Contributions of the Internationalization of Higher Education to Knowledge Diplomacy: Sixity Years of US-Japan Connectivity

• Project/Area Number: 23K12801
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09050:Tertiary education-related
• Research Institution: Kyoritsu Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Asada Sarah 共立女子大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (90806978)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: higher education / internationalization / US-Japan / connectivity / knowledge diplomacy

Outline of Research at the Start

This research aims to understand how bilateral US-Japan study abroad contributes to knowledge diplomacy. The retrospective qualitative study uses document analysis and in-depth interviews to understand the outcomes of host individual and organizational interactions in Japan and the US with American and Japanese international students. The outcomes are analyzed to understand how study abroad programs contribute to knowledge diplomacy by examining for connectivity between the two countries and with the wider world.