Research theme for competitive and other funds (3)：
2023 - 2025 To what degree does interpretation of “Community Contribution” influence attitudes among university staff? A case study of Universities in New Zealand
2023 - 2024 What is the Most Effective Approach to Solving Community Issues? :Lessons from AOTAHI, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2017 - 2023 Teaching English as a Lingua Franca - An Approach to Develop Global Citizenship
Papers (8)：
Yuko Kitamura, Zane, Ritchie, Phillip, Borell. What is most effective approach to solve community issues:lessons from AOTAHI School of Maori and Indigenous Studies in New Zealand. BULLETIN OF NAGANO UNIVERSITY. 2024. 46. 2. 123-124
Yuko Kitamura, Kaori Hakone. The Issue of Gender Equality in Japan: Breaking Down Barriers and Empowering Women. BULLETIN OF NAGANO UNIVERSITY. 2023. 44. 3. 21-28
Kitamura Yuko. Expanding Opportunities-Case Studies of Ganokendra in Bangladesh. The Journal of Engaged Pedagogy. 2018. 17. 1. 85-102
Ritchie Z, Kitamura Y. Instructors’ Backgrounds and Learner Attitudes in Japan: A Pilot Study of Two Universities. Josai Contemporary Policies Researches. 2018. 11. 1. 59-67
北村 優子. Focus Group Interviews for English Education Research. 長野大学紀要. 2018. 39. 3. 171-178
Model United Nations simulations and English as a Lingua Franca : new perspectives on best practices
Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2021 ISBN:1527573532
書評:『世界の現場で僕たちが学んだこと「仕事の基本」』新英語教育
三友社出版 2014
Lectures and oral presentations (14)：
Faculty perceptions on community involvement in Japan and New Zealand
(2024)
「グローバル人材」育成と外国語教育の在り方の検討
(関係性の教育学会 第18回年次大会 2023)
Contributing to the Community: Universities in New Zealand and Japan
(Peace as a Global Language International Conference 2023)
A Qualitative Study into the State of the Grapesyard School Computer Laboratory and Implementation of the Computers into the School Curriculum
(The 2020 Management University of Africa, The Eighth International Conference on Leardership 2020)
