Policy Development in Latin America

Research Interest

This research unit conducts urban and rural development policy research focusing on sustainable living with environmental risks and based on academic agreements between Yokohama National University and universities in Latin America, and in addition organically combines development anthropology, civil engineering, and gender and development studies to disseminate innovative field-based research integrating art and science.

Unit Members

Principal Investigator: Professor Yoko Fujikake

Collaborating Investigator: Professor Keiichi Yamazaki; Associate Professor Mihoko Matsuyuki; Associate Professor Takayuki Suzuki; Associate Professor Shinji Tanaka; Associate Professor Mine Sato

Supporter: IAS Visiting Professor José Manuel Silvero Arévalos

Collaborating Investigator: Professor Hiromi Kabashima; Professor Keiichiro Yoshida; Assistant Professor Yuta Kamahara; Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Kumiko Kawachi; Abel Concepción Bernal Castillo; Nestor Molinas; Hermelinda Alvarenga de Ortega NihonGakko; Ulises Granados Quiroz; Mauricio Bugarin; Hirakawa Andre