Qualifications
Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 2003
Personal/work Web page addresses
https://www.lalombe.info/
https://www.tmgh.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/professors/ken-masuda
Research gate or Linked-in account links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-masuda-a8376327/
Background
2004-2014 Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies (Environmental Anthropology)
2008-2015 Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Health Development (Medical Anthropology)
2014-2024 Associate Professor, School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences (African Studies and Fieldwork Methods)
2015-2023 Associate Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (Medical Anthropology)
2024-present Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (Medical Anthropology)
Research
- Population ageing and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa
- Application of anthropological and ethnographic methods in global health research
- Mixed methods in health-seeking behavior
The country/countries where you work currently
Sub-Saharan Africa (especially Kenya and Ethiopia)
Japan
Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications
- 2021 (Kaori MIYACHI and Ken MASUDA）“A Preparatory Study of Care for Elderly Women in Rural Kenya”, In Arxiu d’Etnografia de Catalunya, 22: 127-146, DOI: 10.17345/aec22.127-146
- 2020 (Chisato Masuda, Shirley Kristine Ferolin, Ken Masuda, Chris Smith and Mitsuaki Matsui) “Evidence-based intrapartum practice and its associated factors at a tertiary teaching hospital in the Philippines, a descriptive mixed-methods study” In BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 20, Article number: 78, https://rdcu.be/b1gS8
- 2021 増田 研・椎野若菜（編著）『現場で育む フィールドワーク教育（FENICS 100万人のフィールドワーカー第4巻）』古今書院
- 2021「アフリカの高齢者ケアをめぐる「三つの神話」を問い直す：社会福祉と親族研究の接続領域から」、小池誠・施利平（編）『家族のなかの世代間関係：子育て・教育・介護・宗族』日本経済評論社、285-312
- 2020「エチオピアの社会福祉：多様性のなかの高齢者ケア」牧野久美子・岩崎えり奈（編）『新世界の社会福祉 第11巻』 アフリカ／中東』旬報社、33-60
Message
I began my research career in Ethiopia in northeastern Africa in 1993, conducting ethnographic research in an agro-pastoralist village of about 2000 people, describing context-dependent phenomena, and analyzing social structures and cultural norms through my own participatory observations. Thus, my research style is still back and forth between the field and desktop.
Cultural anthropology (and social anthropology) have a strong affinity for interdisciplinary research designs, and I do not hesitate to combine different research methods, including quantitative and qualitative research, observation, textual analysis, media analysis, historical and archaeological approaches, and cartographic analysis.