JASID Kansai Branch “The 168th Study Session (Seminar)” Nov. 22

JASID Kansai Branch will host the following seminar. We welcome everyone to participate, and feel free to contact us for the Zoom link.

Summary

Date/Time: November 22, 2023, 14:00 to 16:00
Language: English
Venue: Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation
Studies (GSICS), 4th Floor Presentation Room & Zoom

Topic 1:

Recent Reforms in Teacher Development in Cambodia

Speaker 1:

Dr. Sam Sideth Dy, Secretary-General of the National Committee for
Life-Long Learning/ Deputy Director-General for Education, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS), Cambodia

Topic 2:

EGRA/EGMA as an Initiative to Realize SDG 4.2: A Cambodian Case

Speaker 2:

Dr. Sam Sideth Dy, Secretary-General of the National Committee for
Life-Long Learning/ Deputy Director-General for Education, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS), Cambodia

Contact

JASID Kansai Branch Secretariate

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[JASID conference] 34th JASID Annual Conference: Conference Program Booklet

We are just a week away from the annual conference. We look forward to welcoming everyone on campus.

On the day of the conference, there is scheduled construction within the campus, and several events are expected to take place. It may cause some inconvenience due to the limited campus space, but we appreciate your understanding.

We have created a conference program booklet. Please download and make use of it. Please also find some important announcements in this email.

1. Conference Program Booklet (PDF)

The program booklet can be accessed through the link below. The password is the same as for accessing presentation papers from the conference HP. It includes presentation guidelines, venue information, conference schedule, and more (you can also find these pieces of information on the conference HP).

The booklet will not be distributed in print at the venue. We recommend downloading it to your own device or printing and bringing it with you.

Conference Program Booklet:

2. Entry to the venue

Please enter the venue through the main gate on Sophian Street (see the camps map below). Follow the signs and guidance from student volunteers to reach the Kioizaka Building (various sessions), Building 11 (lounge, childcare room), and Building 2 (plenary, poster session, general assembly and social gathering).

Campus map:

There will be three reception desks at the venue. Please come to one of the reception desks when you arrive. The opening hours are as follows:

Day 1

Building 11, 1st floor (main reception): 9:00-13:15
Building 2, 5th floor: 9:30-13:00, 16:30-18:30
Building 2, 17th floor: 12:45-16:30 (You can enter the plenary venue starting from 13:00)

Day 2

Building 11, 1st floor (main reception): 9:00-17:00

At the reception desk, we will provide you with an empty name badge holder. Please bring your own business card and insert it into the holder.

Please state your name at the reception. In case of payment verification or other requirements, you may be asked to present a receipt that can be downloaded from Confit.

3. Using WiFi at the Venue

You can use Eduroam to connect to WiFi. If you cannot use Eduroam, you can connect to “sophiawifi2019” using a guest account. When using a guest account, some devices may require initial configuration when connecting. Please select a manual from the link below to check the setup instructions (we recommend that you download the manual before coming to the venue). The guest account and password are found in the conference program booklet. The setup process is somewhat complex, so if possible, we recommend using Eduroam.

Eduroam:

Guest account connection manuals:

4. Book Sales During the Conference

On the second day of the conference, Sunday, the 12th, book sales will take place in the basement lounge of Building 11 (rest area) from 9:00 to 17:00. You can purchase books, including those by society members, at discounted prices. Please come and visit.

Contact

34th Annual Conference Organizing Committee
Chairperson: Taro Komatsu (Sophia University)

jasid2023fall [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Publication of Conference Proceedings [7th Announcement]

We are now less than three weeks away from the conference. So far, we have received registrations from over 320 individuals. We express our sincere gratitude to everyone who has registered. We are pleased to inform you that the conference proceedings are now available. Please also note other important updates.

1. Conference Proceedings

– You can access the Conference Proceedings through the following link. Please use the same password as for accessing the individual presentation papers and abstracts on the conference HP. The Proceedings contains papers for general oral presentations, planned sessions and some roundtable sessions, as well as abstracts for roundtable and poster sessions. Please note that not all papers are included, as it depends on the preferences of the presenters.

2. Communication within an oral presentation session

– If a session chair needs to contact presenters, please contact them directly using the email addresses provided in the presentation papers. The organizing committee cannot provide contact information.

3. Poster Presentation (for presenters)

– The venue is the 5th-floor student cafeteria in Building 2. Setup time is from 9:00 to 9:30 on Saturday, October 11. You can complete your registration at the cafeteria from 9:00. The poster presentation time is from 9:30 to 13:00, including “core time” (11:45 to 12:45). During the core time, please be present at the venue and read to communicate with the visitors. We expect morning session participants to come to the poster session at this time. Please also be present at other times as much as possible (it’s fine to take breaks and leave the venue as needed). Posters will be on display all day on the 11th, so participants can view them during the social gathering from 18:30 to 20:30 as well.

– After the social gathering, please remove the posters by yourself. Posters that are not removed will be taken away by the organizing committee. The venue will not be used on the 12th (Sunday), so poster displays are only on the 11th.

– The panel size is 170 cm in height and 110 cm in width. Masking tape for attaching posters will be provided by the organizing committee. Thumbtacks (push pins) cannot be used. Posters should be displayed in order of the entry number in the designated locations.

4. Childcare Services (Extension of Application Deadline)

– During the conference, we will provide on-campus childcare services for preschool children. The application deadline has been extended. The fees are 500 yen per hour for general attendees and 300 yen per hour for students. Please review the details in the following document and submit your application by October 31 (Tuesday).

★Childcare Information:

Contact

34th Annual Conference Organizing Committee
Chairperson: Taro Komatsu (Sophia University)

jasid2023fall [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Program release and participation in plenary session

We have released the online conference program, which includes the timetable, presentation abstracts, and presentation papers, available through Confit (conference portal). Additionally, we have compiled information about how to participate in the plenary session scheduled for the first day of the conference. Please take a moment to review this information.

1. Conference program (Confit)

You can access the program via the conference website. To view and download the PDF papers, you will need a password, which will be provided separately by the organizing committee to those who have completed their registration and payment.

★ Conference Website:

Creating the program involves various adjustments, such as session scheduling, assignment of presentations, negotiations with session chairs and commentators, and securing venues. Kindly note that we are unable to accommodate requests for changes to sessions or schedules. We appreciate your understanding.

The poster session is scheduled for November 11th (Saturday) from 09:30 to 13:00. We have designated 11:45-12:45 as the core time, so we would appreciate it if presenters could be available at the venue during this time to answer questions from attendees.

Publishing companies will be selling books written by JASID members at the rest area (11th Building Basement Lounge) on the second day of the conference, on the 12th (Sunday) from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Please come and visit.

A simplified version of the conference program (PDF), including venue maps and presentation guidelines, will be made available approximately 1 to 2 weeks before the conference.

2. Participation in the plenary session

The conference plenary session titled “Where Is Japan’s Official Development Assistance Heading? – In response to the revision of the Development Cooperation Charter,” scheduled for the afternoon of November 11 (Saturday), is a public event co-hosted with Sophia University. Please review the event flyer on the conference website for more details.

★ Plenary session:

This event allows both in-person and online participation. Due to venue capacity constraints, we can accommodate up to 150 attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. Those unable to enter the main hall will be able to watch the event on a screen in an adjacent room (capacity: 150 attendees). Registration is scheduled to begin at 13:00, 30 minutes before the event starts.

Both venues will have sub-monitors in addition to the main screen, providing Japanese text information of speech for those with hearing difficulties.

The plenary session will be conducted in Japanese. Those requiring English simultaneous interpretation should bring their devices (such as smartphones) and headphones to connect to the ZOOM Webinar for audio translation.

Questions for the speakers can be written in Japanese or English on paper distributed at the registration desk and will be collected during breaks. If you wish to ask a question to speakers directly, please complete the registration process early and enter the venue.

Participants joining online do not need to register in advance. Please enter via the link provided in the “Language” section at the bottom of the information page (this link is for society members; please refrain from sharing it with the general public).

After the plenary session, JASID will hold its members’ general conference in the same venue.

3. Early bird registration

The deadline for early bird registration with a discounted fee is Wednesday, October 11.

Contact

34th Annual Conference Organizing Committee
Chairperson: Taro Komatsu (Sophia University)

jasid2023fall [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Notice regarding reasonable accommodations, infection control measures, and the use of childcare facilities [5th Announcement]

This conference will strive to accommodate a wide range of participants, including those with disabilities, by providing reasonable accommodations. We kindly request the cooperation of presenters in ensuring information accessibility.

Additionally, we have compiled information regarding infection control and the use of childcare facilities during the conference (the following information is also available on the conference website).

The complete program is scheduled to become available on Monday, October 2.

1. Reasonable accommodations

We ask all presenters at this conference to cooperate in ensuring information accessibility. Please read the information at the link below and prepare presentation materials accordingly.

★Ensuring Information Accessibility in Presentation

All conference attendees who need reasonable accommodations are encouraged to fill out the form below by October 10th (Tuesday).

★Application Form

2. Infection control measures

With the exception of the plenary and some individual presentation sessions, this conference will be held in-person. The conference organizing committee will implement the following infection control measures. We request your cooperation to ensure the safety of all conference participants.

[For all participants]

Please check your health conditions before coming to the conference site. If you have a fever (above 37.5 degrees Celsius) or are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending in-person, regardless of whether you have tested positive or negative for infections.
Plenary sessions will be conducted both in-person and online. Due to limitations related to the venues’ Wi-Fi availability and facilities, we cannot provide online access for the other sessions. We have set up a limited number of sessions exclusively online. If attending in-person is difficult for you, please participate in these sessions.

[For in-person presenters]

If you are unable to attend in-person, please notify the conference secretariat (jasid2023fall@). You cannot switch to an online presentation. You cannot also present a video-recorded presentation since it does not allow for real-time Q&A.

[For commentators]

If you are unable to attend due to health issues, please notify the conference secretariat and also inform the session chairperson. If you have prepared comments in writing in advance, please send them to the chairperson. If you have planned to provide oral comments only, please consult with the chairperson to find a solution, such as asking the chairperson to provide comments instead.

[For Chairperson]

If you are unable to attend due to health issues, please notify the conference secretariat and consult with the session commentators to find a solution, such as asking a commentator to assume the role of a chair.

3. On-Site Measures

Hand sanitizers will be available at various locations, and regular ventilation of lecture rooms will be conducted. Disinfectant for microphones in each classroom will also be provided.
The decision to wear masks will be left to the discretion of individual attendees.
The social gathering will not be buffet-style but will involve individually packaged servings.

4. Childcare Facilities Utilization

A daycare nursery room will be available for preschoolers at the conference site. Its per-hour cost will be JPY 500 for non-students and JPY 300 for students. Please read the details by clicking the link below and send the application by October 10th (Tuesday).

★Child Care Service

5. [Reminder] Submission of Report (Presentation) Papers

Those presenting in the general oral presentation and special session categories are required to submit their report papers by September 30th (Saturday). Please refer to the conference website which includes details regarding the submission procedure.

★Conference

6. Schedule

Presentation paper submission deadline: Saturday, September 30th at 23:59
Online program available: Monday, October 2
Early bird conference registration deadline: Wednesday, October 11
Payment for social gathering (simultaneously done with conference registration): Sunday, November 5
Conference dates: November 11-12 (Saturday-Sunday)

Contact

34th Annual Conference Organizing Committee
Chairperson: Taro Komatsu (Sophia University)

Contact: jasid2023fall [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Notice regarding conference registration [4th Announcement]

We would like to express our gratitude for the numerous presentation proposals. The conference program committee has reviewed and approved 72 general oral presentations, 7 special sessions, 18 roundtable discussions, and 21 poster presentations.

1. Conference program

Please refer to the following URL for the current conference program.

Program URL:

2. Conference registration

* We are pleased to inform you that the conference registration site is now open. Please register for the conference from the link below. Please note that only credit card payments are accepted.

★ Registration URL:
Please choose “English” in the upper right corner.

* For details regarding the registration fee, please consult the relevant page on the conference website (URL below).

Please choose “English” in the upper right corner.

* The deadline for early bird registration with a reduced fee is Wednesday, October 11. After this date, we will accept registration at a normal fee until the conference day.

* Receipts can be issued through the “Receipt Download” section on the registration site after logging in the Confit system. Please keep your receipt or the “Registration Confirmation Email”, as you will need to present one of these documents for entry at the conference venue. You can either present a printed copy or show the document on your smartphone screen.

3. Social gathering

On the first day of the conference, November 11th, Saturday, from 18:30 to 20:30, we plan a social gathering for participants to exchange opinions and build networks. You can choose an individual meal packet from three types: vegan, halal, and no restriction. Due to operational reasons, the participation fee must be made by November 5th, Sunday at the same time as registration for the conference. Please complete the payment process from the conference registration link above.

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34th Annual Conference Executive Committee
Chairperson: Taro Komatsu (Sophia University)
Contact: jasid2023fall@

Participation in Conferences during the Recess

Answer

During recesses, the member does not have the right to use the services as a member.

For this reason, it is not possible to submit an application for a conference presentation or to participate in the conference as a presenter (nor to take part in organised sessions or round tables).

However, it is possible to attend the conference as an auditor. In this case, please note that the participation fee is not the member price, but the general price applies.

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Contact

JASID Secretariat

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Q: I am a full member but I become a graduate student.

Answer

If you are a working adult enrolled in a graduate school, your membership status is Full Member, not Student Member.

Full members who do not hold a full-time position are able to apply for reduced annual membership fee programme.

Reference: Notice of Application for Dues Reduction for FY 2024 [D/L: 17th Sep.]

If you do not have a job and are enrolled in a university, you can change your membership status to Student Member from the next year by following the procedures below.

However, student members are subject to various restrictions on academic activities that are not required of regular members (e.g., conference presentations, paper submissions, etc.).

For this reason, we recommend that you continue to be a full member as long as possible.

Application Procedure

The screening will be held once a year in September (the results will be notified in October).
The application submission period will be announced in August on our mailing list and in our newsletter.
Please apply through the designated application form URL that will be included in the mailing list
After review by the Executive Board, the membership will be changed to student membership from the following year.

Criteria to decide

Membership categories are determined by affiliation as of October 1 of each year.

ex. 1）Enrollment in April 2023

Complete the application process by August 2023 (submit a copy of your student ID card/proof of enrollment)
Review by the Executive Board of Directors
Switch to student membership in FY2024 (from October 2023)
Annual membership fee invoices issued in April 2024 will change to student membership rates.

ex. 2）Enrollment in October 2023

Complete the application process by the end of August 2023 (submit letter of admission in lieu of proof of enrollment)
Review by the Executive Board of Directors
Switch to student membership in FY2024 (from October 2023)
Submit a copy of your student ID or proof of enrollment by October 2023
Annual membership fee invoices issued in April 2024 will change to student membership rates

Note

In the case of a change of membership status from full member to student member, if the application is not submitted by the deadline, the change of membership status to student member for the following year will NOT be accepted.

If you are unable to arrange for the documents to confirm your student registration in time by the deadline, please contact the JASID secretariat office before the deadline.

Contact

the JASID secretariat office

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Receipt of applications for recess in FY 2024 [D/L: 17th Sep.]

JASID has introduced a leave of absence system starting in FY 2023.

This system allows full members and student members to take a leave of absence for up to four consecutive years.

During the period of suspension, member services will be suspended, the sending of the journal and ML will cease, and applications and presentations at the conference will not be possible.

In addition, the right to be elected and to vote in the election of candidates for the Board of Directors will also be suspended.

For more information about the self-suspension program, please visit the following URL.

Recess

休会申請フォーム/
Application for Recess
Deadline for response: Sunday, September 17, 2023
*Deadline to be strictly observed

Flow after application

After the deadline, the JASID Secretariat office will scrutinize the applications and, after approval by the Executive Board, will inform you of the results in mid-October or later.

Contact

the JASID Secretariat Office
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Secretariat.
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The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Deadline reminder for presentation registration [3rd Announcement]

Regarding the 34th annual conference scheduled to be held at Sophia University on November 11-12, we would like to remind everyone that the deadline to submit a presentation proposal is August 5th (Saturday).

We are eagerly awaiting your presentation submissions.

▼For more details, please refer to the following link (choose “English” at the right upper corner):

Contact

34th Annual Conference Executive Committee
Chairperson: Taro Komatsu (Sophia University)

jasid2023fall [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Announcement of the start of registration for presentations [2nd Announcement]

The 34th Annual Conference website is now open!

Conference HP:

3. Conference format

– Following the 2023 Spring Conference in Akita, the 34th Annual Conference will be held face-to-face (not in a hybrid format).

– One of the parallel sessions will be held fully online. It will be possible to present a paper and/or participate from a distance.

– If you wish to participate in an online session at the conference site, you will need to bring your own computer or tablet and log in with your eduroam account.

4. Participation in the conference

– Registration to attend the conference is scheduled to start in early September.

– The conference registration fee can only be paid online by a credit card.

– Printed copies of the conference proceedings will not be distributed to attendees. Those who have paid a registration fee will have access to the Proceedings online in advance of the conference.

5. Schedule

Proposal submission deadline: Saturday, August 5 (no late submission accepted)
Notification of acceptance/rejection: Thursday, August 31
Conference registration opens: Early September
Presentation paper submission: End of September

Contact

34th Annual Conference Executive Committee
Chairperson: Taro Komatsu (Sophia University)

jasid2023fall [at] (replace [at] with @)

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #17 April 20 [for Members and Generals]

The Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar cordially invite you to join the hybrid seminar.

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #19-20

Date & Time: May 25, 2023, Thursday, 15:00-18:15 (JST)
Language: English
Venue: Seminar Room E217 (GSA, Kyoto University) / Zoom Web Seminar
Speaker: Takeshi Sakurai (University of Tokyo) and John Gibson (University of Waikato)

Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Presentation by Takeshi Sakurai
Title: Improving Infant Nutrition through the Market: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

Abstract:

This study investigates the impact on infants’ nutritional status of introducing a new complementary food product for infants into the market. We conducted experimental sales of the product, Koko Plus, with randomly selected mother-infant pairs every week for half a year in Ghana. We found that the introduction of Koko Plus into the market significantly increased children’s weight. However, the effect was heterogeneous: it was smaller among children whose baseline weight was lower. We investigated the mechanisms underlying this heterogeneity and found that it was associated with access to safe drinking water. If mothers gave their children safe drinking water, the sale of Koko Plus significantly increased their child’s weight regardless of baseline nutrition status. The results imply that the success of a market-based approach to complementary food products in improving infant nutrition is dependent on access to safe drinking water.

Presentation by John Gibson
Title: Measuring rural economic activity remotely: Do we just need better sensors?

Abstract:

It is difficult and expensive to measure rural economic activity in developing countries. The usual survey-based approach is less informative than often realized due to combined effects of the clustered samples dictated by survey logistics and the spatial autocorrelation in rural livelihoods. Administrative data, like sub-national Gross Domestic Product for lower level spatial units, are often unavailable and informality and seasonality of many rural activities raises doubts about the accuracy of these measurements. In order to overcome these barriers a recent literature argues that high-resol ution satellite imagery can be used to measure rural economic activity and can provide indicators of rural living standards. Potential advantages of using remote sensing data include greater comparability between countries irrespective of their varying levels of statistical capacity, cheaper and mor e timely data availability, and the possibility of extending estimates to spatial units below the level at which GDP data or survey data are reported. While there are many types of remote sensing data, economists have particularly seized upon satellite-detected nighttime lights (NTL) as a proxy for local economic activity. Yet there are growing doubts about the universal usefulness of this proxy, with recent evidence suggesting that NTL data are a poor proxy in low-density rural areas of developing countries. This study examines performance in predicting rural sector economic activity in China with different types of satellite-detected NTL data that come from sensors of varying resolution. We include the most popular NTL source in economics, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data, whose resolution is, at best, 2.7 km, two data sources from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiomet er Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi/NPP satellite which have spatial resolution of km, and data from the Luojia-01 satellite which is even more spatially precise, with a resolution of km. With this range of resolutions we can ascertain whether better sensors, used by the more spatially precise d ata sources, lead to more accurate predictions of county-level primary sector GDP. We supplement this statistical assessment with a set of ground-truthing exercises. Overall, our study helps to inform decisions about future data directions for studying rural economic activity in developing countries .

Chair:

Ken Miura (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)

Contact

Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University
Ken Miura

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Reminder: Conference Participation [8th Announcement]

The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to share some updates about the conference program.

１．Information on Program and Proceedings

Program and Proceedings have been uploaded to the website. Please access and download from the link below. A password is required to download, and it will be sent to the participants through another email from the committee. We will not print or distribute them.

(1) Program

‐ Program

‐ Time Table

‐ Session

（2）Proceedings

‐Download PDF for print

２．To presenters

(1) On-site session

– Presentation slides must be transferred to the set laptop at each room prior to the session begins.
– Presenters in the morning sessions should transfer their files and review the presentation between 9:10 and 9:30 a.m.
– Presenters of the afternoon session should transfer their files and review the presentation during the lunch break (11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).
– If you will have a presentation in an online session, please prepare your own PC even if you are at the venue.

(2) On-line session

– If you will have a presentation in an online session, you can enter the Zoom room at the following times and check the slide projection.
Morning: 9:20 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.
Afternoon: 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

(3) Poster session

– Present your poster in Community Space, 1st floor of the venue by 9:30 a.m.
– The core time of the poster session is 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
– Present your poster to the audience in the core time.

３．Items about venue settings

(1) Reception

– The reception opens at 9:10 on the 2nd floor.
Please bring two business cards of yours. One is used for registration purpose and the other is for your name tag.

（2）Wifi access

‐Akita City public wifi is available at the conference venue. Please check the manual from the link below.：Akita City Wi-Fi Manual（）

（3）Lunch/ Coffee and sweets

‐Lunch and tea will be served. Lunch box will be offered from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 at the reception area (2nd floor).。
‐Coffee and sweets will be served at the 1st floor, community space, between 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Please note we only have one cup of coffee and one set of sweets per person.
‐The cost is included in the participation fee.

（4）Personal belongings and large-size items, luggage

‐Any valuable personal belongings should be kept by yourself.
‐We request all participants to leave your luggage at your hotel if possible.
‐A dedicated space to keep large size luggage in the 3rd floor, nearby A3-2 emergency exist and C stairs.

（5）Media

‐This event may be broadcasted locally in Akita. When asked, please cooperate for interviews.。

（6）Others

‐On the 1st floor, second-hand clothes are sold in the community space. When you are asked, please cooperate for questionnaires.

※ You can find more details in the program.

The 24th Spring Conference is just around the corner. We have received about 200 registrations and about 40 students, mostly the students of Akita International University, will support the conference.

All Conference Organising Committee members and student volunteers are very much looking forward to seeing you all in-person at the conference venue, Akita Cultural Creation Centre on June 10.

Contact

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

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

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #17 April 20 [for Members and Generals]

The Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar cordially invite you to join the hybrid seminar.

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #19-20

Date & Time: May 25, 2023, Thursday, 15:00-18:15 (JST)
Language: English
Venue: Seminar Room E217 (GSA, Kyoto University) / Zoom Web Seminar
Speaker: Takeshi Sakurai (University of Tokyo) and John Gibson (University of Waikato)

Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Presentation by Takeshi Sakurai
Title: Improving Infant Nutrition through the Market: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

Abstract:

Presentation by John Gibson
Title: Measuring rural economic activity remotely: Do we just need better sensors?

Abstract:

Chair:

Ken Miura (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)

Contact

Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University
Ken Miura

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Reminder: The 24th JASID Spring Conference Registration [7th Announcement]

The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to share some updates about the conference registration and program.

1. Conference Registration

Deadline for pre-registration extended

The deadline for pre-registration (discounted rate) originally set today , April 29 (Sat) is now extended to 【May 6 (Sat)】. Those who have received the notification of acceptance, please utilise this opportunity to register to the conference with a discounted price.

(i) Pre-registration by May 6 (Sat),
(ii) Final deadline for registration on May 14 (Sun).

▼Conference registration:

**Please note that payment is by credit card only.

2. Excursion Program

The details of the excursion program have been uploaded to the website. Please note that you cannot apply to excursion separately from the conference registration. The application deadline for the excursion program is the same as the conference registration,【 May 14 (Sun)】.

▼About Excursion Program

3. Childcare Services

Childcare services will be provided during the event. You can also participate in the excursions with your child.
If you wish to use childcare services or participate in excursions with your children, please send an e-mail to Ms. Kyoko Takahashi, with the information as below.

The number of children
Their ages
Date and time when you wish to take childcare service

◆Contact

Ms. Kyoko Takahashi

takahashikyoko [at] (replace [at] with @)

◆Deadline

May 14（Sun), the deadline for registration for the conference.

4. Message from the Chair of Conference Organaising Committee

The venue of the 24th Spring Conference, Akita City Cultural Creation Centre, was built in 1967 as the Akita Prefectural Art Museum. This building has a unique roof with a round-shape window that helps to shed sunlight to its inside.

Such design of the building was necessary for a museum located in Akita where the amount of sunlight is significantly less in winter. Since 2019, the same building is repurposed to host various cultural activities. We received 40 oral presentations, 5 round table sessions, 3 planned sessions, and 18 poster presentation applications.

In total 66 projects are going to be presented. I am very much looking forward to hearing discussions on various topics during the conference in our special venue, Akita City Cultural Creation Centre.

About Akita City Cultural Creation Centre

Contact

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

jasid2023springe [at] 　(replace [at] with @)

The 24th JASID Spring Conference (Akita International University)

We received many applications for this conference. All of the applications were reviewed by the Conference Organization Committee as well as JASID Conference Organisation team on April 1. The screening results were sent to the applicants.

Sessions on industry, education, migrants and refugees, environment, culture and development, international cooperation, health and welfare will be held at the 24th JASID Spring Conference: 3 organized sessions, 5 roundtable sessions, 11 oral presentation sessions, together with a poster session and book talk.

Information

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

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Download the form from the Conference website
Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Download the form from the Conference website
Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
Bring a A1 size printed poster with you to the conference venue
Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

Download the form from the Conference website
Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only),
Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
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 presentation should be 15-20 minutes. Prepare slides for your presentation. Follow the instruction of the session chair about the presentation time.

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Prepare A1 size printed poster and bring it with you to the venue. Display panels will be available at the ground floor of the venue.

For organisers of planned sessions and roundtable sessions

Please inform your session participants to complete conference registration and upload abstract or paper via the online system. Complete the registration of your session by submitting A4 one-page abstract of your session that includes the names of chairperson, presenters, and commentators, and submit the file before May 14 (Sat) 23:59.

Registration and Payment of the participation fee

Please check the conference website for the participation fee.

In principle, we only accept payment by credit card. Receipt will be available after your payment via the system. Registration deadline is May 14 (Sat).

Program pages of the Conference website

The updated version of conference program is available at the conference website.

Please note that the start time of conference changed to 9:30 and the venue will be open for registration from 9:00.

＊Session format

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and two to four presenters in principle. Each session is for 120 minutes. A single presenter has 15-20 minutes for her/his presentation, 5 minutes for commentator, 3 minutes for the presenter to respond, and the remaining time for open discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to facilitate Q&A time. Please follow the instruction of the chair about presentation time if your session has five presenters.

＊Online sessions

One of the parallel sessions will be organised as online session at the conference. Those who can turn on camera are the chairperson, commentators, and presenters only.

Conference venue

The conference venue is Akita City Cultural Creation Centre (). Please note it is not Akita International University campus.

Check the access to the venue from the conference website.

Plenary session

Plenary session will be held on June 10, 17:00-19:15, on the theme of “The Role of Intergenerational Ties in Sustainability: What to Sustain, What to Revise, and What to Pass Across Generations?”. Please find more details about the plenary from the conference website.

The language used in this session is English.

For details, please see the conference website.

We look forward to your participation.

The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organising Committee

Shogo KUDO
(Chairperson, Associate Professor, Akita International University)

Hideki KAJI (Program coordination. Lecturer, Kochi University)
Eri YAMAZAKI (Communication, Lecturer, Sophia University)
Kyoko TAKAHASHI (Site operation, Adjunct Researcher, The University of Tokyo)
Ayako MASUYA (Accounting, JICA Tohoku, Akita desk)

Contact: jasid2023spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

“Seminar on Land Tenure, Inheritance, and Gender in Middle East” May23 [for Members and Generals]

Institute of Islamic Area Studies at Sophia University invites Myriam Ababsa (associate researcher at the French Institute for the Near-East (IFPO)), and hold a research seminar on the property, inheritance and gender in Jordan with Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Research Project on Islam and Gender: Towards a Comprehensive Discussion” (Principal Investigator: Eiji Nagasawa) and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Maslaha as practiced in Muslim societies: A comparative study with a special focus on rights of socially disadvantaged people” (Principal Investigator: Satoe Horii).

Myriam Ababsa is social geographer based in Jordan since 2000. Her work focuses on the impact of public policies on regional and urban development in Jordan and Syria. She also works for the United Nations as an urban planner. In this seminar, she will talk about the land tenure and inheritance system in Jordan, and social mechanism to exclude women from land property based on the fieldwork she carried out in Jordan in 2015-2016.

Kazuaki Takemura (Takachiho University), who has been studying land ownership in the desert with Egypt as his field, will comment on her presentation from a comparison with Egypt.

Overview

Time: May 23 (Tues) 2023, 17:30 – 19:00
Place
[Onsite] Building 2, Room 730 (7th floor), Sophia University Yotsuya Campus（）
[Online] Zoom
Language: English

Program

17:30-17:35　
Opening
Erina IWASAKI (Sophia University)

17:35-18:20　
Myriam ABABSA (French Institute for the Near-East: IFPO)
“Women’s Land Inheritance Rights and Practices in Jordan”

18:20-18:30
Comments
Kazuaki TAKEMURA (Takachiho University)

18:30-19:00
Discussions

Registration

(Registration deadline May 18, 2023 )*Seminar URL will be sent to you later.

Organization

Research on the Dynamics of the Reconstruction of Publicness in Contemporary Islam (Academic Research Promotion Fund by the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan) (Principal Investigator: Masayuki Akahori)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Maslaha as practiced in Muslim societies: A comparative study with a special focus on rights of socially disadvantaged people” (Principal Investigator: Satoe Horii)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Research Project on Islam and Gender: Towards a Comprehensive Discussion” (Principal Investigator: Eiji Nagasawa)

Contact

Institute of Islamic Area Studies, Sophia University

sias-co[at] please change [at] to @

Myriam Ababsa has directed the Atlas of Jordan. History, Territories, Society (Ifpo 2013), and co-edited with Baudouin Dupret and Eric Denis Popular Housing and Urban Land Tenure in the Middle East (University of Cairo Press, 2012) and with Rami Daher, Cities, Urban Practices and Nation Building in Jordan (Ifpo 2011).
She holds a PhD in Geography from the University François Rabelais of Tours (2004) on Raqqa (Syrian Studies Association, Best Doctoral Dissertation Prize, Special Mention, 2006).

[Important] Final Reminder for Application of the 24th

The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organizing Committee would like to inform you that there is 1-day left until the deadline.

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.

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.

◆Application Submission:

* We will receive your application via the main conference website, not via emails.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

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

jasid2023springe [at] 　(replace [at] with @)

Reminder: Application of the 24th JASID Spring Conference (Deadline: March 18th, 2023) [5th Announcement]

The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organizing Committee would like to inform you that there is 5 days left until the deadline.

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.

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.

Application Submission

We will receive your application via the main conference website (the URL link above), not via emails.

3．Conference registration

4．Up-coming schedule

5．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.

Contact

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

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

Application Forms of the 24th JASID Spring Conference [4th Announcement]

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

Contact

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

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

Application Forms of the 24th JASID Spring Conference [2nd Announcement]

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).

Contact

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

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

The 24th Spring Conference of JASID, Call for Applications [1st Announcement]

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

Contact

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

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

Activity Report of the Research Group: ”Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems”　

Activity Report in the FY 2022

(Oct. 2021-Sept. 2022)

IDSSP (Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems) was launched in January 2022 after its establishment was approved in the 32nd Annual Conference of JASID in Nov. 2021. This research group was created to provide a platform for researchers in the field of international development to exchange ideas and share knowledge on the process of solving social issues, which are commonly observed in the World, and conduct inter-disciplinary research on applicable innovations. Since half of our members reside outside of Japan, all activities have been conducted online.

In Jan., 2022, a kick-off meeting was held and members were introduced. We also planned our activities for the financial year 2021-2022.

Between Feb. and April, 2022, we prepared for a round table session in the 23^rd Spring Conference of JASID. We chose guest speakers and topics, and communicated with guest speakers to organize our session.

In June 2022, a roundtable session, titled “Prospects in Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems: Learning from Cases in Asia“, was held during the 23^rd Spring Conference of JASID. In this roundtable session, we discussed commonality and differences of social issues in Asia and the use of multifaceted approaches in problem-solving. We invited two guest speakers, Dr. Vincent Y-W Chen at the Department of Leisure Management, Minghsin University of Science and Technology and Technology & Institute of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, and Dr. Ariya Svetamra, Department of Women’s Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Dr. Chen presented on “The Application of AI Technology to Address SDG issues” and demonstrated the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to protect green sea turtles in Xiao Liuqiu island, Taiwan, and how to develop sustainable tourism and communities for nature conservation.

Dr. Svetamra presented on “Gendered Dynamics of Women Migrant Workers in Northern Thailand”, described the severe conditions, which migrant women in Northern Thailand had to face in their lives, and explained the application of FPAR (Feminist Participatory Action Research) to create their opportunities in the future. In the discussion session following two talks, participants shared the issues and knowledge in tourism development and international migration.

The vice representative, Dr. Pei-Hsin Hsu, and the representative, Dr. Naoko Shinkai, co-chaired this roundtable session.

In July 2022, we had a research meeting with Dr. Chen to follow up on the issue of innovation and development from AI prospects.

In September 2022, a joint seminar, 2022 IDSSP-JASID research seminar/The 5^th TU-RIPS seminar on “Business Innovation During the Crises: no trade-off between human rights and business performance “was held.

This seminar was co-organized by IDSSP and the Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tsuda University. In this seminar, two professors from Sri Lanka, Dr. Rukmal Weerasinghe, Professor, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce and the Chairperson, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, and Dr. Shirantha Heenkenda, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka made presentations.

Dr. Weerasinghe provided a talk on the innovative business operations in Sri Lanka in a state of multiple crises, economic and financial crises, and pandemic, and illustrated how the right of employees was preserved.

Following the talk by Dr. Weerashinghe, Dr. Heenkenda made a speech and added the legal background of human rights in business in Sri Lanka and called attention to possible human rights risks during the crises. In the discussion session after two talks, we reviewed essential factors in leading and developing business in difficult times without sacrificing human rights.

In addition, we had a preparatory meeting with guest speakers and core members before each event and two supplemental research meetings with core members.

Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems
Representative: Naoko Shinkai, Tsuda University

Q: I am a member of JASID. However, I was told “You are not a member of JASID” when I submitted a paper or applied for the conference

Answer

入会を申し込んだだけでは学会員の資格を得たことにはなりません。

入会の申請後、常任理事会での審査を経て、初回の会費の支払い完了後に、会員番号が付与されてはじめて、在会者として会員サービスの利用が可能となります。

入会承認の通知が届いた後に初年度会費の支払がなされていないため、ステータスが「申請中」から変更になっていないケースがあります。

また、会費の滞納が続いたり、事務局がEメール・郵便のいずれでも当該会員と連絡が取れなくなったことにより退会処分となっている事例も散見されます。また、海外赴任等で会費の送金ができない期間があったなどで籍を失うケースもあります。

海外へ転出されるなどで学会活動を休止したい会員は、事前に休会手続きをお取りください。

本件にかんするお問い合わせ先

国際開発学会・本部事務局

[Important!] To those who plan to be the Society member to present at the JASID Annual Conference

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

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference

【The 2nd Announcement】

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)

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

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

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

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

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

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

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

Chairs, and commentators have to register and make the payments by 23:59, Mon. May 16th, 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

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.

Contact: jasid2022spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

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

Japanese Version

About the 23rd JASID Spring Conference 【The 2nd Announcement】

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)

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

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

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

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

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

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

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

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

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

＊Video recording of sessions

＊Time allocation of sessions

＊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.

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 @)

The 1st Announcement: The 23nd JASID Spring Conference

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 @)

International Symposium on “Development Research and Teaching in the Post-COVID-19 Era: New Opportunities and Challenges” Feb. 10 [for Members and Generals]

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 @)

The 32nd JASID Annual Conference (#3)

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)

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

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

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

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

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

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

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

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

＊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

Kazuya Wada (Kanazawa University)

Contact: jasid2021ku [at]

JASID Kansai Branch “The 168th Study Session (Seminar)” Nov. 22

Summary

Topic 1:

Speaker 1:

Topic 2:

Speaker 2:

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[JASID conference] 34th JASID Annual Conference: Conference Program Booklet

1. Conference Program Booklet (PDF)

Conference Program Booklet:

2. Entry to the venue

Campus map:

Day 1

Day 2

3. Using WiFi at the Venue

Eduroam:

Guest account connection manuals:

4. Book Sales During the Conference

Contact

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Publication of Conference Proceedings [7th Announcement]

1. Conference Proceedings

2. Communication within an oral presentation session

3. Poster Presentation (for presenters)

4. Childcare Services (Extension of Application Deadline)

★Childcare Information:

Contact

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Program release and participation in plenary session

1. Conference program (Confit)

★ Conference Website:

2. Participation in the plenary session

★ Plenary session:

3. Early bird registration

Contact

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Notice regarding reasonable accommodations, infection control measures, and the use of childcare facilities [5th Announcement]

1. Reasonable accommodations

★Ensuring Information Accessibility in Presentation

★Application Form

2. Infection control measures

[For all participants]

[For in-person presenters]

[For commentators]

[For Chairperson]

3. On-Site Measures

4. Childcare Facilities Utilization

★Child Care Service

5. [Reminder] Submission of Report (Presentation) Papers

★Conference

6. Schedule

Contact

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Notice regarding conference registration [4th Announcement]

Participation in Conferences during the Recess

Answer

Contact

Q: I am a full member but I become a graduate student.

Answer

Application Procedure

Criteria to decide

ex. 1）Enrollment in April 2023

ex. 2）Enrollment in October 2023

Note

Contact

Receipt of applications for recess in FY 2024 [D/L: 17th Sep.]

Recess

Flow after application

Contact

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Deadline reminder for presentation registration [3rd Announcement]

Contact

The 34th JASID Annual Conference: Announcement of the start of registration for presentations [2nd Announcement]

The 34th Annual Conference website is now open!

3. Conference format

4. Participation in the conference

5. Schedule

Contact

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #17 April 20 [for Members and Generals]

The Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar cordially invite you to join the hybrid seminar.

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #19-20

Register in advance for this meeting:

Presentation by Takeshi Sakurai Title: Improving Infant Nutrition through the Market: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

Abstract:

Presentation by John Gibson Title: Measuring rural economic activity remotely: Do we just need better sensors?

Presentation by Takeshi Sakurai
Title: Improving Infant Nutrition through the Market: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

Presentation by John Gibson
Title: Measuring rural economic activity remotely: Do we just need better sensors?

Presentation by Takeshi Sakurai
Title: Improving Infant Nutrition through the Market: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

Presentation by John Gibson
Title: Measuring rural economic activity remotely: Do we just need better sensors?

Shogo KUDO
(Chairperson, Associate Professor, Akita International University)