Interdisciplinary Research Unit for Global Democratic Change (GDC)

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Objectives:

The Interdisciplinary Research Unit for Global Democratic Change (GDC), established in October 2016 within Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), aims to provide a forum for those TUFS-based/affiliated faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and advanced graduate students who use English as their primary working language for their publications and academic exchange. In addition to running this website, GDC organizes regular workshops and hosts occasional lecture series.

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Director:

Yasuyuki Matsunaga, Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies

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Research Fellows and Assistants:

Makiko Nambu, PhD Candidate and RA

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Visiting Research Fellow:

Sohrab Ahmadian (May 2023 - )

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Faculty Associates:

Udeni Appuhamilage, Institute of Global Stuides

Vakkas ?olak, Institute of Global Studies

Masato Iizuka, Professor, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa

Hiroyuki Aoyama, Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies

Makiko Sakai, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies

Yumi Nakayama, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies

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External Associates:

Umut Azak, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Former Research Associates:

Mostafa Khalili (Visiting Research Fellow, January-March 2023)

Khalil Dahbi, former Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate School of Global Studies; Research Fellow, GIGA, Germany

Ian Karusigarira, Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Yusuke Inenaga, former Fellow, Institute of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Aiko Nishikida, Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University

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[The above GDC staff ogranization was last updated on May 1, 2023.]