TONAMI Aki

Affiliation
Institute of Business Sciences
Official title
Associate Professor
ORCID
0000-0001-8394-5226
Research fields
International relations
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
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 -- 2026-03Chiyuki AoiJSPS/Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)18,720,000Yen
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
Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II2020-06 -- 2025-03Hiroyuki EnomotoMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan/
Assessing political attitude of female social media users2021-11 -- 2022-11Aki TonamiThe Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications/Research fund1,000,000Yen
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)
New Economic Diplomacy: China & Japan's overseas infrastructure investment in the Arctic and the role of non-state actors2017-04 -- 2020-03Aki TonamiMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)3,250,000Yen
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.
  • 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
  • Japan's Arctic Policy
    Tonami Aki
    Workshop on “Prospect of Arctic Issues in the Near Future” 2018/2018-05-06--2018-05-06
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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
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 -- 2026-03ビジネスサイエンス系研究倫理委員会委員
2024-04 -- 2025-03研究デザイン室室員
2023-04 -- 2024-03研究戦略室室員
2020-04 -- 2022-03Advisor to the president
2021-04 -- (current)Entrance Exam Committee
2018-04 -- (current)Public 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: 2025-02-07)