Researcher Information - AIZAWA Yoshio |

（Last updated : 2026-03-31 19:21:44）

AIZAWA Yoshio

Department / Course

Aoyama Gakuin University School of Global Studies and Collaboration Department of Global Studies and Collaboration

Job Professor

Specialization and related fields
Development Studies; Development Sociology

Academic background
1.	Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Ph.D. in International Studies

Business career
1.	2025/04/01 ～	Professor Aoyama Gakuin University School of Global Studies and Collaboration Department of Global Studies and Collaboration
2.	2021/04 ～ 2025/03	Professor, Head of Faculty, Takushoku University, Faculty of International Studies
3.	2021/04 ～ 2025/03	Professor, Takushoku University, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies
4.	2019/04 ～ 2021/03	Associate Professor, Takushoku University, Faculty of International Studies
5.	2016/04 ～ 2019/03	Associate Professor, Akita University, Graduate School of International Resource Sciences
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Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1.	2015/04 ～ 2018/03	Social Structure of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Africa Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2.	2018/04 ～ 2024/03	Social Determinants of Livelihood Choices among African Farmers: Focusing on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Tanzania Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Book and thesis
1.	Books	Localism in the Post-Capitalist Era: Grassroots Practices of Value Creation （co-edited and co-authored） 2024/05
2.	Books	Social Structures Surrounding Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Africa: Improving Support for Artisanal Mining in Tanzania toward Poverty Alleviation (Sole-authored) 2021/12
3.	Papers	Exploring Livelihood Strategies in Rural Africa-Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners' Mineral Selection Dynamic Journal of International Development 25 (1),pp.1-22 (Sole-authored) 2025/10
4.	Papers	Can Understanding Change Personal Attitudes for Waste Segregation? Evidence from Kota Kinabalu Journal of International Development 21 (1),pp.97-112 (Co-authored) 2021/10
5.	Papers	Diversity of Artisanal and Small-scale Miners and Connectedness with a Local Community: Evidence from Tanzania Journal of International Development,pp.9-24 (Sole-authored) 2021/03
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Lecturer and lecture
1.	2026/03/17	Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) in Africa－Moving beyond Formalization, International Symposium, Exchange between Africa and Japan through Resources Studies Education (Tokyo)