Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
The 15th International Education Development Forum (IEDF) was held in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) on November 16th and 17th, 2018. This forum was an annual academic gathering for over 100 overseas and Japanese participants, including professors and graduate students from 14 invited universities. As per its tradition, IEDF’s founding fathers, […]
On November 2nd, 2018, we had a welcome party for the new Ogawa seminar (zemi) students in a Chinese restaurant on Rokko Island in Kobe City. Professor Keiichi Ogawa and more than twenty of his graduate students participated in welcoming the new students. In October 2018, four new students—two doctoral, one master’s and one research— […]
The 19th International Conference on Education Research (ICER) was held at Seoul National University from October 17th to 19th, 2018. With the theme of Education for Democracy and Social Justice at the Global, National and Local Contexts, the conference attracted a total of 500 participants, of which 110 came from overseas and approximately 390 from […]
Professor Keiichi Ogawa received eight Kobe University Secondary School students as interns. The theme of the internship program was ‘Global Human Resources Development` and it was conducted in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) from the 2nd to the 10th of October 2018. Under the direct supervision of Professor Ogawa, the internship […]
Dr. Shinsaku Nomura, a Senior Economist of the World Bank, delivered a career seminar on international organization, titled “Building Career for International Development: How to Make Yourself Marketable to Market Demands” in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) on August 24th, 2018. Dr. Nomura is Professor Ogawa’s former student, and he has […]
From February 5th to March 27th, 2018, I conducted my internship in the Education Global Practice, East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region at the World Bank Headquarters, where Practice Manager Dr. Harry Anthony Patrinos hired me as a temporary short-term consultant (intern). At the Bank, my direct supervisor was Dr. Dandan Chen who is a […]
On March 2, 2018, Dr. Harry Anthony Patrinos, Practice Manager at the World Bank Headquarters delivered a Development Management Policy Seminar on “Automation and Implications for Developing Countries and Education Systems” in the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) at Kobe University. Dr. Patrinos provided an overview of the return on investment to schooling […]
On December 21, 2017, Dr. Ki-Seok “Korbil” Kim, Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University delivered a Development Management Policy Seminar on “Advancing from MDG to SDG4: Lessons from the 10-years of GAPA Fieldworks in Africa and Asia” in the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) at Kobe University. Professor Kim is Founder and CEO […]
On November 29th 2017, we had a farewell party for Professor Eduardo Velez Bustillo (a visiting professor at Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Kobe University) and his wife, Mrs. Cuqui Bustillo at a Japanese style pub near Hankyu Rokko Station. Around 20 master’s and doctoral students took an intensive lecture, “Special Lecture on Development […]
A Career Seminar on “Lessons to be Learned If You Want to Work in the International Education and Development Field” was held in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) on November 28th, 2017. The presenter was Dr. Eduardo Velez Bustillo, Visiting Professor of Kobe University and former World Bank Education Sector Manager. […]
