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UBUKATA, Fumikazu

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• G-COE Assistant Professor
• Division of Economic and Political Dynamics
• M.Sc. Program, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Univ.
  Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Univ.

Current Research Interests

1. Social change, institutions, and environmental governance in Southeast Asia

Community Forest: Villagers collectively making a firebreak in their community forest. How have such institutional arrangements arisen?

Research Activities in 2007 Fiscal Year

Publications

1. Ubukata, F. 2007. "Book Review, Vibrant and Lively Fieldwork: Bridging between Study and Practice, Ed. By Inoue, M."Forest Economy 60(4). 28-31

1. Ubukata, F. 2007 Let’s Get Villagers Involved in: The Strategic Shift of Raw Material Procurement and Its Consequences in the Thai Pulp Industry. In Proceedings for the Core University Program Seminar, Private Faces of Power and Institutions in Southeast Asia, Vol.1, 159-174

1. Ubukata F. 2007. "The Study on the Evolution of Institutions in Communal Land in Thai Villages." The Report for the 2006 Development Economics Research Grant Program, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan, 77-134.

1. Ubukata, F. 2007."Dual Explanations for Collective Action among the Commons: How can they Complement Each Other?" Journal of International Development Studies 16(1). 55-67.

1. Ubukata, F. 2007. "A Choice between Large-scale Plantations and Farm Forestry: The Thai Pulp Indutry's Dilemma." Aziya Kenkyu 53(2). 60-75.

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Field Research

1. Term: May 11 – June 3, 2007.
2. Area:Thailand and Laos
3. Project:“the Study of the effect of saving groups on villagers’ financial behaviors and the development potential of cooperation in Laos”. (Headed by Prof. Koichi Fujita, CSEAS),” Research Grant from Heiwa Nakajima Zaidan foundation
4. Field Note:Field Survey and literature survey on development of cooperation activities and on villagers’ financial behaviors

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Seminars/Symposia

1. Title:The 1st Symposium of Initiative 4 on "The Network of Technology and Society: Themes and Prospects,"
2. Date & Time:Dec. 14, 2007
3. Place:ASAFAS
4. Topic:"Eucalyptus Debate Reconsidered," G-COE"In search of Sustainable Humanoshere in Asia and Africa"
5. Presenter: 5 presenters

1. Title:Private Faces of Power and Institutions in Southeast Asia,
2. Date & Time:Dec. 6-7, 2007
3. Place:Royal City Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
4. Topic:“Let’s Get Villagers Involved in: The Strategic Shift of Raw Material Procurement and Its Consequences in the Thai Pulp Industry”
5. Presenter:42 presenters

1. Title:Forest Stewardship and Community Empowerment: Local Commons in Global Context
2. Date & Time:Oct.11-12, 2007
3. Place:Kyoto International Community House
4. Topic:“The ‘Scaling-up’ Attempts of Community Forest Management: Two Contrasting Cases in Yasothon Province, Northeast Thailand”
5. Presenter: 15 presenters

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Activities in Academic Associations

1. Presenter
2. Name of Academic Association:The Japan Society for International Development
3. Topic:"Management Institutions and Activities of Communal Forests: Cases from K District, Yasothon Province, Thailand,"
4. Place:Okinawa University
5. Term:Nov. 24-25, 2007

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Outside Activities

1. Lecture: Hiroshima International Center
2. Organizer of lectureHiroshima International Center
3. Date:Sep. 26, 2007
4. Place: Hiroshima International Center
5. Topic:A lecture on livelihoods and social change in Thai villages

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