SANO Mayuko (Proffesor)
Graduate School / School of Human and Social Sciences Education:
Department
The Department of Public Sociology BA in Sociology(Rikkyo University, Tokyo, 1999).
Undergraduate
Division of Human Sciences
MA in Sociology(Rikkyo University, Tokyo, 2002).
School / Course
PhD in Sociology (Rikkyo University, Tokyo, 2006).
Research areas Sociology, Sociology of Development , Nepal Area Studies
She has a great interest in the Nepalese society and visited Nepal several times.
2000-2001, she joined Women Studies course Padma Kanya (Multiple) Campus, Nepal, as
an exchange student from Rikkyo University. She studied recent attitude toward genderequity of women who live in Kathmandu.
2003-2005, she has done the sociological study entitled “Construction of Gender
Norms in Nepal” under the guidance of Professor Dr. Shyam Kishor Singh, Central
Department of Political Science in Tribhuvan University. This work was supported by
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows. The study discussed postmodern feminism theories critically
based on the research about the recent male and female attitude toward the family
restrictions of womenʼs activities during their menstruation period.
2010-2011, she has done the sociological study entitled “Problems of ResourceMobilizationof NGOs in Nepal” supported by Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Academic interest
Grant Numbers 22830093 and collaborated with Ms.Sangeeta Bhandari, chairperson ofNGO Sunrise. This study aimed to understand a social movement organization in Nepal
which is different from the case in the Western countries.
2012-2014,she has done the sociological study entitled “Economic,Social Change and SonPreference in Nepal” supported by Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)Grant Numbers
24730443. This study aims to find the promotion factors of son-preference, such as thegirl child neglect, trafficking and the interruption of the female fetus, through the socialsurvey.
2015-2018, she continued her research titled “Socio Economic Factors on Son Preferencein Nepal: An Analysis of Gender Caste, Ethnicity and Modern Social Relation” supported by
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) Grant Numbers 15K17189.
Currently, she is continuing her research on son preferences in Nepal with the support ofGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Grant Numbers 20K12463 (2020-2022)
Recent English Publications
Mayuko SANO,2007, “Beyond the Dichotomy of Gender-Sensitivity and LocalSensitivity:Aiming to Present a Practical Framework”, Beyond the Difference︓Repositioning Gender and Development in Asian and the Pacific F-GENS Publication Series
No.32,pp.197-207.
Major publications Mayuko SANO,2013,”Applicability of Sociological Institutional Theory to the Evaluation ofInternational Development Assistance”, Takuo Utagawa ed,Social Research and Evaluationof Poverty Reduction Project,Harvest-sha Inc,pp.123-140．
Mayumi Hachisuka and Mayuko SANO, 2021, Organizing Discourses around Family before
and after the International Year of the Family －Basic Research for International
Comparison (http://www.kfaw.or.jp/wpcontent/uploads/2021/07/c1fa99993c60156f6b26728fb7e62938-1.pdf).
Professional
The Japan Sociological Society, The Kanto Sociological Societysocieties/Research
The Japan Society for International Developmentand synergicInternational Society for Gender Studies
activities
Sociology of transnational relations
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the sociological study ofTeaching Areaschanging global society.
NPO studies

The objective of this course is to understand current activity and social role of
NPO/NGO and to disucuss about desirable civil society.
International Cooperation Studies
This course reviews the major theoretical approaches to understand economic, social
factors causing difference between developed countries and developing countries.
Social researchThis course introduces techniques of social research; how to design, collect data,analyze and write up report. Students conduct research and write up a final reportdistilling sociological insight from the research
Mayuko SANO studied sociology at Rikkyo University, specializing in gender and socialchange. She has a great interest in the Nepalese society and has conducted sociologicalWork experience research in Nepal. She has taught Socilology since 2007. She worked at Faculty ofSociology in Rikkyo University for two years as assistant professor before moving toFukuoka Prefectural University in Oct 2012.