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Kobayashi Mai

Kobayashi Mai
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Assistant Professor
Other affiliations (1):
Research field  (2): Sociology ,  Recycling systems and society
Research keywords  (9): Peasantry ,  Food Security ,  Western Japan ,  Bhutan ,  Food sovereignty ,  Informal food systems ,  Agroecology ,  Re-peasantization ,  Rural development
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (6):
  • 2019 - 2023 アグロエコロジーから見た持続可能な食料生産と景観保全-日本とアメリカの協働-
  • 2019 - 2023 家畜飼養と食肉習慣の変容から見るブータンにおける「食の主権」の構築
  • 2018 - 2020 The "Ulam School": A Food Education Transborders' Network to Foster Solidarity and Edible Flora Preservation for Sustainable and Healthy Lifestyle Among Neighboring Countries
  • 2018 - 2019 Changing ecosystem of food production and consumption in Bhutan: From the perspective of spiritual and religious impacts on food sovereignty
  • 2017 - 2018 ブータン西部における有機農業政策への小農の適応:森林資源利用の時空間的変遷の復元という観点から
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Papers (19):
  • Mai Kobayashi. Democratization of Food through Municipalism and the Rebuilding of the Food Web: Citizen's Initiatives for Self-Governance through Food and Agriculture. Quarterly Journal of Food, Agriculture and Social Studies. 2022. 88. 4. 223-235
  • Steven R. McGreevy, Christoph D. D. Rupprecht, Norie Tamura, Kazuhiko Ota, Mai Kobayashi, Maximilian Spiegelberg. Learning, playing, and experimenting with critical food futures. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2022. 6
  • Steven R. McGreevy, Christoph D. D. Rupprecht, Daniel Niles, Arnim Wiek, Michael Carolan, Giorgos Kallis, Kanang Kantamaturapoj, Astrid Mangnus, Petr Jehlička, Oliver Taherzadeh, et al. Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world. Nature Sustainability. 2022
  • Kanang Kanatamaturapoj, Steven R. McGreevy, Natapol Thongplew, Motoki Akitsu, Joost Vervoort, Astrid Mangnus, Kazuhiko Ota, Christoph D.D. Rupprecht, Norie Tamura, Maximillian Spiegelberg, et al. Constructing practice-oriented futures for sustainable urban food policy in Bangkok. Futures. 2022. 139. 102949-102949
  • Joost Vervoort, Astrid Mangnus, Steven McGreevy, Kazuhiko Ota, Kyle Thompson, Christoph Rupprecht, Norie Tamura, Carien Moossdorff, Max Spiegelberg, Mai Kobayashi. Unlocking the potential of gaming for anticipatory governance. Earth System Governance. 2022. 11. 100130-100130
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MISC (1):
  • Takanori Oishi, Mai Kobayashi, Mizuki Hosokai, Motonori Komura, Shunta Sakuraba. ミツバチとの対話、人との対話-環境知の翻訳はいかに可能か. 人びとと出会い考えるー総合地球環境学研究所TD座談会記録. 2016. 45-93
Books (11):
  • アグロエコロジー : 持続可能なフードシステムの生態学
    農山漁村文化協会 2023 ISBN:9784540231353
  • Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care
    2022 ISBN:9784272111282
  • Bhutan’s ‘Middle Way’: Diversification, Mainstreaming, Commodification and Impacts in the Context of Food Security (in "Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion Agroecology and Endogenous Development")
    Palgrave MacMillan 2022
  • みんなでつくる「いただきます」 : 食から創る持続可能な社会
    昭和堂 2021 ISBN:9784812220290
  • ZACHUM FEAST GOCHISOU - Life around the Bhutanese plate
    Research Institute for Humanity and Nature 2020
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Lectures and oral presentations  (22):
  • Exploring practices of Quiet Food Commoning through Unattended Food Stalls in Japan
    (Australasian Agri-Food Research Network Conference 2023)
  • Landscape Renewal Through Community Value-Added Approaches
    (XIX Biennial The International Association for the Study of the Commons Conference 2023)
  • Supporting early career researchers: a post-pandemic perspective
    (Asia Pacific Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics 5th Conference 2023)
  • Bhutan's Road to 100% Organic
    (23rd Conference of the Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture Science 2022)
  • 環境との対話ー皮膚を通じて知る世界ー皿の上の記録とブータンの日常
    (KIRI WISDOMオンライントークセッション 2021)
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Education (3):
  • 2012 - 2016 Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Landscape Ecology and Planning PhD in Global Environmental Studies
  • 2010 - 2012 Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Terrestrial Ecosystem Management MA in Environmental Management
  • 2002 - 2006 Smith College Geology, Environmental Science BA in Liberal Arts
Work history (5):
  • 2021/10 - 現在 Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics Assistant Professor
  • 2021/04 - 2021/09 Kyoto University Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research / Graduate School of Economics Asian Studies Unit Research Fellow
  • 2016/04 - 2021/03 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Research Project Researcher
  • 2007/11 - 2008/08 NGO Project Bona Fide Volunteer Coordinator
  • 2006/10 - 2007/10 Watershed Stewards Project, US Forest Service Casper Creek Watershed Study Field Researcher
Association Membership(s) (1):
The Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture Science
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