Koji　Furukawa

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101-2 Yagoto-Hommachi, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8666, Japan

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POSITIONS

Professor, the Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Law, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan. (Since Apr.2012)

Visiting Scholar, Centre of International Relations, the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Canada (Aug.2006- Aug.2007)

Associate Professor, the Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Law, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan. (Apr.2005-Mar.2012)

Assistant Professor, the Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Law, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan. (Apr.2001-Mar.2005)

RESEARCH INTEREST

Japanese foreign policy toward international organizations; management in international organizations; Japanese local governments’ international exchange

EDUCATION

Ph.D. candidate, Osaka School of International Public Policy (since 2001)

M.A. in International Public policy, Osaka University, Japan, 1998.

B.A. in Politics, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 1996.

PUBLICATIONS

“Free Trade Zones in Okinawa, Japan,” World History Bulletin, Vol.XXIX No.1, pp.31-32 (2013).

“Kokusai Rengo: Jinken Bunya　[United Nation: Human rights],” “Kokuren Nammin Koto Bemmukan Jimusho (UNHCR),” in Koji Furukawa, Ikuyo Hasuo, Hiroko Akizuki, and Hideaki Shiriyama, Kokusai Kikan no Hyoka [The Evaluation of International Organization] (Kokuren Maruchi Gaiko Kenkyukai Hokokusho [The Document of study group working on United Nations and Multi-diplomacy in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan], 2013) pp.40-52, 91-103. [Japanese only]

“Thinking about Territorial Issues in Japan,” Peace Studies Bulletin No.31, pp.15-18(2012).

“Bordering Japan: Towards a Comprehensive Perspective,” Journal of Borderlands Studies, Vol.26 No.3, pp.297-314 (2012).

“Nihon no Jinken Gaiko Saiko: Kokusai Jinken Seisaku no Kochiku ni mukete [Rethinking Human Rights in Japan’s Foreign Policy],”Chukyo Hogaku [Chukyo Law Review], Vol. 39, No. 1/2, pp. 37-67 (2004). [Japanese only]

“Kokuren Nammin Koto Bemmukan Jimusho (UNHCR),” ”Kokusai Rengo (Jinken Bunya)[United Nation: Human Rights],” “Kokuren Kyoiku Kagaku Bunka Kikan (UNESCO),” in Masayuki Tadokoro and Hideaki Shiroyama (eds.), Kokusai Kikan to Nihon [International Organization and Japan]” (Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Hyoron Sha, 2004), pp.196-216, 238-261, 309-330. [Japanese only]

“Midoru Rida no Gaiko: Ajia Taiheiyo ni okeru Nihon no Yakuwari[Japan’s Diplomacy as a Middle Power Leader: The Role in Asia-Pacific] ,”Kokusai Kokyo Seisaku Kenkyu[International Public Policy Studies], Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 289-302 (1999). [Japanese only]

“Chiiki Funso no Kaiketsu ni okeru Nihon no Kokusaiteki Ridashippu [Japan’s International Leadership in the Settlement of Regional Conflicts in Cambodia],”Kokusai Kokyo Seisaku Kenkyu [International Public Policy Studies], Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 223-238 (1998).
 

 TEACHING EXPERIENCES

The Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Law, Chukyo University (since April 2001): Courses in International Relations, Peace Studies, Teaching Method for Civics, Introduction to Politics and International Studies, International Political Economy, etc.

The Graduate School of Policy Studies, Nanzan University (Sep.2007-Mar. 2014):   Course in Human Security

The School of Informatics and Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan (Visiting Lecturer: Oct.2002-Mar.2003): Course in Political Science