Research keywords (7)：
International Social Work
, Mental Health Social Work
, Disability and Development
, Social Psychology
, CBR/CBID
, Mongolia
, Sri Lanka
Research theme for competitive and other funds (6)：
2024 - 2028 ソーシャルワーカーの国際的・互恵的交流に関する理論的および実践的研究
2023 - 2028 アジアにおける国際ソーシャルワーク教育(再)構築のための共同調査研究
2021 - 2026 Educational Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Sri Lanka: Developing a model that responds to the country's social context
2021 - 2024 Relationship of indigenous social work in developing countries with international cooperation
2015 - 2016 グローバル補助金(2015/2016)
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Papers (30)：
Masateru Higashida. An inductive content analysis of international social welfare syllabi at national and public universities in Japan: Towards a glocal subject design. Social Work Education. 2024. 43. 2. 424-441
Masateru Higashida. Process of constructing alternative social work discourses in Asia: A case study of Buddhist social work as social representations. Asian Social Work and Policy Review. 2024. 18. 1
Masateru Higashida, Tatsuya Fujii. Incorporating co-created knowledge into mental health social work education in Japan: An organisational case study. Social Work Educaion. 2023
Masateru Higashida, Wanwadee Poonpoksin, Krittebas Paul, Tulshi Kumar Das, Varathagowry Vasudevan, Isahaque Ali, Muhammad Jafar, Aisha Shouka, Kana Matsuo. An exploration of contextually relevant curricula in international social work education: learning from the experiences of selected Asian countries. Discover Global Society. 2023. 1. 6
Masateru Higashida. Education and training opportunities for local and indigenous social workers: Case studies in disability-related fields from an international development perspective. Social Work Education. 2023. 42. 4. 548-565
Masateru Higashida, Shamini Attanayaka, Amarawansa Ranaweera, Muhammad Ashker, H.W. Raveendra Kumara. Dialogue for reciprocal exchange of social work knowledge in Sri Lanka. Annual Report, Asian Research Institute for International Social Work, Shukutoku University. 2023. 7. 7-13
Masateru Higashida. Indigenous, foreign and transnational knowledges in social work practice: Reinterpretation of the findings of qualitative studies on practitioners in Sri Lanka and Japan. Annual Report Vol.6, Asian Research Institute for International Social Work, Shukutoku University. 2022. 6. 1-13
The Oxford Handbook of Power Politics and Social Work
2024 ISBN:0197650899
Policy and practice in disability and development towards inclusive social change: Implications for social work (Post-conference proceedings of the joint session at the International Conference Open Mind Mongolia 2023)
Department of Sociology and Social Work, National University of Mongolia and Asian Research Institute for International Social Work, Shukutoku University 2024 ISBN:9784908912160
Indigenization Discourse in Social Work: International Perspectives (Springer Series in International Social Work)
2023 ISBN:3031377117
Uncovering the Perspectives and Skills of Social Work Practices in the Sri Lankan Context (Conference proceedings)
Asian Research Institute for International Social Work (ARIISW), Shukutoku University 2023 ISBN:9784908912153
What Does International Social Work Comprise and How Should This be Presented in the Social Work Curricula? (Report on the 7th International Social work Academic Forum)
Asian Research Institute for International Social Work (ARIISW), Shukutoku University 2023 ISBN:9784908912146
Exploring alternative discourses on social work practices from the perspective of social representation theory
(The Joint Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD 2024) 2024)
Re-examining international social work theory
(The 8th ARIISW-Shukutoku University International Academic Forum: ‘International Social Work Beyond the Centennial Anniversary of Social Work: A Theory Debate (Disappearance or Expansion; Reform or New Construction)’ 2024)
A framework for dialogue: Why do we focus on local and foreign knowledges in social work practice?
(Uncovering the Perspectives and Skills of Social Work Practices in the Sri Lankan Context (Series of dialogues for the reciprocal exchange of social work knowledge) 2023)
Discussion and conclusions (co-facilitation)
(International Symposium: Development of Early Intervention in Sri Lanka Looking back the 30 year service provision by the governmental social service sector 2023)
越境するBuddhist Social Workの浸透の過程-社会的表象理論の視点からの一考察-
(日本社会福祉学会第71回秋季大会 2023)
White paper on disability in Mongolia 2020
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection 2020 -
Promoting the socioeconomic participation of disabled people in rural Sri Lanka: The developmental social work perspective in community-based rehabilitation (Doctoral dissertation, Osaka University)
Masateru Higashida 2020 -
White paper on disability in Mongolia 2019 (English version)
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection 2019 -
How is community participation of disabled youth associated with socio-economic factors in rural Sri Lanka?: Implications for the social model of disability (Master thesis, University of Sheffield)
Masateru Higashida 2016 -
2021/09 - 2022/03 Asian Research Institute for International Social Work (ARIISW) Program Researcher
2019/09 - 2021/08 Asian Research Institute for International Social Work (ARIISW) Research Fellow
Awards (1)：
2015/11 - University of Sheffield Japan Postgraduate Merit Scholarship
Association Membership(s) (7)：
Japanese Association of Social Workers
, Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare
, ロータリー学友会
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS
, Yadokari-kenkyujo (Yadokari Research Institute)
, Faculty of Public Health (UK)
