Center for Global Education and Discovery/ International Cooperation Studies (Graduate School of Global Studies)
Job title
Professor
Degree
Bachelor of Law(The University of Tokyo), Bachelor of Art(Sophia University), Master of International Studies(The University of Tokyo), Doctor of Philosophy(The University of Tokyo)
Research funding number
80463884
ORCID ID
0000-0003-4196-9806
J-Global ID
201301002250657785
Profile
Mikiko M. Sugiura is a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University. She also belongs to the Center for Global Education and Discovery. She holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree, both in international studies, and the first B. A. in law from the University of Tokyo besides the second B. A. in comparative culture from Sophia University.Her research focuses on developing institutional frameworks for sustainable water resources management, particularly river water use. She is keenly interested in issues related to sustainability, such as drought response, water rights systems (e.g., environmental water rights), and biodiversity conservation, based on the development of modern engineering technologies such as multi-purpose dams and long-distance water transfers.Her teaching interests are in conservation, environmental science, development studies, and developing a trans-disciplinary approach to ecological issues. Her interest, in other words, lies in the interaction between humans and nature, and she is particularly interested in how water resource management reflects the diversity of physical (e.g., climate) and non-physical (e.g., culture) conditions. In particular, she is strongly interested in the characteristics and trends observed in agricultural water use (especially in rice paddies) in the Asian monsoon region, where more than half of the world's population lives. She approaches irrigation commons, institutions, and conservation based on river flow characteristics (gravity-led, hydrological cycle, and fluctuation in volume).Currently offers the following classes for undergraduate and graduate students: Conservation Studies, Environmental Science, Sustainable Development (for undergraduates), Environment and Development, Environmental History and Policies in Japan (for graduate students).
Research Interests
オーラルヒストリー
,農業水利
,水資源管理
,Off-steam use
Research Areas
Environmental science/Agricultural science / Environmental policy and society /
Center for Global Education and Discovery/ Global Studies International Cooperation Professor
Apr 2021
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Sep 2021
Sophia University Graduate School of Global Studies Master's Program in international Cooperation Studies Associate Professor
Apr 2018
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Sep 2021
Sophia University, Center for Global Education and Discovery Associate Professor
Apr 2014
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Mar 2018
Sophia University, Center for Global Education and Discovery Associate Professor
Jul 2013
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Mar 2014
国立大学法人総合研究大学院大学 特任講師
Education
Apr 2004
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Mar 2007
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Department of International Studies
Apr 2002
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Mar 2004
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Department of Environmental Studies
Apr 1999
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Sep 2001
Sophia University Faculty of Comparative Culture
Apr 1989
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Mar 1993
The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law
Committee Memberships
Nov 2022
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Today
超党派水制度改革議員連盟 水循環基本法フォローアップ委員会委員
Apr 2022
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Today
国土交通省 国土審議会専門委員(水資源開発分科会利根川・荒川部会)
Apr 2022
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Today
Japan International Cooperation Agency Task-Specific Support Committee on Promotion of Climate Change and Other Measures in Agriculture and Rural Development Cooperation; Study Group on Promotion Measures of Participatory Irrigation Management
Apr 2019
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Today
Japanese National Committee for ICID (International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage) Member
Apr 2015
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Today
農業農村工学会農業農村整備政策研究部会 幹事
Awards
Sep 2018
The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering, Award for Distinguished Paper
2016
Sophia University, Good Practice Award for Excellent Lecture 2015
WS-MWSCD Paper No. 03, ICID Congress & 73rd IEC Meeting October 2022,Adeliade, Australia 24-37 Oct 2022 [Refereed][Invited]
Water scarcity is a social and relative concept that necessitates considering the social
and technological factors that determine the quantity and quality of water demand and
supply. Thus, institutional responses to water scarcity are diverse and ...
International Journal of Social Science Studies 7(3) 93-100 May 2019 [Refereed]
Watarease-yusuichi, a man-made retarding basin, which has functioned as a flood control for about 100 years, entered a new phase in 2012 as a registered site under the Ramsar Convention. Through diversification of wetland use, despite the
complexi...
Water & Heritage … tells the story of water heritage in all its diversity. It reveals the technical ingenuity that water heritage has always inspired, and it presents the challenges that this heritage faces, along with possible solutions. Reflecti...
This book uniquely explores the long-term impacts of displacement and resettlement. It shows that long-term post-project evaluation is necessary to assess the rehabilitation and livelihood reconstruction of resettlers after relocation. It focuses ...