Yuka FURUTANI

Research Interest：

International Education and Development, Economics of Education, Primary Education

Education：

Master of Economics, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University (Expected: March, 2024)
Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos, Short-term exchange study program, Lao PDR (August, 2022)
Master of Arts International Education and Development, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex (March, 2022)
Bachelor of Arts, International Christian University (March, 2020)

Experiences：

Intern, Mirai Future of Kenya, Japan (November, 2021 – Present)
Intern, School of Education, Kenyatta University, Kenya (February 2023 – October 2023)
Research Assistant, Campus Asia Office, Kobe University (May 2023 – July 2023)
Guest Speaker, Current situation and challenges in international cooperation (Professor Keiichi Ogawa), Institute for Promotion of Higher Education, Kobe University (May 2023)
Organizing Committee Member for the 31st Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference (April 2023)
Intern, Evaluation Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (September 2022 – October 2022)
Intern, Department of Planning, Ministry of Education and Sports, Lao PDR (August 2022 – September 2022)
Intern, Mirai Future of Kenya, Kenya (June, 2021 – October, 2021)
Intern, Sarthak Shiksha, Japan (April, 2020 – September, 2020)
Intern, Free the Children Japan, Japan (February, 2019 –July, 2019)

Thesis：

Furutani, Y. (2022). “Critical analysis on child pregnancy and female students’ access to primary and secondary school education in Kenya”. Dissertation. University of Sussex.

Academic Associations：

Japan Society for International Development (JASID)
Japan Comparative Education Society (JCES)
Japan Society for Africa Educational Research (JSAER)

Academic Conference Presentation：

Furutani, Y. “Community Participation and Learning Achievement in Kenyan Primary Education: Focus on Learning Inequality in Gender and Family Socio Economic Status” Poster presented at the 13th Conference of the Comparative Education Society of Asia, Hiroshima University, November, 2023.
Furutani, Y. “Community Participation in School Management and Equity of Learning Achievement in Kenyan Primary Schools” Paper presented at the 20th International Education Development Forum, Nagoya University, October, 2023.
Furutani, Y. “School-Based Management and Primary School Students’ Learning Achievement in Lao PDR” Paper presented at the 59th Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference, Sophia University, June, 2023.
Furutani, Y. “An Analysis of Community Participation and Learning Achievement: A Case of Kenyan Primary Education” Poster presented at the 24th JASID Spring Conference, Akita International University, June, 2023.
Furutani, Y. “An Analysis of Community Participation and Learning Achievement in Kenyan Primary Education” Paper presented at the 31st Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference, Kobe University, April, 2023.
Furutani, Y. “Community Participation and Pupils’ Learning Achievement in Kenyan Primary Education” Poster presented at the 48th Association for Education Finance & Policy Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, March, 2023.
Furutani, “Parental and School-Community Involvement and Students’ Learning Achievement of Primary Education in Kenya” Proposal presented at the 30th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference, Kagoshima Women’s University, October, 2022.
Furutani, Y. “Parental and School-Community Involvement and Students’ Learning Achievement of Primary Education in Kenya” Proposal presented at the 19th International Education Development Forum, Kobe University, October, 2022.

Awards

Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Tobitate! (Leap for Tomorrow) Study Abroad Initiative (August, 2023).
Association for Education Finance & Policy, Roe L. Johns Student Travel Grants (January, 2023).
JASSO Scholarship for Study Abroad (Dispatch by agreement) (August, 2022– September, 2022).
Rotary Global Grant Scholarship Student (September, 2020 – February, 2022)

Language/ Skills：

Japanese (Native), English (Fluent)
STATA, SPSS, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Excel Macro, PowerPoint)

Message to Potential Candidates to Ogawa Seminar :

I feel privileged to join Professor Ogawa seminar since I have been seeking to work at research institutes as a researcher in education and development with analytical skills in the economics of education.

Professor Ogawa kindly guides students to get practical experience through internships and/or working opportunities at international organizations and research institutions. I am the one who got a variety of internship and research experience during the past two years thanks to Professor Ogawa. The seminar also has various opportunities to hear from the GSICS alumni and colleagues who have worked at international organizations and research institutions. If you are interested in working in international cooperation, the seminar would be the best place for you.