TONAMI Aki

Affiliation
Institute of Business Sciences
Official title
Associate Professor
ORCID
0000-0001-8394-5226
Research fields
Environmental policy and social systems
International relations
Economic policy
Research keywords
China
Overseas Foreign Direct Investment
International Political Economy
Greenland
International relations
Japan
Denmark
Environmental Governance
Foreign Policy
Developmental aid
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Research projects
ArCS III: Arctic Challenge for Sustainability III Environmental Governance of the Arctic2025-04 -- 2029-03Aki TonamiMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan/Commissioned Research45,500,000Yen
The Position and Role of Female Elites in Gender Equalization: A Comparative Approach between Japan and France2024-09 -- 2029-03Hidehiro YamamotoJapan Society for Promotion of Science/Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Collaborative Research)20,930,000Yen
Data-driven mathematical infrastructure for inclusive communities2023-04 -- 2027-03Yukie SanoJSPS/Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)18,460,000Yen
戦略的コミュニケーションと外国干渉・情報操作(FIMI)対応の国際制度比較2023-04 -- 2025-03Chiyuki AoiJSPS/Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)18,720,000Yen
Assessing political attitude of female social media users2021-11 -- 2022-11Aki TonamiThe Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications/Research fund1,000,000Yen
Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II2020-06 -- 2025-03Hiroyuki EnomotoMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan/
Investment and security in EU & the Arctic: Applying Narrative Policy Framework2020-04 -- 2024-03Aki TonamiMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan/科学研究費（基盤研究(C)）4,290,000Yen
北極圏を巡る米中ロの相克と日本への影響：安全保障環境の変遷を中心に2019-04 -- 2020-03竹内俊隆北極域研究共同推進拠点/2019年度　研究者コミュニティ支援事業400,000Yen
北極国際法秩序の構想：科学・環境・海洋・組織2016-04 -- 2021-03Akiho ShibataMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan/科研費補助金　基盤研究（B）16,770,000Yen
多文化共生デモクラシーの社会基盤設計—制度・構造・規範の国際比較共同研究2017-02 -- 2019-09Toru OgaJapan Society of for the Promotion of Science/Interdisciplinary research　on the exclusivism and democracy in the globalized society (Global Initatives)
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Career history
2018-09 -- 2020-03Waseda UniversitySchool of International Liberal StudiesAdjunct Lecturer (Global Environmental Politics & Policies)
2016-10 -- (current)University of TsukubaGraduate School of Business SciencesAssociate Professor
2016-08 -- 2016-09University of CopenhagenNIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Department of Political ScienceAssociate Professor
2011-08 -- 2016-07University of CopenhagenNIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian StudiesResearcher
2008-01 -- 2010-01Embassy of Japan in The NetherlandsPolitical SectionResearch Advisor
2007-04 -- 2007-12Japan Society for the Promotion of SciencePostdoctoral Research Fellow
2006-05 -- 2007-01Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamInstitute for Environmental StudiesVisiting researcher
2006-04 -- 2007-03Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceDoctoral Research Fellow
Academic background
2004-04 -- 2007-03Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
2002-04 -- 2004-03Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics
1996-09 -- 1998-06Santa Clara University Leavy School of Business Operations Management & Information Systems
Degree
2008-03PhD in Global Environmental StudiesKyoto University
2004-03Master of Arts in EconomicsKyoto University
1998-06Bachelor of Science in CommerceSanta Clara University
Academic societies
2022-08 -- (current)European Association for Japanese Studies
2018-10 -- (current)Japanese Political Science Association
2018-06 -- (current)Japan Association of International Security and Trade
2016-10 -- 2022-04Japan Association of International Relations
2014-09 -- (current)International Studies Association (ISA)
2004-09 -- (current)Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies: SEEPS
Articles
  • Women, Social Media and Political Engagement in Japan: A Survey Study
    Tonami Aki; Yamamoto Hidehiro
    International Quarterly for Asian Studies/55(3)/pp.335-352, 2024-12
    Tsukuba Repository
  • Corrected oral evidence: The Arctic
    TONAMI Aki
    UK Parliament International Relations and Defence Committee, 2023-06-21
  • Maintaining Distance from Arguments, Cynicism, and Hatred in an Age where Connections and Emotions Are Weaponized
    Tonami Aki
    Discuss Japan - Japan Foreign Policy Forum, 2023-08
  • Niche Seeking and Indirect Competition: Japan's Response to Chinese Seaport and Maritime Activities in Southeast and South Asia
    Tonami Aki
    Chinese Seaports in South and Southeast Asia, 2022-12-10
  • Auto-ethnography of a 'returnee' to Japan: Research and Educational Environment for Woman Researchers
    礪波 亜希
    Annual Convention of the Japan Association of International Relations, 2022-10
  • Online harassment in Japan: Dissecting the targeting of a female journalist
    礪波 亜希; 吉田 光男; 佐野 幸恵
    F1000Research/10, 2022-02
  • David Leheny, Empire of Hope : The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline
    礪波 亜希
    NIHON KENKYŪ/62/pp.197-200, 2021-03
  • Can foreign investment pose threats? EU’s perception and investment screening scheme
    礪波 亜希
    Defense Studies/(60)/pp.21-41, 2019-03
    Tsukuba Repository
  • Exporting the developmental state: Japan’s economic diplomacy in the Arctic
    Tonami Aki
    Third World Quarterly/39(6)/pp.1211-1225, 2018-01
    Tsukuba Repository
  • Influencing the imagined 'polar regions': the politics of Japan's Arctic and Antarctic policies
    Tonami Aki
    Polar Record/53(5)/pp.489-497, 2017-09
  • The Arctic policy of China and Japan: multi-layered economic and strategic motivations
    礪波 亜希
    The Polar Journal/4(1)/pp.105-126, 2014-07
  • Future-Proofing Japan’s Interests in the Arctic: Scientific Collaboration and a Search for Balance
    礪波 亜希
    Asia Policy/18/pp.52-58, 2014-07
  • Trajectories of Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: A Comparative Historical Analysis
    礪波 亜希 アンダース・リエル・ミュラー
    The Journal of Environment & Development/23(2)/pp.191-219, 2014-01
  • Japanese and South Korean Environmental Aid: What are their life stories?
    礪波 亜希; アナス・リエル・ミュラー
    DIIS Working Paper/2013(8), 2013-04
  • Japan and Singapore in the Arctic: Considerations for Greenland
    スチュワート・ワッターズ; 礪波 亜希
    Journal Greenland/2013(1)/pp.2-17, 2013-01
  • Singapore: An Emerging Arctic Actor
    スチュワート・ワッターズ; 礪波 亜希
    Arctic Yearbook 2012/pp.105-114, 2012-11
  • Japan's Arctic Policy: The Sum of Many Parts
    礪波 亜希; スチュワート・ワッターズ
    Arctic Yearbook 2012/pp.93-103, 2012-11
  • Evaluating local participation in environmental aid: the Environmental Fund Project in Thailand
    礪波 亜希
    Journal of international development studies/18(1)/pp.79-96, 2009-06
    CiNii
  • Sustainable Development in Thailand: Lessons From Implementing Local Agenda 21 in Three Cities
    礪波 亜希; 森 晶寿
    The Journal of Environment & Development/16(3)/pp.269-289, 2007-01
Books
  • Chapter 6 Research infrastructure and capacity building 6-5 Human Resource Development
    末吉 哲雄; 礪波 亜希
    Arctic research ‐its current status and future plans‐/Kaibundo/pp.323-326, 2024-03
  • Chapter 5 Cross-cutting subjects 5-4 Summary and Implications
    礪波 亜希; 末吉 哲雄
    Arctic research ‐its current status and future plans‐/Kaibundo/pp.307-314, 2024-03
  • UK–Japan responses in the Arctic
    Tonami Aki
    Security at the frontier UK–Japan perspectives on cyberspace, outer space, the Arctic and electronic warfare/Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs/pp.19-31, 2021-03
  • 第7章　非国家アクターによるパラディプロマシーと規範　北極域に対する北海道の取り組みを例に
    礪波 亜希
    共生社会の再構築III 国際規範の競合と調和/法律文化社/pp.114-130, 2020-03
  • Exporting the developmental state: Japan's economic diplomacy in the Arctic
    Tonami Aki
    Developmental states beyond East Asia/Routledge/pp.179-193, 2019-05
  • The rise of Asia and Arctic legal order-making: political-economic settings
    Tonami Aki
    Emerging Legal Orders in the Arctic: The Role of Non-Arctic States/Routledge/pp.27-41, 2019-04
  • Asian Foreign Policy in a Changing Arctic: The Diplomacy of Economy and Science at New Frontiers
    礪波 亜希
    Palgrave macmillan, 2016-09
  • サステイナビリティの経済学―人間の福祉と自然環境
    パーサ ダスグプタ; 礪波 亜希
    岩波書店, 2007-12
  • 環境ガバナンス論
    松下 和夫; 礪波 亜希
    京都大学学術出版会, 2007-10
  • column I パートナーシップ：開発と環境の課題を担うNGO
    礪波 亜希
    アジア環境白書〈2006/07〉/東洋経済新報社/pp.37-38, 2006-10
Conference, etc.
  • The Frankenstein Moment: What turns Japanese woman MPs to the far right?
    礪波 亜希
    Japanese Political Science Association Gender and Politics Research Group Spring meeting/2025-03-21--2025-03-21
  • Corrected oral evidence: The Arctic
    TONAMI Aki
    UK Parliament International Relations and Defence Committee/2023-06-21--2023-06-21
  • The (Gendered) Role of Social Media in Japanese Voters’ Political Participation
    Tonami Aki
    Joint Workshop of Université Grenoble Alpes and University of Tsukuba/2024-03-12
  • Three dimensions of ‘economic security’ for Japan
    Tonami Aki
    EU-Japan Cooperation on Economic Security: Parallel Paths; Shared Problems/2024-03-11
  • Conflict Avoidance and Indirect Competition: Japan's Response to Chinese Seaport and Maritime Activities
    Tonami Aki
    17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)/2023-08-17--2023-08-20
  • Women's Political Expression on the Internet and Social Media in Japan
    Tonami Aki; Yamamoto Hidehiro; Yukie Sano; Tominaga K...
    International Studies Association (ISA) Asia Pacific Conference 2023/2023-08-08--2023-08-10
  • Niche Seeking and Indirect Competition: Japan's Response to Chinese Seaport and Maritime Activities in Southeast and South Asia
    Tonami Aki
    Chinese Seaports in South and Southeast Asia/2022-12-10--2022-12-11
  • Why women scholars struggle to breakthrough in Japan: A returnee’s perspective
    礪波 亜希
    Japan Association of International Relations 2022 Annual Convention/2022-10-28--2022-10-30
  • Canada and Japan's Bilateral Relations and Arctic Priorities
    Tonami Aki
    APF Canada & OPRI-SPF Arctic Seminar/2022-06-17--2022-06-18
  • Infrastructure development as common ground? The case of Europe and Japan
    Tonami Aki
    International Studies Association 63rd Annual Convention: A Wider Discipline For A Smaller World/2022-03-28--2022-04-02
  • The post-pandemic recovery: EU-Japan connectivity and health in the Indo-Pacific
    Tonami Aki
    Policy Dialogue: EU–Japan connectivity and pandemic resilience in the Indo-Pacific/2022-03-25--2022-03-25
  • Women’s political discourse in Japan: Hearing the voices of invisible women on Girls Channel
    礪波 亜希
    Japanese Political Science Association 2021 Annual Conference/2021-09-25--2021-09-26
  • Japan’s Arctic Identities
    Tonami Aki
    International Studies Association 2021 Virtual Convention RB24: Regional and Global Challenges to Arctic Identities/2021-04-06--2021-04-09
  • Economic Development in the Arctic
    Tonami Aki
    Asian Interests and the Path Forward in the New Arctic/2021-02-08--2021-02-09
  • Non-Arctic Countries and Arctic Politics
    Tonami Aki
    Arctic Politics Forum/2021-01-28
  • Arctic Economic and Security Agenda
    Tonami Aki
    6th US-Japan-Russia Trilateral Conference: Risks and Opportunities for Cooperation and Security in the Asia-Pacific/2020-12-22
  • Engaging the Arctic: UK-Japan Responses
    Tonami Aki
    Security at the Frontier: UK-Japan Perspectives on Cyberspace, Outer Space, the Arctic and Electronic Warfare/2020-12-10--2020-12-11
  • China and Russia in the Arctic: A Japanese perspective
    礪波 亜希
    Nordic-Baltic connectivity with Asia via the Arctic/2020-11-10
  • Maritime transport and the changing geopolitical landscape in the Arctic: Watching the Arctic from Japan
    Tonami Aki
    The strategic triangle in the Arctic: Implications for Nordic and North East Asian States/2020-09-07--2020-09-10
  • Japan's infrastructure development as a 'Construction State'
    Tonami Aki
    UNSW-APDS Infrastructure Workshop/2019-11-28--2019-11-29
  • Complex Arctic Governance: How can Japanese companies engage? Inspirations for hitting a moving target
    礪波 亜希
    Arctic Technology Research Forum, The 4th Seminar "What are necessary for Japanese businesses to enter the Arctic?"/2019-10-23--2019-10-23
  • Japan and its Arctic identity: Forming a narrative about the region
    Tonami Aki
    The NTNU Japan Program "Technology, the Rule of Law, and East Asian Maritime Cooperation"/2019-10-10--2019-10-10
  • Formation process and threat recognition of EU's investment screening framework
    礪波 亜希
    Japan Political Science Association 2019 Convention/2019-10-06--2019-10-16
  • Recent trends of European investment screening schemes
    礪波 亜希
    26th Conference of the Japan Association of International Security and Trade/2018-10-20--2018-10-20
  • The Choice is Yours: China’s investment in critical infrastructure in democracies
    Tonami Aki
    Japanese Political Science Association Annual Conference 2018/2018-10-13--2018-10-14
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Teaching
2024-10 -- 2025-02Reading in Systems Management II-IUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Reading in Systems Management II-IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Reading in Systems Management II-IIIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-07 -- 2024-08Seminar IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-11Seminar IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-08Reading in Business Management I-IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-11Seminar VUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-07 -- 2024-08Seminar VUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-11 -- 2025-02Business ProjectUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-08Reading in Systems Management I-IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Other educational activities
2023-05 -- 2023-05LecturerJ-Forum
2022-05 -- 2022-05LecturerJ-Forum
Professional activities
2025-03 -- (current)Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsEditor
2021-06 -- 2023-05Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research (JCAR)Steering Committee Member
2019-07 -- 2021-05Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research (JCAR)5th Steering Comittee, Committee Member
University Management
2024-04 -- 2026-03Research Ethics Committee, Institute of Business SciencesMember
2024-04 -- 2027-03Research Design Group, University of Tsukuba Organization for the Promotion of Strategic Research InitiativesMember
2023-04 -- 2024-03Research Strategy Group, University of Tsukuba Organization for the Promotion of Strategic Research InitiativesMember
2020-04 -- 2022-03Advisor to the president
2021-04 -- (current)Entrance Exam Committee
2018-04 -- 2025-03Public Relations, Web updating
2018-04 -- 2020-03Commencement
2017-04 -- 2020-03Entrance Exam CommitteeChief of the committee
2017-04 -- (current)Diversity Accessibility
2017-04 -- (current)Open Campus
Other activities
2023-06 -- 2023-06Oral evidence, House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee
2020-01 -- 2020-11Member, ASM3: The third Arctic Science Ministerial, Japan Review Committee

(Last updated: 2025-05-13)