Researchers
KONTA Ryohei
Associate Senior Research Fellow
Research Field:
Brazilian Area Studies, Social Development, Urban Sociology
Education / Research Experience
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Education:
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| B.A. in Language and Area Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1996 | |
| M.A. in Sociology, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2002 | |
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Professional Career:
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| The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, 1996-1999 | |
| Joined the IDE, Area Studies Department 2, 2001 | |
| Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Poverty Alleviation and Social Development Group , 2003 | |
| Research Fellow Sent Abroad/Place：Rio de Janeiro(Brazil), visiting research fellow at IPEA (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada), 2005 | |
| Area Studies Center, Latin American Studies Group, 2007- | |
Major Works
- “Life Security System for Elderly People and Gerontology in Brazil: The Current Situation and Trajectory”, in Usami, Koichi ed., Life Security System of Elderly People in the Emerging Countries, 2009
- “What foods do Brazilian People Eat?” IDE-World Trend, February, No.161, 2009
- “Workers’ Party Government of President Lula in Brazil: The Moderatization based on the Experiments and Negotiation and Adjustment Style of Politics” in Osonoi, Shigeo & Koichi Usami eds., Leftist Latin American Governments: Their Backgrounds and Policies, 2008
- “Changes in Some Characteristics of the Japanese Origin Population in Brazil”, written with Kaizô Iawakami Beltrão and Sonoe Sugahara, Latin America Report, Vol.25 No.2, 2008
- “A Profile of the Community Based Organizations in Brazil: Who are Participants of the Participatory Housing Policy?”, Latin America Report, Vol.25 No.1, 2008
- “Brasília, a Modern Capital City which Symbolizes the Development and Inequality” IDE-World Trend, July, No.142, 2007
- "Brazil: The Presidential Election and Lula Government in the 2nd Term", Latin America Report, Vol. 24 No. 1, 2007
- "A History and the Recent Situations of Agricultural Development of Inland in Brazil: The Large-scale Agriculture in Dourados of Mato Grosso do Sul State", Latin America Report, Vol. 23 No. 1, 2006
- "Empoderamento da População Carente em São Paulo: uma análise sobre o Mutirão Autogerido e o Projeto Cingapura através do Modelo de [Des] Eempoderamento de Friedmann", Urban Problems and the Role of Politics in Modern Brazil, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, 2006
- "The Empowerment capable of Poverty Alleviation in the Developing Countries: The (Dis) Empowerment Model of Friedmann and Empowerment of Urban Poor in São Paulo," in Sato, Hiroshi ed., Development Aid and the Discourse of Empowerment, 2004
Other Information
Membership of Academic Societies
Associação Japonesa de Estudos Latino-americanos, Japan Society of Social Science on Latin America
