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  KIMURA Rikio
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Sustainability and Tourism
   Position   Professor
■ Education
1. 2009/06~2014/09 〔Doctorial Course〕 Education, Sussex School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex, Completed, Doctor of Education
2. 2004/01~2007/08 〔Master Course〕 Organizational Leadership, School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Regent University, Completed, Master of Arts
3. 1993/01~1995/12 〔Master Course〕 Community Development, Department of Resource Development, Michigan State University, Completed, Master of Science
4. 1995/01~1995/09 〔Other〕, Refugee Studies Centre (Visiting Study Fellow), University of Oxford,
5. 1988/04~1992/03 Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Mie University, Graduated, Bachelor in Social Sciences
■ Academic and professional experience
1. 2023/04~ Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Sustainability and Tourism Professor
2. 2018/04~2023/03 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Professor
3. 2014/08~2015/02 Royal University of Phnom Penh Visiting Scholar
4. 2012/04~2018/03 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Associate Professor
5. 2008/04~2012/03 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Assistant Professor
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■ Message
As a scholar-practitioner, I problematize development practices so as to re-construct them towards informing better practice. If you ever get the opportunity to participate in a long-term volunteer project in a developing country, I recommend that you seize it for it will help your growth and development.
■ Current specialized field
Social welfare and social work studies, Area Studies, Sociology of education, Education (Key Word:Community Development, NGO, Social Enterprise, Adult Education, Pedagogy, Cambodia) 
■ Books and theses
1. 2024/09/27 Article Exploring Teaching Assistants’ Potential to Facilitate Multicultural Group Work in a Multicultural Undergraduate Classroom in Japan Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education 16(4),pp.18-31 (Single)  Link
2. 2024/09/15 Book Faith-Based Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Analysis of Christian Faith-Based Firms  pp.129-167 (Collaboration)  Link
3. 2023/07/16 Article Researching unfamiliar terrains: potential and limitations of the critical realist grounded theory International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education  (Single)  Link
4. 2021/08/04 Article What and How Hybrid Forms of Christian Social Enterprises Are Created and Sustained in Cambodia? A Critical Realist Institutional Logics Perspective Religions 12(8) (Single)  Link
5. 2021/04 Article Inclusive Leadership Education in a Multicultural Educational Setting: A Review of Conceptual Models, Practices and Measurements APU Center for Inclusive Leadership Working Papers No.2021-01  (Collaboration) 
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■ Academic or professional association memberships
1. 2008/05~ Japan Society for International Development
2. 2010/04~ Japan NPO Research Association
3. 2014/05~ Development Studies Association (DSA)
4. 2015/06~ International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)
5. 2022/04~ International Transformative Learning Association (ITLA)
■ Conference presentations
1. 2024/06/09 Research on Inclusive Leadership in Multicultural Collaborative Education: Insights from Educational Practices on a Multinational Campus (46th Japan Association for College and University Education Annual Conference, Kansai University of International Studies)
2. 2023/07/08 Mission agility and resilience of Christian social enterprises in Cambodia during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023 ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) Asia Conference (Virtual; hosted by Tohoku Univ. and Kwansei Gakuin Univ.))
3. 2023/03/24 Pedagogical practices for activating multicultural groupwork in an English-medium major subject classroom (Center for Inclusive Leadership Seminar, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
4. 2022/12/03 Development of Various Hybrid Organizational Forms of Christian Social Enterprises in Cambodia (20th Asia Pacific (AP) Conference, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
5. 2021/08/13 Figuring out from below or figuring out from above? Comparison of non-confrontational advocacy of service-providing civil society organizations in urban India and rural Cambodia (Civil Society and Democratization: Insights from Service-Providing Nonprofit Organizations, Author Workshop for "Public Administration and Development" special issue, Wayne State University/University of North Carolina at Greensboro/George Mason University)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1. 2023/04~2026/03  Resilience of Faith-Based Social Enterprises: An International Comparative Study of Survival Strategies under the COVID-19 Pandemic  (Key Word : )
2. 2019/04~2022/03  Toward advancing theoretical perspectives of hybrid organizations: Insights from faith-based social enterprises in developing countries  (Key Word : )
3. 2016/04~2019/03  Spirituality and organizational culture in social enterprises in developing countries: International comparative studies through qualitative research  (Key Word : )
4. 2013/04~2016/03  A critical study of social enterprises in Cambodia through the life stories of the poor  (Key Word : )
5. 2009/04~2011/03  NGO Leadership Change and Development in Cambodia  (Key Word : )
■ Awards and honors
1. 2018 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Award for Outstanding Service in the Field of Teaching
2. 2016 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Award for Outstanding Service in the Field of Teaching
3. 2011 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Award for Outstanding Service in the Field of Teaching
4. 2007 Outstanding Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership Graduate Award (Regent University)
5. 1994 Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholar (Michigan State University)
■ Qualification and licenses
1. 2022/03/18 Oxford EMI (English Medium Instruction) Certificate for University Lecturers Course
■ Professional contribution to Society
1. 2014/06~2014/06 Emerging Social Enterprises in Cambodia from the Multiple Perspectives and their Empowerment Impacts on the Poor: By inviting the researchers/practitionar from Australia, Cambodia and Japan, I held the seminar (As part of research funded by Grant-in-Aid C type).
■ Committee and society
1. 2023/03/11~2023/07/08 2023 ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) Asia Conference Academic Committee