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Human Security Today No. 3: Measuring Human Security

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JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development (JICA Ogata Research Institute) regularly publishes its flagship report series, Human Security Today.

The inaugural issue focused on the theme “Revisiting Human Security,” and the second issue addressed “Human Security, Politics and Society under Compounded Crises.”

The third issue, titled “Measuring Human Security,” examines how threats to human security, as well as people’s freedoms, potential and capabilities, can be measured and visualized. It offers multidisciplinary insights into human-centered norms and innovative approaches to their measurement.

Overview available here ▼

[Overview] Measuring Human Security

In addition to an overview of the report, the appendix introduces “Steps for the Implementation of Human Security.”

Introductory video ▼

Report Overview | Human Security Today No. 3: Measuring Human Security (Mine Yoichi)

Yoichi Mine, Executive Director of JICA Ogata Research Institute and Chief Editor of the report, introduces its key messages.

Contents of the Report▼

■[Foreword] Akihiko Tanaka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency

■ [Report Summary] To Measure, or Not to Measure, or to Measure Differently
Yoichi Mine, Executive Director, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

Feature: Measuring Human Security

■ [Special Contribution] Human Potential, Security and Freedom, and the Good Society
Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University; Co-President, Initiative for Policy Dialogue

■ [Dialogue] Measuring Human Security
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor, The New School for Social Research
Akihiko Tanaka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Yoichi Mine, Executive Director, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Invited Article] Measuring the Opportunity Set as Freedom: Meaning and Method
Reiko Gotoh, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University; Professor, Teikyo University

■ [Invited Article] Human Development: Toward Measuring the True Wealth of Well-Being
Tadashi Hirai, Assistant Professor, Ramon Llull University, IQS School of Management

■ [Invited Article] Digital Observation Technologies for Human Security: Using Open Data and Artificial Intelligence
Takuto Sakamoto, Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

■ [Research Essay] Human Security Forged by Digital Archives: From Inheriting Memories to Real-time Crisis Response
Hidenori Watanave, Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

■ [Research Essay] Measuring the Impact of Water-Related Disasters on Poverty and Inequality, and Evaluating Climate Adaptation Policies to Strengthen Societal Resilience
Akiyuki Kawasaki, Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo

■ [Research Essay] Information Ownership
Jin Sato, Director and Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

■ [Perspective] The Process and Challenges of Developing SDG Indicators and Implications for Future Global Indicator Frameworks
Ichiro Sato, Executive Senior Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Research Essay] Human Security and Gender: Data and AI Through a Gender Lens
Haruko Kamei, Director General, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Research Essay] Peace Studies, Efforts toward Measuring Peace, and Human Security
Ako Muto, Specially Appointed Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Research Essay] Connecting Rule of Law Indicators with Human Security: Law as Institutions and Law from a People-Centered Perspective
Makiko Arai, Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Perspective] Measuring Downside Risks: Lessons from Health Risk Measurement and Evaluation
Ikuo Takizawa, Principal Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Research Essay] The Perspective of Well-being in Project Evaluation and Its Connection with Human Security
Toshiya Abe, Director General, Evaluation Department, JICA

■ [Research Essay] Constructing Human Security Indicators: Objectives, Methods, and Future Prospects
Human Security Indicator Task Team, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development (Authored by Fumiaki Ishizuka)

Topics on Human Security

■ [Research Essay] Operationalization of Human Security in Development Cooperation: Enhancing Resilience in the Era of Compound Crises
Ryutaro Murotani, Senior Deputy Director General, Operations Strategy Department, JICA

■ [Research Essay] Human Mobility in an Age of Division: Integrating the Aspirations-Capabilities Framework and the Human Security Perspective
Tomomi Orita, Principal Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development
Kiyoko Saito, Senior Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Perspective] Using Human Security Today Nos. 1 & 2 in the JICA Development Studies Program: Trialing Workshop-Style Classes at Universities in Japan
James Kaizuka, Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

■ [Perspective] Further Reading: Development, Risk, and Human Security
Yoichi Mine, Executive Director, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

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Authors

TANAKA Akihiko, MINE Yoichi, Joseph STIGLITZ, Sakiko FUKUDA-PARR, GOTOH Reiko , HIRAI Tadashi , SAKAMOTO Takuto, WATANAVE Hidenori , KAWASAKI Akiyuki, SATO Jin, SATO Ichiro, KAMEI Haruko, MUTO Ako, ARAI Makiko, TAKIZAWA Ikuo, ABE Toshiya, ISHIZUKA Fumiaki, MUROTANI Ryutaro , ORITA（Hobo）Tomomi, SAITO Kiyoko, KAIZUKA James

Date of issuance

September 2026

Publisher

JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

Language

English

Number of pages

146

Topics

#Politics and Governance
#Peace-Building
#Gender and Development
#Poverty Reduction
#Disaster Management
#Human Security
#Migration and refugee issues
#Health
#SDGs

ISSN

2758-3619 (Print) 2758-3627 (Online)

ISBN

978-4-86357-119-8