Associate Professor
Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
Employment
Aug 2021 Associate Professor, Nagoya University
Sep 2020 Fellow in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Education
2021 PhD in International Relations, LSE
2015 MPhil in Politics, University of Tokyo
2013 MSc in Comparative Politics (Conflict Studies), LSE
2012 Bachelor of Laws, University of Tokyo (with "Outstanding" Academic Honors)
About me
Originally from Tokyo, I have been working at the intersection of international relations, comparative politics, and international law. Broadly speaking, my research interest includes international security, conflict studies, and peacebuilding. My current research is focused on self-determination conflicts and their conflict resolution processes. I have conducted fieldwork in East Timor, Indonesia, and Ethiopia. Follow me on Twitter @Fujikawa_K.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Building Peace after Self-Determination and Partition: Faulty Assumptions?, 2024, Journal of Global Security Studies 9 (1): ogae007. <Journal's IF (2023): 1.7>
Just a Strategic Move? Exploring Good Reasons for Self-determination Referendums through the Case of East Timor, 2023, Territory, Politics, Governance. Published electronically 16 March, 2023. <Journal's IF (2023): 1.9>
Settling with Autonomy after Civil Wars: Lessons from Aceh, Indonesia, 2021, Global Policy 12 (2): pp. 204-213. <Journal's IF (2021): 2.375>
Drifting between Accommodation and Repression: Explaining Indonesia's Policies toward Its Separatists, 2017, The Pacific Review 30 (5): pp. 655-673. <Journal’s IF (2017): 1.809>
BOOK
Post-Conflict Referendums and Peace Processes: Pathways to Peace and Democracy? 2025, London: Routledge.
DOCTORAL THESIS
Serving peace and democracy? The rationales and impact of post-conflict self-determination referendums in Eritrea, East Timor, and South Sudan. 2020, PhD thesis, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Summary and Full text on the LSE website
Summary on the UNU-CRIS website as a blog post