Effects of the Indian Software Industry's Recent Growth on Education and Labor Markets

The Role of Institutes in Economic and Social Development

Globalization and Industrial Transformations toward Knowledge-based Economies, and Their Effects on Skills Development in Developing Countries

Formation and Development of Industrial Clusters in Emerging Economies

Capacity Development for Local Social Development in Cambodia

Nagoya University   Advisor to the President

2013.5 - 2014.3

Visiting Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India

2012.10 - 2012.11

Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2011.12 - 2012.8

Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University

2005.7

Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University

1999.4 - 2005.6

"Globalization and Jobs" Project, The Industrial Performance Center (IPC), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

1997.9 - 1998.6

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Lucknow Office (India)(Project Officer-Child Development)

1991.2 - 1993.8

Planning Office, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York Headquarters(Assistant Planning Officer)

1989.11 - 1991.1

Social Development Unit, The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) (UN Research Fellow)

1989.1 - 1989.10

The Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS), The Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Research Assistant)

1996.2 - 1996.6

The Center for International Studies (CIS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), (Research Associate)

1995.9 - 1996.1

International Development Centre of Japan (IDCJ)

1983.4 - 1986.6

日本比較教育学会

南アジア学会

日本アフリカ学会

*"Automobile Clusters in India: Evidence from Chennai and the National Capital Region" Reviewed

Okada, Aya, and N.S. Siddharthan

Akifumi Kuchiki and Masatsugu Tsuji (eds.), The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy, Palgrave-Macmillan     page： 109-144   2008.1

"Innovation through Long-distance Conversations? Experience from Offshoring-based Software Clusters in Bangalore" Invited

Okada, Aya

The Flowchart Approach to the Formation of Industrial Cluster: Focusing on the Endogenous R&D and Innovation Mechanism (edited by Akifumi Kuchiki)   ( Joint Research Program Series No.141 ) page： 271-301   2007.3

"Industrial Clusters in India: Evidence from the Automobile Clusters in Chennai and the National Capital Region" Reviewed

Okada, Aya, and N.S. Siddharthan

IDE Discussion Paper, Institute of Developing Economies   ( No. 103 ) page： 98p.   2007

"Skills Development for Economic Development in India: Fostering Institutional Linkages between Vocational Education and Industry" Reviewed

Okada, Aya

Manpower Journal   Vol. Vol 41 ( No. 4 ) page： 71-95   2006.10

"Small Firms in the Indian Software Clusters: Building Global Competitiveness" Invited

Okada, Aya

the Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing website (http://knowledgeforum.tifac.org.in/viewAll.php)     page： 38p.   2006.10

"Pro-poor Growth Strategies and Poverty Reduction in Cambodia: An Exploratory Note for Research"

Okada, Aya

    page： 126-155   2006.3

*"Skills Development and Interfirm Learning Linkages under Globalization: Lessons from the Indian Automobile Industry," Reviewed

Aya Okada

World Development   Vol. Vol. 32 ( No. 7 ) page： 1265-1288   2004

"Bangalore's Software Cluster: Building Competitiveness through the Local Labor Market Dynamics," in Masatsugu Tsuji and Akifumi Kuchiki (eds.), Industrial Clusters in Asia: Analyses of Their Competition and Cooperation. Reviewed

Aya Okada

IDE Development Perspective Series No.6Institute of Developing Economies     page： 265-303   2004

"Globalization and Educational Development: Dilemmas of the Education for All (EFA) Framework" Reviewed

Okada, Aya

Forum of International Development Studies   Vol. Vol. 18   page： 43-69   2001

「インドにおける女子教育の推進と課題ーウッタル・プラデシュ州の事例を中心に」

岡田亜弥

『発展途上国の女子教育と社会経済開発に関する総合的研究』（佐藤尚子（研究代表者）（編）（平成11・12年度科学研究費補助金研究（基盤研究(A)(2))成果報告書、課題番号11691022）     page： 249-273   2001.3

"Workers' Learning through Inter-firm Linkages in the Process of Globalization : Lessons from the Indian Automobile Industry" Reviewed

Aya Okada

MIT Ph. D. Dissertation     page： 1-252   2000.5

"Does Globalization Improve Employment and the Quality of Jobs in India? " : A Case from the Automobile Industry" Reviewed

Aya Okada

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Project on Globalization and Jobs, Research Note 3. A Related Article for MIT's Industrial Performance Center's Globalization Project (http://ipc-lis.mit.edu/globalization/workingpapers.html)     page： 1-40   1998

"Effects of Stabilization and Structural Adjustment on Education in Kenya : The Role of the State in Managing Economic Austerity" Reviewed

Okada, Aya

Forum of International Development Studies   Vol. Vol. 10   page： 29-60   1998

"What Explains Infant Mortality Reduction in Pre-war and Wartime Japan: Economic Growth, Female Education or Political Commitment?" Reviewed

Aya Okada

    page： 131-204   1996

"Institutional Change and Industrial Development: The Experience of the Indian Automobile Industry," in Rajesh Kumar and Murali Patibandla (eds.), Institutional Dynamics and the Evolution of Indian Economy.

Okada, Aya（ Role： Sole author）

Palgrave-Macmillan  2009.4 

"Small Firms in the Indian Software Clusters: Building Global Competitiveness," in Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira (ed.), Upgrading Clusters and Small Enterprises in Developing Countries: Environmental, Labour, Innovation and Social Issues.

Okada, Aya （ Role： Sole author）

2008 

*『産業スキルディベロプメント‐グローバル化と途上国の人材育成』

岡田亜弥・山田肖子・吉田和浩(編）（ Role： Joint author）

日本評論社  2008.8 

*"Small Firms in the Indian Software Clusters: Building Global Competitiveness," in N.S. Siddharthan and S.R. Hashim (eds.), High-tech Industries, Employment and Global Competitiveness.

Okada, Aya（ Role： Sole author）

Routledge  2008.1 

"Automobile Clusters in India: Evidence from Chennai and the National Capital Region," in Akifumi Kuchiki and Masatsugu Tsuji (eds.), The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy. International journal

Okada, Aya, and N.S. Siddharthan（ Role： Sole author）

Palgrave-Macmillan  2008.1 

"Bangalore's Software Cluster" in Akifumi Kuchiki and Masatsugu Tsuji (eds.), Industrial Clusters in Asia: Analyses of Their Competition and Cooperation.

Aya Okada（ Role： Sole author）

Palgrave-Macmillan  2005 

「国連児童基金（UNICEF)」、仲村優一・阿部史郎・一番ヶ瀬康子（編）、『世界の社会福祉年鑑2004』

岡田亜弥（ Role： Sole author）

旬報社  2005.1 

「産業技術教育・訓練」、黒田一雄・横関裕見子（編）、『国際教育開発論』

岡田　亜弥（ Role： Sole author）

有斐閣  2005 

「貧困と教育」、絵所秀紀・野上裕生・穂坂光彦（編）、『シリーズ国際開発１.　開発と貧困』

岡田亜弥（ Role： Sole author）

日本評論社  2004.11 

Reflection in Practice International conference

Okada, Aya

Conference on Reframing International Development  

India's Economic Development and Its Challenges

インドの産業人材育成と経済発展

岡田亜弥

NIHUプログラム『現代インド地域研究』2011年度国内全体集会 

Promotion of University-Industry Linkages toward the Knowledge-based Economy: Challenges and Prospects International conference

地域経済発展に果たす大学の役割の変化-中国とインドの比較

岡田亜弥

日本比較教育学会第47回全国大会 

Skills Development for Upgrading Manufacturing in Asia

Okada, Aya

The International Seminar on Skills Development in the Emerging New Dynamism in Asian Developing Countries under Globalization  

Skills Development: Toyota's Experience in Tianjin and Bangalore in a Comparative Perspective

Okada, Aya

The IDE International Workshop on Industrial Development Process in Contemporary China and India: A Comparative Study  

"Industrial Skills Development in Developing Countries"

Okada, Aya

The International Symposium on Industrial Human Resource Development for Sustainable Growth of the Global Community: Challenge to Technical Cooperation through Private Initiative (Tokyo, Japan) 

「インドの経済発展と産業スキルディベロプメント―職業教育と産業との制度的連携―」

岡田亜弥

国際開発学会第19回全国大会(於　広島修道大学） 

"Small Firms in the Indian Software Clusters: Building Global Competitiveness" International conference

Okada, Aya

the 48th Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference (Milwaukee, USA) 

"Innovation through Long-distance Conversations? Lessons from Bangalore's Offshoring-based Software Cluster" International conference

Okada, Aya

"Automobile Clusters in India: Fostering Innovation Capability"

Okada, Aya

the IDE International Workshop on the Relationship between Innovation and Industrial Clusters (Chiba, Japan) 

"Globalization and the Development of the Indian Automobile Industry" International conference

Okada, Aya

the APHES (Associacao Portuguesa de Historia Economica e Social) Conference on Globalization (Lisboa, Portugal) 

"Innovation through Long-distance Conversations? Experience from Offshoring-based Software Clusters in Bangalore" International conference

Okada, Aya

The IDE International Workshop for the Study of the Relationship between Innovation and Industrial Clusters (Chiba, Japan) 

「グローバリゼーションとインドにおける技能開発‐自動車産業の事例から」

岡田亜弥

日本産業教育学会地域研究交流会 

"Small Firms in the Indian Software Clusters: Building Global Competitiveness" International conference

Okada, Aya

The International Seminar on Knowledge-based Industries, Employment and Global Competitiveness (Delhi, India) 

"Strategies for Cluster Upgrading: Lessons from Bangalore, India" International conference

Okada, Aya

The International Workshop on "Upgrading Clusters: Experiences of Asia and Latin America" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 

"Cluster Formation and Development in India: Evidence from the Automobile and Software Industries" International conference

Okada, Aya

The World Planning Schools Congress (Mexico City, Mexico) 

"Making the Community Learning Center (CLC) Work as an Emerging Non-formal Education Model: A Case Study of Cambodia" International conference

Okada, Aya

The 50th Anniversary Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (Honolulu, Hawaii) 

"Industrial Clusters in India: Evidence from the Automobile Clusters in Chennai and the National Capital Region"

Okada, Aya

"Small Firms in India's Software Clusters and Their Global Linkages" International conference

Okada, Aya

The 2005 APSA (Asian Planning Schools Association) Conference (Penang, Malaysia) 

「インド・ソフトウェア産業の成長と中小企業ー技術力構築と国際分業」

岡田亜弥

財務省「平成16年度開発経済学研究派遣」派遣者研究報告会 

"Education in Development: Japan's Role Revisited"

Okada, Aya

The International Seminar on Education in Development (Kobe University) 

"Improving the Quality of Public Services by Turning the City into a Private Corporation" International conference

Okada, Aya

The International Seminar on "Reforming Governance: Perspectives and Experience" (Bangalore, India) 

"Multicultural Understanding: Possibilities and Challenges" International conference

Okada, Aya

The SJCBA Conference on Managing Multinational Cross-cultural Diversity (Bangalore, India) 

"Manpower Planning for Regional Cluster Development: Lessons from Bangalore's Software Cluster" International conference

Okada, Aya

ACSP (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) 45th Annual Conference (Portland, USA) 

"Institutional Change for Skill Development: A Tale of Two Successful Learners in the Indian Automobile Industry"

Okada, Aya

The 2nd FASID (Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development) Hakone Conference (Hakone, Kanagawa) 

"Skill Development and Inter-firm Learning Linkages under Globalization: A Case of the Indian Automobile Industry" International conference

Okada, Aya

The 43rd ACSP (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) Annual Conference (Cleveland, USA) 

"Putting Girls First: Promoting Gender Equity in Education in Cambodia" International conference

Okada, Aya

The National Seminar on Girls' Education and Primary Education (the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) of the Royal Government of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia) 

"Production Networks and Training under Globalization: Lessons from India" International conference

Okada, Aya

The Global Conference on Economic Geography (Singapore) 

"What Explains Infant Mortality Reduction in Pre-war and Wartime Japan: Economic Growth, Female Education or Political Commitment?" International conference

Okada, Aya

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)/ Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Joint Conference (Toronto, Canada) 

Happiness and Well-being in Education for Girls and Women Invited International conference

Aya Okada

International Convention on Promoting Happiness through Public Policy  2019.11.16  Lucknow Management Association

Panel Discussion (Moderator) Invited International conference

Aya Okada

Introducing Gender Assessment Systems to Academia in Japan: Measurements, Methods, and Challenges for Promoting Gender Equality  2021.3.19  Research Organization of Information and Systems

Achieving Gender Equality in STEM Fields of Higher Education in India and Japan Invited International conference

Aya Okada

India-Japan Joint Celebration of International Women's Day  2021.3.8  Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) & Dept of Science and Technology, GOI

図表でみる医学部のジェンダー問題ーUNESCO、OECD、及び政府統計のデータを中心にー

丸山和昭、岡田亜弥、郷通子、山本英子、浦田真由、古藪真紀子

大学教育改革フォーラムin東海 2021  2021.3.6  大学教育改革フォーラムin 東海2021実行委員会

Comments on Papers Presented in Session 2: Growing Industries and Employment in South Asia International conference

Aya Okada

The 12th INDAS South Asia International Conference  2020.12.19 

〈実行委員会企画セッション〉「緒方貞子先生が国際開発協力に残されたレガシー」趣旨説明

岡田亜弥

国際開発学会第31回全国大会  2020.12.5  国際開発学会実行委員会

Achieving Well-being and Gender Equality in Asia Invited International conference

Aya Okada

The First International Development Forum in Thailand "Well-being, Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development"  2019.11.23  Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University/ GSID, Nagoya University

「ITクラスターと地域労働市場に関する理論・実証研究‐インドの事例を中心に」

"Nagoya-Takeo Joint Initiative for Rural Literacy Promotion: The 2002 GSID-RUPP Joint Study Program on Effects of Literacy Education on Rural Women in Cambodia, Implemented within the Framework of the ACCU International Exchange Program under the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust for the Promotion of International Cooperation and Mutual Understanding"

"Literacy Education for Eradicating Illiteracy among Rural Population: Effects of UNICEF's CASD Literacy Program on Rural Learners' Capabilities in Two Districts of Takeo Province"

「JICAネパール農林水産業プロジェクトの貧困削減へのインパクト：「村落振興・森林開発計画」「緑の推進協力計画プロジェクト」の事例より」、西村美彦（編）『ネパール王国の農林水産業におけるJICA技術協力評価（貧困、ジェンダー問題を中心として）』報告書

「インドにおける女子教育の推進と課題―ウッタル・プラデシュ州の事例を中心に」、佐藤尚子（研究代表者）（編）『発展途上国の女子教育と社会経済開発に関する総合的研究』（科学研究費補助金研究基盤研究(A)(2)成果報告書)

「情報技術（ＩＴ）を用いた途上国人材育成のための電子学習（e-learning)産業の創出に関する研究開発動向調査」

2002.2 - 2002.3

文部科学省平成13年度海外研究開発動向調査に係る在外研究 

"Study on Modern India"

2009 - 2014.3

"Research on International Cooperation in Education for Skills Development and Economic Development"

2006.4 - 2009.3

International Cooperative Research 

「途上国における地方分権化の進展と地域社会開発のための地方行政キャパシティ・ビルディングに関する学術研究」

2005.4 - 2006.3

国際共同研究 

Nagoya-Takeo Joint Initiative for Rural Literacy Promotion: The 2002 GSID-RUPP Joint Study on Effects of Literacy Education on Rural Women in Cambodia, Implemented within the Framework of ACCU International Exchange Program under UNESCO/ Japan Funds-in-Trust for the Promotion of International Cooperation and Mutual Understanding

2002.6 - 2003.3

「ネパール王国の農林水産業におけるＪＩＣＡ技術協力評価（貧困・ジェンダー問題を中心として）」

1999.6 - 2000.3

国際協力事業団 

「グローバル経済下の貿易・投資自由化と貧困削減の関係分析手法に関する研究」

2004.4 - 2006.3

科学研究費補助金  萌芽研究・課題番号：16653017-00

長田博

「インドにおけるＩＴ産業の成長と教育・労働市場の変化に関する実証的研究」

2001.5 - 2004.3

科学研究費補助金  萌芽研究・課題番号：１３８７３００６

岡田亜弥

「国際開発協力人材育成のための海外実地研修手法の開発」

2001.4 - 2004.3

科学研究費補助金  基盤研究（Ｂ）（２）・課題番号：13490014

長田博

「発展途上国における基礎教育のカリキュラム・プログラムに関する研究ー女子教育を中心にー」

2001.4 - 2004.3

科学研究費補助金  基盤研究（Ｂ）（２）・課題番号：13571008

大津和子

「中等教育開発から見たカンボディアの人的資源開発と社会経済発展」

2000.4 - 2003.3

科学研究費補助金  基盤研究（Ｂ）（２）・課題番号：12571010

若林満

「発展途上国の女子教育と社会経済開発に関する総合的研究」

1999.4 - 2001.3

科学研究費補助金  基盤研究（Ａ）（２）・課題番号：11691022

佐藤尚子

A Comparative Study on the Promotion of Gender Equality in STEM Fields of Higher Education: An International Perspective

Grant number：18KK0063  2018.10 - 2024.3

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

Comparative Analysis of Industrial Skills Development Systems and Their Changes in India and China

Grant number：15K04356  2015.4 - 2018.3

Okada Aya

Seminar on Education and Human Resource Development IIb

2020

Seminar on Education and Human Resource Development IIa

2020

Seminar on Education and Human Resource Development Ib

2020

Seminar on Education and Human Resource Development Ia

2020

Industrial Human Resource Development

2020

Special Lecture on International Development A (Global Leader 3)

2020

Dissertation Research III

2020

Dissertation Research II

2020

Dissertation Research I

2020

Education and Human Resource Development Seminar I

2014

Education, Skill Development and Work

2014

Regional Development Planning

2014

Rural and Regional Development & Management Seminar II

2014

Rural and Regional Development & Management Seminar I

2014

Education and Human Resource Development II

2014

農村・地域開発マネジメント演習ＩＩ

2013

農村・地域開発マネジメント演習Ｉ

2013

教育・人材開発演習ＩＩ

2013

教育・人材開発演習Ｉ

2013

Education, Skill Development and Work

2013

基礎セミナー

2013

Social Development Theory and Practice

2013

Education, Skill Development and Work

2012

Regional Development Planning

2012

International Development

2011

Education, Skill Development and Work

2011

Social Development Theory and Practice

2011

Regional Development Planning

2010

農村・地域開発マネジメント演習I・II

2010

教育・人材開発演習I・II

2010

Education, Skill Development and Work

2010

Social Development Theory and Practice

2009

Seminar on Rural and Regional Development I & II

2009

Seminar on Education and Human Resource Development I & II

2009

Education, Skills Development and Work

2009

Regional Development Planning

2008

Education, Skill Development and Work

2008

Education and Human Resource Development Seminar I & II

2008

Rural and Regional Development Seminar I & II

2008

国際開発学

2007

教育・人材開発演習Ｉ・ＩＩ

2007

Education, Skills Development and Work

2007

Social Development Theory and Practice

2007

国際開発学

2006

国際開発学

2004