[Important] Application for Membership Fee Reduction and Exemption
Dear JASID members, Thank you always for your support. We hope every member has been staying safe and healthy, while the COVID-19 has still affected the world. We have decided to offer reduced membership fees for FY2022 (October 2021 to September 2022) in consideration of the impact of COVID-19. However, please note that the application conditions have changed from last year ! 1. Eligibility for reduction and exemption Full member: Members who do not...
Q: I forgot to pay my annual membership fee
Answer For credit card payments Payment can be made even if the due date on the invoice has passed. For bank checks payments If you have already been issued with a dedicated payee account number, you will not be able to use bank check payments if the account number has expired (within two weeks). If the expiry date has passed, please transfer the fees to the Society’s Japan Post account (a transfer fee will...
Q: Is there a system to suspend membership?
Answer A recess system has been in place since 2023. Only members with no outstanding dues are eligible for the scheme. It is possible to recess for up to four consecutive years. For more information, see the following page. We will announce on our mailing list when it is time to accept applications. Contact JASID Secretariat
Q: I want to submit my paper. Should I be a JASID member when I submit my paper?
A: Yes, only JASID members are eligible to contribute to ” the Journal of International Development Studies”. Our submission rules are available to only members, so please refer to the News section of your “My Page”.
Q: Can a non-member make presentation at the conference?
A: No. Only JASID members can make a presentation. However, non-members can report in the planning session and round table session, but only JASID members can submit the proposal of the planning or round table session. If you wish to make an oral presentation or a poster presentation in the conference, please submit your application by the end of July for the annual conference, or by the end of February for the spring conference....
Editorial Board
SHIMADA, Go (Chair) SUGITA, Elli NISHIKAWA, Yosiaki KUSAKABE, Tatsuya KUBOTA, Eriko KUWAJIMA, Kyoko HANAOKA, Shinya FUJIKAWA, Kiyofumi FURUKAWA, Mitsuaki SATO, Kan MICHINAKA, Maki ASHIDA, Akemi
the Journal of International Development Studies, Number 29, volume2
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Change in the application process for new members
Dear Applicants, JASID is preparing for the renewal of members’ management web-system in May. If you would like to apply for a new membership before the release of new syste, please contact the Secretariat of the JASID (jasid.org@gmail.com) to request a membership application form (word file), instead of using the application form on the left button of the top page of the current website. JASID Secretariat will send the file of application form afterupon...
[BO-5] HIROSHIMA Branch
The Hiroshima Branch aims at promoting academic exchange relating to international development and cooperation between members in the Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu regions, and providing support for improved standards. This year, it will host the 9th JASID Western Regional Meeting for Achievements and Progress for their research, which offers an annual venue for presenting not only highly qualified academic works but also various works in progress by international students, young researchers, and professional experts...
[BO-4] KANSAI Branch
More than 20 years, the Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Kansai Branch has been aiming at promoting research activities on international development and cooperation by conducting a series of study sessions on different cutting-edge topics through an interdisciplinary approach. For each study session, we have invited first-hand researchers and practitioners on development studies as guest speakers. Especially in the past few years, we have conducted active discussions on issues related to human security,...
[BO-2] TOKAI Branch
JASID Tokai is considered to be a pivotal academic organization for the members of the JASID as well as the researchers and practitioners on international development and cooperation. In the Tokai area, there are several universities such as Nagoya University, Nihon Fukushi University, and Suzuka University etc., offering courses on international development and in addition, several organizations such as JICA, UNCRD, Nagoya NGO Center etc., which are conducting various development activities, including research, at the...
[RG19-1] Migration and Development
The research group aims to analyze the impacts of migration on the economic and human development in their home countries and destinations. Migration, both within and beyond national borders, is a broad concept that encompasses refugees or internally displaced persons of conflicts and natural disasters as well as those who move to seek opportunities of employment, education, or marriage at their own will. The impacts of migration have been discussed mostly in terms of...
[BO-3] KEIJI Branch
Director: Matsuo WATANABE (Ritsumeikan University) In Kyoto-Shiga region, universities specialized in international cooperation and development issues are highly concentrated. The researchers and practitioners form clusters of their own, but this is not necessarily reflected in the development and expansion of JASID’s activities. The Keiji Branch is intended to provide opportunities for information sharing, discussion, research study for a wide range of people interested in development and international cooperation in the region by promoting cooperation...
[RG19-2] Internal Internationalization Study
The purpose of this study group is to define “internal internationalization” in terms of employment, education, health-care and community. We aim to achieve this via field work, public lectures and symposium, in a collaborative effort throughout the industry-academia-government network. This network consists of private companies, research institutions, schools, the public sector, and civil societies. In addition, we intend to disseminate our research and insights to the general public, not only to JASID members. “Internal...
[RG21-2] Development Approach to Human Security of Children
‘Human security’ is a concept to address safety and security of individual human beings, complementing the traditional concept of state security. It is also a concept to recapture security from the perspectives of protecting people from threats and hazard against their lives, livelihood and dignity, and of empowering people to become more resilient to such threats and hazard, adapting to such social environment. The objectives of this research group “Development Approach to Human Security...
[RG24-6] Development Studies by Youth
This research group aims to promote research and communication of the youth members of JASID. Although not a few youths in Japan are researching on development, they have difficulty in getting opportunities to interact with each other because they are scattered widely all over Japan. Therefore, they can barely share their ideas and information about development with each other. Furthermore, the topics and methods for development studies are becoming diversified. This trend also highlights...
AWARDS
The association selects and commends excellent publication works every year. Four types of awards -Main Association Award, Encouragement Award and Committee Special Award, and Thesis Award- are given to works published in around last two years. The invitation to the award contest usually starts in May every fiscal year, and awarding ceremony is held at the annual conference in around December.
Regional Engagement
Bridging Local and Global knowledge for community development We inspire researcher who are in geographically disadvantaged area and revitalize research and development activity through creating a platform for knowledge sharing for community development, connecting people who are interested in community development and international cooperation. SANO, Mayuko (Chair) UBUKATA, Fumikazu KAJI, Hideki KIMATA, Yoichiro KUDO, Shogo TATSUMI, Kazuko HAYASHI, Yutaka
Election Administration
Vote is your Voice The election for the director candidates is held every three years in the Japan Society of International Development. All members, including student members, have the right to vote. Next election will be held in May 2023. The primary mission of the Election Administration Committee is to prepare and manage the Society’s election to be conducted in a fair and smooth manner for our members. Corresponding to the new slogan of...
JASID Secretariat
SHIGA, Hiroaki (Secretary General) AKIHO, Sayaka KONNO, Nao For inquiries, please contact To contact the JASID Secretariat office, please use the form from the button below or send your inquiry to the following e-mail address. Contact Form Email Addresses hq [at] jasid.org jasid.org [at] gmail.com (replace [at] with @) Business Hours Tuesdays and Fridays (closed during long vacations) Postal Address JASID Secretariat c/o Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) 3-2-2 Wakaba,...
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