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The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) Program

＜Purpose＞

This scholarship aims to cultivate future leaders who will be active both domestically and internationally by providing a scholarship to postgraduate students in APU whose research fits with the basic principle of "Issues and Opportunities Facing the Asia-Pacific Region: Rapid Transformation amid Accelerating Globalization,” and is related to the Sylff policy of taking a cross-disciplinary approach to tackle global issues and overcoming differences of nationality, language, religion and political systems.

＜Leadership qualities which APU requires for Sylff scholar＞

A person who holds the principles of freedom, peace, and humanity; who connects the Asia-Pacific region and the world to address global scale social issues; and who can become a person who will change the world with inclusive and sustainable solutions.

＜Overview＞

Scholarship amount: ¥1,500,000
Number of awardees: Two (one from each of the two graduate schools)

＜Application Period＞

Around May
Please refer the scholarship page for application detail→ Scholarship page

＜About The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) Program＞

Official HP https://www.sylff.org/about/#ancNav-anc02

2022

Scholar： TAKASU Naoko
(Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies PhD program)
Research Topic： Social and Solidarity Economy Practices in Pakistan: Leading Transformative Changes Required in the Post-COVID-19 Era.
Research Purpose and Contents:
The research aims to examine the social and solidarity economy practices in Pakistan as examples in Muslim society and see if and how they offer elements of an alternative economic approach suitable in the post-COVID-19 era. Using the analytical framework based on economic anthropologist Karl Polanyi’s three main arguments, the research analyzes the cases of Akhuwat, an Islamic microfinance institution in Pakistan, and HomeNet Pakistan, a membership-based network for women home-based workers. The research also aims to contribute to theory-building of the social and solidarity economy using learnings from the global South.
Scholar： DISSANAYAKE KUDAGELAGE AMILA KALPANI
(Graduate School of Management Master program)
Research Topic： Performance of the stock market and the economic growth of Asian countries.
Research Purpose and Contents:
This research addresses the performance of the stock market and the economic growth of Asian countries using recent data. (2011-2021) The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every country’s growth and some countries are suffering from financial crisis. The focus of this study is to examine the effect of share market performance on economic growth. Study aims:
  1. To analyze the share market performance of the developing countries & developed countries in Asia.
  2. To analyze the share market performance impact of developed countries on other Asian countries.
  3. To identify the contribution of economic growth and how to apply and practice it in other countries.

2021

Scholar： KONUSI Sagaitu Jotama
(Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies Master program)
Research Topic： Waste Management in Fiji - Material Flow Analysis of Urban Households.
Research Purpose and Contents:
The purpose of this research is to identify waste material flows of urban households in Fiji. Understanding the quantity and type of waste materials produced at the household level is important in formulating the appropriate strategies to tackle waste management. This may be done through selective recycling of waste materials and incineration for electricity production, or repurposing of waste materials and landfill mining. The results of this research will be leveraged to devise the appropriate long terms strategies to sustainably tackle waste management in Fiji and set the foundations of a circular economy.
Scholar： RIDWAN Gunawan
(Graduate School of Management Master program)
Research Topic： The Emerging of Social and Sharia Ethical Companies in Indonesia: Performance and Volatility Comparison between Socially Responsible and Sharia Compliance Investments and Conventional Portfolio.
Research Purpose and Contents:
The purpose of this research is to examine the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and Sharia Compliance Investment (SCI) comparing with the top 45 conventional market indexes in Indonesia (LQ45) by harnessing the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Fama French (2015) Five Factors Model. The researcher hypothesizes that the SCI and SRI having a better performance than the LQ45, and they will become catalysts to the more ethical and sustainable transformation in Indonesia's business activities.

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