Research field (2)：
Business administration
, Education - general
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5)：
2024 - 2028 Institutional theory approach to efficient university management
2022 - 2026 国際IR開発と大学における国際活動の再定義
2019 - 2025 Public Inspection and Public Audit in the UK Audit Commission - Implication for Japanese Local Government Reform in the age of Financial Dificulties
2018 - 2023 Current situation and remaining issues in internal organisation designated for internationalisation initiatives as university reform
Keith Jackson, Siija Liu, Saori Obayashi. Women in Leadership Roles in Japanese Universities: Eliciting Intersectional Identities. Business & Accounting Review. 2023. 31. 1-30
Saori Obayashi, Toshio Araki. Japanese university governance reform: challenges and future directions. Proceedings of EURAM 2023 (ISSN 2466-7498 and ISBN 978-2-9602195-5-5). 2023. 1-38
Saori Obayashi, Toshihiko Ishihara. Education service marketing in the context of higher education - a perspective of value co-creation. Business & Accounting Review. 2021. 28. 99-116
Impact on society through internationalisation of higher education - an emerging research initiative. 2021. 15. 61-76
大林小織. 学術研究のインパクト評価-英国の研究評価をめぐる議論にみる課題の本質-. CIPFA Japan ジャーナル (ISSN 2423-8201). 2021. 5. 37-44
Saori Obayashi. Global Engagement through a Strategic Partnership between University College London and Osaka University. Manufacturing and Technology. 2024. 76. 2. 106-109
Books (3)：
Public Service Inspection in the UK
2024 ISBN:9784862833730
Designing the structure of central administration in HEIs - empowerment of university staff
(Symposium: Designing a Japanese University for the Globalizing Century organized by Internatinal Research Center for Japanese Studies 2023)
Japanese university governance reform: challenges and future directions
(European Academy of Management 2023 Conference, Dublin, Ireland 2023)
Strategic Partnership Symposium - How to deepen the partnership in various aspects
(Strategic Partnership Symposium - How to deepen the partnership in various aspects organized by the University of Tokyo 2023)
Paradigm shift in internationalisation strategy at higher education institutions in Japan? - from seeking individual benefits to co-creating social value
(Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong 22nd Annual Spring Conference 2022)
2011 - Kobe University President Award Special Award
Association Membership(s) (6)：
European Academy of Management
, The European Higher Education Society
, 国立大学留学生指導研究協議会
, 日本比較教育学会
, 日本高等教育学会
, International Research Society for Public Management
