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PD Dr.
Thomas
Feldhoff
feldhoff@mail.saitama-u.ac.jp
Thomas Feldhoff is Professor of Public Policy and Governance in the Faculty of Economics and Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Saitama University, Japan. His current research focuses on the political economy of energy resources and energy transitions, regional development policy and planning issues, and East Asian area studies. Recent publications include (2014) “Japan’s Food Security Issues: A Geopolitical Challenge for Africa and East Asia?”, Journal of Global Initiatives 9(1): 75-99; (2014)“Post-Fukushima Energy Paths and Challenges: Japan and Germany Compared”, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 70(6): 1-10.

Project / Institute / Department: 

Saitama University Faculty of Economics and Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Additional Address Information: 

Faculty of Economics Research Bldg. Room 310

Street / P.O. Box: 

255 Shimoôkubo, Sakura-ku

Postcode (ZIP Code): 

Saitama City 338-8570

Country: 

Japan

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Website

AFRASO I Projects: 

S1-B: »Landed Markets«: Commodification, Mobilization and Deterritorialization of Land in the Context of Asian Investment in African Land Markets

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Recent  publications
 
(2013) New Challenges After Fukushima: Nuclear Energy, Critical Junctures and Regional Development Policies in Japan (Accepted for publication with the Electronical Journal for Contemporary Japanese Studies, No. 1, 2013).

(2013) Japans Energiesektor nach Fukushima: Welche nachhaltige Energiezukunft ist möglich? In: Geographische Rundschau, Jg. 65, Heft 3, März 2013, S. 12-18.

(2012/13) Shrinking communities in Japan: Community ownership of assets as a development potential for rural Japan? In:Urban Design International, Vol. 18, No. 1, S. 99-109. Advance online publication, November 21, 2012; doi:10.1057/udi.2012.26

(2012) Globalization. In: Stanton, Andrea L., Eward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt and Carolyn M. Elliott (Hrsg.): Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa. An Encyclopedia. Volume 3: East and Southeast Asia. Los Angeles u. a.: SAGE Reference, S. 278-282.

(2012) Oil. In: Stanton, Andrea L., Eward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt and Carolyn M. Elliott (Hrsg.): Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa. An Encyclopedia. Volume 3: East and Southeast Asia. Los Angeles u. a.: SAGE Reference, S. 340-343.

(2011) Matanle, Peter, Anthony S. Rausch and the Shrinking Regions Research Group: Japan’s Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Responses to Depopulation and Socioeconomic Decline. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press. ISBN 9781604977585.

(2011) Japan’s Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Geopolitical Environment. In: Geopolitics, History, and International Relations, Vol. 3, No. 2, S. 34-47.

(2011) Retirement migration and the (re)population of vulnerable rural areas: A case study of Date City (Hokkaid?, Japan). In: Critical Planning – UCLA Urban Planning Journal, Volume 18: Migration, Summer 2011, S. 31-49.