2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Impacts of global resource use dynamics on local sustainability challenges: the case of Mongolia
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17F17002
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
高倉 浩樹 東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 教授 (00305400)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DALAIBUYAN BYAMBAJAV 東北大学, 東北大学・東北アジア研究センター, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-07-26 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | Mining / livelihoods / local communities / sustainable development |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The main achievement of my research was my broad and active research engagement in addressing emergent societal problems jointly with local and international research and civil society organizations. I contributed to the Bertelsmann Foundation’s global report of democratization and transition as an independent country expert, wrote a country-specific and regional analysis for the UNESCO’s ground-breaking report on Education for Sustainable Development in Asia, and reviewed UNDP’s sourcebook on mining and sustainable development. I published a policy-research paper in collaboration with Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI) and presented the research findings at national forums in Mongolia. In collaboration with colleagues at Sustainable Minerals Institute in Australia, I submitted a full research article to an A-rank international journal. Another shorter article written with a researcher in UK was submitted to the journal Land. The progress of the collaborative research on artisanal mining in Mongolia with the Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (AIST) and University of Queensland was presented at Japan Oil, Gas, Metals and Energy Corporation (JOGMEC) and the Ministry of Environment. I disseminated the results of my research through sector-specific media channels such as Mongolian Journal of Mining, Asian Mining and Bloomberg TV. Lastly, in collaboration Mongolian researchers and relevant organizations, I have begun an extensive survey of social impacts of large-scale coal mining and coal transportation in Mongolia’s southern Gobi-desert region.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
-New research and collaboration opportunities emerged and additional time and resources were needed to be allocated.
-I was involved in policy advising and capacity-building activities in Mongolia that provided the opportunities to utilize my research results and expertise
-Working environment and opportunities for academic networking and new collaboration are excellent at the Centre for Northeast Asian Studies (CNEAS)
-JSPS Grant-in-Aid allowance was instrumental in successfully carrying out fieldwork and academic engagement activities abroad and Japan.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
-Submitting a book proposal on the theme of natural resources and livelihoods in Mongolia to University College London’s book series on Economic exposures in Asia
-Co-writing a teaching case study on community agreements with Eric Werker at Simon Fraser University.
-Writing articles on DeFacto Gazette, an online multilingual newspaper on contemporary socio-economic and political issues in Mongolia every month.
-Co-organizing a research symposium involving researchers from the CNEAS/Tohoku University and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
-Presenting my research at the Slavic and Central-Eurasian Research Centre (Hokkaido University) and the Sustainable Minerals Institute (University of Queensland).
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