Ohira Wakiko

オオヒラワキコ | Ohira Wakiko

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Assistant Professor

Research field (2)： Politics , Local studies

Research keywords (4)： Politics in Africa , Traditional authorities , Uganda , Semi-authoritarian states

Research theme for competitive and other funds (8)：

2024 - 2028 中国アフリカ関係への新たな視座:中国企業と伝統的権威の関係性に着目して
2023 - 2026 伝統的権威の影響力強化メカニズムの解明:ウガンダとカメルーンを事例に
2024 - 2025 China-Africa from the grassroots: Chinese Companies and Traditional Kingdom
2022 - 2023 伝統的権威の影響力強化メカニズムの理解: ウガンダ西部ブニョロ王国を事例に
2022 - 2023 伝統的権威の影響力強化メカニズムの理解: ウガンダ西部ブニョロ王国を事例に

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Papers (5)：

Wakiko Ohira. Institutional Transformation of Traditional Authorities: The Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom and Museveni's Regime. 2023
Wakiko Ohira. Lasting Impact of International Service Learning -A Case Study of a Service Learning Program in Africa-. J.F. Oberlin Journal of Service Learning. 2021. 2. 28-49
Wakiko Ohira. Roles of Traditional Authority in Securing Customary Land Rights: Case Study of Bunyoro Region, Western Uganda. 2020. 58. 1-13
Wakiko Ohira. Land and Decentralization Reforms in Uganda: The Way Forward to Protect Customary Rights. African Politics and Economics in Globalized World. 2019. 21-60
Wakiko Ohira. Increased Land Problems and the Importance of Examining Land Governance: The Case of Oil Development in Uganda and its Influence at Local Household Level. Diversification and Reorganization of ‘Family’ in Uganda and Kenya: A Cross-Cultural Analysis. 2018. 139-148

Books (1)：

Lectures and oral presentations (13)：

Politicization of COVID-19 in Uganda: a critical reflection on government interventions and citizens' perceptions
(Ritsumeikan University 2024)
Examining Grassroots Perceptions of Government Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda
(2nd Symposium of "Exploration of Practical Wisdom and Resilience Overcoming Downside Risk" 2024)
After Civil Wars: The Process of Consolidating Peace in Uganda
(Challenges of Ending Wars in the Age of Division: The War in Ukraine and Peacebuilding in Africa. Harvard University. 2023)
Institutional Transformation of Traditional Authorities: The Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom and Museveni’s Uganda
(66th Annual Meeting, African Studies Association 2023)
Institutional Transformation of Traditional Authorities: The Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom and Museveni’s Uganda
(Seminar, co-sponsored by the African Studies Program and the World Politics Research Series, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington 2023)

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Education (3)：

2016 - 2023 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Dept. of Advanced Social and International Studies
2014 - 2016 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Graduate School of Global Studies
2005 - 2008 The University of British Columbia Arts and Sciences International Relations

Professional career (1)：

Work history (6)：

2024/06 - 現在 Harvard University Center for African Studies Non-Resident Fellow
2023/09 - 2024/05 Harvard University Center for African Studies Postdoctoral Fellow
2023/04 - 2024/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2022/09 - 2023/05 Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute/Center for African Studies Visiting Fellow
2018/04 - 2020/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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Committee career (1)：

Awards (1)：

Association Membership(s) (5)：

African Studies Association , 日本アフラシア学会 , 日本国際政治学会 , 国際開発学会 , 日本アフリカ学会

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