SUGIMURA Miki

• 1985 B.A., Department of Education, Faculty of Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University
• 1987 M.A. in School Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
• 1992 Completed coursework for the Ph.D. program in School Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
• 1998 Ph.D. (Education), The University of Tokyo

• 1992 Political Attaché, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1996 Research Collaborator, National Institute for Educational Research
(now National Institute for Educational Policy Research)
• 2000 Visiting Researcher, Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima University
• 2002 Lecturer, Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Sophia University
• 2005 Lecturer, Department of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University
• 2007 Associate Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University
• 2013 Professor, Sophia University
• 2014 Vice President for Academic Exchange, Sophia University
• 2017 Vice President for Global Academic Affairs, Sophia University
• 2021 Visiting Professor, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
• 2022 Senior Research Fellow, Research Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
• 2025 President, Sophia University

Recent publications are as follows.

• Puthenkalam, J. J., Chennattuserry, J. C., Prakasha, G. S., & Sugimura, M. (Eds.). (2025). Quality Education for All in Asia-Pacific Countries: Research Insights, Reflections and Initiatives on SDG 4. Emerald.

• Sugimura, M. (2025). “Advancing Education for Sustainable Development and Roles of Higher Education Networks.” Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 19(2), 157–167.

• Sugimura, M. (2025). “Resilience and Adaptability in Changing Environments: A Researcher’s Perspective.” In Sonoda, S. (Ed.), Japan-China Exchange: Half-a-Century History of Human Interactions, University of Tokyo Press, pp. 215–236.) [in Japanese]

• Kayashima, N., Sugimura, M., Kuroda, K., & Kitamura, Y. (Eds.). (2024). Impacts of Study Abroad on Higher Education Development: Examining the Experiences of Faculty at Leading Universities in Southeast Asia. Tokyo: Springer.

• Umemiya, N., Sugimura, M., Kosaikanont, R., Nordiana Mohd Nordin, & Abdul Latiff Ahmad (2024). “Impact of a Consortium-Based Student Mobility Programme: The Case of AIMS (Asian International Mobility for Students).” Journal of International Cooperation in Education, 26(1), 49–61.

• Sugimura, M. (2024). “Fostering Global Citizenship and Its Challenges in Malaysia’s Education Policy. Malaysia Studies Journal, 13, 20–33. [in Japanese]

• Sugimura, M. (2024). “Education for Sustainable Development and International Collaboration in Higher Education: A Japan-Based Network Case Study.” Sophia University Studies in Education, 58, 23–34. [in Japanese]

• Sugimura, M. & Yamaguchi, Y. S. (2023). “Japan: Challenges in the Internationalization of its Higher Education Sector.” In D. Kapur, L. Kong, F. Lo, & D. M. Malone (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region. Oxford University Press, 651–669.

• Sugimura, M. (2023). “Fieldwork with Depth: Its Implication and Future Directions of Comparative Education Research in Japan.” Annual Review of Comparative and International Education, 46A, 179–191.