Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
The academic year of 2022 at Kobe University starts this April and many new students entered the community of Professor Ogawa’s Seminar. Let’s welcome them! New Doctoral Students (5 students): Danilo Dalmon Mai Hirose Natsuko Ogura Ryuto Minami Ayumu Yagi New Master’s Students (7 students): Yuka Furutani Masaru Miyauchi Wakana Hasegawa Rika Sugiura Runjing Guo […]
From February 4th to March 31st 2022, I conducted an internship at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters. During the internship, I was assigned to the Impact Evaluation Task Force of the Evaluation Department, and engaged in two activities, 1) to provide summaries of academic literature using impact evaluation, and 2) to participate in […]
I conducted an online internship from February 21 to March 18, 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Albert Byamugisha (Ogawa Seminar alumnus), a Senior Technical Adviser in the Office of Prime Minister Uganda. Dr. Albert is currently in charge of promoting the SDGs in Uganda at the Office, and my internship was also focused on […]
On the 29th March 2022, Dr. Chea Phal, a research fellow at Cambodia Development Resource Institute, kindly delivered a lecture about ‘Online Learning during COVID-19 in Cambodia Secondary Schools: Practices, Challenges, and Ways Forward’ through Campus Asia Plus Program, organized by Professor Ogawa. The session started with a brief introduction about the biography of Dr. […]
On March 29th, Dr. Francis Likoye Malenya, a Lecturer at Kenyatta University, delivered a seminar titled “Equity Issues in the Provision of Basic Education during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kenya”. His presentation was part of the Risk Management Seminars of the Kobe University Campus Asia Plus Program. At first, Dr. Malenya described the situation in […]
On March 29th, 2022, as one of the “Risk Management Seminars”, Dr. Elizabeth Meke, Senior Research Fellow and Acting Director at the Centre for Educational Research and Training, University of Malawi, delivered a lecture on the theme of “Impacts of COVID-19 on Primary Education in Malawi: Policy Relevant Research”. She presented how the policies and […]
The graduation ceremony of the academic year of 2021 from master’s programs at Kobe University occurred on March 25th. At the Graduate School of International Comparative Studies, 6 students under the supervision of Professor Ogawa graduated, they are: Ayumu Yagi (Master of Economics) Hitomi Inagaki (Master of Economics) Mai Hirose (Master of Economics) Natsuko Ogura […]
On March 21st, 2022, Professor Keiichi Ogawa kindly delivered an online lecture about “World Bank Support on Education Sector: Economic Perspectives” at Universitas Airlangga, in Indonesia. His presence as a guest speaker was well-applauded by the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students from the Faculty of Economics and Business, with more than 110 participants. Professor Ogawa […]
On March 19th, 2022, professor Ogawa delivered a presentation as a keynote speaker under the theme of Learning “Loss” and “Gain” under COVID-19 in Japanese Higher Education at the International Hybrid-Conference on Post-COVID Japan: Economy, Politics, Society, Culture and Literature, organized by the University of Dhaka. Professor Ogawa illustrated learning loss and gains in Japanese […]
The International Hybrid Conference on Post-COVID Japan: Economy, Politics, Society, Culture and Literature was held at the University of Dhaka on March 18th and 19th, 2022. This conference intended to unveil factors associated with diverse areas of Japanese studies, with an emphasis on the Japanese economy, national and international politics, society, culture, and literature in […]
