Okada Aya

オカダアヤ | Okada Aya

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor
Homepage URL (2)： http://www.sp.is.tohoku.ac.jp/oka/index.html , http://www.sp.is.tohoku.ac.jp/oka/en/index.html

Research field (1)： Sociology

Research keywords (10)： Civil Society , NPO・NGO , Donation/Giving , Volunteering , Philanthropy , Contributing to the Society , Strategic Communication , Social Media , International Development , Disaster Management

Research theme for competitive and other funds (11)：

2023 - 2026 「動機の語彙論」を手がかりとした現代社会における「寄付」行為の意味再考
2023 - 2024 現代社会における「寄付」行為の意味再考 -個人の語りに着目した社会学的研究
2021 - 2024 Empirical Analysis on Sustainable Management of Nonprofit Organizations in a Disaster Cycle
2019 - 2022 Fostering Future Leaders: Comparative Study of Nonprofit and Philanthropic Education in East Asia and the West
2016 - 2018 Strategic Information Transmission of Nonprofit Organizations

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Papers (23)：

Okada,A. COVID-19 and Civil Society: Exploring the Global Research Trend. The Nonprofit Review. 2024. 23. 1&2. 25-35
Okada, A. and Ishida, Y. Nonprofit Education in Japan: Trace of Expansion and New Directions. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. 2022. 12. 3. 17-33
Okada, A, Ishida, Y, Yamauchi, N, Grönlund, H, Zhang, C, Krasnopolskaya, I. Episodic Volunteering in Sport Events: A Seven-Country Analysis. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 2022. 33. 3. 459-471
Cnaan, R.A, Meijs, L, Brudney, J.L, Hersberger-Langloh, S.,Okada, A., Abu-Rumman, S. You Thought That This Would Be Easy? Seeking an Understanding of Episodic Volunteering. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 2022. 33. 3. 415-427
Ishida, Y, Okada, A, Ono, D, Naganuma, T, Takenaka, T. Why Businesses Give: A Case of Foundation’s Long-Term Disaster Relief. Journal of Disaster Research. 2021. 16. 6. 947-952

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MISC (12)：

岡田彩. またやりたい!と思うイベントボランティアとは?-スポーツに着目した国際比較調査からの知見-. 2022
Okada, A. Japan: In Need of More “User-Friendly” Institutional Arrangements. Carleton University PANL Perspectives. 2021
佐々木周作、河村悠太、渡邉文隆、岡田彩. 寄付者とファンドレイザー:寄付促進施策に対する主観的評価(プログレス・レポート). 行動経済学. 2021. 14. Special Issue. S9-S12
Okada, A. Book Review - Black Wave: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan's 3/11 Disasters. International Journal of Policy Studies. 2020. 11. 1. 111-114
Okada, A. Book Review: Gennifer Weisenfeld, Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan’s Great Earthquake of 1923. Japanese Studies. 2017. 37. 2. 274-276

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Books (13)：

Handbook of Civil Society in Japan
Japan Documents 2025 ISBN:9784909286604
Local Governance in Japan
Springer Nature 2024
日本の寄付を科学する-利他のアカデミア入門
明石書店 2023 ISBN:4750356646
Handbook on Asian Public Administration
Elgar 2023 ISBN:9781839104787
Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19
Routledge 2022 ISBN:9781032181820

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Lectures and oral presentations (95)：

Book Review
(2024)
Shedding Light on Vulnerable Population: Civil Society Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan
(53rd Annual ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) Conference)
Nonprofit Governance as Space for Engaging Business-persons: From the Case of Quasi-Board Program
(53rd Annual ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) ConferenceE)
What Values Do Social Marketing Bring to Social Marketers?
Surviving the Disaster Cycle: Financial and Human Resource Strategies among Post-Disaster Nonprofits in Japan
(The 16th International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) International Conference)

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Works (2)：

Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM) and Stop TB Partnership Japan: Exploring its Significance
2010 -
Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM) and Stop TB Partnership Japan: Exploring its Significance
2010 -

Education (5)：

2008 - 2013 University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs PhD (Public and International Affairs)
2006 - 2008 University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Master of International Development
2005 - 2006 Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Social Sciences Institute for the Study of Global Issues Doctoral Degree
2003 - 2005 Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Social Sciences Institute for the Study of Global Issues Master's Degree
1999 - 2003 Keio University Faculty of Policy Management

Professional career (4)：

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (University of Pittsburgh)
Master of International Development (University of Pittsburgh)
Master of Social Sciences (Sociology) (Hitotsubashi University)
B.A. in Policy Management (Keio University)

Work history (6)：

2024/04 - 現在 Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Sciences Professor
2019/04 - 2024/03 Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Sciences Associate Professor
2016/04 - 2019/03 Kanazawa University Institute of Liberal Arts and Science Associate Professor
2015/01 - 2016/04 Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) Subject Course Lecturer
2016/03 - 2016/03 Kanazawa University Research Center for Higher Education Associate Professor

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Committee career (4)：

2024/04 - 2026/03 仙台市協働まちづくり推進委員会・委員
2024/04 - 2025/03 仙台市地域づくりパートナープロジェクト推進助成事業検討会・委員
2023/05 - 2025/03 東松島市東松島市まちづくり市民委員会・副委員長
2019/08 - 2023/08 仙台地方裁判所仙台地方裁判所委員・委員

Awards (10)：

2024/09 - Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA) Best Paper Award (Research) for The 26th Annual Conference of Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA)
2022/03 - Tohoku University 2022 Murasaki Sendai Hagi Award
2018/11 - Yoshida Hideo Memorial Foundation The 16th Research Grant Yoshida Hideo Award (For Full-Time Researchers)
2018/06 - Japan NPO Research Association Best Paper Award for The 20th Annual Conference of Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA)
2018/06 - Japan NPO Research Association The 16th Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA) Special Recognition Award

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Association Membership(s) (6)：

International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) , Japan NPO Research Association , Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) , 東北社会学会 , 日本社会関係学会 , The Society of Socio-Informatics

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