Thesis title: Integrating livelihood, socioecological, and regional development perspectives to understand rural change: A case study in Odisha, India
Begun: October 2020
Grants:
- The project No. 321622/2022 of the Grant Agency of Charles University (GAUK) “ Integrating regional development, livelihood, and socioecological perspectives to understand rural change: A case study in Odisha state, India“ from 2022 to 2024
- The START project no. START/SCI/151 START “Factors influencing immobility in the Global South” from 2021 to 2023.
Academic Career:
2020-present: PhD Student, Charles University (Czech)
2006-2008 Cornell University (US)
1998-2000 The University of Tokyo (Japan)
1994-1998 The University of Tokyo (Japan)
Academic and Professional Qualifications:
Master of Professional Studies in International Development, Cornell University (US), 2008
Master of Science in Agriculture, The University of Tokyo (Japan), 2000
Bachelor of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo (Japan), 1998
Profesional Engineer, Japan (Engineering Management), 2011
Professional Engineer, Japan (Agriculture, Rural Development Planning), 2010
Research interests:
I am a mid-career person and I have been engaged in international development consulting services through participating in practical surveys/projects in agriculture and rural development, mainly Japanese Official Development Assistance. My professional goal is to contribute to sustainable rural development. To achieve this goal at a higher level, it has been recognized that deep, balanced understanding of both economic and social mechanism in the agriculture and rural development is necessary. Further, appropriate understanding on spatial, and geographical interaction among economic, social and natural conditions is also important for better planning works. In this light through the above practical experienes, I am interested in development geography on economic development of rural areas in developing countries through empirical researches in an interdisciplinary manner with both quantitative and qualitative methods.
Publications:
- Murakami, F., Nakagawa, T. “Introduction of a trial of livestock market improvement through an anthropological approach, in a pilot project for improvement of resilience against drought in northern Kenya”, Koei Forum Vol.25, March 2017 [Translated from Japanese]
Conference contributions:
- Nakagawa, T. (2023, September 4-6). Paternalistic government roles in a rural knowledge system: A case study in Odisha, India [Conference oral presentation]. 2023 IGU Conference of Commission on Geography of Governance, Budapest, Hungary.
- Nakagawa, T. (2023, June 28-30). Static livelihood dynamism in rural Odisha: A case study in an irrigation scheme in India [Conference oral presentation]. Development Studies Association Conference 2023, Reading, the United Kingdom.
- Nakagawa, T. (2022, September 15-16). Integrating livelihood, socio-ecological, and regional development perspectives to understand rural change: A case study in Odisha, India [Symosium oral presentation]. EADI (European Association of Development Research and Teaching Institutes) Regional Meeting and PhD symposium for Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Nakagawa, T. (2022, September 14-16). Integrating livelihood, and socioecological perspectives to understand rural change: A case study in Odisha, India [Conference poster presentation]. Tropentag 2022 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Kvasnickova, K., Masna, E., Seidlova, A., Nakagawa, T.*, and Mohanmad, Y. (2022, September 7–10). Factors Influencing Immobility in Global South [Conference oral presentation]. The Migration Conference 2022, Rabat, Morocco. (*: a main oral presenter)
Teaching and Invited Lecture:
- “An Introduction to Japanese ODA“, Seminar with Experts from Practice I+III (MZ340M01 + MZ340M17) at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, October 2023
- “Practical Experiences of Sustainable Development”, Environmental Politics (MZ340R08) at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2022
- “Japanese Perspective and Experience Working on Development Projects”, Seminar with Experts from Practice (MZ340M16) at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2021
- “Aid Effectiveness”, “Rural Development”, and “Examples of Development Projects”, 3 lectures for Contemporary Trends in Development Studies (MZ340M11) at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, February-May 2021
- “Working Abroad –rural areas where development consultants work-”, in Lecture by Corporate Staff, Takushoku University, Japan, November 2014
- “Development Consultant and Its Career Pass –agriculture and rural development as an example-” in ECFA (Engineering and Consulting Firms Association, Japan) Lecture, Niigata University, Japan, January 2012
- “Lessons Learned from a Recent Irrigation Development Project in Malawi” in CIIFAD (Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development) Seminar; Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable Development (IARD 696) at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, March 2007
External activities:
A member of the Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan