School of Human Sciences, Waseda University
Makoto Inoue's specialty is environmental sociology, forest governance, and area studies in Kalimantan.
His career dates back to the late 1980s when he carried out three-year field work in East Kalimantan where he shared invaluable time and experience with indigenous people, especially the Kenya ethnic people.
Recently he co-edited two books: (1) Collaborative Governance of Forests (University of Tokyo Press, 2015), (2) Multi-level Forest Governance in Asia (SAGE Publications, 2015). He is currently an elected Council Member of International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC).