Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
On April 30, Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) organized an internship seminar on FHI360 (formally Academy for Education Development: AED), an international nonprofit human development organization in Washington, DC, USA. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FHI360 and Kobe GSICS, many students from Prof. Ogawa’s Seminar have conducted internship at […]
I have conducted my field study in two major cities in Vietnam, Hanoi and Hue from April 11 to 27, 2014. The purpose of this overseas research is twofold: to know more about the current issues of the labor market in Vietnam and to gain more knowledge regarding the statistical methodology utilized for my dissertation. […]
I conducted field study in Vietnam for three weeks from April 9 to 27, 2014 in order to develop my knowledge about working children and the reality of child work and schooling, which is my dissertation topic. I had two specific objectives for this field study.The firstwasto clarifythe reasonswhy children work and investigate their child-time […]
Professor Sakurai’s Final Lecture was held in the Presentation Room of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) on April 22, 2014.She gave a lecture about her research and findings on disaster risk management in the education sector that she has conducted in the past two years. The title of her lecture was “Disaster […]
Ogawa Seminar held a welcome party on April 19th 2014, for Prof. Ki-Soek Kim and the new Masters and Research Students.Prof. Ogawa welcomed Prof. Kimand his wife, and the new master and research students to the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) at Kobe University in general and to Ogawa Seminar in particular. Prof. […]
We had a farewell party for Dr. Aiko Sakurai in a BBQ Restaurant near JRRokkomichi on April 16, 2014.Dr. Sakurai is not only an Associate Professor in GSICS and has worked for CAMPUS Asia Project, but also Ogawa seminar’s alumni (she was the first doctoral student who obtained a Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor […]
This is a summary report of my participation in the two-phased field study exercise conducted in March 2014 for a total of 14 days, including travel days. The field exercise is an annual event planned, organized, coordinated and led by Dr. Keiichi Ogawa (Professor). The study attracted 9 students including me (i.e. 8 from Kobe […]
In 2014 winter vocation, I participated in the field study conducted by Professor Keiichi Ogawa in Washington DC, USA. This field study contains various activities, including visits to international organizations including World Bank, FHI 360, International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development Bank, joining seminars given by education specialists, visit to university George Washington University, as well […]
Professor Keiichi Ogawa was invited by Professor Louis Comfort, Director of Center for Disaster Management at the University of Pittsburgh to participate in an international workshop on “Building Community Resilience to Global Hazards: A Sociotechnical Approach”held on April 4-5, 2014. In this workshop, Professor Ogawa shared the experience of CAMPUS Asia Project that highlights what […]
I participated in the overseas training in Toronto and Washington, D.C. for two weeks from March 9 to 22, 2014. The overall purpose for attending the training is to further my dissertation research project through various types of activities: attending an international conference and conducting interview with front-line experts. During the first half of the […]
