Keiichi Takaki

 

 

education:  Ph. D in Sociology, September 2005, Stanford University, Stanford

 

                           Master in International Studies, March 1991, Sophia University, Tokyo

 

                           BA in Sociology, March 1989, Sophia University, Tokyo

 

Professional

experience:   

                           Program Officer, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Tokyo, 1995-1998 & 2006 - Present

 

                           Programme Officer, United Nations Development Programme, Nigeria Country Office, Lagos 1993-1995

 

                           Special Assistant, Embassy of Japan in Ghana, Accra, 1991-1993

 

Awards:       Research grants               

                           2002-3  Field Research Grant, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford

                          

                           2002  Dissertation Field Research Grant, the Social Science History Institute, Stanford University

 

                           2001 Graduate Research Opportunity Grant, Stanford University, Stanford

 

                           2000  Dissertation Improvement Grant, the National Science Foundation, Washington D. C.

                          

                           2000 Field Research Grant, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Tokyo

 

                           Fellowships                           

                          2003-2004 Littlefield International Graduate Fellowship, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford

                          

                          2002-2003 Littlefield International Graduate Fellowship, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford

                          

                           1998-2000 Higher Education Degree Program, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Tokyo

 

 

publications:                                                   

                           Development and Social Structure: The Case of Entrepreneurs in Ghana, 2005,

                                Ph. D dissertation.

                          

                           Technical Cooperation for Grassroots and Self-Help of Nigerian People, 1995, Africa Report, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo.

 

                           On the Way to Democracy in Ghana, 1993, Africa Report, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo.

                          

                           Ethnicity and Social Change: social and political backgrounds of the emergence of Ibo ethnic identity in Nigeria, unpublished, 1991, Master｡ﾇs thesis.