EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
May 2003 Institute of Education, University of London (London, UK)
[University College London, Institute of Education from 2014 onwards]
Ph.D in Higher Education Policy
Title of doctoral thesis: Ideologies, Policies and the Control of the University Systems in England and Japan
*Started as a MPhil degree candidate, upgraded to a Ph.D degree candidate and awarded Ph.D in 2003.
March 1990 Notre Dame Seishin University (Okayama, Japan)
B.A. in English Language and Literature
Co-curricular Activities
August 1995-September 1995 Centre Universitaire d’etudes Francaises, Universite de Grenoble (Grenoble, France)
Intensive French classes
June 1994-August 1994 Georgetown University (Washington DC, US)
Summer School
June 1993-August 1993 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (Boston, US) Summer School
July 1993-August 1993 Tufts University (Boston, US)
Summer School
APPOINTMENTS:
2017-present Ecofortitude (Sapporo, Japan)
Executive Director
May 2013-2016 Independent Professorial Fellow (Various locations)
May 2012-April 2013 Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research, Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
Visiting Scholar
November 2011-May 2012 The Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Visiting Scholar
April 2011-October 2011 Higher Education Policy Research Unit, Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin, Ireland)
Visiting Scholar
January 2011-April 2011 Department of Studies in Education, Culture and Media, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden)
Visiting Scholar
July 2010-December 2010 Independent Senior Research Fellow (Cambridge, UK) [Research, publication, reviewing]
August 2009-July 2010 Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, US)
Visiting Scholar
August 2008-August 2009 Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University (State College,
US) Visiting Scholar
September 2007-August 2008 Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor (Ann Arbor, US) Visiting Scholar
July-2007-August 2007 Center for International Higher Education, Boston College (Boston, US)
Visiting Scholar
April 2007-June 2007 CLMS, University of Leicester (Leicester, UK)
Visiting Scholar
April 2007-June 2007 Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan) Associate Professor
April 2007-June 2007 Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan) Associate
Professor
April 2006-March 2007 Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan)
Assistant Professor
April 2004-March 2007 Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan)
Assistant Professor
January 2003-March 2004 Independent Research Officer (Paris, France) [Research and publication]
October 1998-December 2002 Independent Research Assistant (London, UK) [Organising research activities, collecting primary
data, conducting the interviews]
September 1995-September 1998 Japanese School Ltd. (London, UK) Japanese Teacher (Part-time)
June 1994 -September 1994 The Embassy of Japan (Washington DC, US) Intern
April 1990-March 1991 Seishin High School (Okayama, Japan) English Teacher (Full-time)
April 1986-March 1990 Private tutoring, (Okayama, Japan) Tutor (Part-time)
July 1986-August 1986 International Charity Organisation (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Volunteer
May 2003 Institute of Education, University of London (London, UK)
[University College London, Institute of Education from 2014 onwards]
Ph.D in Higher Education Policy
Title of doctoral thesis: Ideologies, Policies and the Control of the University Systems in England and Japan
*Started as a MPhil degree candidate, upgraded to a Ph.D degree candidate and awarded Ph.D in 2003.
March 1990 Notre Dame Seishin University (Okayama, Japan)
B.A. in English Language and Literature
Co-curricular Activities
August 1995-September 1995 Centre Universitaire d’etudes Francaises, Universite de Grenoble (Grenoble, France)
Intensive French classes
June 1994-August 1994 Georgetown University (Washington DC, US)
Summer School
June 1993-August 1993 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (Boston, US) Summer School
July 1993-August 1993 Tufts University (Boston, US)
Summer School
APPOINTMENTS:
2017-present Ecofortitude (Sapporo, Japan)
Executive Director
May 2013-2016 Independent Professorial Fellow (Various locations)
May 2012-April 2013 Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research, Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
Visiting Scholar
November 2011-May 2012 The Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Visiting Scholar
April 2011-October 2011 Higher Education Policy Research Unit, Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin, Ireland)
Visiting Scholar
January 2011-April 2011 Department of Studies in Education, Culture and Media, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden)
Visiting Scholar
July 2010-December 2010 Independent Senior Research Fellow (Cambridge, UK) [Research, publication, reviewing]
August 2009-July 2010 Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, US)
Visiting Scholar
August 2008-August 2009 Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University (State College,
US) Visiting Scholar
September 2007-August 2008 Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor (Ann Arbor, US) Visiting Scholar
July-2007-August 2007 Center for International Higher Education, Boston College (Boston, US)
Visiting Scholar
April 2007-June 2007 CLMS, University of Leicester (Leicester, UK)
Visiting Scholar
April 2007-June 2007 Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan) Associate Professor
April 2007-June 2007 Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan) Associate
Professor
April 2006-March 2007 Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan)
Assistant Professor
April 2004-March 2007 Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan)
Assistant Professor
January 2003-March 2004 Independent Research Officer (Paris, France) [Research and publication]
October 1998-December 2002 Independent Research Assistant (London, UK) [Organising research activities, collecting primary
data, conducting the interviews]
September 1995-September 1998 Japanese School Ltd. (London, UK) Japanese Teacher (Part-time)
June 1994 -September 1994 The Embassy of Japan (Washington DC, US) Intern
April 1990-March 1991 Seishin High School (Okayama, Japan) English Teacher (Full-time)
April 1986-March 1990 Private tutoring, (Okayama, Japan) Tutor (Part-time)
July 1986-August 1986 International Charity Organisation (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Volunteer