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Is currently:

• Research Fellow (研究員), Institute of Community and Human Services (コミュニティ福祉研究所), Rikkyo University (立教大学)
• Special Project Researcher (特定課題研究員), Center for Foreign Language Education and Research (FLER; 外国語教育研究センター), Rikkyo University (立教大学)
• Co-investigator (研究分担者), KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research), 2022-2028 Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: "Fostering Joint International Research: A Study of the Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic on Immigrant Laborers in New York City". Lead institution: Rikkyo University (立教大学).

Has previously held other teaching and research positions at:

* Rikkyo Uiversity’s Center for Foreign Language Education and Research. In addition to teaching and research roles, duties included: serving on department committees (university-wide elective English course committee and research/journal committee), designing new course curriculum for new CLIL courses in Peace and Conflict Studies, invited by Member of New Electives committee to design and teach new CLIL courses in International Relations and SDGs, desiged teacher-support resources for teaching CLIL course in International Relations.

* 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 where 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 (a university-level instition) 

* 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)

* the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago, working as a guest lecturer, researcher, and research assistant.

Has taught in university courses, and held academic positions, in thirteen academic departments/programs at nine universities around the world (seven academic programs 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 website.

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):

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

His university classes have featured in English language teaching 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 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, which colleagues and I call "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 and public education
  • Public education on international security and peace through the media
  • Peace journalism 
  • Journalism in the Israel-Palestine conflict
  • Human rights and social justice education through an approach using dialogue and aikido

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; government intelligence agencies; government research agencies focused on national security and international relations; major political parties; and NGOs (usually called "NPOs" in Japan) and community representative groups.

Frequently invited to write in the mainstream and independent news media on his research and is a practitioner of peace journalism. Has published media pieces in media outlets in nine countries (for more information see media coverage here: https://researchmap.jp/g0000217098/media_coverage)

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 is here: https://www.facebook.com/paul.duffill/posts/pfbid02kw4mtrqxqy9Gj9GKnMU1nmeoG9Pgde1K8TxSpHAHFPrPqiAeXoBt3s1hkwvt9iRfl