Ph.D. Supervisor Professor List
*Please click on your desired supervisor’s picture from the list below
*Please refer to the following website for the detailed information of each faculty:https://admissions.apu.ac.jp/graduate/academics/gsa_doctor/faculty/
BUI Thanh Huong
Human Geography, Social Psychology, Tourism Management and Development, Sustainability and Resilience
GHOTBI Nader
Public Health and Epidemiology, Health Economics, Environmental Economics, Ethics and Philosophy, Bioethics
HAN Ji
Urban Ecology, Material Metabolism, Low-carbon City/Transport, Livable City, Circular Economy, Ecosystem Services, GIS and Remote Sensing
IGUCHI Yufu
Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Southeast Asian Studies (Malaysian Studies), Intellectual History
JONES Thomas Edward
Environmental Policy, Nature-Based Tourism, Protected Areas, Regional Development
KASEDA Yoshinori
Politics, International Relations
KIKKAWA Takuro
Politics, Area Studies, International Relations
KIM Sangho
Theoretical Economics, Econometrics, Applied Economics, Economic Policy
KIMURA Rikio
Social Welfare and Social Work Studies, Area Studies, Sociology of Education, Education
LI Yan
Environmental Policy, City Planning, Regional Planning, Traffic Engineering, Social System Engineering
MANTELLO Peter A.
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Human-Machine Relations, Emotional AI, Malicious AI, Surveillance Systems, Predictive Policing, Videogame Theory, Conflict Media
MEIRMANOV Serik
General Life Science, Social Psychology, Human Genetics, Human Pathology, Public Hygiene Studies/Health Science
NATSUDA Kaoru
International Development Studies, International Political Economy, Economic Policy, Industrial Development, Rural and Community Development, Automotive Industry, Apparel Industry
OTSUKA Kozo
Applied Economics
PISHVA Davar
Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs), Simulation and Modeling (SaM), Decision Science (DS)
SATO Yoichiro
Politics, International Relations
SUZUKI Yasushi
Fiscal Studies/Finance Theory, Theoretical Economics, Institutional Economics, Political Economy
Doctoral supervision available only for students that have completed their master's thesis under the professor's supervision
TODOROKI Hiroshi
Geography, Area Studies, Human Geography
VAFADARI M. Kazem
Cultural Heritage Management, Ecotourism, Agriculture Heritage Tourism, Community Based Tourism and Rural Tourism
YAMAGATA Tatsufumi
Development Economics, Textile Industry, Bangladeshi Economy, Health and Development, Disability and Development
YAMASHITA Hiromi
Environmental Sociology, Environmental Communication, Public Participation in Decision Making, Coastal Wetlands Restoration Projects, Ramsar Convention and Local Implementation
YOSHIDA Kaori
Media Studies (Representation Politics: Gender, Ethnicity, Nation), Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Comparative Culture Studies
YOSHIMATSU Hidetaka
International Relations, International Political Economy, Regional Studies (East Asia)
YOTSUMOTO Yukio
Sociology, Tourism
LE Hoang Anh Thu
Cultural Anthropology, Folklore Studies
SUN Yiyang
Information Network, Web Informatics, Service Informatics, Management, Commerce
VYAS Utpal
Area Studies (East Asia), Area Studies (European Union), Politics, International Relations, Political Economy
YAMAURA Koichi
Food and Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics
YOUN Seung Ho
Tourism Studies, Social Psychology