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  OGA Toru
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies
   Position   Professor
■ Education
1. 2001/10～2005/07 〔Doctorial Course〕, Government, University of Essex, Completed, Ph.D. in Ideology and Discourse Analysis
2. 2000/10～2001/09 〔Master Course〕, Government, University of Essex, Completed, MA in International Relations
3. 1999/10～2000/07 〔Other〕, Government, University of Essex, Completed, Certificate in Political Science
4. 1995/04～1999/03 Faculty of Laws, Toyo University, Graduated,
■ Academic and professional experience
1. 2008/02～2026/03 Kyushu University Faculty of Laws Associate Professor
2. 2007/01～2008/01 Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Assistant Professor
■ Message
What is diversity? Does diversity mean that everyone gets along? We cannot build a world on friendliness alone. There are people we like, people we are close to, and people we find difficult. That is natural. What matters is being willing to first listen to everyone’s views and engage in dialogue. That is the attitude we need in order to engage with diversity.
■ Current research
International Political Theory, Regionalism, ASEAN, Business and Human Rights, Health Policy, Discourse Analysis, Quantitative Text Analysis
■ Current specialized field
Politics, International relations (Key Word：Regionalism, International Norm Dynamics, Business and Human Rights, ASEAN, Discourse Analysis) 
■ Books and theses
1. 2025/11 Article Unpacking professional vision: a cognitive task analysis of illustrators’ liminal knowledge Cogent Arts & Humanities 12(1) (Collaboration) 
2. 2024/07/03 Article The relationship between neoliberal belief and socio-political attitude in Japan: conservative psychological tendencies of neoliberals Cogent Psychology  (Collaboration) 
3. 2024/07 Book Martina Ziefle, María Dolores Lozano, Maurice Mulvenna (eds.) Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health Springer  (Collaboration) 
4. 2024/05 Article Friend–Enemy Divided Thinking from the Perspective of Intergroup Conflict: Relationship with International Attitudes and Conspiracy Beliefs. Sage Open,  (Collaboration) 
5. 2023/04 Article A Quantitative Analysis of Barriers to International Telemedicine Education: The Case of the Philippines In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ISBN 978-989-758-645-3, ISSN 2184-4984, pp.75-80 (Collaboration) 
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■ Academic or professional association memberships
1. 2021/10～ Japan Association for the Advancement of Science
2. 2021/10～2025/06 ∟ Board member
3. 2025/10～ ∟ Fellow
4. 2009/04 Association of Study of Political Association
5. 2009/04～ ∟ Board member
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1. 2025/04～2028/03  "Exploring Agonism and Deliberation in the Political Sphere: The 'Debatization' of Political Communication"  (Key Word : )
2. 2023/06～2026/03  Development of a creative educational program integrating medicine and design  (Key Word : )
3. 2018/04～2022/03  Comprehensive research on content analysis and semi-automated content analysis for human values in texts  (Key Word : )
4. 2016/07～2023/03  Research on the Global CSR Regime centered around the United Nations Global Compact.  (Key Word : )
5. 2015/04～2018/03  Competition and Composition of Human Rights Governance in East Asia: Asian Civil Society and Asian Values  (Key Word : )
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■ E-Mail address
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