Research Projects

In Professor Matsuoka's office, there are many projects and researches. Students are encouraged to join the projects and by doing so they learn many useful skills and also improve their careers.
Click on the following projects to see their detailed descriptions.

Project Institution

○　 International Development, Cooperation
• Waseda University Organization for Japan-US Studies

On-going research projects

○　Research Project on Infrastructure Restoration and Disaster Management Systems of Great East Japan Earthquake
(Waseda University･Priority Field Research)
• Research related to causes, effects, measures and restoration for complex mega disasters; Nuclear disaster and risk governance
  

○　Climate policy
• Waseda Initiative on Sustainability Science for Political Decision-making and Journalism（IR3S/WISPJ）
  

○　Biodiversity・Desertification
• Biodiversity and sustainability of nomadism in dryland ecosystem of northeast asia
  

○　Desertification
• Socio-Economic Assessment on the Desertification in Mongolia
  
  

○　Solid Waste Management
• The project for development of pollution control and environmental restoration technologies of waste landfill sites taking into account geographical characteristics in Sri Lanka
  
  

○　Asian Regional Integration
• Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program
  
• Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University

Finished projects

• Research on Policy Process and Policy Results and Social Capacity Building in the City Environment
  
• Local Decentralization, Environmental Capacity systems and Social Capacity Building in Indonesia
  
• The Effects of Preventive Climate Change Measures in Bunkyo Ku
  
• Africa Research Project