SDGs Collaborative Research Unit
The nexus of international politics in climate change and water resource, from the perspective of security studies and SDGs

Summary

Climate Change Politics is gaining attention since the beginning of the 21st century, and research on this topic became important in the field of international politics and international relations. This research project will investigate international political nexus in terms of climate change and water resources with case studies of the Global South. The project consists of the following three parts.

Firstly, this research project will clarify how climate change gives stress on societies and politics, and how such stress causes social instability, resource acquisition competition, armed conflicts, and the increase of refugees and immigrants, and shed light on the political mechanism on climate change.

Secondly, this research project will consider how nations and grass-root societies conduct mitigation and adaptation for natural threat and will propose hypnosis of “Climate Change Resilience”.

Finally, this research project will discuss global governance with a combination of “Climate Security”, as a new form of national security, and SDGs, and consider political analysis.

News

Assistant Professor Kazuyo Hanai participated in the academic conference of “Asia-Africa, a New Axis of Knowledge” at University of Dal es Salaam, Tanzania, on 20-22th September 2018.

She gave presentations in two round tables and had fruitful discussions with scholars from Africa, Europe, and Asia. Also, she interviewed practitioners engaging in climate change measure in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda.

Agenda of conference

  • Date: 20-22 September 2018
  • Venue: University of Dal es Salaam (Tanzania)
  • Organized by: University of Dar es Salaam, Association for Asian Studies in Africa (A-Asia) and the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS)
  • In partnership with: University of Calicut (India), International Institute for Asian Studies (Netherlands), Leiden University (Netherlands), University of Michigan (U.S.), Observatoire des sociétés de l'océan Indien, Université de La Réunion (France), National University of Singapore (Singapore), Social Science Research Council (U.S.), Center for Asian Studies (CAS), University of Ghana, (Ghana).

Project Research Associate Nazia Hussain gave a lecture at the Global Studies Research Seminar, on 28th January 2019.

She gave a lecture on the theme of “Scarcity and Contention in Cities in the Global South” and had fruitful discussions with scholars and students related to area studies in Latin America, South Asia, and Africa.

Agenda of seminar

  • Date & Time: 17:30-19:00, January 28, 2019
  • Venue: Collaboration room 1, Bldg. 18, Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo
  • Organized by : Latin American & Iberian Network for Academic Collaboration (LAINAC), Center for South Asian Studies (TINDAS), and Research Center for Sustainable Peace, of the University of Tokyo
  • In partnership with: Institute for Advanced Global Studies (IAGS) of the University of Tokyo

Agenda

Introduction of the research centers

  • Prof. Takeshi Wada, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Prof. Fumiko Nishizaki, Director, IAGS
  • Prof. Ukeda Hiroyuki, Vice-Director, LAINAC
  • Prof. Akio Tanabe, Director, TINDAS
  • Prof. Yuichi Sekiya, Director, Research Center for Sustainable Peace
  • Prof. Kiichi Fujiwara, Director, Policy Alternatives Research Institute

Lecture

Nazia Hussain, Project Research Associate of Policy Alternatives Research Institute
“Scarcity and Contention in Cities in the Global South”

Project Assistant Professor Nazia Hussain presented at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, on February 12, 2019.

The title of her presentation was “Scarcity and Contention in Cities in the Global South: A Perspective from Karachi”. She presented along with researchers from Kyoto University, Nagoya University, and University of Tokyo.

Agenda of seminar

  • Date & Time: 13: 15-17:00, February 12, 2019
  • Venue: AA447, Research Building No.2, 4th Floor, Yoshida Main Campus, Kyoto University
  • Organized by: Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University

Project Assistant Professor Nazia Hussain conducted fieldwork in Manila, Philippines, in February and March 2019.

She interviewed multiple stakeholders engaged in delivery of water to residents of the city as well as visited informal settlements within and around the city peripheries. She also met professors and members of NGOs during this time.

Project Assistant Professor Nazia Hussain presented at Goldsmiths, University of London, on March 13-14, 2019.

The title of her presentation was “Scarcity and Contention in Cities in the Global South: A Perspective from Karachi”. She presented along with researchers from universities in Japan and from University of London.

Agenda of seminar

  • Date & Time: March 13-14, 2019
  • Venue: Goldsmiths, University of London
  • Organized by: Center for Postcolonial Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London

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