Dear young researchers,

This is an announcement for call for papers in 2022 JASID-Tokai Conference for Young Researchers as below on March 26th. Young researchers are encouraged to take this opportunity to receive comments and suggestions for further improvement of your research.

Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
Very much look forward to having many applications.

◎Schedule
〇Dead line of application: 12:00 AM on March 11 (Fri.), 2022
〇Application document: Abstract (100 words)
・Application form:

〇Date & Time: March 26 (Sat.), 2022, 13:00-16:00
〇Site: Online Seminar with the link below:

Meeting ID: 919 8480 0522
Pass Code: MRKkt5

Contact

JASID Tokai

Masakazu Someya (Steering Member of Jasid Tokai)
Asso. Prof. Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University

• jasid_tokai [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference webpage uploaded the first announcement and starts accepting application. In order to apply, please see

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference Executive Committee 【The 1st Announcement】

The 23rd JASID Spring Annual Conference is scheduled to be held on 18 June 2022, Saturday, ONLINE. The overall theme of this Conference is “Do you know, we have already been doing SDGs.”

As in the previous years, (1) oral presentations (open topic), (2) poster presentations, and (3) organized sessions/roundtables (in Japanese or English) are open for application. The details about each of the applications are as follows:

(1) Oral presentations
(2) Poster presentations

Applicants/presenters must be members of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID). Those who are not members are not eligible for application.

For those who are not yet members, please visit the JASID membership application site ( (both in English and Japanese), fill out the form according to the terms and conditions stipulated on the site by 15 February 2022 in order to be eligible for applying to present at this conference.

For student presenters, please also attach a letter of recommendation from an academic advisor (free format) to the abstract and submit as one file.

Each member can submit only one paper and make only one presentation. If you are not the first author of the second paper and if you do not present that paper, you may submit up to two papers. It is preferable that collaborators are also JASID members.

The abstract should be A4 one page, 400~800 characters in length if in Japanese or 200~300 words if in English. Please download FORMAT-A from the Spring Conference website, complete your abstract, and submit to though the website.

We would like to also inform you that applicants are asked to pay the membership fee for the JASID fiscal year 2022 before application. If the payment of the membership fee is not confirmed, there is a chance that conference presentation might be cancelled. Please refer to the JASID’s website and “Regulations on the Annual and Spring Conference” for more details.

(3) Organized sessions and Roundtables

When applying to present at an organized session, the title and summary of the entire session and details such as the moderator, commentators, and presenters summarized into FORMAT-B which you can download form from the Spring Conference website, together with each presenter’s abstract in FORMAT-A, must be submitted by a session organizer.

For the application of a roundtable, the title of the roundtable, a summary, and a list of all speakers must be summarized in FORMAT-C which you can download from the Spring Conference website and submitted by a roundtable organizer.

In either application, the organizer must be a JASID member. please visit download the membership application form from the JASID membership application registration site (), fill out the form according to the terms and conditions stipulated on the site by 15 February 2022 in order to be eligible for applying to present at this conference.

The organizer must have an agreement about his/her organized session with the moderator, commentators, and speakers prior to the application. Although those other than the organizer in organized sessions and roundtables do not have to be JASID members, it is strongly recommended to become members.

For (1), (2), and (3), we welcome all applications based on any research outputs. Additionally, we encourage the presentations and organized sessions, which are relevant to the theme of this year’s conference.

The applications will be reviewed by the 23rd JASID Spring Conference Program Committee and the results are planned to be announced in early April.

Application period:

From 28 January to 28 February 2022.

Submissions can be made through the 23rd JASID Spring Conference website ().

Submission deadline for manuscript is scheduled in late April. Details on (2) Poster presentation, including submission of article will be announced later.

We plan to ask all presenters to submit accepted papers by early May. For those applying for (2) poster presentations, details concerning submissions of papers including deadline will be announced as the time gets closer.

We will be collecting a participation fee between early-April and early-May. Regardless the status of membership, please understand that participation fee is required.

All participation fees are to be paid by credit card. Regarding the proceedings of this year’s conference, those, who pay participation fees, can obtain them online, and no distribution of hardcopy. Details regarding payment and others will be announced later through the Spring Conference website and mailing list.

We would appreciate your understanding.

As this conference will be held online, we are hoping that it will be an opportunity for even those who are usually unable to physically attend to participate.

We look forward to having your participation.

Contact

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference Executive Committee
Mayuko SANO (Executive Committee Chairperson, Associate Professor, Fukuoka Prefectural University)
Yutaka HAYASHI (Secretariat, Associate Professor, Fukuoka University)

• jasid2022spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

GSID 30th Anniversary Commemorative International Symposium “Development Research and Teaching in the Post-COVID-19 Era: New Opportunities and Challenges”

• Date: February 10, 2022 (Thursday) 13:00-18:10
• Platform: Online (Zoom Webinar)
• Language: English
• Organizer: Graduate School of International Development (GSID), Nagoya University

13:00-13:10 Welcome Address
– Dr. Seiichi Matsuo, President, Nagoya University

13:10-14:10 Keynote Address 1
– Dr. Bishwapriya Sanyal, Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Development: Which Way Now?”

14:10-14:45 Guest Addresses
– Mr. Takashi Yanagi, Senior Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
– Ms. Keiko Okada, Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
– Dr. Shinichi Kitaoka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) & Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo and Rikkyo University
– Mr. Kazushige Endo, Director, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)

14:45-15:15 Introduction to the GSID Video Presentation GSID’s 30-Year Journey
– Dr. Aya Okada, Dean & Professor, GSID, Nagoya University

15:15-15:45 Video Messages from GSID Alumni

15:45-16:00 Break

16:00-17:00 Keynote Address 2
– Dr. Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
“Post-pandemic Transformations: Re-casting Development in an Uncertain World”

17:00-18:00 Panel Discussion: Development Research and Teaching in the Post-COVID-19 Era
– Dr. Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
– Dr. Mbuli Charles Boliko, Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles
– Dr. Rizal Affandi Lukman, Senior Advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Indonesia
– Dr. Norbert Palanovics, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Japan
– Dr. Sanae Ito, Professor, GSID, Nagoya University
– Dr. Isamu Okada, Associate Professor, GSID, Nagoya University

18:00-18:10 Closing Session
– Dr. Naoshi Sugiyama, Provost (Supervision and Research), Nagoya University

Registration

Link:

Contact

• gsid30 [at] (replace [at] with @)

Dear JASID members,

This is Akihisa Mori of Kyoto University. I’m pleased to issue a release that China’s Carbon-Energy Policy and Asia’s Energy Transition is published from Routledge, and becomes open access this month.

You can download the whole book as well as each chapter from this website. The book is a research result of the previous research project funded by JSPS entitled International relocation of carbon emissions: China’s Carbon-Energy Policy and Asia’s Energy Transition.

It aims to explore how China’s carbon-energy policy has impacted Asia’s energy transition through outbound FDI of coal power and exports of wind and solar energy goods, and from carbon leakage, relocation, and halos perspective, and give implications to pathways toward carbon neutral in Asia.

The contexts and authors are as follows.

Part I.  Energy transition and carbon leakage, relocation, and halos

Chapter 1: Carbon leakage, relocation, and halo

A framework to understand impacts of China’s carbon-energy policy on Asia’s energy transitions
By Akihisa Mori

Chapter 2: Struggles for energy transition in the electricity system in Asian countries

A system complementarity perspective
By Akihisa Mori

Part II.  China’s energy and industrial transformation as push factors

Chapter 3: Economic and environmental impacts of power supply configuration change in China

An application of scenario input-output analysis
By Jiayang Wang, Kiyoshi Fujikawa

Chapter 4: From latecomer to first-mover advantage

Why Chinese solar PV manufacturers acquire stronger competitiveness in the global market
By Nobuhiro Horii

Chapter 5: Do Chinese power companies employ investments in foreign power projects as a geographical diversification strategy?

By Akihisa Mori

Part III.  Carbon, leakage, relocation, and halo effect in host countries

Chapter 6: The economic and carbon impact of China’s outward foreign direct investment in the power sector

By Hikari Ban, Kiyoshi Fujikawa

Chapter 7: Effect of renewable energy policies on the components’ exports from Asian countries

Evidence from the trade of PV/wind energy with matching econometrics
By Yasuhiro Ogura

Chapter 8: The role of China in energy transition in Indonesia

By Maxensius Tri Sambodo

Chapter 9: India’s energy transition

Is China an inhibitor or a catalyst?
By Nandakumar Janardhanan

Chapter 10: Impact of Chinese renewable technology exports on Japan’s energy transition

The case of the solar photovoltaic industry
By Takashi Hattori, Yi-chun Chen

Chapter 11: Generating or receiving carbon leakages?

An examination of China’s CO2 emissions in Asia
By Le Tuyet Vo, Yiyi Ju

Part IV. Countermeasures and future challenges

Chapter 12: Implications of East Asia electricity market integration on Southeast Asian economies and CO2 emissions

By Budy P. Resosudarmo, Yuventus Effendi

Chapter 13: China’s carbon-energy policy and Asia’s energy transition from carbon leakage, relocation, and halo perspectives

Conclusions and the future
By Akihisa Mori

Contact:

Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University)

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The Kyoto Environment and Development seminar series (zoom) are open to anyone, and so feel free to join us.
For participation, prior registration is required here

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #7

• Date &Time: January 13, 2022, Thursday, 10:30-12:00 (JST)
• Language: English
• Venue: Zoom Web Seminar
• Registration: meeting/register/tZwsdu-opz4iH9DJlcNm1_cBPaAYEAo-rhpn
• Speaker: Yimeng Du (Kyoto University)
• Title: Can climate mitigation help the poor? Measuring impacts of the renewable energy-related CDM projects in rural China

Abstract:

This study examines whether investment in climate change mitigation contributes to poverty alleviation. We investigate the impacts of the renewable energy-based clean development mechanism (RE-CDM) projects on rural communities in China. The impacts of RE-CDM projects are estimated by combining propensity score matching with the difference-in-differences approach. We found that the biomass-based CDM projects significantly contribute to income improvement and employment generation in rural communities in China. Our estimation results also reveal that wind energy-based CDM projects have the potential to increase income and the share of labor force in the primary industry in rural areas. These results suggest different channels through which renewable energy sources affect income.

Contact

Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

• Chair: Chieko Umetsu (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)
• Organizers: Junichi Ito, Yohei Mitani, Ken Miura, Chieko Umetsu
• Contact: Ken Miura [at] (replace [at] with @)

Dear JASID members,

The Kyoto Environment and Development seminar series (zoom) are open to anyone, and so feel free to join us.
For participation, prior registration is required here

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #6

• Date & Time: December 23, 2021, Thursday, 10:30-12:00 (JST)
• Language: English
• Venue: Zoom Web Seminar
• Registration:
• Speaker: Yuko Nakano (Tsukuba University)

Title: Agricultural Mechanization, Animal Traction, and Extensification and Intensification or Rice Farming: The Case of Tanzania

Abstract:

Agricultural machinery use is increasingly becoming common in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their potential benefits to smallholder farmers, however, remain unclear. This study aims to examine the impact of large- and small-scale agricultural mechanization on the expansion of the cultivated area (extensification), technology adoption and paddy yield (intensification), and labor productivity by using three-year panel data collected from rice farmers in Tanzania. In order to account for the endogeneity problem, we apply a multinomial endogenous treatment effect model to estimate the effects of mechanization. We also examine under what conditions mechanization occurs among small-scale farmers. We found that large four-wheeled tractor use contributes to the area expansion, while it does not affect land productivity. On the other hand, small two-wheeled power tiller use contributes to the increase in paddy yield and the expansion of area under rice cultivation at household level. Our results also show that agricultural mechanization occurs in the area with high population density growth and good access to the machinery.

• Chair: Chieko Umetsu (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)
• Organizers: Junichi Ito, Yohei Mitani, Ken Miura, Chieko Umetsu

Contact

Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

Ken Miura

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Dear JASID members,

This is JASID Secretariat. Thank you for your cooperation to JASID.
The new fiscal year has started on October 1. We would like to inform you about the billing of membership fees for the fiscal year 2022 (October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022).
Please check the following carefully as there will be some important changes to the timing and methods of payment.

■Billing of membership fees from FY 2022

– JASID’s fiscal year and the public’s fiscal year are half a year apart. As a result, some members did not pay their fees until April of the following year even though they received the bill of membership fee in October. Therefore, from this fiscal year, JASID Secretariat will charge the annual membership fee in every April as a general rule.

– With the above change, JASID Secretariat plans to charge the 2022 membership fee around April 10, 2022. We will announce the date upon our decision.
However, if you need to pay the membership fee by March for any special reason, please contact the JASID Secretariat.

■Methods for Membership fee payment

– As a general rule, the membership fee payment method is the online payment at ‘Invoice/Payment Info’ page after log-in your ‘My Page’ (). You can choose to make payments via credit card or bank transfer, with no transaction charge. Credit card payment has been set as the default when updating to the new system. If bank transfer is more convenient for you, please change it from ‘Change Next Payment Method’ page under ‘My Information’ When your institution pays the membership fee, please select credit card payment by the end of March 2022. When you download the invoice, the account information is written on the invoice.

■Membership fee for 70 years old and over

The JASID Board decided the membership fee for members over 70 years old will be halved from this fiscal year. To apply this, we need your birthday. Although we have already sent emails and letters to the eligible members, please let us know your birthday.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

All videos of the JASID 32nd Annual Conference are available from Dec. 6 to Dec. 19 for participants. The video of the plenary symposium is open to the public at from Dec. 6 to Dec. 19.

The Kyoto Environment and Development seminar series (zoom) are open to anyone, and so feel free to join us.

For participation, prior registration is required here
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Kyoto Environment & Development Seminar #5

• Date&Time: December 9, 2021, Thursday, 10:30-12:00 (JST)
• Language: English
• Venue: Zoom Web Seminar
• Registration: meeting/register/tZIsde6oqjkjG9PHmu-P6WjwQRIykEOHWQIu
• Speaker: Kentaro Kawasaki (University of Tokyo)
• Title: Gravity of farmland: Spatial model of land fragmentation and farm size growth

Abstract:

Increasing the size of farmland is a key to improving farmers’ economic well-being. However, farmland is often fragmented into small plots and scattered in various places, especially in Asia and Africa, that offsets the potential benefit of the economies of scale. By modeling the spatial distribution of farmland, this study derives three theoretical predictions regarding the mechanism of farm size growth: 1. distance hypothesis (farmland attracts closer farmland); 2. size hypothesis (larger farmland attracts more farmland); and 3. fragmentation hypothesis (fragmented farmland attracts more farmland). We then test these hypotheses empirically using farm-level data of Japanese rice farmers. The evidence supports all three hypotheses and their effects are not trivial. In the literature, land fragmentation is typically considered harmful to the farm economy by increasing travel costs between plots, but our results indicate that it does have a benefit in promoting farm size growth.

• Chair: Junichi Ito (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)
• Organizers: Junichi Ito, Yohei Mitani, Ken Miura, Chieko Umetsu

Contact

Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Ken Miura 

• [at] (replace [at] with @)

The Kyoto Environment and Development seminar series (zoom) are open to anyone, and so feel free to join us.

For participation, prior registration is required here
aes-kyotonre

Kyoto Environment & Development Seminar #4

• Date&Time: December 2, 2021, Thursday, 10:30-12:00 (JST)
• Language: English
• Venue: Zoom Web Seminar
• Registration: meeting/register/tZIqcu2rrjorHdXfXY0O6d_cLm21Y57DGWdO
• Speaker: Yuya Kudo (IDE-JETRO)
• Title: Impacts of Legislation for Infectious Disease Control: Evidence from HIV Testing in Mali

Abstract:

I examine the impact of HIV-specific laws, which can criminalize HIV non-disclosure, exposure, and transmission, on women’s voluntary testing using a regression discontinuity design that exploits the timing of enacting such legislation in Mali during a nationally representative household survey. On the day of legislation, the test uptake and the rate of identifying HIV positives declined. While more research is needed, the impact was salient for rural females with media access near the capital. Self-reported HIV-related discrimination also increased on that day. Altogether, the law discouraged test uptake among HIV-positive females by reinforcing HIV stigma and/or fear of legal punishment.

• Chair: Ken Miura (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)
• Organizers: Junichi Ito, Yohei Mitani, Ken Miura, Chieko Umetsu

Contact

Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Ken Miura

• [at] (replace [at] with @)

The Kyoto Environment and Development seminar series (zoom) are open to anyone, and so feel free to join us.
For participation, prior registration is required here

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #3

Impacts of Double-Fortified Salt on Anemia and Cognition: Four-Year Follow-up Evidence from a School-Based Nutrition Intervention in India

• Date & Time: November 25, 2021, Thursday, 16:45-18:15 (JST)
• Language: English
• Venue: Zoom Web Seminar
• Speaker: Liza von Grafenstein (University of Göttingen)

Abstract

Long-term follow-up of early childhood health interventions is important for human capital accumulation. We provide experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school lunches to reduce anemia among school children. After four years of treatment, treated children, on average, have higher hemoglobin levels and a lower likelihood of anemia relative to the control group. Interestingly, the intervention did not have any impact on cognitive and educational outcomes.

Registration

Chair: Ken Miura (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)
Organizers: Yohei Mitani, Ken Miura, Chieko Umetsu, Junichi Ito

Contact

Ken Miura
Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

• E-mail: [at]   (replace [at] with @)

Global Centre for Food Land and Water Resources (GCF) of Hokkaido University is pleased to announce an upcoming International symposium which is co-organized by Graduate School of Global Food Resources, Research Faculty of Agriculture, and will be held in hybrid format on November 17 & 18, 2021 at the Hokkaido University Conference Hall.

In this international symposium, you will have the opportunity to learn about the social systems and technological innovations related to food resources from lecturers and teachers who are at the forefront of global food resources issues, including former UN ambassadors and FAO officials. We hope you will join us.

Purpose of the symposium:

When the history of development is verified, a lot of terms have been created, and it seems to be an adhocracy under the trend of political economy in each time and the change of natural environment. Therefore, it is necessary to verify for the long term and scientifically why and from what background the philosophy and system were established. From these discussions, it will be advisable that we can get a new vision to create the mutual relationship over the technological use, economic development and fairness among the international society, Nation-State and local community. Please visit our website for more information.

• Dates: November 17 and 18, 2021 starts at 10am
• Venue: [Hybrid]
  On-site: Hokkaido University Conference Hall, Auditorium (small) (N8 W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo),
  On-line: Zoom webinar
• Language: English

Registration:

Advanced Registration is required. Please register from the URL below.

Contact

• gcf [at] (replace [at] with @)

November 27, 2021, 18:00-20:30 (Japan Standard Time)
Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Japan

Higher Education for Sustainability (HES) has been gaining increased attention since the full adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Higher education institutions in the Asia-Pacific region show their commitment to and active engagement in the SDGs by occupying over one-third of the top positions in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020.

Although a vast amount of research in the Asia-Pacific region covers the topic of higher education, studies unveiling the transformation of HES remain dispersed and scarce. How have Asia-Pacific higher education institutions responded to challenges outlined in the SDGs? In what ways do Asia-Pacific universities transform their structures and practices of teaching and learning? How have higher education institutions addressed demands for sustainability under social, economic, cultural, and environmental pressures? This webinar provides five case studies promoting sustainability in higher education institutions in Japan, China, and Malaysia.

Speakers

• Dr. Toru Kawai (College of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University)
• Dr. Zhou Zhong (Institute of Education, Tsinghua University)
• Dr. Chang Da Wan (National Higher Education Research Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia)
• Dr. Yuki Watabe (Global Learning Center, Tohoku University)
• Dr. Taketoshi Goto (Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University)

Discussants

• Dr. Tristan Mccowan (UCL Institute of Education, University College London)

Concept Note

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Program

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Poster

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Registration Link

webinar/register/WN_EG31XpkeSemR4rzcqXFi6A

Contact

Dr. Jing Liu, Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University

Email: [at] (replace [at] with @)

The Kyoto Environment and Development seminar series (zoom) are open to anyone, and so feel free to join us.
For participation, prior registration is required here
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Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #2

• Date & Time: November 11, 2021, Thursday, 10:30-12:00 (JST)
• Language: English
• Venue: Zoom Web Seminar
• Speaker: Yuki Yamamoto (Nagasaki University)

Title:

Leaving School for Marriage? New Evidence on the Impact of Agricultural Price Boom on Child Education

Abstract:

This paper examines the social and economic consequences of the agricultural price boom, focusing on the Indonesian oil palm industry. Using nationally representative survey data combined with satellite information on the expansion of large-scale oil palm plantation in Indonesia, we estimate the imp act of the global palm oil price on household farm income and school enrollment rate and marriage of the younger generation. The main findings are as follows. First, farmers experienced a boost in income in response to the global price boom. The increase in farm income, however, was limited to farme rs those who own farmland in oil palm plantation areas. Second, when the global palm oil price booms, the enrollment rate at senior high school and college for females in palm plantation areas decreased, while no change was found for males in both plantation and non-plantation areas. The decline in the female enrollment rate is attributed to an increasing marriage rate among land owned farmers who exposed to the price boom. These results indicate that the expansion of the palm oil industry in Indonesia leads to heterogeneous social and economic consequences depending on economic status or gend er through the global market.

• Chair: Yohei Mitani (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)
• Organizers: Junichi Ito, Chieko Umetsu, Yohei Mitani, Ken Miura

Contact

Ken Miura
Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
E-mail:  [at] (replace [at] with @)

We received many applications for our conference this year. All the applications were reviewed at the Conference Organization Committee on Sep. 22, and all the decisions were sent to the applicants. We would like to ask the applicants to confirm it.

Twenty-nine sessions (education, medicine, health, agriculture, disaster reconstruction, COVID-19, civil society, and peace etc.) will be held at the 32nd JASID Annual Conference: six organized sessions, nine roundtables, fourteen oral presentation sessions, and a poster session.

Submission of papers, registration, and the others are as follows.

How to proceed

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your video directly to the Conference Executive Committee
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM) (an option if you are not a chair)
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

1. Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
3. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
4. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)(It is necessary for you to participate in a rehearsal if you are not a chair.)
5. Participation at the Conference on the day

<Note>

※The following is the same as what has been sent to the presenters.

＊Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Your paper should be written in English. Using the template and making your paper (either a short version = four A4 pages, or a long version = not more than sixteen A4 pages), you have to submit your paper via the registration form of the Conference Website, by 11:59PM, October 31 (Sun). If you do not submit your paper by the deadline, your presentation might be canceled.

(The template and registration form are available on the conference website.)

Your presentation should be 20 minutes. When utilizing ZOOM, you are required to share your presentation with other participants (e.g. microsoft powerpoint). We do not provide proofreading services, therefore, you need to edit your paper by yourself.

＊Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Please send the following two materials directly to the Annual Conference Executive Committee.

(i) Abstract, one A4 page

Please use the template (MS-Word) of Organized Session and Roundtable, which is available on the conference website. (No problem even if the content is the same as one of the application).

(ii) 10 minutes narrated video

Please turn your PowerPoint presentation to a video.
Format: MP4
Duration: not more than 10 minutes (about 10 slides)

＊Registration and Payment of the participation fee

The participation fee is JPY 3,000, which can be paid only with a credit card. Receipts are not available because the Conference is held online. Please refer to statements or the receipts issued when you make a payment.

Oral presenters, poster presenters, organizers of organized sessions and roundtables, chairs, and commentators have to register and make the payments by 23:59, Sun. October 31st, 2021.

Other participants have to register and make the payments by 18:00, Fri. November. 19th, 2021.

Once you make the payment, the contents of the annual conference website will be available. That is why you cannot get a refund after you make the payment.

＊Program pages of the Conference website

The program pages include the final version of the conference program, proceedings, poster presentations, and ZOOM URL etc. After you register and make a payment of the participation fee, the links and the passwords are sent. Please make sure that the password is kept at hand. The final version of the conference program and the proceedings will be uploaded in early November. ZOOM URL, ID, and password will be uploaded in the middle of November.

＊Online exhibition pages

The online exhibition pages will be provided. Some publishers open their website, where participants can purchase books at special discount prices. You can confirm order forms, contacts, and books. The online exhibition pages will be available in the middle of November. (Delivery services are available only in Japan.)

＊Video recording of sessions

All sessions will be recorded since there might be some possibilities that the network connection has some problems. After the conference, the movies will be provided on the conference website for a certain period (about two weeks are assumed after the movies are available online). Those who can turn on their video are chairs, commentators, and presenters. Other participants cannot turn on their video. Please confirm portrait rights, copyrights, personal information protection on the registration form.

＊Time allocation of sessions

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and four presenters in principle. The sessions are limited to 120 minutes. A single presenter has 20 minutes for her presentation, the comment 5 minutes, the presenter 3 minutes, and the remaining time for discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to formulate Q&A.

＊Plenary session

The special session will be held in the afternoon on November 19, 2021. The theme of the plenary session is “Creation, Inclusion, and Development from Ishikawa, Japan.” Two keynote speeches are provided by Koji Nakamura and Yoshihide Endo. In addition, a panel discussion, which consists of staffs belonging to international organizations, NGO, and universities, is also held.

All the sessions are held online. For details, please see the conference website ().
We look forward to your participation.

The 32nd JASID Annual Conference Executive Committee

Workshop announcement: Getting published — A writing workshop for early career international development scholars

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Event Information
Date: December 15, 2021
Time: 18:00-19:30 (Japan Standard Time)
Venue: Online (a URL will be sent to registered participants)
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Do you want to publish your research in an international academic journal, but don’t know exactly how to start? Do you need more practice and practical guidance on your academic writing style?

Join our workshop to receive advice and learn tips about the publication process from a fellow international development researcher. Yu Maemura is an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, where he obtained a PhD from the Department of International Studies. He published his first peer-reviewed journal paper while conducting his Master’s research, and has continued to submit papers to top-ranked multi-disciplinary journals. This workshop will cover many of the lessons, tools, approaches, and short-cuts that he has learned through publishing over a dozen articles (as well as getting rejected even more!). Tailored feedback will be provided to the participants in an effort to increase their chances of getting published in top-ranked academic journals.

Target Audience
– International students conducting advanced research related to international development issues.
– Japanese students that aim to present and/or publish their research at international conferences.
– Early career international development scholars looking for feedback and information on publication strategies.

Speaker
Dr. Yu Oliver Maemura (yumaemura?lang=en)
The Management Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Registration
Details of the event and instructions will be sent to registered participants. Please register for the workshop in advance by filling in the form at the following URL:
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Contact
Please send any questions, concerns, or inquiries to:
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African Studies Center at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies will hold an international symposium commemorating its fifth anniversary on 3 and 6 November. Your participation is mostly welcome. Please see the following URL for details and registration.

Contact

African Studies Center

asc [at]

This announcement is available only in Japanese and Spanish. For Japanese post see

Programa de socios de JICA, Universidad Nacional de Yokohama y las 3 universidades en Paraguay, Proyecto de mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de las mujeres rurales del Paraguay

A todas las personas que nos apoyan: El primer programa de socios de JICA en la Universidad Nacional de Yokohama (YNU) “Proyecto de Mejoramiento de la Calidad de Vida de las Mujeres Rurales del Paraguay” inició en septiembre de 2016. Realizamos las capacitaciones en dos ocaciones en Japón y ya en diciembre de 2021 culminamos con todas las actividades del Proyecto con una duración total de 5 años y 4 meses. Después de la expansión del coronavirus (COVID-19), el proyecto ha venido utilizado las herramientas virtuales en distintos aspectos.

En esta ocasión, realizaremos el 3er Simposio Virtual en el cual presentaremos los trabajos que venimos realizando utilizando la herramienta en línea durante la pandemia, así como las capacidades de marketing y branding que han venido adquiriendo las mujeres del Proyecto y casos de empoderamiento. Además, se realizará la presentación de las actividades de empoderamiento y sostenibilidad de las universidades contrapartes.
Tendremos la presencia del Dr. Kazuo Kuroda, profesor, Decano de la Escuela Académica Internacional del Laboratorio de Estudios de Asia y el Pacífico, Universidad Waseda y la Dra. Yumiko Tanaka de la Universidad Internacional Josai.

En el siguiente enlace podrán acceder a la grabación de los dos simposios realizados hasta ahora.

1st: 
2nd: 

Durante el simposio virtual estaremos recibiendo preguntas a través del chate en Zoom. Las preguntas que no puedan ser respondidas durante la sesión por la limitación del tiempo serán respondidas posteriormente en la web. Solicitamos la colaboración para llenar la encuesta al final del simposio.
Esperamos contar con la presencia de todos.
Gerente de proyecto: Dra. Prof. Yoko Fujikake

Para presentar una solicitud, póngase en contacto con:
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3ro Simposio Virtual “Hilando sueños con las mujeres rurales del Paraguay sobrepasando la virtualidad y lo presencial”

＜Programa＞

Fecha: Viernes, 22 de octubre 21:00 – 22:30 (Hora japonesa), 8:00 – 9:30 (Hora paraguaya)

Plataforma de emisión: Zoom

Idiomas: Español y japonés (traducción simultánea)

• Palabras de apertura：Dr. Izuru Umehara, Rector de la Universidad Nacional de Yokohama
• Contraparte del proyecto: Dra. Hermelinda de Ortega, Senadora de la Nación y Rectora Adjunta de la Universidad Nihon Gakko
• Contraparte del proyecto: Dr. Dionisio Ortega, Rector de la Universidad Nihon Gakko
• Contraparte del proyecto: Dra. Zully Vera, Rectora de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción (video)
• Contraparte del proyecto: Prof. Dr. Edgar Sánchez Báez, Director General de Postgrado y de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción
• Contraparte del proyecto: Prof. Mag. Angel Rodriguez, Rector de la Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú

＜Presentación＞

Dra. Yoko Fujikake, Universidad Nacional de Yokohama
“Hilando sueños con las mujeres rurales del Paraguay sobrepasando la virtualidad y lo presencia – Aplicación del espacio virtual”

Prof. Dr. José Manuel Silvero, Docente Investigador de tiempo Completo en la Dirección General de investigación Científica y Tecnológica de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción
”Experiencia de las mujeres rurales en la esudadía en Japón“

Prof. Elsa Graffton, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Prof. Mgt. Teófilo Burgos, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú
“Determinación de la composición nutricional de algunos productos”

＜Testimonio de las mujeres rurales＞

Sra. Blanca Gonzalez, Ciudad de Coronel Oviedo
Sra. Ramona Cabañas, Ciudad de La Colmena

Comentador: Kazuo Kuroda, Escuela Académica Internacional del Laboratorio de Estudios de Asia y el Pacífico, Univarsidad Waseda
“Diferencia de género en la educación y el mundo ”

Comentadora: Profesora invitada: Tanaka, Universidad Internacional Josai
“Desde el punto de vista de Género y Desarrollo”

Comentario de JICA Yokohama / Oficina de JICA Paraguay

Sesión de preguntas y respuestas

Cierre Oficial – Palabras de Despedida：Excelentísimo Embajador de la República del Paraguay en Japón, Don Florentín Antola

Presentadora : Sra. Rumiko Fukumizu, de la Universidad Nacional de Yokohama
Traductora: Sra. Narumi Takahashi

Página de web del proyecto　

Dear JASID members,

This is Mr. Hiroaki Shiga, Secretary General of JASID. JASID’s fiscal year runs from October through September. As JASID enters the new fiscal year, JASID Secretariat will confirm the qualifications of student members. If you are a student member, please be sure to upload an electric data of your student ID card / the certification of your student status from the My Page by following the steps below. Please note that if you do not upload an electric data of your student status, JASID Secretariat will change your members’ status from student member to full member. Also, if you wish to change your member status from full member to student member, please follow the procedure below.

• Those whose student registration are expiring are requested to renew the “student membership” by showing a student ID to the JASID Secretariat before FY2022 begins.
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Hiroakii Shiga
Secretary General
JASID Secretariat (Headquarter)

E-mail: hq [at]

1. Eligibility for reduction and exemption

• Full member: Members who do not hold full-time jobs and are in financial difficulty due to the impact of COVID-19. Membership fees must have been paid until FY2021.
• Student member: Students who are in severe financial need due to the effects of COVID-19. All student members are considered to have paid the membership fee for the FY2021 through an exemption.

2. Amount of reduction

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• Student member: Exemption from the annual membership fee (5,000 yen)

3. Application Process

• Membership fee reduction and exemption for 2022 will be on a self-assessment.
• Those who needs to apply must submit the following web form during the application period below.
• Application web form:　See ML or Your “My Page”
• Application period: Friday, September 6, 2021 – Friday, September 24, 2021
• After application: After the deadline, the JASID Secretariat will review with our executive board members. The results will be announced from us in early October.

JASID HQ Secretariat

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We are pleased to announce that Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS) and Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) will co-host a Webinar on “Towards Understanding Grassroots Perspectives in Africa under COVID-19.” We look forward to your participation in our seminar.

◇◆Webinar Details◆◇

• Date: August 31st (Tue), 2021
• Time: 19:00 – 21:00 (JST)
• Venue: Online (Zoom Webinar) *The Zoom link will be sent to the email address you provided by the day before the seminar.
• Language: English Only
• Participation Fee: Free
  Please register from this URL: (by August 29th 23:59）
• Host of the Webinar: Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS),
• Co-host: SDGs Collaborative Research Unit, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), the University of Tokyo

◇◆Overview◆◇

Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS) and Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) of UTokyo have launched an international collaborative research project on “Exploration of Practical Wisdom and Resilience Overcoming Downside Risk – Collecting grassroots voices in Africa under COVID-19.” This research project aims to classify and assess the real and perceived risks associated with both Covid-19 and government responses to the pandemic in six African countries. It also aims to elucidate the people’s resilience in overcoming the risks. We will collect daily grassroots voices from private mobile communication applications, including Twitter and WhatsApp, the most widely used platform in Africa. We shall also collaborate with research institutions in the countries. Through that, this research will contribute to improving aid policy and business strategies. As a kick-off event of the research project, this seminar will illustrate the research subject based on the information sharing with Japanese and African researchers concerning the pandemic situation and impact of COVID-19 containment policies in six targeted countries.

◇◆Program◆◇

1. Opening Remarks: Vick Ssali (President of JSAS / Aichi Gakuin University)
2. Introduction: Kazuyo Hanai (The University of Tokyo)
3. Session 1 – “Societal and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of South Africa” Scarlet Cornelissen (Stellenbosch University) – “Martial law and COVID-19: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo” Christian Otchia (Nagoya University) – “Responding to COVID-19 in Ethiopia: A Triple Heritage Perspective” Seifudein Adem (Doshisha University) – Comments: Masaki Inaba (Africa Japan Forum) – Q&A
4. Session 2 – “Political interference and the Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 on the Masses in Uganda” Vick Ssali (Aichi Gakuin University) – “The Politics of Scapegoating and Fatigue in COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya” Kinyua Laban Kithinji (Sophia University) – “Farmers perception of COVID-19 (effects, implications and government response policy) on agricultural markets and rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe” Rangarirai Gavin Muchetu (Doshisha University) – Comments Scarlet Cornelissen (Stellenbosch University) – Q&A
5. Open Discussion

◇◆Inquiry◆◇

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We will reply to your e-mail after a holiday.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

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JASID Secretariat

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Thank you for your understanding.

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Research Fellows for JFY 2021/2022 Development Studies

See as below,

We sent members our journal.

The new coronavirus spreads all over the world and is reaching to developing countries. Facing this catastrophic crisis, countries are now attempting to isolate themselves from others and to concentrate on countermeasures to protect their nationals.

As United Nations Secretary-General António Gutierres said on March 31, it is obvious that the infection of COVID-19 in developing countries has just started growing, and that the damage in health and economy in the regions will be more devastating than what we are seeing right now.

Indeed, the vulnerable suffer the most from the infection itself as well as repercussions of this outbreak no matter where they live.

The spread of COVID-19 is a global challenge which would not end without serious countermeasures against infection in developing countries.

Unless globe-scale cooperation is undertaken, the world would face risks of recurrent outbreaks anytime anywhere.

Hereby I, Tatsufumi Yamagata, President of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID), urge the global community, civil society, business circles and Governments including that of Japan, to expedite and strengthen their cooperation to block further spread of COVID-19 in developing countries.

JASID will also commit itself to the mitigation of misery of the virus-infected people around the world and the societies damaged from the infection through active research, practice and public outreach.

April 5, 2020
Tatsufumi YamagataPresident
Japan Society for International Development

The 11th head, Jin SATO, took the position of president of JASID.

Here is the greetings message from new president.

The 22nd JASID Spring Conference is scheduled to be held on the 12th of June, 2021 at Tokyo Adachi Campus, Bunkyo University, which will open on the 1st of April 2021. The conference will be held in a “hybrid” format, where presentations and discussions will be carried out both in class rooms and online simultaneously. Please be noticed that the conference may be held in a completely online format depending on the Covid-19 situation.

As in previous years, (1) oral presentations (open topic), (2) poster presentations, and (3)

organized sessions/round tables (in Japanese or English) can take place in our conference. The details of the applications will be announced in mid- February.

Kaoru Hayashi, Executive Chairperson, The 22nd JASID Spring Conference Executive Committee (Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University)

Contact: jasidspring2021@

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