SDGs Collaborative Research Unit

Working Paper 2020

  • Roberto Orsi, “Ecological Modernisation and its Discontents”(March 2021)
  • Hiromu Shimizu, “International Entanglement of Drought, War, and Rehabilitation in Afghanistan: A Sketch from the Viewpoint of Dr. NAKAMURA’s Irrigation Project”(March 2021)
  • Aiko Nishikida, “The Israeli-Palestinian Water Conflict―Impact of the Technology and Climate Change―”(March 2021)
  • Kazuyo Hanai, “The Path from Climate Change to Conflict in the Sahel Region of Africa”(March 2021)
  • Kazushige Nagano, “Climate Risk and its Political Impact in the Kashmir Conflict”(March 2021)
  • Yee Kuang Heng, “The Climate Change Conflict Nexus and National Risk Assessment Exercises in the United Kingdom and Singapore”(March 2021)
  • Nazia Hussain, “‘Scarcity’ in Times of Plenty:Water, Governance and Everyday Politics in Metro Manila”(March 2021)
  • Masahiro Sugiyama, “Would Solar Radiation Modification Exacerbate Conflict?”(March 2021)
  • Takeshi Wada, “Geographic Distribution of Water Conflicts Worldwide:
    A Comparative Analysis of Four Databases”    (March 2021)
  • Hideaki Shiroyama, “The Resilience of Multilateralism as Seen in the Response to Climate Change”(March 2021)
  • Chiharu Takenaka, “Global Challenges of Climate Change and Pandemic in the 2020s: Can Nation-States and International Society Save People’s Lives?”(March 2021)
  • Kazuya Nakamizo, “Climate Change and Democracy: Floods and Their Political Implications in Bihar, India”(March 2021)

    • Books

    • Masako Yonekawa and Akiko Sugiki (eds.) (2020) Repatriation, Insecurity, and Peace, Springer
    • Hiromu Shimizu, Grassroots Globalization : Reforestation and Cultural Revitalization in the Philippine Cordilleras,Quezon City; Ateneo de Manila University Press,2019, pp469.
    • Masako Yonekawa (2020) Post-Genocide Rwandan Refugees, Why They Refuse to Return ‘Home’; Myths and Realities, Springer.

      • Papers

      • Takeshi Wada and Kota Miura(2022) “Can Water Conflicts Be Resolved in a Manner Consistent with SDGs?” Latin American Ronshu, 2022, Vol. 56, pp. 35-65 (in Japanese)
      • Kazuyo Hanai (2021) “Conflict minerals regulation and mechanism changes in the DR Congo” Resources Policy, Vol.74(2021)
      • Jean-Claude Maswana (2020) “African Economies in the Shadow of China: Effects of Bilateral Trade Structure on Economic Growth in Africa” Foreign Trade Review, Vol.55, Issue 1, 80-92
      • Koji Oishi and Kentaro Sakuwa (2020) “Structural balance of alliance and rivalry networks in international relations” arXiv, 1-10
      • Yee-Kuang Heng, “Security Risks”,The Encyclopedia of Risk Research, Society for Risk Analysis Japan, Maruzen Publishing, 2019.
      • Robert Orsi, “On the relevance of Carl Schmitt’s concept of Großraum in contemporary international politics”, Journal of International Political Theory, 2019.
      • Kazuyo Hanai (2020) “Climate Change and Conflict in Africa” Society of Researchers for International Development, SRID Journal, No.18. (in Japanese)
      • Kazuyo Hanai (2020) “Minerals Extraction and Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: People Living with Resources” Refugee Studies Forum, Refugee Studies Journal, No.9, pp.34-49. (in Japanese)
      • Kazuyo Hanai (2019) “Current Situation of Conflict Minerals Issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” The Japan Institute of International Affairs, International Affairs, No.682, pp.17-28 (in Japanese)

        • Academic Presentations

        • Jean-Claude Maswana, Gouranga Das, and Yumeka Hirano (2021) “Germs, globalization, and trade spillovers: how could COVID-19 affect African economies and AfCFTA” 2021 American Economic Association, ASSA, Chicago, January 3, 2021.
        • Koji Oishi and Kentaro Sakuwa (2020) “Signed network structure of international relations” PaCSS and PolNet 2020 conference, August 12, 2020.
        • Jean-Claude Maswana (2020) “Exploring a trilateral partnership Africa-EU-China within the framework of the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI)” WEAI 95th Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 26, 2020.
        • Koji Oishi (2020) “Network Analysis of Global Aid Flow and the Positions of UN Agencies and Offices” 2020: UN @ 75: The Future of Partnership and Multilateralism, Academic Council on the United Nations System June 26, 2020.
        • Yee-Kuang Heng, “National Risk Assessment Exercises and Existential Risks”, Monash University Sustainable Development Institute Research Seminar Series, Melbourne (Australia), March 5, 2020.
        • Yee-Kuang Heng, “AI and Climate Change in National Risk Assessment Exercises”, 2nd Copenhagen-UTokyo Workshop on International Relations, Tokyo (Japan), October 25, 2019.
        • Roberto Orsi, “Japan’s Foreign Policy: Strategies, Priorities, Challenges & Opportunities”, Talk given at the Center for Education and Training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Jakarta (Indonesia), July 29, 2019.
        • Takeshi Wada, “Violence, Protest, or Convention? A Comparison of the Strategic Patterns in Contentious Politics around the World”, International Visiting Scholars Lunch Talks. Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California Irvine (USA), 2019.
        • Takeshi Wada, “Workshop on Protest Event Analysis in Latin America: An Introduction, Inquiry, and Invitation”, The Annual Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA2019 “Nuestra América: Justice and Inclusion”), Boston, MA.(USA), 2019.
        • Takeshi Wada, “Four questions about our analytical framework: Lessons from Latin America”, Research Meeting of the SDGs Collaborative Research Unit, Institute for Future Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 2019.
        • Aiko Nishikida, “Multi-level support system and its appreciation by Syrian refugees in Germany”, The 10th East Asian Conference on Slavic Eurasian Studies, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan), June 30, 2019.
        • Aiko Nishikida, “After the Crisis in 2015 Adaptation of Syrian refugees in Germany”, International Conference “Syrian Refugee Crisis: for Regional to Global Challenges.”, Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia), September 2, 2019.
        • Aiko Nishikida and Hiroyuki Aoyama, “A Comparative Study of Dynamics and Perception of the Syrian Refugees”, The Global Syrian Refugee Crisis: Health and Socioeconomic Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities, Gaziantep University (Turkey), October 16, 2019.
        • Nazia Hussain, “Scarcity and Contention in Cities in the Global South: Evidence from Karachi and Manila”, the American Political Science Association Convention, Washington D.C. (USA), August 29- September 1, 2019.
        • Kazuya Nakamizo, Taberez Ahmed Neyazi, “Populist Appeals and Party Support in Bihar”, the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. (USA), August 29- September 1, 2019.
        • Kazuya Nakamizo, “2019 General Election and the Formation of the BJP system in India”, The 2019 Autumn Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS), Nanzan University, Nagoya City, November 30, 2019.
        • Kazuya Nakamizo, “Concluding discussion”, ‘ESRC under the UK-Japan SSH Connections Call, co-sponsored by JSPS Scientific Research (A) “Globalization of Majoritarian Democracy” (18H03624), “Ethnicity, Religion, Conflict and Violence in Postcolonial South and Southeast Asia: A Comparative, Interdisciplinary Study, 2019年.
        • Kazuya Nakamizo, “New Strategy for Identity Formation: Analysis of 2019 Lok Sabha Election in India”, ESRC under the UK-Japan SSH Connections Call, 2019年.
        • Kazuya Nakamizo, “The Crisis of Indian Democracy: Strong State and Vigilante Justice”, The 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), 2019年.
        • Koji Oishi (2019) “Network analysis for the split and merger dynamics of armed groups” Political Network Conference, 2019
        • Koji Oishi and Takayuki Hiraoka (2019) “Genealogical Network Analysis of Social Group Evolution” Conference on Complex Systems, 2019
        • Koji Oishi and Kentaro Sakuwa (2019) “Evolution of alliance and rivalry networks in international relations” The 8th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications
        • Takayuki Hiraoka and Koji Oishi (2020) “Genealogical network analysis of social group evolution” NetSciX, 2020
        • Koji Oisi (2019) “The split and merger dynamics of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo” Colloque du Cercle des Economistes Congolais, Brussels (Belgium), September 7, 2019
        • Masako Yonekawa (2019) “Forgotten “Genocide” and Crime in Eastern Congo” Japan Association for African Studies, Kyoto Seika University, May 19, 2019
        • Masako Yonekawa (2019) “Responsabilité des États-Unis en RDC: dynamique de pouvoir, génocide et rapatriement forcé de réfugiés” Colloque du Cercle des Economistes Congolais, Brussels (Belgium), September 7, 2019
        • Kazuyo Hanai (2019) “Conflict Minerals and Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo” Japan Association for African Studies, Kyoto Seika University, May 19, 2019
        • Jean-Claude Maswana (2019) “2018 Nobel Peace Prize Dr. Mukwege as a development actor” Japan Association for African Studies, Kyoto Seika University, May 19, 2019