Yasushi KATSUMA
Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Professor
Ph.D.
member
Social Integration and Networking
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- CV
- KATSUMA, Yasushi (Ph.D., LL.M.) is Professor and Director of International Studies Program at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) at Waseda University. He is also Professor and Assistant Dean of the Faculty of International Research & Education (FIRE), and Director of Waseda Institute for Global Health (WIGH) at the same University. He serves Japan Association for United Nations Studies (JAUNS) as the Secretary-General; Japan Society for International Development (JASID) as Executive Director [Public Relations]; the Japan Association for International Health (JAIH) as Councilor; and the Peace Studies Association of Japan (PSAJ) as Director. Prior to joining the faculty of Waseda University, Prof. Katsuma worked for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), stationed in Mexico, Afghanistan/Pakistan and Tokyo. Previously he was consultant for Japanese ODA, conducting development research in Asia and Latin America. Prof. Katsuma received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; LL.M. & LL.B. from Osaka University; and B.A. from International Christian University, after working as a volunteer for a British project in Honduras and studying at the University of California-San Diego. His current research interests include human rights-based approach to development, the public-private partnerships for global health, and life skills-based health education. His publications in English include the following: The Role and Challenges of Japanese NGOs in the Global Health Policymaking Process (2009: co-authored); "Global health governance and Japan's contributions: Infectious diseases as a threat to human security," Korean Journal of International Organizations, Vol.3, No.1 (2008); "Human security approach for global health," The Lancet, Vol.371 (2008: co-authored); "Education as an approach to human security: A case of Afghanistan," in Shinoda & Jeong (Eds). Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches of Peace-building (2004); "Combating the globalization of child sexual exploitation," Journal of Asian Women's Studies, Vol. 10 (2001); and "Transforming an NGO into a commercial bank to expand financial services for the microenterprises of low-income people," Technology & Development, No. 10 (1997).
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Achievements (since 2006)
[ Paper ]
- Katsuma Yasushi, "Global health Governance and Japan's Contributions: Infectious Diseasesas a Threat to Human Security", Korean Journal of International Organizations, Vol.3, No.1, 2008, 5-20
- Takemi, K. Jimba, M. Ishii, S., Katsuma, Y., Nakamura, Y., Human Security Approach for Global Health, The Lancet, Vol. 371, 2008, pp.13-14
- Katsuma, Y., Skills-based health education within the framework of FRESH, Journal of International Health, Vol.22, No.4, 2007, pp.292-293
Presentations at international conferences (since 2006)
- Oral presentation, Yasushi Katsuma, 2008/09, "Global Health, Human Security and Japan's Contributions", Korean Academic Council on the United Nations System
- Oral presentation, Yasushi Katsuma & Kazuo Kuroda, 2008/05, "International Cooperation and Waseda University: Recent Development and Future Prospects", UNIVERSITAS 21 Workshop on the MDGs
- Oral presentation, Yasushi, Katsuma, 2007/09, Education as an Approach to Human Security: Afghanistan under the Taliban, World Congress of Comparative Education Societies