MIZUNO Naoko | Faculty Members | Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University. Faculty of Letters, Kobe University.

Faculty Members
Majors

Faculty Members

MIZUNO Naoko (Project Associate Professor) [KUID]

Personal Background

Naoko Mizuno joined the Faculty of Letters and the Center for Global Engagement (CGE)—formerly the Global Education Center—as a Project Associate Professor for the Kobe-Oxford Japanese Studies Program (KOJSP) in 2025.

Her professional background includes Monitoring and Evaluation Officer with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Polson Institute for Global Development at Cornell University, Kyoto Sangyo University, and Konan Women's University. Her research explores women's life courses and career development, population migration, and study abroad experiences. She is also actively involved in the practice and evaluation of Intercultural Collaborative Learning (ICL).

Fields of Specialization

Social Demography,International Development,Program Evaluation,International Education,Intercultural Collaborative Learning (ICL)

Selected Publications

・"No One Left Behind - Uganda" in Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division. The Right to Food: A Window on the World. Rome: Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp.76-85. (2008)
・Monitoring and Evaluation in FAO and World Food Programme (WFP) in Getting Started Running A Junior Farmer Field and Life School (JFFLS). Rome:FAO. PP.109-127. (2007)