CHAKRABORTY Abhik
Associate Professor / PhD （Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University）
* Supervision available in Japanese and English languages.
| Areas of expertise | Geography (Landscape analysis), World Heritage analysis, Sustainability analysis for tourism destinations |
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| Research areas | Research on Environmental Change and Sustainable Tourism in Natural Areas |
| Subjects | Nature Tourism, Principles of Tourism B |
DEGUCHI Tatsuya
Professor / MBA （Kobe University of Commerce）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Management Principles, Organizational Management, Management Strategy, Comparative Studies, Anthropology of Management |
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| Research areas | Effectiveness of Anthropological approaches in Business Administration |
| Subjects | Tourist Behavior, Inbound Tourism, Strategic Management for Tourism |
DOERING Adam
Professor / PhD （University of Otago）
* Supervision available in English language.
| Areas of expertise | Critical Tourism Studies, Tourism and the Environment, Lifestyle sport and tourism in marine environments, Destination Management Organizations (DMO) |
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| Research areas | Researching themes of responsibility, resistance, and resurgence in tourism studies and lifestyle sports |
| Subjects | Ethics of Tourism, Principles of Tourism C |
ENDO Riichi
Lecturer / PhD （Hokkaido University）
| Areas of expertise | Tourism Sociology on Mobility and Contact |
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| Research areas | Tourism Sociology, History of Tourism |
| Subjects | Tourism Sociology, History of Tourism |
HORITA Yumiko
Professor / PhD （Kobe University）
* Supervision available in Japanese and English languages.
| Areas of expertise | Urban Planning, Housing Policy, Community Collaboration, Local Revitalisation |
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| Research areas | Developing Sustainable Community-based System for Built Environment |
| Subjects | Machizukuri and Tourism, English Lab ⅠB, Fundamentals of Tourism Studies |
KATO Kumi
Project Professor / PhD （The University of Queensland）
* Supervision available in Japanese and English languages.
| Areas of expertise | Environmental Ethics, Spiritual/Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, Localism, Creativity |
|---|---|
| Research areas | Promoting Environmental Ethics and Responsibility in Social Contexts |
| Subjects | Sustainable Destination Management, Principles of Tourism D |
KIGAWA Tsuyoshi
Professor / PhD （Kyoto Institute of Technology）
* Supervision available in Japanese and English languages.
| Areas of expertise | Architectural and Urban Morphology, Local Producing by means of Films, Regional Studies |
|---|---|
| Research areas | Distilling and visualizing the urban kernel |
| Subjects | Film Tourism, Tourism Film Producing, Applied project B for Tourism |
KITAMURA Motonari
Professor / MA （University of Tsukuba）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Graphic Design, Brand Design, Sign |
|---|---|
| Research areas | Design of Identity in Tourism |
| Subjects | Design for Tourism |
NABEKURA Saki
Lecturer / PhD （Rikkyo University）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Sociology of Tourism, Mobilities Studies |
|---|---|
| Research areas | Communication and Community on the Move, Nomadic Lifestyle |
| Subjects | Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Qualitative Research Methods, Tourism and Sustainability |
OGA Yusuke
Assistant Professor
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
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OURA Yumi
Professor / PhD （Nagoya University）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Forest and Forestry Policy, Forest Recreation, Rural-Urban Interaction, Collaboration |
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| Research areas | Socioeconomic Analysis of Sustainable Forest Environmental Management through stakeholder collaboration |
| Subjects | Tourism Resources, Basic for Regional Revitarization |
SASAKI Satoshi
Lecturer / PhD （The University of Tokyo）
| Areas of expertise | Travelers, Tourism Policy, Tourist Destinations, Tourism Resources, Landscape Science, Environmental Education |
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| Research areas | Current Research Activity: [1] Impact of Entry Fees and Tightening of Entry Restrictions on Tourists to National Parks [2] Research on the Control of Overtourism through Fiscal and Economic Policies [3] A Study on the Possibility of Regional Development through “Sauna Tourism” [4] Attitudes of Mountaineers toward Beneficiary Burden of National Parks [5] Development of Methodology for Disaster Information Dissemination to Visitors Using Tourism Base Facilities |
| Subjects | Quantative Research Methods, Tourism and Regional Development |
SASAKI Sotaro
Professor / MA （Yokohama National University）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Consumer Behavior, Marketing, Market Evolution and Change |
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| Research areas | Consumer Decision making Process |
| Subjects | Tourism Marketing, Branding for Tourism, Tourist Psychology |
TAKEBAYASHI Hajime
Professor / MBA （Kobe University）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Human Resource Management, Organisational Behavior, Destination Management |
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| Research areas | Destination Management Organisation and Destination Management |
| Subjects | Human Resources for Tourism, Destination Management, Life Career for Tourism Students |
TAKEBAYASHI Hiroshi
Professor / MC （Kansai University）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Tourism strategy, Organisation, Leadership |
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| Research areas | Strategy and Decision-making in Tourism |
| Subjects | Tourism and Decision-Making, Management Organization for Tourism, Basic for Tourism Management |
TAKEDA Akihiro (School of Socio-Informatics)
Professor / MBA（Kobe University）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Service Management, Organizational Development |
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| Research areas | Job Satisfaction of Service Staffs, Customer Satisfaction and Structure of Communications, Hotel/Hospital Management |
| Subjects | Health and Medical Tourism, Service Management, Hospitality Management |
YASHIMA Yuji
Professor / PhD （Hiroshima University）
* Supervision available in Japanese language.
| Areas of expertise | Management Accounting, Performance Measurement, Social Enterprise, Park and recreation Management |
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| Research areas | Current Research Activity: [1] Management accounting system for encouraging to ongoing investment in activities of corporate social responsibility. [2] Performance measurement method on a social enterprise: a case study to focus on the agricultural firm. [3] A study and learning of plans and strategies about park management. |
| Subjects | Accounting for Tourism, Academic Writing for Tourism Studies, Tourism Career Design |
YOSHIDA Michiyo
Professor / PhD （Flinders University）
* Supervision available in Japanese and English languages.
| Areas of expertise | Human Geography, Regional Studies, Tourism |
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| Research areas | Immigrants, Refugees, Social minorities, Urban tourism |
| Subjects | Urban Tourism, Tourism and Culture |
ZAINAL ABIDIN Husna
Associate Professor / PhD （University of Surrey）
* Supervision available in English language.
| Areas of expertise | Tourism Management, Tourism & Technology, Service Design in Tourism and Hospitality |
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| Research areas | Researching the themes of tourism and technology, service design and tourism management. |
| Subjects | Tourism Management and Technologies, Tourism and Hospitality Marketing, Principles of Tourism A |
