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Lecturer, Center for Foreign Language Education and Research, Rikkyo University.

Has previously held teaching and research positions at:

* Rikkyo Uiversity’s Center for English Discussion Class. In addition to teaching and research roles, duties included: delivering teacher training for new teachers and providing a video of exemplary teaching for teaching training. 

* the Department of Global Innovation Studies, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, Toyo University. Duties included: teaching in and/or designing several academic programs (the Academic English Program which included test preparation, the Global Leaderahip and Internship courses, managing the Department's stand-alone SALC - Self Access Learning Center to improve student’s English)

* the University of Sydney (several departments: the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies which I also co-redesigned two older courses in response to student feedback, the need to have unique course offerings not available in other courses at the University, and more effectively link theory to practice; the Human Rights program in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy; and the Department of History)

* the Academic English Bridging Program at the Academy of Information Technology Sydney

* several programs at the Greenwich English College Sydney and Melbourne (General English Program, Japanese Students’ English Pronunciation Program, and the Government-licensed TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - English Teacher Training Program where I was as a trainer for trainee TESOL teachers); and the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago, working as a research assistant and researcher.

Has taught in university courses in twelve academic departments/programs at nine universities/colleges around the world (six in Japan, four in Australia, one in New Zealand, and one in Burundi)

Has given guest lectures, academic presentations and special lectures at universities in Japan, Australia, Burundi, Kenya, Turkey and New Zealand, as outlined in the "Presentations" section of this site.

Invited to give additional guest lectures in university courses or special lectures at other several universities (due to challenges associated with exisiting teaching and research commitments, time scheduling, and/or COVID-19 these have not been able to occur yet):

• Doshisha University
• Ritsumeikan University
• Soka University
• and the University of Western Australia

His university classes have featured in research published by other scholars in the academic journals: Language Testing (Sage) in 2022, and The Modern Language Journal (Wiley) in 2023.

Research and teaching skills and specialties includes:

• English lanuage education 
  • Academic English (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking including Discussion, Debate and Presentation)
  • Using teaching about global issues (Global Issues in Language Education), and teaching using simulations, to enhance English Lanuage Education
  • With research focused on Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and Global Issues in Language Education
• Active learning at university
  • Specialising in: simulations; global issues and international relations pedagogy in university contexts; evidence-based curriculum design and optimised learning processes
• Career studies, intercultural career skills, and project management
  • Career planning
  • Intercultural emotional resilience and independent learning/reflection skills
  • Job hunting skills (CVs, cover letters, interview skills, follow-up)
  • Time management
  • Project management (including experience working as a project manager for two projects: one a national inter-university curriculum development competitive grant project, the other was for an NGO in Australia focused on global issues, human rights, and peace)
• Intercultural effectiveness / intercultural communication (including intercultural emotional resilience and independent learning/reflection skills, for example for studying abroad)
• Theory to practice skills (giving students tools to link theory to practice: "praxis")
• Global and social issues in language education / political science (peace and conflict studies) 
  • Peacebuilding: international dialogue and intergroup dialogue (Interactive Conflict Resolution, ICR); conflict resolution/conflict transformation; the international peace and security, human rights and international law, and economic incentive drivers, of the Israel-Palestine conflict; Western foreign policy regarding Israel-Palestine; evidence-based peacebuilding policy
  • Social movement approaches to peacebuilding and human rights;
  • Integration of conflict resolution/conflict transformation/dialogue/negotiation approaches to peace with: human rights, international law and nonviolent social movements, specifically:
    • promoting the conditions for successful conflict resolution/conflict transformation/dialogue/negotiation, through human rights, international law and nonviolent social movements
    • promoting human rights and international legal rights through conflict resolution/conflict transformation/dialogue methodologies
  • Project evaluation (peacebuilding projects)
• Communications
  • Specialising in public education on international security and peace through the media; journalism in the Israel-Palestine conflict

Current research projects include developing a meta-methodology for English language learning and teaching at the university-level using simulations (active learning, student-centred advanced role-play exercises that can be used as course capstones) around global issues.

Academic Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Human Rights Practice (Oxford University) and the Journal of Peace, Development & Communication (Peace and Development Foundation). Former Academic Peer Reviewer and Committee Member for the Journal of Foreign Language Education & Research (Rikkyo University) and Journal of Multilingual Pedagogy & Practice (Rikkyo University). He was also an Academic Peer Reviewer for the edited books: "Regional Ecological Challenges for Peace in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia Pacific" (2016, Springer) and "Addressing Global Environmental Challenges from a Peace Ecology Perspective" (2016, Springer).

Recipient of the Isaac Roet Prize for Fostering World Peace Through a Better Distribution of World Resources, presented by the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam and Economists for Peace and Security, for his research on peacebuilding in Israel-Palestine.

Provides evidence-based policy advice based on my research and teaching areas to current and former Members of Parliament, government cabinet ministers and senior diplomats; political parties, NGOs (often called "NPOs" in Japan) and community representative groups.

Frequently invited to write in the mainstream and independent news media on his research (for more information see: https://researchmap.jp/g0000217098/media_coverage) and is the highest tier of editor on Wikipedia ("extended confirmed editor" or "extended confirmed user": ) because of his contributions to articles associated with his research (his Wikipedia user page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Paul Duffill). He also frequently writes research-based commentary on social media, and his opening post for 2024 here: https://www.facebook.com/paul.duffill/posts/pfbid02kw4mtrqxqy9Gj9GKnMU1nmeoG9Pgde1K8TxSpHAHFPrPqiAeXoBt3s1hkwvt9iRfl