Komatsu Taro

Revisiting education for international understanding: addressing emerging threats to peace (invited paper) 

International Education, Japan Association for International Education, 30, 2024  Peer-reviewedInvited

Remedial education program for Syrian refugees: ensuring their learning during a protracted crisis 

International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 26(1) 1-16, Nov 21, 2023  Peer-reviewedLead author

Institutionalist perspectives on the dynamics of post-conflict education reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Comparative Education, 57(4) 519-537, Oct 2, 2021  Peer-reviewed

Evaluating the effectiveness of ESD in higher education contexts: Application of program evaluation theory to study design 

Education Studies, Departmental Bulletin, Sophia University, 55 29-42, Mar, 2021  

Education and Peace 

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Education, 2020  Peer-reviewed

Integrated schools and social cohesion in post-conflict Srebrenica: Bosniak youths’ views of their schooling experiences 

Comparative Education Review, 63(3) 398-417, Aug, 2019  

Learning in support of human dignity: Motives and encouraging factors for those obtaining second-chance education in Timor-Leste and Lebanon. 

Studies in Education, Departmental Bulletin Paper, 53 77-82, Mar 31, 2019  

Second-chance education in post-conflict Timor-Leste: Youth and adult learners’ motives, experiences and circumstances. 

Working Paper, JICA Research Institute, 182 1-37, Jan 1, 2019  Peer-reviewedInvited

School education in post-conflict recovery, reconstruction and development: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Japan-UK Education Study Assocation Occasional Paper, 2018  Invited

Second-chance education in Timor-Leste: Analysis of adult education dynamism in a conflict-affected society (Japanese) 

Comparative Education, 55(55) 59-71, Jun 1, 2017  Invited

Analysis of education policy and reform adoption in developing nations: Focus on motivations of policy leaders 

51 23-36, Apr 1, 2017  

Adult education (equivalency program) in Timor-Leste: Its contributions to the achievement of a sustainable development goal (SDG) 

51 37-50, Apr 1, 2017  Lead author

Education and Peace 

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, Mar 29, 2017  Peer-reviewed

Are educational governance reforms in a post-conflict society conforming to global standards? Examining the application of education convergence theory in an internationally supervised and politicized context 

Research in Comparative and International Education, 11(3) 267-281, Sep 1, 2016  Peer-reviewed

Education and living together: A reflection on the 2014 study tour to post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Sophia University Studies in Education, (49) 23-36, Mar, 2015  

Education and human security: Towards the expansion of freedom 

Institute of Developing Economies (Ajiken) World Trend, (230) 28-29, Dec 15, 2014  

Does decentralisation enhance a school's role of promoting social cohesion? Bosnian school leaders' perceptions of school governance 

International Review of Education, 60(1) 7-31, 2014  Peer-reviewed