Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
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 […]
During the spring vacation, I got the opportunity to conduct internship in Prof. Ogawa’s field study with seminar students. Prof. Ogawa kindly made several appointments with educational related specialists in different international organizations, which based on our research interests.Dr. Shojo who is an alumni in Ogawa seminar currently an education specialist working at the World […]
From March 9th to 22th in 2014, I took part in a field study at Toronto in Canada and Washington D.C. in the United States. The field study aims at investigating about risk management learning from international organizations. In Toronto, I attended the 58th Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) from March 10th to 15th […]
Dr. Ki-Seok (Korbil) Kim, Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University, has arrived in Kobe, Japan on April 1, 2014 and will stay here until June 30, 2014. As an Invited Professor, he conducts his research on “Higher Education in South Korea” in GSICS at Kobe University. Professor Kim said, “I just came back HOME. It […]
