Research Projects
Ongoing research project （Granted by KAKEN, JSPS）
| ― Informality and new social contract: From the cases of Asian megacities（25H00518） 2025.04 – 2030.03 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS Principle investigator (With 8 Co-investigator) https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25H00518/ |
| ― Spatial Restructuring of Asian Mega-Cities and the Creation of Sustainable and Equitable Communities: A Study on Gentrification in Tokyo and Bangkok The Asahi Glass Foundation, Research Grant for Sustainable Future (Humanities and Social Sciences) , 2025.04-2027.03 Principle investigator (With 6 Co-investigator) https://af-info.or.jp/en/research/ |
Past Research Project （Granted by KAKEN, JSPS）
| Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Urban Informality: The case of Thailand（19KK0318）2020 – 2023, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A)), JSPS Principle investigator https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19KK0318/ |
| Informalizing Asia: Dynamics and dilemma of global mega cities（19H00553） 2019 – 2025 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS Principle investigator (With 10 Co-investigator) ・International workshop: International Workshop on“Asian urbanism and urban informality” (Saitama University, June 30th, 2023) ・International workshop: When critical urban studies meet Asian studies: A dialogue on new directions of knowledge production in globalizing Asia (Tokyo University, July 1st, 2023) https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19H00553/ |
| Risk and water-related resilience in deltas: dimensional modeling of the natural environment, infrastructure and socio-economic structure (18H03823) 2018 – 2021 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS Co-investigator (Principle investigator: Dr. Akiyuki Kawasaki, Tokyo University) https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18H03823/ https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/adm/fsi/en/projects/sdgs/projects_00179.html |
| Economic and spatial inequality in global city Bangkok (15K03416) 2015 – 2018 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS Principle investigator https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-15K03416/ |
| The restructuring and the value chain of the footwear industry in Asia (23730227) 2011 – 2014 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), JSPS Principle investigator https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23730227/ |
| Informal Economy and Value Chain in the Globalizing Era (19539002) 2007 – 2010 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS Principle investigator https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19539002/ |
