Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
From December 12, 2025 to March 20, 2026, I completed a research internship under the guidance of Dr. Danilo Leite Dalmon. This internship focused on a quantitative analysis of Brazil’s Upper Secondary Education Reform, with particular attention to the expansion of full-time upper secondary education and its relationship with school-level Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) […]
From 15th February to 31st March 2026, five master’s students from the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University, under the supervision of Professor Ogawa Keiichi, undertook a remote internship with the World Bank. The internship was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Bernard Yungu Loleka, Education Economist with the World Bank’s Western […]
From 5 March to 30 March 2026, I completed a field-based research internship in Cambodia under the guidance of Dr. Lim Sothea, Director General of the Department of Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS). This internship formed an integral part of my doctoral research, which examines the relationship between […]
The 70th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) was held in San Francisco, United States, from March 28 (Saturday) to April 1 (Wednesday), 2026. This conference marked the 70th anniversary of the Society and brought together researchers and practitioners from around the world. Professor Kazuo Kuroda of Waseda University served as CIES President-Elect (2025–2026). CIES […]
Professor Keiichi Ogawa’s co-edited book, Social and Emotional Learning: Education for the Future through SEL and Non-Cognitive Skills (社会性と情動の学習―SELと非認知スキルで未来を拓く教育), has recently been published by Toshindo. This book systematically organizes multifaceted concepts such as “social and emotional competencies,” “non-cognitive skills,” and “zest for living” (ikiru chikara), drawing on the latest insights from Harvard University, the OECD, […]
Earlier this year, I began a consultancy with UNESCO Jakarta. As part of this consultancy, I participated in a mission to Batu Pahat, Malaysia, for the AI EmpowerEd Training Programme hosted by Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). The initiative, under the Global Skills Academy, was delivered in partnership with UNESCO, Microsoft Elevate, KPMG International, […]
From 3 August to 31 December 2025, I worked as an Individual Consultant for Education with the UNESCO Dhaka Office, Bangladesh, under the Education for Rohingya and Host Community Children programme. The programme aims to equip teachers with the linguistic skills necessary to deliver quality education to Rohingya children and the refugee community in Cox’s […]
On February 27, 2026, the Global Network Program (GNP) Annual International Symposium was held at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University. The symposium was organized to mark the completion of the second year of the Global Network Program, which was launched in October 2024 as a project supported by the Ministry […]
On February 26, 2026, the Global Research Center for Education Policy and Planning (GEPP) at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University, hosted six faculty members from the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy (IISPP) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh under the JICA Chair Invitation Program organized by the […]
From May 26 to December 31, 2025, I undertook a traineeship at the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand, under the supervision of Dr. Khan Faryal (Programme Specialist for Education). The UNESCO Traineeship Programme is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (Japanese National Commission for UNESCO) and […]
