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  KIKKAWA Takuro
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies
   Position   Professor
■ Education
1. 2000/04~2003/03 〔Doctorial Course〕 Comparative Politics, International Relations, Graduate School Division of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Accomplished credits for doctoral program
2. 2004/03/31
Degree Acquisition
Ritsumeikan University, PhD in International Relations
3. 〔Master Course〕, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Completed, Master of Science
■ Message
Message to undergraduate students: I am interested in the study of political science at all levels from local to international. My current research interest focuses on the Middle East and social activism occurring there. I hope that my excitement for this area of research is contagious. Message to graduate school students: Professional thesis writing is craftwork. It’s hard work but it could be your greatest asset. Here we study comparative politics with interdisciplinary methods. If you are interested in this, please join us.
■ Current specialized field
Politics, Area Studies, International Relations 
■ Books and theses
1. 2024/10/23 Article Jordan’s Regime Security Under the COVID-19 Pandemic Alternatives: Global, Local, Political  (Single) 
2. 2024/08 Article A comparative study of work-integrated learning experiences International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning 25(3),pp.469-489 (Collaboration) 
3. 2024/04/25 Article Exploring university-industry collaboration in Vietnam: An in-depth review of types and influencing factors Industry and Higher Education 38(6),pp.499-514 (Collaboration) 
4. 2024/03 Article Middle East Public Opinion Survey: Lebanon 2024  12,pp.1-11 (Collaboration) 
5. 2023/12/20 Article How Neighbours Perceive the Israeli-Gaza War: The Case of Jordan  pp.49-54 (Single) 
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■ Academic or professional association memberships
1. 2010/09 International Studies Association
2. 2020/02~ Middle East Studies Association
3. 2005/04 Japan Association for Comparative Politics
4. 2003/04 Japan Association for Middle East Studies
■ Conference presentations
1. 2024/12/08 Rebuilding the kingdom: Jordan in the 1990-1991 Gulf crisis and its consequences (15th Conference of the Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Associations)
2. 2024/11/08 External Crisis’s Impact on the Regime Reconfiguration: Jordan under 1990-91 Gulf Crisis (中華民國國際関係学會2024 年國際關係年會)
3. 2023/06/01 “Structures and networks of political corruption in Jordan: privatisation, new elite networks and constitutional reform as corruption-enhancing factors” (25th Annual Mediterranean Studies Association International Congress)
4. 2022/10/29 Undermining the power of parliament and the people in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan? A new constitutional amendment plan and its political impact (日本国際政治学会2022年度研究大会)
5. 2022/05/05 “Japan’s humanitarian aid toward Jordan and the transformation of aid identities and practices in the new security challenges” (OBIC Conference 2022)
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■ Works
1. 2024/11/07 ‘Royal Diplomacy in Jordan: The King's Personality, Network, and Policy Inputs and Outputs’ (台北)
■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1. 2017~2019  Monarchical States' Resilience in the Middle East  (Key Word : Monarchy, Middle East, resilience, authoritarianism, Islam)
2. 2009  Politics and social movements in Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan  (Key Word : Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Middle East, Arab, politics)
3. 2005  Qatar's political system and foreign relations  (Key Word : Qatar)
4. 2009~2010  Audio visual material in the field of social science  (Key Word : social science, audio visual material, pedagogy)
5. 2019~2021  Jordanian politics and tribal society: Fieldwork-based research on politics, society, and economies in the south  (Key Word : )
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■ Educational ability
● Practice example of education method
1. 2017/04/01 Comparative Culture
2. 2015/04/01 Comparative Politics and Government
3. 2012/04/01 Identity and Politics
4. 2009/10/01 Ethnicity and Nationalism
5. 2009/04/01~2013/09/30 Introduction to Political Science
■ External Researcher ID
orcID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7176-3713