual Communication, Technology and Culture.

• Society and Culture (SC)

Sociology of Religion, History of Japanese Religion

• International Relations (IR)

International Relations Theory, International Cooperation, Regime Theory, Soft Power, Pedagogy

• Society and Culture (SC)

Sociology in general, Sociological theory, Anthropological theory, Philosophy: Kant, New realism

• International Relations (IR)

International Relations, International political economy, Comparative politics, Area studies and Regionalism (Asia and Europe)

• Society and Culture (SC)

Media studies, Cultural studies (gender, ethnicity, nation), Popular culture, Dark tourism, Memory studies, Identity politics and media

• International Relations (IR)

International relations, International political economy, regionalism and regional politics in the Asia-Pacific, great power politics in the Indo-Pacific

• Sustainability Science (SS)
• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Tourism, Sustainability, and Resilience, Resource Management, Environmental Economics

• Sustainability Science (SS)

Cross-Cultural Bioethics, Ethics of Technology (AI, EAI, etc.) Inclusive Education(Higher Education, HE)

• International Public Administration (IPA)

International cooperation, human security, global governance

• Sustainability Science (SS)

Urban Ecology, Material metabolism, Low-carbon city/transport, livable city, circular economy, ecosystem services, GIS and remote sensing

• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Qualitative Analysis, especially M-GTA

• Sustainability Science (SS)
• Tourism & Hospitality (TH)

Human geography; conservation; protected area management.

• International Public Administration (IPA)
• Development Economics (DE)

NGOs, Social Enterprise (SE), Civil Society, State-Civil Society Relations, Political Economy of International Development , Aid Effectiveness , Digital Technologies & Social Change

• International Public Administration (IPA)

Comparative Politics (inc. political system, policy analysis, comparative foreign policies), IR, history, and Area Studies (the Middle East)

• Development Economics (DE)

International Trade, Economic Growth, Economic Development, Productivity Analysis

• International Public Administration (IPA)

NGO, social enterprise, community development, adult learning, pedagogy, organizational development and leadership.

• Sustainability Science (SS)
• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Urban Development and Planning, Regional Development and Planning

• International Public Administration (IPA)
• Sustainability Science (SS)

Environmental Impact Assessment/Environment Policy, City Planning/Architectural Planning, Traffic Engineering, Land Planning, Social System Engineering/Safety System

• Sustainability Science (SS)

Inclusive Environmental Citizenship Education, Circular Bioeconomy, Ecosystem services, Sustainable Food Systems, Regenerative agriculture, Decrease of humanity’s ecological footprint, Community-based environmental actions

• Sustainability Science (SS)

Energy system modeling, energy policy analysis, renewable energies, nuclear power

• International Public Administration (IPA)
• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

General Life Science, Social Psychology, Human Genetics, Human Pathology, Public Hygiene Studies/Health Science, International Education

• Development Economics (DE)

International development, International political economy, Policy studies

• Sustainability Science (SS)
• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Urban and regional planning, Spatial planning and policy, Urban (re)development and design, Sustainable and resilient development

• Development Economics (DE)

Productivity, innovations, economic growth

• International Public Administration (IPA)

Research Area: Foreign policy analysis, Security, International political economy, Fishery policy, Comparative politics

• Development Economics (DE)

Economic Theory, Industrial Organization

• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Hospitality, Tourism, Information and communications technology, mobile payment, and consumer behavior

• International Public Administration (IPA)
• Development Economics (DE)

Political Economy, Institutional Economics,Theories of Rents & Rent-seeking, Corruption, Public Finance, Financial Development, Comparative EconomicSystems (Japan, US, China, Islamic Finance and Microcredit), Development Economics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Economics (Social Justice), International Economic Law

• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Tourism Geography, Area Studies

• Sustainability Science (SS)
• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Wildlife tourism, Nature based tourism, Ecotourism, Human and non-human animal interactions

• Sustainability Science (SS)
• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Tourism policy and planning Food tourism Agritourism Rural tourism and development Heritage tourism Ecotourism

• Development Economics (DE)

Development Economics; Development Studies

• Sustainability Science (SS)

Environmental sociology, environmental communication, risk study, public perceptions on nature restoration projects (green infrastructures, nature based solutions), coastal wetlands management and conservation (including tidal flats, mangroves, beaches), community participation in decision making, consensus building on infrastructure building in coastal communities

• Development Economics (DE)

Consumer preferences in food and environmental economics

• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Community based tourism, sociology of tourism

• Tourism and Hospitality (TH)

Tourist behaviour, experience, Community-Based Tourism, hospitality management, local tourism content and identityconstruction