Subject | Humanities & Social Sciences

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Peace and Law (2024)

This course examines definitions of peace referring the a legal perspective and discusses the way to realise peace with the discussion on many cases.

Content/学習内容

Staff/スタッフ

    • Coordinator
    • Teacher
    Hajime Akiyama
    University of Tsukuba Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
    Assistant Professor
    Peace Studies, Constitutional Law, International Law, International Organisations
    Career

    Hajime Akiyama is an Assistant Professor of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. He graduated from International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, and he received Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts in Peace Studies and Doctor of Philosophy from ICU. He researched as a Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He received a Fellowship under the “Young Researchers Exchange Programme between Japan and Switzerland 2016” and stayed at the University of Lausanne as a Visiting Researcher. He served College of International Relations of Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, as a Lecturer. Since 2020, he is in the current position. His specialisation includes peace studies, constitutional law, international law and international organisations. He researched nationality and statelessness, post-COVID-19 studies and post-anthropocene. His publications include “Post-COVID-19 Studies: Pandemic, Change and Continuity in Society, the Future (in Japanese)” (Akashi Shoten, 2022). He received the Award of Brilliance of the 29th Eisaku Sato Essay Contest. He was selected as the BEST FACULTY MEMBER of the University of Tsukuba in AY 2022. He is a TRiSTAR Fellow; TRiSTAR is the Top Runners in Strategy of Transborder Advanced Researches (TRiSTAR) program conducted as the Strategic Professional Development Program for Young Researchers by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT). (As of July 2023)

Competency/コンピテンシー

  • Literacy
  • Problem finding ability
  • Problem solving skill
  • Creativity
  • Communication ability
  • Group skill
  • International character
  • Autonomy

Information/その他の情報

Course Requirements

Only participants to “Peace and Law” of the University of Tsukuba can register.

Contact/お問合せ先

Instructor: Hajime Akiyama, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba

akiyama.hajime.gp@u.tsukuba.ac.jp

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