- 2023 - 2025 共同研究「マルチセクターにおけるコミュニティー協働による教育改善モデルの可能性および同モデルの主流化にかかる調査研究」(教育開発・平和構築)
- 2020 - 2024 Peace education in conflict-affected societies: analysis of global trends and issues through program mapping and case studies
- 2021 - 2024 International Collaborative Research on Learning Outcomes in Higher Education
- 2017 - 2023 Team research, “Innovative approach to the training of Japanese language teachers: it contribution to the building of a multicultural society”
- 2021 - 2023 Comparative and International Education Research on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Asia
- 2017 - 2022 Team research “Development of inter-disciplinary approaches to solve issues relating to poverty, education and environment by the railway network”
- 2017 - 2022 Team research, “Establishment of research hub center for the promotion of Human Security”
- 2018 - 2021 Fostering and Assessing Students’ Creative and Critical Thinking Skills in Higher Education
- 2019 - 2020 Consultant, “Evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of remedial education project for Syrian refugee and Jordanian children and its implication for social cohesion”
- 2017 - 2019 Team leader (principle investigator), “Evaluation of education for sustainable development (ESD) and citizenship education in multicultural society: Exploring methods to assess and improve its practices”
- 2017 - 2018 Team research, “Education in fragile contexts and the role of NGOs: Providing effective aid to vulnerable population in the Middle East”
- 2017 - 2018 Team research, "Japan's approach to international educational cooperation: history and current issues," collaborative work with JICA Research Institute
- 2016 - 2018 Team research, "Development of innovative approaches to education and training for international development cooperation"
- 2015 - 2017 Team research, “Obtaining a second chance: Education during and after conflict”
- 2013 - 2016 Team research, “Development of an inter-disciplinary model to solve issues relating to poverty, education and environment by the railway network,” Research grant, Sophia University
- 2014 - 2016 Individual research, “Theories and models of the relationship between community-based school governance and social cohesion in fragile contexts”
- 2013 - 2016 Team reaerch, "Education for sustainable development (ESD) and citizenship education inn multicultural societies," Research grant, Sophia University
- 2009 - 2013 Reconstruction of Educational Reseearch in Developing countries: Integrated approach of area studies and development studies
- 2009 - 2011 Individual research, “Education governance system and social cohesion in post-conflict societies”
- 2009 - 2011 Individual research, “Comparative analysis of post-conflict education policy and governance systems,” Research grant, Japan MEXT
- 2008 - 2009 Team research (principle investigator), “EFA good practices by local education administration in Japan and their applicability to the context of developing countries,”
- 2006 - 2009 Team research, “New frontier on academic approach to international education aid policy studies”
- 2006 - 2007 Individual research, “Analysis of comparative effectiveness of formal education and non-formal education in promoting ethnic co-existence in Bosnia and Herzegovina”
- 2004 - 2007 Team research, “Comparative analysis on the relationship between education and society: Qualitative approaches to research on education development in Asia/Africa”
- 2006 - 2007 “New social development framework in Asia from the human security perspective”
- 2004 - 2005 Individual research, “Evaluation of aid to promote ethnic coexistence in the Balkans: Assessment of citizenship education projects”
- 2004 - 2005 Team research, “Reconstruction of education system and implementation of peace education in Okinawa: implications to post-conflict societies in the present day”