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
Bradley D. F. Colpitts, Soyhan Egitim, Akiko Morozumi, Saori Obayashi, Jennifer Yphantides. Trends in leadership in Japanese higher education 2004-2024: a systematic scoping review. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 2025. 1-22
Saori Obayashi, Keith Jackson. Organizational restructuring for the purpose of generating useful institutional change: case studies of Japanese universities promoting strategies for internationalisation. Proceedings of EURAM 2025 (ISSN 2466-7498 and ISBN 978-2-9602195-7-9). 2025. 1-39
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
Kenji Matsuno, Saori Obayashi. Activities of the University of Osaka European Center for Academic Initiatives - with EXPO 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan. 2026. 78. 1. 89-92
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
Towards Integrated Reporting Accounting Change in the Public Sector
2021
Lectures and oral presentations (16)：
Organizational restructuring for the purpose of generating useful institutional change: case studies of Japanese universities promoting strategies for internationalisation
(European Academy of Management 2025 Annual Conference (Competitive papers session), Florence, Italy 2025)
Towards better understanding higher education leadership in Japan
(2025 Higher Education Research Association Conference, Hong Kong 2025)
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 (Competitive papers session), Dublin, Ireland 2023)
2011 - Kobe University President Award Special Award
Association Membership(s) (8)：
The Academic Association for Organizational Science
, Society for Research into Higher Education
, European Academy of Management
, 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
, The European Higher Education Society
, International Research Society for Public Management
