Yoshiaki (Yoshi) Furuzawa is Professor of Conflict Resolution at the Hiroshima City University (Japan).

He works on issues of peacebuilding in post-conflict and transitional societies such as security sector reform and collective memory. Trained as a peace and conflict studies scholar, he has conducted a field research in countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Cambodia, Philippines (Mindanao), and Guyana (South America). He received his Ph.D from Hiroshima University (Japan), M.A. in Conflict Resolution from University of Bradofrd (UK), and B.A. in International Relations from University of Tsukuba (Japan).

Currently, he is (i) the chair of the Peace Studies Section of the Japan Association for International Relations (JAIR: 2024-2025) and (ii) co-chair of the African Studies Section of the Peace Studies Association of Japan (PSAJ: 2020-Present). Previously, he was Assistant Professor at Kansai Gaidai University (Japan: 2011-13), Deputy Secretary General (2011-2015) and the Board Member (2018-2019) of the Japan Association for Human Security Studies, Program Officer of the Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (2014-2015), and a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of St. Andrews (UK: Jan-Apr 2010). He is also Editorial Board member of the Journal of Humanity, Peace and Justice published by the International Institute for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity affiliated with Istanbul University.

His publications are mostly in Japanese, but some are in English. You can find his brief on-line CV here.

He teaches classes at the Faculty of International Studies (undergraduate) and at the Graduate School of International Studies (both MA and PhD), Hiroshima City University. He is taking both MA and PhD students for the Graduate School of International Studies.

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Yoshiaki Furuzawa
E-mail: yfuru (at) hiroshima-cu.ac.jp
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