学生紹介

• Ginger Vaughn
  
    I'm Ginger Vaughn. I hail from the state of North Carolina, United States. I have been enrolled in the Ph.D program in environmental governance under Professor Shunji Matsuoka since April 2009. My focus during my course of study is environmental journalism, the main topic being how the media influences public awareness of environmental issues such as climate change throughout Asia. I have been interested in green issues in Japan since I came to this country nearly ten years ago. My background is a combination of business and journalism. I received my MBA from Waseda in 2008 with a concentration in venture capital. I currently work as a reporter for the public broadcaster NHK, reporting on issues related to the economic situation in Asia as well as green-business. I am an avid hiker and am currently pursuing the goal of finishing the Hyakumeizan or 100 great mountains of Japan.
  
  

• 金柔美　（Yoomi Kim)
  
  金柔美(キムユミ)と申します。2009年9月、博士後期過程入学し松岡ゼミに所属しております。私は韓国のソウルで生まれ、梨花女子大学で学部と修士課程を卒業しました。学部と修士課程においては行政学を専攻し、修士課程では都市や地域政策に関して研究しました。
  2005年に日本で1年間交換学生で勉強した経験をきっかけとして、研究でも韓国と日本に対する多様な比較研究を実施しました。2007年には早稲田大学125周年記念事業早稲田学生フォーラムで参加し、「東アジア共同体意識形成−環境協力から可能性を探る」という論文を日本人学生と共に発表しました。アジア地域統合と協力を環境の側面から研究する基礎になっており、博士課程での研究テーマに対するより具体的なアイディアが得られました。修士論文は『都市の創造性が都市競争力に及ぼす影響：韓国と日本の比較』をテーマとして、韓国と日本の都市の創造性の現況を把握し、都市の創造性が競争力に与える影響を実証分析しました。
  博士後期過程では、今までの都市や地域政策に関する実証的な比較研究の経験に基づいて、アジア共同体形成の可能性を環境協力・交流の側面から自治体国際協力の観点で研究したいです。松岡ゼミでの環境分野における地域統合、協力に対する研究を 基にして、アジア共同体の形成に寄与し、学問的な土台を有した研究者になりたいと思っております。
  
  
  
  

• 龍澤英宏　（ひでひろ　たつざわ）
  龍澤英宏と申します。2010年4月に博士課程に入学し、松岡先生の研究室で勉強をしております。研究分野は環境政策および環境管理で、特に湿地の持続可能な利用に関心を持っております。湿地は水の浄化作用や海岸線の安定化などの様々な機能を有し、また多くの生物の生息地であると同時に生物多様性を増進するというような貴重な役割を持っております。漁業や農業などを通して人間の経済活動にも貢献してきました。しかし、一方で開発や過剰な資源の利用にさらされてきた脆弱な自然環境でもあります。このような自然環境においては、持続可能な発展が環境保全のカギであり、また社会科学的手法が有効なアイディアを与えてくれると考えられます。このような観点から研究に取り組み、環境問題の解決に貢献したいと考えております。
  

• 稲田恭輔　（Kyosuke Inada）
  I am interested in economic and policy analysis of global environmental management in the context of international development. I studied econometrics and macroeconomics during my undergraduate years. I wrote a dissertation on weather index based insurance and climate vulnerability assessment in a low-income African country for my MSc course. The title of my MSc course was environmental change and management, covering a wide range of science, policy and management issues associated with the environment. The focus in this PhD course under the supervision of Professor Matsuoka is economic evaluation and financial mechanism for nature conservation in developing countries. I wish to contribute to sustainable global environmental conservation by integrating my academic interests and achievements with nearly two decades of professional experience as an international development specialist.
  

• KwangHo LEE
  はじめまして。韓国からきた李洸昊(イグァンホ)と申します。2010年9月から松岡先生の博士課程に所属して勉強をしております。関心分野は国際環境協力で特に環境ODAに関心を持っています。多くの開発途上国は経済発展を優先していて、環境はその後のことだと認識しています。その結果開発途上国では環境破壊が深刻な状況にあります。さらに、一回破壊された環境を回復するためには、その後莫大な費用がかかります。したがって、環境を保全しながら経済も成長する意味ももつ「持続可能な発展」が重要になります。特に、開発途上国の持続可能な発展においては、先進国からの協力が環境負荷の削減の有効性を高める可能性が高いとみられます。 日本が持つODAの長い歴史と経験の研究を通じて、今後さらに効率的・効果的な環境ODA政策を発展していきたいと思います。また、Green ODAに熱心な韓国のODA政策とも関連させて研究を行い、将来には韓国のODA政策に貢献したいです。

• 呉彩雲　(Chaewoon Oh)
  Hello~. I am Chaewoon Oh( 彩雲) from Korea. I am a M1 student of Professor Matsuoka’s seminar joining from September 2009. I studied English literature at Korea University, and then began my career at the Policy & Cooperation Department of Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety. My primary responsibilities were the research on international nuclear regulation and safety and the cooperation with IAEA and bilaterally North-American and European nations. Recently I started taking part in Northeast Asian nuclear regulatory cooperation. In parallel with my work, I completed another bachelor’s degree in the economics at Korea National Open University. My interest of research resides in regional integration in Northeast Asia through energy system. I am very happy to meet all of you and Professor Matsuoka at GSAPS. Also, I am grateful for the opportunities to advance my studies at Waseda University and particularly in Japan, some of whose literature writers I am partial to. I would like to share with you a meaningful time~.

• Xun Hang　
  Hello, everyone, my name is Xun Hang. I come from the State Forestry Administration of China. I graduated from Beijing Forestry University in 2006. After 4 years’ working, now I have an opportunity to carry out my research under Professor Matsuoka in GSAPS. I am quite interested in bamboo and its social benefit. Bamboo is the most valuable non-wood forest product in the world and it is an ideal resource for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. So I hope my research could make contribution to people's livelihoods, their environment, and their businesses through a sustainable use of bamboo.
  
  
  

• Sai Shinkou　
  こんにちは、サイです。中国の北京の出身です。私は、２０１０年九月にアジア太平洋研究科修士課程に入学しました。今、私は松岡先生のゼミで勉強しています。私は２００９年の六月大学を卒業して、九月から日本に来ました。私は大学の専門は数学だから、今いろいろな新しいことを学びたいです。早稲田の２年間は楽しみにしています。
  

• Hanxiao　
  こんいちは 私は韓瀟と申します。2010年9月に、私は早稲田大学大学院アジア太平洋研究科に入学しました。今は松岡先生のゼミに所属していて、環境経済学と持続的発展についての研究を行っています。 早稲田大学に入る前に、私は中国北京にある国際関係学院で経済学を専攻しました。2009年に、私は中国科学院で環境経済学に関する補助研究を行いました。その後、私は研究結果をまとめ、教授と共に学術論文を完成しました。 元々環境問題そのものは、人類社会における大量生産、大量消費などの経済行為と伴って生じたものなので、私は、環境問題を全面的に解決するには、経済学の知識は不可欠だとは考えています。従って、私は今後、松岡先生のゼミで環境問題の分析に必要とする経済学の知識を一層深く理解するうえで、経済学の理論を環境改善の現場に応用したいと思います。宜しくお願いいたします。
  

• Lu Han　
  Hello,everyone! I'm Lu Han and I'm from Ningbo,China. I graduated in Business and Management at Tokyo Keizai University then entered GSAPS on Apr.2011. I am very interested in environmental problems so I joined master program and Professor Matsuoka's seminar. Of course, there are many various problems about environment, I want to research in organic farming. As you know ,China is an agricultural country but the safety control is very weak like resudual agricultural chemicals,agricultural pollution and so on. I hope that the organic farming will spread througout China and the Chinese nation can stop worrying about that. I'll work hard to make my research a success.

• Maybi　
  Hello, everyone! I am Maybi, from S?o Paulo, Brazil and I graduated in 2009 in Law at University of S?o Paulo. Since the very beginning of my studies at university, I have been interested in international law, international relations and diplomacy. Afterwards, environmental and development related problems also caught my attention and I have been doing research about these topics since 2008. Convinced that, in the current context, only international actions connected to local ones can help us to find solutions for those problems and build a better society, I decided to go abroad and widen my view about experiences dealing with foreign aid and international cooperation for sustainable development. Japan, a reference in research and big investor in my country, was a perfect choice to conduct my research. Waseda, with its very open-minded ideology and receptive and competent professors, offers an excellent environment for this purpose. I have been in Matsuoka Sensei Seminar as research since May 2011 and in these months have been an amazing experience. I intend to start Masters next year and focus on Japan's investments in the North and Northeast of Brazil for sustainable development. Moreover, I hope that during my stay in Japan I improve my understanding of cultural exchange and its function for increasing the cooperation in a globalized world.

• Amy　
  Hello, my name is Amy and I am very happy for such great opportunity to join Prof. Matsuoka's seminar in April 2011. I graduated from University of British Columbia in Canada and my major was Transportation and Logistics in Business Studies. As a bachelor of commerce, I learned to observe the dynamic society and develop thinking strategically for the business environment. However, along with the growth in global market, environmental issues are increasing, especially happened in the intensive network of transportation for global trading and commercially active urban areas. To learn more about how international cities can be environmentally sustainable while in progress of economic growth, I chose to come to Tokyo because it is one of the cities trying so hard in urban transformation for sustainable development. In GSAPS there are a lot of great professors and academic resources, hopefully we will all achieve in our academic plus personal goals here in Waseda University.
  

• Yohei Yamada　
  こんにちは。山田洋平と申します。私は、2011年4月に早稲田大学アジア太平洋研究科の修士課程に入学しました。早稲田大学社会科学部出身で、学部時代には環境政策や欧州連合（EU）をテーマに扱うゼミに所属して、主に京都議定書や地域統合について勉強してきました。環境問題や、開発、サステナビリティなどのテーマには学部時代から深い関心があったのですが、政治学的な面から考えることが多かったので、経済学的なアプローチや途上国の視点も含めて考えたいと思い、松岡先生のゼミに入りました。私は、電力の生産、供給、需要を大きなテーマに定め、基礎的な知識や分析手法を会得するとともに、試行錯誤を繰り返し、研究を進めていきたいと考えています。 様々なアイデンティティや考え方をもった方々が集まるGSAPSで、積極的に行動して、視野を広げていきたいと思っています。よろしくお願いします。

• Yuri Kojima　
  はじめまして。2011年4月からアジア太平洋研究科に入学致しました、小島友里（こじまゆり）と申します。私は、早稲田大学人間科学部健康福祉科学科出身で、学部時代はカザフスタン共和国の環境問題に関して研究をしていました。 私が環境問題に興味を持ったのは、20世紀最大の環境破壊といわれているアラル海の縮小を見たことがきっかけでした。アラル海を見るまで「環境問題＝目に見えないもの」というイメージを持っており、あまり危機感を持っていませんでした。ですがアラル海に行き、アラル海の縮小とその社会的影響をこの目で直接見ることにより、環境問題は遠いことではなく身近に起こるものであり、とても重要な課題であると実感しました。 そこで大学院に入り途上国の環境問題や持続可能な社会について学びたいと思い、松岡先生の研究室に入りました。修士では、途上国の持続可能な環境開発に関して勉強していきたいと思います。みなさん、よろしくお願いいたします。

• Kaoru Okudaira　
  こんにちは。2011年4月にアジア太平洋研究科修士課程に入学いたしました、奥平薫（オクダイラ　カオル）と申します。私は学部時代から環境政策のゼミに所属し、さまざまな環境問題について勉強してきました。そのなかで環境問題は経済的・社会的・文化的要因が絡み合っているため幅広い知識が必要であり、特にこれまで勉強をしてこなかった経済や統計分析などを含めた様々な勉強をしたいと思いこの研究科に進学することにしました。日本には環境問題の解決に貢献できるような高い技術が沢山あると思っています。それらを用いて持続可能な発展を実現するためには、まずどのような視点から環境問題を見ていけばよいかをしっかりと定めることから始め、修士論文につなげていきたいと思っております。これからどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

• Keiko Noguchi　
  はじめまして。野口恵子と申します。私は２０１１年９月にアジア太平洋研究科に入学致しました。早稲田大学教育学部教育学科出身で、生涯教育について学んできました。学部時代は、教員免許や博物館学芸員の資格を取得するための授業を主に受講していましたが、以前から途上国の貧困問題などには関心を持っていました。大学４年生になり、普通に就職活動をした私は、大学院に進学することなど正直全く考えていませんでした。そんな私がＧＳＡＰＳへの入学を考え始めたのは、他学部の授業に参加し、カンボジアの貧しい農村で調査をしたことがきっかけでした。途上国の貧困、それに付随する教育問題などを直接目の当たりにし、知ったからには自分が何かできないだろうか、ということを考えるようになり入学を決意しました。学部時代とは全く異なる専攻ではありますが、大学院では「ＢＯＰビジネス」について研究しながら、自分なりに色々と模索していきたいと思っております。どうぞよろしくお願い致します。

• Chanjin Park　
  Hello to all! I am Chanjin Park from Seoul, Korea. I graduatd from School of International Liberal Studies (SILS) of Waseda University in March 2011. After graduation, I worked as an intern at Economic Development Cooperation Fund in Hanoi, Vietnam until I entered GSAPS in September 2011. My primary field of interest is development cooperation and foreign aid. My undergraduate thesis was about the significance of rural development in achieving an overall growth, explained by Korea's case of 'New Village Movement'. During MA program under Professor Matsuoka, I would like to investigate practical methods for developing counries to grow. Therefore, I am planning to do research on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the field of ODA, asserting that PPP will advance the efficiency of utilizing ODA and ultimately contribute to accomplishing Millenium Development Goals. I am looking forward to having good discussions with you who have great knowledge as well as interests in development studies!

• Mochammad Iqbal　
  I am the new student of Matsuoka sensei zemi. I am from Indonesia. Before enrolled in Graduate School of Asia Pacific, I was working in the Bureau for Technical Cooperation ? Ministry of State Secretariat in Indonesia. My job description is administering the implementation of South-South Cooperation. I took my undergraduate degree in International Relations Department of Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. My research interest is South-South Cooperation, in line with my previous job. The reason is I need to strengthen my knowledge on aid and development in order to improve my competencies. Since Indonesia is an emerging economics, it is our responsibility to share our knowledge and development experiences. By learning the concept of aid and development cooperation, I hope that I will shape the better South-South Cooperation program for my country.

• Shahnoza　
  People in Uzbekistan greet with each other saying “Salom Alaykum” or “Assalomu Alaykum”. So, Salom Alaykum to everyone. My name is Shahnoza. I am from Uzbekistan. I was born in 1986 in Tashkent. I joined Matsuoka Sensei’s MA program in September, 2011. I’m interested in international environmental cooperation, especially in environmental ODA. I graduated from Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, faculty of Japanese Philology. After receiving bachelor’s degree I have worked for more than 2 years as an assistant of professor and research officer in Tsukuba International Centre for Central Asian Research and Education. During this time I have obtained enough experience of working as researcher of political science. But to develop my academic career in my institution I need to have Master’s degree like the one offered by GSAPS of Waseda University. I know Waseda University as one of top ranking universities not only in Japan, but also in the world. Obviously these facts convince me that studying here I will receive qualitative education from best scholars of Japan. My choice of GSAPS MA program is also related with development of my thesis - “Emerging Water Issues in Central Asia: ODA (Japan) as a key instrument in preventing ecological consequences in the region”. To develop my research paper which is related to regionalization, environmental policy and international cooperation in Central Asia, I would like to strengthen my attention on studying the classes offered by Professor Matsuoka. I hope with the education I obtain in GSAPS MA program and with my Research paper I can contribute to development and environmental sustainability of my country.

• Steven Cleary　
  Steven Cleary is a masters student whose research is focused upon sustainable development, particularly the roles of Australian and Japanese overseas development cooperation (ODA), corporate social responsibility (CSR) and philanthropy in the achievement of the the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Laos and the Mekong Sub-region in general. Steven is from Brisbane, Australia. Upon graduation from the University of Queensland he spent two years as a general news reporter with Quest Newspaper's South-West News and an additional 12 months as a sub-editor at ABC Online News. An abiding interest in Japan, particularly its post-war development and role in Asia-Pacific development cooperation brought him to the country in 2003 as an assistant language teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. He subsequently spent three years in rural Toyama prefecture sharing language and cultural exchange with high school age students in both general and special needs schools. Subsequently he was involved in English language and presentation instruction for Japanese junior and senior overseas volunteers with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as a dispatched instructor at training centers in Fukushima and Nagano. In 2009 he was appointed to the role of News Reporting & Editing Trainer at the Vientiane Times, Laos' premier English language newspaper, as a volunteer on the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program for a period of 12 months. He commenced his research at Waseda University's Graduate School of Asia Pacific studies on the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEXT) Scholarship in September, 2010. He is aiming to further his studies and gain further professional experience under the expert guidance of Professor Matsuoka in the collegiate atmosphere provided by Waseda GSAPS.

• Yi Rosa　
  Hello everyone! My name is Yi Rosa, but please just call me Ro as Rosa sounds so female and I don’t really feel comfortable with it. I am from Cambodia, Southeast Asia. I just came to GSAPS this semester September 2011 under Prof. Matsuoka’s supervision. I was in the field Education when I was an undergraduate student, but I completely lost my interest in this education thingy after I graduated. I want to try something else. I want to do what I love for my postgraduate study. My boyhood experience when I spent 18 years in countryside motivated me to study what many of my villagers, particularly the very poor, did and have been doing: migrate to urban areas in search for jobs. I want to look at the issue from socio-economic perspective to see how this rural-urban migration help contribute to poverty reduction at community level and also how poor people use it as an alternative livelihood strategy. Honestly, at the beginning I was quite skeptical of whether or not I made the right decision to be in Prof. Matsuoka’s seminar. My first impression was that everyone was talking about environmental issues or international cooperation while I was proposing to do something else of no relation at all. However, it took me only a few sessions, studying and interacting with Prof. Matsuoka as well as other friends in the seminar, to feel assured that I made a right decision and he is the right person for my academic adventure. Finally, I just want to thank everyone for your warm welcoming me to the seminar. Let’s have FUN!