Email: takeshi.ito[at]sophia.ac.jp
Tel: 03-3238-4028
Office: 10-530

My work is informed by broad interests in agrarian and environmental change. I explore these themes through a multi-disciplinary perspective that enables me to understand the complexity and diversity of social-ecological interactions that shape human wellbeing and ecosystem integrity. I have conducted fieldwork in Southeast Asia and Japan. I have a background in politics, political economy, political ecology, agrarian studies, development studies, and global studies. I draw mostly on qualitative methods and relational analysis of society and ecology.

Teaching the minds of young people is rewarding for teachers. It gives us hope for the future. For students, however, sitting quietly in the classroom to learn about something not only new but also completely separate from everyday life is a very different experience for many students. How can teachers encourage students to be attentive to and engage in urgent issues that are happening outside the classroom? How can college education provide students with life-long knowledge that prepares them to lead a meaningful life during and beyond their time in college? These are the questions with which I struggle in and outside the classroom.Education can play an important role in addressing challenges that threaten human well-being and ecological integrity.

Faculty of Liberal Arts

Graduate Program in Global Studies