The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to inform you that the main conference website is now available. We appologise for the delay in sharing this website with you. Please see the details of the website as well as the application processes.

1．Conference main website

Please check the website below to explore the call for abstracts and types of application forms. We will update all information related to the conference at this main website.

The main website

2．Applications for presentations

We are accepting applications for Oral Presentations, Poster, Panel and Roundtable Sessions. Please download required application forms from the link below.

Application Forms

* Please see our abstract submission and guidance page for the full details of what is required before you submit.

• Please note that the 24th JASID Spring conference will be held as an in-person event. There will be no hybrid-session option.
• Out of 6 parallel sessions, 1 session will be held as full-online session. If you wish to present at this full-online slot, please choose the option of “online session” as you submit your application.

3. Instructions for submitting presentation applications

• Please submit your presentation application online from the following “Presentation Application URL”.
  * We will receive your application via this website, not via emails.
• When you apply, you will first need to obtain an account for registration. Please check the manual at the URL before registering.
• For the address for registration, please use the email address you use when you log in to the JASID My Page. This presentation application site is linked to the member information on the JASID My Page, and by registering with the same email address, you do not need to fill in information such as your name and affiliation when applying.

Presentation Application URL

4. Mode of conference

Please note that the 24th JASID Spring conference will be held as an in-person event. There will be no hybrid-session option. Out of 6 parallel sessions, only 1 session will be held as full-online.

5. Conference registration

• Conference registration will start in early-April.
• We will only accept credit cards for conference registration fee payment.
• There will be no distribution of printed copies of the conference report papers. Only those who have paid the participation fee will be able to obtain the proceedings online in advance.

6. Up-coming schedule

• Deadline for presentation application: March 18, 2023
• Conference registration open: Early-April, 2023
• Screening results announcement: Late-April, 2023
• Deadline for full paper submission: Mid-May, 2023

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Contact

The 24th Spring Conference Secretariat
Associate Professor. Shogo Kudo (Chair)
Akita International University

• jasid2023spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

The JASID Conference Organizing Committee is delighted to update you with news of the 24th Spring Conference, Call for Applications.

1．Conference website

Please check the website below to explore the call for abstracts and types of application forms.

2．Submission

We will be welcoming submissions for Oral Presentations, Poster, Panel and Roundtable Sessions. Please download required application forms from the website.

‐ Application Forms:

* Please see our abstract submission and guidance page for the full details of what is required before you submit.

– We will receive your application via the main conference website.
Please note the main website will be available in late-February.

3. Up-coming schedule

– Download application forms: Today – Mid-March, 2023
– Submission deadline：Mid-March, 2023
– Screening results announcement：Early-April, 2023
– Full paper submission deadline: Mid- May, 2023

4. Registration fee

We will announce the registration steps including registration fee in the main conference website (to be available in late-Feb).

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Contact

The 24th Spring Conference Secretariat
Associate Professor. Shogo Kudo (Chair)
Akita International University

• jasid2023spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

The JASID Conference Organizing Committee cordially invites all members to the 24th Spring Conference to be held at Akita International University on June 10, 2023.

The theme of the conference is “Role of Intergenerational Ties in Sustainability: What to Sustain, What to Update, and What to Pass Across Generations?”.

We welcome a wide range of presentations based on your research results. We also welcome applications for panel and roundtable sessions that are related to the conference theme.

1. About the Conference

– Theme: Role of Intergenerational Ties in Sustainability: What to – Sustain, What to Update, and What to Pass Across Generations?
– Date: 2023 June 10 (Saturday)
*Field excursion trips to be organized on June 11 (Sunday)
Conference venue: Akita International University (Akita City)

2. Presentation Types & Applications

There are four presentation categories; 1) Oral Presentation, 2) Poster Presentation, 3) Organized Panel Session, and 4) Roundtable Session.

The submission deadlines are as follows.

1) Oral and Poster Presentations

– Each member is allowed to submit up to one paper and one presentation as first author.
– Two submissions are allowed if the applicant is not the first author of the second submission and also not the presenter.
– Co-researchers and co-authors should be JASID members.
– Students are required to submit a letter of recommendation (any format) from their academic advisor regardless of the presentation category. Upload the letter as a supplementary material when submitting your abstract.
– Abstracts should be prepared in Japanese (400-800 words) for presentations in Japanese and in English (200-300 Words) for presentations in English.
– Presentation application will be available on the conference website (to be available soon).
– In case you are a non-JASID member and wish to apply for a presentation, you must first apply to JASID membership and pay the annual membership fee (
– Annual membership fee for 2023 must be paid before submitting an application. Failing to do so may result in the cancellation of your application.

2) Panel and Roundtable Sessions

– Application form must be filled and submitted by a representative member of the session at the conference website (to be available soon).
– Abstract of each presenter (400-800 words), title, purpose, moderator, commentators, presenters must be listed in the application.
– Chairpersons must obtain agreements from those who serve moderator, commentator, and speaker.
– Non-JASID members are welcome to join panel and roundtable sessions, except for the chairperson. Membership registration is strongly recommended.
– In case you are a non-JASID member and wish to apply for a presentation, you must first apply to JASID membership and pay the annual membership fee (
– Annual membership fee for 2023 must be paid before submitting an application. Failing to do so may result in the cancellation of your application.

3. Application Period and Submission Deadline

-Application period: From 28 January to 10 March 2023.
– Submission: Submit your application via the conference website (to be available soon).

4. Schedule

– Application deadline: Mid-March, 2023
– Screening results announcement: Early-April, 2023
– Deadline for submission of full papers: Mid- May, 2023

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Contact

The 24th Spring Conference Secretariat
Akita International University × JASID Conference Committee
Associate Professor. Shogo Kudo (Chair)

• jasid2023spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

2022 IDSSP-JASID Research Seminar-The 5th TU-RIPS Seminar on Sept. 25th, 2022

We are pleased to announce that there will be a research seminar on business innovation during the crises. We have invited a guest speaker and a commentator from Sri Lanka, who are famous in this field.

Business Innovation During the Crises:
no trade-off between human rights and business performance

• Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2022
• Time: 15:00-16:30 (JST, GMT+9)
• Place: Online, Zoom

This seminar will be conducted in English and free of charge but prior registration is required for attendance and/or access to a seminar recording.

Details on abstract, speakers’ profiles, and registration are found here.

Please register no later than 13:00 (JST, GMT+9) on Wed. Sept. 21, 2022.

Speaker:

Dr. Rukmal Weerasinghe, Professor, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce
Chairperson, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Commentator:

Dr. Shirantha Heenkenda, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Facilitator:

Dr. Naoko Shinkai, Director, Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tsuda University Professor, Department of Policy Studies, Tsuda University, Japan
Chairperson, Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems, JASID

We look forward to your participation.

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Contact

Organized by:

Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems, JASID(IDSSP-JASID) and Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tsuda University (TU-RIPS)

• Email: [at] (replace [at] with @)

This is an announcement for call for papers in 2022 Summer JASID-Tokai Conference for Young Researchers. We will have the above research conference as below on August 27. Young researchers are encouraged to take this opportunity to receive comments and suggestions for further improvement of your research. If JASID-Tokai members know possible researchers who can present at this seminar, please ask her/him for her/his interests in presenting at this conference.

Conditions for paper submission

• To be (or is going to be) a member of JASID
• Selected presenters are subsidized for part of the trip expense to participate in JASID 2022 Conference (subject to changes).

Schedule

• Dead line of application: 12:00 AM on July 29 (Fri), 2022
• Application doc.: Abstract (100 words or 300語)
• Date & Time: August 27 (Sat), 2022, 13:00-16:00
• Site: Online Seminar

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Contact

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

• someya [at] (replace [at] with @)

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

The Japan Society for International Development (JASID) admits only members (regular members, student members, and honorary members) to make presentations at the Annual and Spring Conferences. The submission of proposals includes those for individual oral and poster presentations, as well as for organized sessions and round tables.

If you consider newly becoming a member aiming to present at the 33rd Annual Conference to be held on December 3 or 4, 2022, please note the following schedule so as to complete the procedures on the online system in time.

No later than July 20,

Submission of the new member application

• Please refer to “JOIN JASID” for required documents and procedures

By the end of July,

payment of your membership fee

• No membership ID will be issued to access the proposal submission site until the application is accepted by the Executive Board and payment of the membership fee is confirmed.

Proposal submission starts on August 1

• Please follow the instructions on the 33rd Annual Meeting website to submit the proposal and register for participation

We received many applications for our conference this year. All the applications were reviewed at the Conference Organization Committee on March. 27, and all the decisions were sent to the applicants.

We would like to ask the applicants to confirm it. Seventeen sessions (community, education, children, development, NGO, SDGs, disaster, environment, society/economy etc.) will be held at the 23rd JASID Spring Conference: three organized sessions, seven roundtables, seven oral presentation sessions, together with a poster session and book talk. 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. Rehearsal (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

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<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 23:59, March 30 (Sat). 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 Spring 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 applications). (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. Paper receipts issued by the Secretariat are not available because the Conference is held online. Please refer to statements or the receipts issued when you make a payment online.

• Oral presenters, poster presenters, organizers of organized sessions and roundtables, chairs, and commentators have to register and make the payments by 23:59, Mon. May 15th, 2022.
• Other participants have to register and make the payments by 18:00, Fri. June 17th, 2022.

Once you make the payment, the contents of the spring 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 mid/late May. ZOOM URL, ID, and password will be uploaded in the middle of early/mid June.

＊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 June. (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 two to 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 June 18th, 2022. The theme of the plenary session is “Do you know, we have already been doing SDGs.”

In the plenary session, we invite the resident doers struggling to achieve the rebirth of Tagawa. Discussing together in a blunt and frank way, it would enable us to envisage development and global cooperation for the next generation. All the sessions are held online.

For details, please see the conference website (). We look forward to your participation.

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Contact

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference Executive Committee

Mayuko SANO (Executive Committee Chairperson, Professor, Fukuoka Prefectural University)
Yutaka HAYASHI (Secretariat, Associate Professor, Fukuoka University)

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

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

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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.

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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 @)

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.

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

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<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.

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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:
[at] gmail.com

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@