Higashi Daisaku

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor

Research field (1)： International relations

Research keywords (3)： Mediation , International Relations , Peacebuilding

Research theme for competitive and other funds (5)：

2019 - 2024 Peacebuilding and Political Parties: Can insurgency be transformed into political parties?
2019 - 2022 Peacebuilding and Political Parties
2016 - 2019 Peacebuilding and Political Exclusion
2012 - 2012 Arab Spring and Reconciliation
2012 - 2012 アラブの春と和解

Papers (46)：

Daisaku Higashi. Japan should resume its funding for UNRWA. 2024
Daisaku Higashi. Japan’s Role to End the War in Ukraine: After Visiting Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, and Afghanistan. World Insights. 2024
Daisaku Higashi. The war in Ukraine and Conflict in Gaza: Need to persue the same rule. Mainichi Newspaper Online. 2023
Daisaku Higashi. Roles of Japan in ending the war in Ukraine (in Japanese). Gaiko (Foreign Affairs). 2023. 79. 134-139
Daisaku Higashi. Cause of Sudan Conflict and Roles of Japan. Asia Journal. 2023

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Books (14)：

How can we end the War in Ukraine? Potential Mediation
Iwanami Press 2023 ISBN:9784004319610
Inclusivity in Mediation and Peacebuilding: UN, Neighboring States and Global Powers
Edward Elgar 2022
Civil Wars and Mediation: How can We End the Modern Wars?
Chuko Shinsho 2020
Human Security and Peacebuilding
Nihon Hyouronsha 2017
Challenges of Constructing Legitimacy in Peacebuilding: Afghansitan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, and East Timor (Paperback Version)
Routledge 2016

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Lectures and oral presentations (158)：

To stop humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza: How to persue two state solutions
(Seminar hosted by Sophia Instituite of International Affairs 2023)
Challenges of Ending Wars in the Age of Division: War in Ukraine and Peacebuilding in Africa
(Seminar hosted by Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization at Harvard University 2023)
Engaging with Mediation and Peacebuilding in the Age of Division: The War in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Afghanistan
(Special Lecture hosted by The Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) in Canada 2023)
Creating Peace: My Engagement with the War in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Afghanistan
(Special Lecture hosted by Showa Women College in Boston 2023)
Overcoming Challenges to a Peaceful and Prosperous International Order: A Proactive Role for the G7
(Symposium hosted by Toronto University 2023)

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Education (2)：

2004 - 2012 University of British Columbia, Department of Political Science (MA and PhD)
1988 - 1993 Tohoku University, Department of Economics

Professional career (1)：

Work history (7)：

2018/04 - 現在 Professor, Sophia University, Center for Global Education and Discovery
2016/04 - 2018/03 Associate Professor, Sophia University, Center for Global Education and Discovery
2014/08 - 2016/03 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
2012/08 - 2014/08 Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
2011/01 - 2012/08 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo

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Committee career (4)：

2020/04 - 2023/03 Japan Institute of International Relation Member of Committee on Global Challenges
2021/04 - 2022/03 Working Group for International Cooperation at Cabinet Office in the Government of Japan Deputy Head
2011/09 - 2012/08 Center for International Cooperation at Ministry of Defence / Advisor
2011/04 - 2012/03 Research Institute for International Relation at Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Committee Member for RIsing Powers and Global Governance

Awards (6)：

2019/04 - Japan Society for the Promostion of Science, Grant in Aid for Scientific Research "Peacebuilding and Political Parties"
2016/04 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant in Aid for Scientific Research "Peacebuilding and Political Inclusion"
2011/04 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant in Aid for Scientific Research "Arab Spring and Reconciliation"
2008/09 - Killam Foundation, Killam Pre Doctoral Award
2004/12 - United Nations Correspondents Association, Silver Medal "Rebuilding Iraq: Challenges of the United Nations"

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Association Membership(s) (4)：

Japan International Politics Association , Japan UN Association , Academic Council for UN System (ACUNS) , Japan Peace Association

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