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Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Global Multi-Campus, Nagoya University

Degree: PhD(May, 2022, Columbia University)
Master of Arts(Mar, 2017, The University of Tokyo)
Bachelor of Arts(Mar, 2015, The University of Tokyo)

Researcher number: 90967001
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0049-0025
J-GLOBAL ID: 202201015535707683
researchmap Member ID: R000035885

Research Interests

Internationalization / globalization of education

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Education - general /

Research History

Mar, 2025 - Present

Assistant Professor, Global Multi-Campus, Nagoya University
Apr, 2023 - Present

Instructor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Apr, 2023 - Feb, 2025

Assistant Professor, CASEER, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Project-based Assistant Professor, International Center, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Oct, 2021 - Jan, 2022

The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
Sep, 2021 - Dec, 2021

Research Assistant, NORRAG
Dec, 2020 - Aug, 2021

Operations Staff, Dean's Office, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

Education

Sep, 2017 - May, 2022

Comparative and International Education Program, Teachers College, Columbia University
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2015

Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2013

College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Committee Memberships

Jun, 2024 - Present

Conference planning committee, Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Dec, 2023 - Present

Representative of the Doctoral and Early Career Network, World Education Research Association
Jun, 2023 - Present

Networking committee member, Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Jun, 2023 - Jan, 2025

Secretary for the Journal Editorial Committee, Japan Comparative Education Society
Jun, 2022 - Jun, 2023

Conference planning committee, Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Apr, 2020 - Apr, 2022

Secretary/Treasurer, Southeast Asia SIG, Comparative and International Education Society

Awards

2019

Scholarship, Ito Foundation
2017

Scholarship, Columbia University

Papers

Inter-Asian perceptions of studying ‘abroad’ in Asia: analysis of Japanese students’ discourse

Kazuaki Iwabuchi, Sae Shimauchi

Globalisation, Societies and Education, Nov 9, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Possibility of an 'Intercultural' Approach into the Analysis of the Policy Process of Internationalization: Japan's Introduction of the International Baccalaureate as an Example

Iwabuchi, K

Intercultural Education, 58 77-93, Aug 31, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Analyzing the Policy Process of the Internationalization of Education in Japan: Revision of the National Curriculum

Iwabuchi, K

Tokyo Metropolitan University Global Forum, 1 1-18, Mar 31, 2023 Peer-reviewed
The Government, Market, and IB: An Analysis of Policy Documents Justifying the Introduction of the IB

Iwabuchi, K

Journal of Research into IB Education, 6 125-141, Aug 31, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Complexity Within the Government: An Analysis of Japan's Education Reform Through the International Baccalaureate

Iwabuchi, K

Dissertation, Mar, 2022

Misc.

Early Childhood Education in Southeast Asia (Part 1): Challenges and Progress in Access, Quality, and Inclusiveness

Iwabuchi, K

The Center for Advanced School Education and Evidence-based Research, University of Tokyo, Research Bulletin, 9 45-60, Jul 31, 2024
2-3. Investigation of Universities 2) Progress Report (3) National University C

Iwabuchi, K.

2023 Results Report from the Investigation on the Impact of the International Baccalaureate (Type B), 42-46, Mar 31, 2024
Impact Evaluation Report for Kyotango Sea Labo program (2023)

Iwabuchi, K., Ninomiya, R., Miyazaki, H., Yoshida, O., Kijima, R., Yang-Yoshihara, M.

Jan, 2024
Impact Evaluation Report for Kyotango Sea Labo program

Kijima, R, Yang-Yoshihara, M, Iwabuchi, K, Yoshida, O, Ninomiya, R

Dec, 2022
Locus of Japan’s Education Reform Through the International Baccalaureate in the Internationalization Attempts : Literature Review of Studies on Internationalization and Education in Japan

Kazuaki Iwabuchi

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, the University of Tokyo, 61 543-551, Mar, 2022

Books and Other Publications

Improving the use of evidence for education policy, planning and implementation: strategic review

Steiner-Khamsi, G, Faul, M. V, Baek, C, Hopkins, A. N, Iwabuchi, K (Role: Joint author) (Original Author(s): Steiner-Khamsi, G, Faul, M. V, Baek, C, Hopkins, A. N, Iwabuchi, K)

UNESCO, 2024 (ISBN: 9789231006531)
The Experience of Examining the PhD: An International Comparative Study of Processes and Standards of Doctoral Examination. "Ch. 9: A Japanese University" (pp. 120-133)

Michael Byram, Maria Stoicheva (Eds.), Ch. 9 by Fumiko Takahashi, Kazuaki Iwabuchi (Role: Contributor, chapter 9)

Taylor & Francis, Dec 30, 2022 (ISBN: 9781032164366)
『大胆不敵な教育改革』「第1章〜第9章（ただし、第4章除く）」

フェルナンド・M・レイマーズ, 翻訳監修・著者鈴木寛, 山中伸一, 翻訳岩渕和祥 (Role: Joint translator, 第1章〜第9章［ただし、第4章除く］)

日本文教出版, Mar, 2022
Primary and secondary education during Covid-19. "Covid-19 and education on the front lines in Japan: What caused learning disparities and how did the government and schools take initiative? (pp. 125–151)"

F. M. Reimers (Ed.), Chapter written by Kazuaki Iwabuchi, Kouki Hodama, Yutaka Onishi, Shota Miyazaki, Sae Nakae, Kan Hiroshi Suzuki (Role: Contributor, pp. 125–151)

Springer, 2022 (ISBN: 9783030814991)
『新グローバル時代に挑む日本の教育 : 多文化社会を考える比較教育学の視座』「コンピテンシーと国旗掲揚式 (pp. 191–192)」

恒吉, 僚子(編), 額賀, 美紗子(編), 章の執筆、岩渕和祥 (Role: Contributor, pp. 191–192)

東京大学出版会, May, 2021 (ISBN: 9784130520829)
Tokkatsu : the Japanese educational model of holistic education. "Chapter 15 Tokkatsu Reform: Learning Better Together (pp. 197–206)"

Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Sugita Hiroshi, Kanako N. Kusanagi, Fumiko Takahashi, Chapter written by Kazuaki Iwabuchi, Aiko Komoto, Hiromi Shimizu (Role: Contributor, pp. 197–206)

World Scientific, 2020 (ISBN: 9789813232662)

Presentations

An overview of Early Childhood Education in Southeast Asia: Identifying current circumstances and future challenges based on literature review

Iwabuchi, K

Japan Comparative Education Society, The 60th Annual Conference, Jun 28, 2024
To Be Vaccinated or Not To Be or Is It Even a Choice?: Classification of People's Attitudes towards Vaccination

Iwabuchi, K

The Intercultural Education Society of Japan (45th conference), Jun 23, 2024
How did doctoral examination change in educational research in Japan?: A qualitative inquiry based on interviews of professors and students

Iwabuchi, K

The 27th Annual Meeting, Japanese Association of Higher Education Research, May 25, 2024
Is Nationalistic Internationalisation Possible?: Japan’s Education Reform and Interactions among the Cabinet, Ministry of Education, and Teachers

Iwabuchi, K

The Centre for the Study of Global Japan and the Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation, University of Toronto, Feb 6, 2024 Invited
The Policy Processes of Producing Global Human Resources: Focusing on articulation between secondary and higher education through the International Baccalaureate

Iwabuchi, K

Japanese Association of Higher Education Research Research Exchange Meeting, Jan 21, 2024
Conflicting Orientations in Japan's International Education: An Analysis of Teachers' Perceptions

Iwabuchi, K

13th Biennial Conference of the Comparative Education Society of Asia, Nov 25, 2023
Inter-Asian Perceptions of Studying "Abroad" in Asia: An Analysis of Japanese University Students

Iwabuchi, K, Shimauchi, S

ERAS International Conference and WERA Focal Meeting, Nov 24, 2023
Intra-Asian Perceptions of Studying "Abroad" in Asia

Iwabuchi, K., Shimauchi, S

Asia-Pacific Association for International Education, Mar 16, 2023
Possibilities and Challenges of Education Reform: Japan’s Internationalization Reform as an example

Iwabuchi, K

Remapping Global Education in Japan, Feb 28, 2023 Invited
How American Universities Cultivate Educational Researchers: An example from American graduate school education and implications for Japan's education research

Iwabuchi, K

International Exchange Committee, The Japanese Association for the Study of Educational Administration, Jan 25, 2023 Invited
Perspective into Asia and Study Abroad: An Analysis of University Students' Discourses over Studying in Asia

The Japan Society of Educational Sociology, Sep 11, 2022
内閣主導の政策過程と国際バカロレア－高大接続改革における国際バカロレア

岩渕, 和祥

日本国際バカロレア教育学会, Sep, 2021
国際化の政策過程－学習指導要領改訂におけるIB記述の変遷

岩渕, 和祥

日本国際理解教育学会, Jun, 2021
Collaboration in different cultural contexts: Analysis of PISA 2015 Collaborative Problem Solving with student attitudes toward collaboration

Iwabuchi, K

World Education Research Association, Aug, 2019
Classification of environmental awareness through the case of the Philippines

Iwabuchi, K

Comparative and International Education Society, Apr, 2019
Student attitudes toward collaboration in PISA 2015: Comparison between Japan and the USA

Iwabuchi, K

The CIES Northeast Regional Conference, Oct, 2018
ナショナリズム教育における貢献の言説と生徒の行為主体性－ジャワ島の学校を事例として

岩渕, 和祥

日本比較教育学会, Jun, 2017

Teaching Experience

Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2025

Academic Discussion Skills (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Sep, 2022 - Mar, 2025

Education for International Understanding (Kokushikan University)
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025

Student and Career Guidance (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Nov, 2024 - Feb, 2025

Seminar on Professional Practice in Teaching (The University of Tokyo)
Oct, 2023 - Feb, 2025

Introduction to International and Cross-Cultural Education (The University of Tokyo)
Jul, 2023 - Sep, 2023

Education Policy Seminar VIII (Tohoku University)
Jun, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Japanese Short-term Program (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Intercultural study program (short-term) (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Professional Memberships

Nov, 2023 - Present

Japanese Association of Higher Education Research
May, 2022 - Present

Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Sep, 2020 - Present

日本国際バカロレア教育学会
Jul, 2020 - Present

日本教育社会学会
Jul, 2020 - Present

日本国際理解教育学会
Jul, 2020 - Present

日本教育学会
Sep, 2017 - Present

Comparative and International Education Society
Mar, 2017 - Present

日本比較教育学会

Research Projects

Contact Zone of International Student Mobility and Popular Culture in Asia

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2029

Shimauchi, S., Hanada, S., Iwabuchi, K.
Japan-US Collaboration on International/ Cross-Cultural Education and Global Citizenship

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Collaborative Research), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Sep, 2023 - Mar, 2028
Cultivation of Non-cognitive Skills throuhg Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2024 - Mar, 2027
Seismic Synergy: Learning from Traditional Wisdom to Build a Resilient Future

Research Grant, The TOYOTA Foundation, Nov, 2024 - Oct, 2026

Kazuaki Iwabuchi, Prasanti Widyasih Sarli, Prananda Luffiansyah, Suraj Gautam, Farrukh Arif, Faiza Saeed
Mutual Learning Toward Just-in-Time Information for Grassroots Climate Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Countries

International Research Grant, The TOYOTA Foundation, Nov, 2024 - Oct, 2026

Jin Sato, Kanokwan Manorom, Suchai Charoenmukkayanan, Rerkchai Srivoramas, Pattajit Tangsinmunkong, Dai Yamasaki, Taishi Yazawa, Heng Bunmanu, Peng Chantol, Thol Dina, Hironori Hamasaki, Yuto Kitamura, Iwabuchi, K
グローバル人材育成の政策過程における自治体の役割

科学研究費助成事業若手研究, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026

岩渕和祥
Inventing Inclusive and Dialogue-based Education Programs for Vaccination

Research Grants for Young Researchers, Pandemic Preparedness, Infection and Advanced Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Jul, 2023 - Mar, 2024
An Investigation of Teachers' Perceptions of Their Roles in Raising Global Human Resources

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Sep, 2022 - Mar, 2024
Theoretical Exploration and Program Development of Global Citizenship Education through the Collaboration between American and Japanese Universities.

Research Grant, The Casio Science Promotion Foundation, 2023 - 2024

PI: Hideto Fukudome, Co-I: Iwabuchi, K
Survey on student perceptions of studying abroad

Competitive Internal Grant, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Jul, 2022 - Mar, 2023
Complexity within the Government: An Analysis of Polycentric Governance in Japan’s Internationalization Reform

2020 - 2021

Iwabuchi, K

Academic Activities

Peer review

Peer review

Conferences: CIES, Journals: AERJ

Social Activities

Theory of Asian Cultures

Lecturer

Department of Economics, Oita University, Jan 22, 2024
Judge for Research Presentations done by Participants into Global Science Campus

Other

Japan Science and Technology Agency, Oct 28, 2023
Introduction to Design Thinking

Lecturer

SPICE, Stanford University, Stanford E-Entrepreneurship, Jul 2, 2023
SKY Labo

Lecturer

SKY Labo, Jul, 2019 - Aug, 2019
砺波高等学校アメリカ研修

Lecturer

砺波高等学校, Dec, 2018

Other

Certificate of Advanced Social Researcher

Jun, 2022 - Present
Certificate of Social Researcher

Jun, 2022 - Present
Teaching credential in Geography and History (for High school)

Mar, 2015 - Present
Teaching credential in Social Studies (for Junior high school)

Mar, 2015 - Present