{"id":125,"date":"2025-03-28T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/?post_type=member&#038;p=125"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:53:59","slug":"yu-sasaki","status":"publish","type":"member","link":"https:\/\/www.research.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/member\/yu-sasaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Yu Sasaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-20 grid !max-w-wide gap-y-12.5\">\n    <header\n        class=\"grid gap-10\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"grid gap-y-10 pt-5\">\n            <div>\n                <h1 class=\"text-30 font-bold leading-snug\">\n                    <span><\/span>\n                                    <\/h1>\n                <div class=\"text-20 font-medium\">\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"rounded bg-light-gray px-1.25 py-7.5 md:px-5\">\n                <ul class=\"is-style-disc\">\n                                                                            <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/header>\n    <div class=\"bg-note grid gap-y-7.5 bg-light-gray px-12.5 py-10\">\n                            <div class=\"grid gap-y-3.75\">\n                <h3 class=\"is-no-styling text-18 font-bold text-indigo\">Expertise &#038; Skills<\/h3>\n                <p class=\"font-medium\">\n                    Area Studies, Political Science, Development Studies, International Cooperation, Research Assessment\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"bg-quote\">\n                <div class=\"relative z-10 grid gap-y-3.75\">\n                    <h3 class=\"is-no-styling text-18 font-bold text-indigo\">Message for researchers<\/h3>\n                    <p class=\"font-medium\">\n                        Improving visibility of research in social science and humanities and working towards an open and diverse research eco-system where international faculty members too can fully realize their potential are my two main tasks at KURA. My recent work also includes responsible research assessment and building networks with international book publishers.\n                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What inspired me to become a research administrator (URA)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I joined KURA in 2016 after working for 8 years in New Delhi as an international development specialist at a bilateral aid agency. Working with diverse stakeholders including Japanese university researchers involved in collaborative projects in India has inspired me to take up the exciting challenges at KURA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic &amp; Professional Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Osaka University of Foreign Studies (Osaka University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A. (International Studies) Tokyo University of Foreign Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff Member, Kawanishi City Office, Hyogo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.Sc. 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