京都大学 大学院経済学研究科・経済学部

Mai Kobayashi

Basic Information

• Academic Degrees:

  PhD in Global Environmental Studies(Kyoto University)

• Courses in charge:

  
  

  [Undergraduate]

  
  

  [Graduate]

• Fields of Research:

  Environmental Sociology, Rural Sociology, Sustainable Food Systems

• Keywords:

  Rural Development, Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, Informal Economies, Bhutan

Selected Publications

• Kobayashi, M., Chhetri, R., (2020). ZACHUM FEAST GOCHISOU – Life around the Bhutanese plate. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. ISBN 978-4-906888-75-7.
• Kobayashi, M., Chhetri, R., & Fukamachi, K. (2015). Transition of Agriculture towards Organic Farming in Bhutan. Himalaya Study Monographs, 16, 66–72.
• McGreevy, S. R., Kobayashi, M., & Tanaka, K. (2018). Agrarian pathways for the next generation of Japanese farmers. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue Canadienne d’études Du Développement, 1–19. DOI:10.1080/02255189.2018.1517642

Membership of Professional Organizations

• Japan Association for Landscape Ecology
• International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
• International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE)
• American Association of Geographers (AAG)
• Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI)
• Initiatives in Critical Agrarian Studies (ICAS)
• Japan Society for Bhutan Studies
• Asia Pacific Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (APSAFE)