Aysun UYAR MAKIBAYASHI, PhD
22 February 2023
Current Affiliation: Associate Professor
Doshisha University, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies
E-mail: auyar@mail.doshisha.ac.jp, aysunuyar@me.com
Education:
2005(Apr)-2008(Mar) Ph.D. (Science “East Asian Studies”), “Political Economic
Analysis of Economic Partnership Agreements within
Japanese Foreign Policy Making”, Graduate School of East
Asian Studies, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
2004(Apr)-2005(Mar) Research student, GSEAS, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
2001(Sep)-2004(Feb) M.Sc. (International Relations), “Chinese and Japanese Economic Attitudes towardsASEAN”, Institute of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara,Turkey.
1998(Sep)-2001(Jun)
B.Sc. (International Relations), Department of International Relations, Faculty ofEconomics and Administrative Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey.
Professional Experience:
Academic Positions:2015(Apr)-PresentAssociate professor. Doshisha University, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies,
Kyoto, Japan.
2013(Apr)-2015(Mar) Assistant professor. Doshisha University, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, Kyoto,Japan.
2010(Jan)-2013(Mar) Assistant professor. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, National Institute for
the Humanities, Kyoto, Japan.
2012(Aug-Sep)
Visiting fellow. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany.
2008(Mar)-2009(Dec) Post-doctoral research fellow. Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies,
Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
2005(Aug)-2008(Mar) Project assistant. Faculty of Economics, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Teaching Experience:
2013(Spr)-Present
Faculty courses (Japanese). Asia-Pacific Course, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, Doshisha University,Kyoto, Japan.
2009(Spr)-Present
Adjunct Lecturer for various courses at different universities. E.g.: “Global Environmental Issues”, College ofInternational Relations, Ritsumeikan University. “Introduction to Globalization”, Institute for Liberal Arts,Doshisha University. “International Environmental Politics”, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University.
“International Politics”, International Business School, University of Tsukuba.
Recent Publications (selected):
2022 Journal article. “Environmental Challenges of Japan’s Development Aid Framework in Southeast Asia”,
ICAS Asian Studies 1: 736-742. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048557820/ICAS.2022.085 (refereed).
2022 Book chapter (Japanese). “Sotokara Mita Washoku (Washoku Seen from the Outside)” in Shitte okitai
Washokuno Bunka (What We Need to Know about the Culture of Washoku), Ed. Sato Yoichiro, 3-28.
Tokyo: Bensei Publishing Co. (ISBN: 978-4585330011)
2021 Book chapter. “Environmental Regionalism in East Asia”, in Globalizing Regionalism and International
Relations, Ed. Beatrix Futak-Campbell, pp: 125-149. Bristol: Bristol University Press (ISBN: 9781529217148).
2021 Book commentary. “Regional cooperation while responding to environmental and infrastructural changes”,
in In the Way of the Road: The Ecological Consequences of Infrastructure, Eds. Richard T. Griffiths andAlice C. Hughes, pp: 309-312. Leiden: International Institute for Asian Studies (ISBN: 978-9082381016).
Recent Papers Presented at Conferences and Symposia (selected):
2022“Regional Dynamics of the Securitization of Water Resources in the Mekong River Basin”, Fifteenth
Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Panteion University (1-4 September, Online (31August), Athens, Greece.
2021“Environmental Challenges of Japan’s Development Aid Framework in Southeast Asia”, The 16th
International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, Online (25-28 August).
2020“Regional Responses to Covid-19 and Potentials for Further International Cooperation at RegionalLevel”, ASPOS-SNUAC Joint Conference: COVID-19 and East Asian Responses, Online (13November).