Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Peace & Conflict Research, Department of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University, December 1998
  • Doctor of Sociology, University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Department of Sociology, Tokyo, January 1996
  • Ph. Licentiate (Fil.Lic.) Peace and Conflict Research, Department of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University, October 1991
  • Master of Sociology, University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Department of Sociology, March 1987
  • Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts, International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, March 1985

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • April 2016–present: Professor, Department of Innovation Science, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • October 2013–present: Professor of decision-making process, Department of Value & Decision Science (VALDES), Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2017-Present: Affiliated Professor at Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management, Uppsala University
  • January 2010–September 2013: Professor of political science at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
  • September 2001–December 2008: Director of the Center for Pacific Asia Studies (CPAS), Stockholm University
  • April 2005–December 2009: Professor in sociology, peace & conflict research, and Japanese/Asian studies, at the Center for Pacific Asia Studies (CPAS), Stockholm University
  • May 2001–March 2005: Docent (Associate Professor) in Japanese studies, sociology, and peace & conflict research at CPAS, Stockholm University
  • July 2000–April 2001: Senior Lecturer (universitetslektor) in Japanese studies at CPAS, Stockholm University
  • August 1999–June 2000: Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies, Department of Japanese Studies, Stockholm University
  • January–July 1999: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
  • April 1992–September 1995: Lecturer at the Division of Applied Sociology, Department of Sociology, Shikoku-Gakuin University, Kagawa, Japan

GUEST PROFESSORSHIP, FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2020-Present: Member of the board of directors, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Japan Chapter (INMMJ)
  • 2017-Present: Member of the board of directors, and Editor of Disarmament Studies (2016-) of the  Japan Association of Disarmament Studies
  • 2016-Present: Member of the steering committee, Japan Pugwash of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
  • 2014-2019: Guest Professor, International Graduate School of Accounting Policy (IGSAP), Tohoku University
  • 2011-2012: Abe Fellowship for a project, “Nuclear Strategy of the US-Japan Alliance Revisited: Addressing Increased Nuclear Threat in the Paradox of Global Nuclear Disarmament”, awarded by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), Tokyo
  • 2012 July-September: 2010 Abe Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, D.C. and Honolulu, Hawaii
  • September 2011 & February 2012: Senior Visiting Fellow/2010 Abe Fellow at the Research Institute for Peace & Security (RIPS), Tokyo
  • 2011 June-August: 2010 Abe Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, D.C. and Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 2010–2012: Guest Professor at Tohoku University, School of Law, Sendai, Japan, for a Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program and Tohoku University International Program in Liberal Arts (student exchange program)
  • 2010- 2012: Guest Professor at the School of Policy Studies, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan
  • 1999–2010: Guest Lecturer at the Institute for International Studies, Meiji-Gakuin University, Tokyo/Yokohama, Japan
  • 2005 April & July: POSCO Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, for a project, ‘North Korean nuclear crisis and its implications for the future East Asian security’
  • 2003 March-April: Visiting Research Scholar at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law & Politics
  • 1995–2001: Non-Residential Associate Fellow of the Foundation for Advancement of International Science (FAIS), Tsukuba, Japan
  • 1992–1993: Visiting researcher at the Institute of Global Conflict & Cooperation (IGCC) at California University San Diego, and the Institute for International Security and Conflict Resolution (IISCOR) at San Diego State University
  • 1988–1989: Fellowship from the Sasakawa Japan-Scandinavia Foundation at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
  • 1987–1988: Rotary International Research Fellow at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
  • July 1988: Invited Observer to the IGCC/ADIU Summer School on Global Security and Arms Control, ADIU, Sussex University (2 weeks), co-organized with IGCC, University of California, San Diego

RESEARCH GRANTS

  • 2017-2020: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japanese Ministry of Education and Research, for a project “Post-Fukushima Nuclear Policy and Security of Japan”.
  • 2010-2012: Grants from the Forum for Asian Studies at Stockholm University for projects: Planning Grant, ‘Envisioning Confidence Building Measures (CBM) in Volatile East Asia’; Guest Research Grant for inviting Guest Scholars to Stockholm University from SU partner universities; Grant for organizing an international conference, ‘The Nuclear Renaissance and the Risks of Nuclear Proliferation in Asia’ (May 2011)
  • 2007– 2008: Grant from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), Taipei, for a project “Democratization and Economic Growth: The Significance of Taiwan’s Experience”
  • April 2007: Grant from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for hosting the European Association for Taiwan Studies (EATS) 4th Annual Conference, Stockholm University, 20-22 April 2007
  • August 2006: Grant from the Japan Foundation, Intellectual Exchange Conference Program 2006 for organizing a conference, ‘New Initiatives for Solving the Northern Territories Problem between Japan and Russia: an Inspiration from the Åland Model’
  • July 1-3, 2005: Funds from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and KRI International, Tokyo, for co-organizing the 4th workshop ‘Peace Building and Reconstruction in South Asia: Exploring Development Support to Kashmir’, JICA in Yokohama, Japan
  • September 2003: Financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) for organizing a brainstorming workshop ‘New Initiatives for Risk Reduction on Unsettled Asian Borders’ over the Kashmir issue with former top officials from India and Pakistan
  • February 2003: Funds from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a brainstorming workshop ‘New Initiatives for Peace & Security in the Korean Peninsula’, Stockholm
  • June-Dec 2001: Research funds for organizing a workshop “Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management in East Asia” from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Conflict Prevention Secretariat
  • April 1997–March 2000: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (International Scientific Research Program: Field Research) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, for a project ‘Comparative study of Security Policies and Regional Security of Japan and Sweden: toward regional security cooperation and confidence-building in the Asia-Pacific’
  • 1999–2000: Scholarship awarded by Knut & Alice Wallenberg’s Foundation Stipendium for a younger female post-doctoral researchers
  • 1997–1998: PhD candidate’s grant for concluding my Ph.D. work, awarded by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation)
  • 1996–1997: Grant from the Toyota Foundation (Individual Research A) for a project ‘Japan-US cooperation in Military R&D and its Impacts on Regional Security: Searching for alternative multilateral security and confidence-building in Asia-Pacific’
  • April 1995–March 1996: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Monbusho International Scientific Research Program: Field Research) awarded by the Japanese Ministry of Education for a project ‘An Analysis of Multinationalization of Military Research&Development’
  • April 1995–March 1996: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Monbusho Incentive Research A) awarded by the Japanese Ministry of Education for a project ‘Effects of Multi-nationalization of Military R&D on National Security among the Industrialized Countries’