Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
Dr. Hiromichi Katayama, a Programme Specialist at UNESCO Headquarters, delivered a lecture titled UNESCO Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education or Training (TVET) and Skills Anticipation on January 15th, 2022, as part of the series United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr. Hiromichi Katayama obtained his master’s degree from Kobe University GSICS and his […]
On Saturday, January 15th, Professor Yuto Kitamura, from the University of Tokyo, gave his lecture on the topic ‘Sustainable Development goals in Future Earth’. He presented in detail the Sustainable Development Goals and the process through which they were defined, as he was part of the delegation representing the Japanese government at the time. The […]
Professor Keiichi Ogawa organized the series of lectures on the topic of the United Nations (UN) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He gave the first lecture of the series on January 15th. In his lecture, he presented the organizations of the United Nations, mainly UNESCO and UNICEF, described how they work for the achievement […]
On January 12th, 2022, Ms. Kexin Wang defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Home Learning Environment for Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Bangladesh” under the supervision of Professor Keiichi Ogawa. The committee was composed of professors Kenshi Yamanouchi and Minato Nakazawa, in addition to professor Ogawa. Ms. Wang obtained her Master’s degree from Kobe University in […]
As one of the “World Bank and the Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) series, on December 28th, 2021, Dr. Albert Byamugisha, senior technical advisor Uganda prime minister’s office gave a lecture on the theme “World Bank support in Africa:Case of Uganda. Dr Byamgisha introduced following five key supports from the World Bank in Sub-Saharan Africa; (1) […]
Professor Keiichi Ogawa organized the series of lectures on the topic of World Bank (WB) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first lecture, by him, was on December 19th. In his lecture, he presented the organization of the World Bank Group, described how it works to help the achievement of the SDGs, and also […]
The new book called Handbook of Research on Acquiring 21st Century Literacy Skills Through Game-Based Learning, edited by professor Carol-Ann Lane from the University of Toronto, in Canada, includes one chapter authored by Professor Ogawa and Dr. Jahangir Alam, who graduated from the University of Kobe, and Sheikh Islam. The title is Discrete Primary Education […]
The 32nd Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Annual Conference was held virtually on Saturday. November. 20th and Sunday. November. 21st, 2021. There were 30 sessions in total including 7 sessions in English, which were conducted virtually in real time; a plenary session, a special session organized by the Executive Committee and other sessions on the […]
The Journal of Globalization and Development recently published a paper authored by Jude (Linghui Zhu), currently a doctoral student, and his colleagues at the World Bank titled “Does Premature Deindustrialization Matter? The Role of Manufacturing versus Services in Development”. The paper is available on the journal’s website in this link. This paper is motivated to […]
In the latest issue of the Journal of Social Education Research, Dr. Sanfo (graduated in 2020 from Kobe University) and Professor Ogawa published a paper titled: Explaining Gold-Mining and Non-Gold Mining Areas’ Inequalities in Learning Achievements in Burkina Faso’s Primary Education: A Decomposition Analysis. The paper is freely available on the journal’s website in this […]
