Aki Yonehara
| Department of Sociology | Professor |
| Course of Sociology | Professor |
Last Updated :2026/05/19
■Researcher basic information
Research Interests
Research Areas
■Career
Research History
- Apr. 2026 - Present
Meiji University, Graduate School of Governance Studies, Professor - Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2026
Toyo University, Faculty of Sociology, Professor - Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2026
Meiji University, Graduate School of Governance Studies, Adjunct Professor - Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Visiting Professor - Sep. 2016 - Mar. 2021
Meiji Univ., Research Institute of Program Evaluation, Research fellow - Jul. 2012 - Jul. 2019
International Developmental Center Japan, Statistics Workshop for the Professionals (HLM), Lecturer - Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2019
川崎市政策評価審査委員会, 委員・教育福祉部会部会長 - Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima Univ., Visiting scholar - Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2017
Toyo University, Dept. of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, Associate Professor - Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2015
National Institute of Education Research, Research Fellow - Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2015
Meiji University, Graduate School of Governance Studies, Assistant Professor - Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2013
Waseda University, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Research Fellow - Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2012
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Research Fellow - Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2011
JSPS, PD Fellow - Jun. 2006 - Mar. 2007
International Consultant Company, Sekkeikeikaku, Inc., Researcher
Education
- Sep. 2002 - May 2006, Indiana University, Graduate School of Education, PhD Course in Comparative Educaiton Policy Studies
- Apr. 2002 - Sep. 2005, Kyoto University, Graduate School, Division of Education, PhD Course in Comparative Education Policy Studies
- Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2002, Kyoto University, Graduate School, Division of Education, Master Course in Comparative Education Policy Studies
- Apr. 1996 - Mar. 2000, Kyoto University, Faculty of Education, Education Policy and Administration
Committee Memberships
- Sep. 2025 - Present
独立行政法人造幣局の業務実績評価に関する有識者会合, 財務省造幣局 - Jul. 2025 - Present
Council for the Utilization of Dormant Deposits, Cabinet Office - Dec. 2024 - Present
Vice President and Secretary General, Japan Evaluation Society - Oct. 2023 - Present
独自評価手法構築に向けた検討有識者会議, 日本財団 - 2022 - Present
評議員, 一般財団法人 PBEE研究・研修センター - 2022 - Present
常任理事, 日本評価学会 - 2022 - Present
Editorial Board Member, Asia Pacific Evaluation Association - 2021 - Present
Advisor, Asia-Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO - Oct. 2019 - Present
School Councilor, Yokohama-city Minato-mirai-honcho Elementary School - Apr. 2018 - Present
ESD Consortium Member, Yokohama-city Education Board - Jan. 2017 - Present
Performance Evaluation Advisor, JICA - 2022 - 2024
Editorial Board (Chief), Japan Evaluation Society - 2020 - 2022
Planning Board Member, Japan Evaluation Society - 2020 - 2022
Editorial Board Member (Standing Committee Member), Japan Evaluation Society - 2020 - 2022
Editorial Board Member, Japan Comparative Education Society - Oct. 2020 - May 2021
Discussion Committee for Developing a New Management Method of International Cooperation Projects, JICA - Dec. 2018 - Mar. 2021
SDGs Social Impact Evaluation Committee, Kanagawa Prefecture - Oct. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Child Poverty Reduction Policy: Survey Committee, Cabinet Office - Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2020
International Exchange Committee, Japan Society for Comparative Education - Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
Policy Evaluation Committee (Chair in Education and Welfare Group), Kwasaki-city, Kanagawa-pref. - Oct. 2017 - Mar. 2018
Child Poverty Reduction Policy: Survey Committee, Cabinet Office - Jul. 2014 - Mar. 2018
Research Committee Member, Japan Comparative Education Society - Oct. 2012 - Mar. 2017
Policy Evaluation Advisor, Toyooka-city, Hyogo - Oct. 2013 - Aug. 2014
Policy Evaluation Committee, Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa - Apr. 2013 - Jul. 2014
Research Committee for Policy Evaluation, Ministry of Home Affairs - Dec. 2007 - Mar. 2008
Ex-post Evaluation Committee for Grant Aid Projects, Ministry of Foreign Affaires - Aug. 2007 - Jan. 2008
ODA Project Meta-evaluation Committee, JICA
■Research activity information
Awards
- Dec. 2012
Japan Evaluation Society, Thesis Award - Nov. 2009
Japan Evaluation Society, Incentive Award - Mar. 2006
Comparative and International Education Society, USA, New Scholar's Workshop Award - Sep. 2003
Spencer Foundation, USA, Discipline Based Scholarship in Education - 2003
Japan-U.S. Board of Education, Fulbright Scholarship
YONEHARA Aki - Mar. 2000
JICA, Education Minister's Award
Papers
- Management and Evaluation of SDG4 “Leave No One Behind” Educational Cooperation: Traits and potentials of AQAL project from a decolonial perspective
Aki Yonehara; Chiho OHASHI
Journal of International Development Studies, Dec. 2025, [Reviewed]
Lead - ESD school management by co-production based program evaluation
Aki Yonehara
Quarterly Jounral of Policy Evaluation, Jan. 2024, [Invited] - The influence of the whole school approach on implementing education for sustainable development in Japan
Orie Sasaki; Aki Yonehara; Yuto Kitamura
PROSPECTS, 28 Dec. 2023, [Reviewed] - 教育分野における参加型形成的評価の位置付けと意義
米原あき
日本評価研究, 2022, [Reviewed] - SDG教育目標にみる理念志向ターゲットの評価に関する一考察：測定可能性（measurability）から評価可能性（evaluability）へ
米原あき
日本評価研究, 2021, [Reviewed] - Theory and practice of Value Statement Survey
Yonehara, A
JICA/Community Development Department, Ministry of Interior, Thailand, 2021, [Invited] - 協働型プログラム評価によるESDスクール・マネジメント実践に関する調査研究報告書
文部科学省平成31年度SDGｓ達成の担い手育成（ESD）推進事業：教育（学習）効果の評価・普及, Mar. 2020 - Co-production based social survey in the practice of co-production based program evaluation: A trial to produce evidence through a participatory approach
YONEHARA Aki
Evaluation quarterly, 2019, [Invited] - The role of evaluation for achieving SDGs
YONEHARA Aki
Sustainability Science, Sep. 2017, [Reviewed], [Invited] - Application of program evaluation for an ODA technical project: A case study of the disaster prevention education project in Turkey
Yonehara, A; Maruyama, M; Sawada, H
Journal of International Development Studies, Nov. 2016, [Reviewed] - ノンフォーマル教育に関する国際比較研究(科研費報告書)
米原 あき
科研費基盤研究（B)海外学術「学習者のウェルビーイングに資するノンフォーマル教育の国際比較研究」(no.25301053), Mar. 2016, [Reviewed] - Evaluation as a learning process: Possibility of participatory program evaluation
YONEHARA Aki
日本/ユネスコパートナーシップ事業：ESDの教育効果(評価)に関する調査研究報告書, Mar. 2016, [Invited] - Possibility and feasibility of social survey for theory evaluation: Introductory case study of co-production based social survey
YONEHARA Aki
Journal of Governance Studies, Mar. 2015 - Rethinking the Human Development Index: A path toward comprehensive development evaluation
YONEHARA Aki
Japanese Journal of Evaluation Studies, Nov. 2014, [Reviewed] - From education for international understanding to education for sustainable development: Transition and development in national curriculum
YONEHARA Aki
Journal of Governance Studies, Mar. 2014 - A perspective to behavior change in training evaluation: Under the framework of four-level approach
YONEHARA Aki
Journal from National Institute for Education Policy Research, Mar. 2014, [Reviewed] - Needs assessment for literacy development by Hierarchial Generalized Linear Modeling: A possibility of needs assessment model with consideration for hierarchical environmental factors
YONEHARA Aki
The Japanese Journal of Behaviormetrics, Sep. 2013, [Reviewed] - Human development theory as education philosophy: A possibility of application of ESD
YONEHARA Aki
Journal of Governance Studies, Mar. 2013 - Rethinking the Human Development Index: A path toward comprehensive development evaluation
YONEHARA Aki
Japanese Journal of Evaluation Studies, Feb. 2013, [Reviewed] - A theoretical consideration on the function of education in development theory: A preliminary discussion for public policy application
YONEHARA Aki
Journal of Governance Studies, Mar. 2012 - Thought of educational policies under the Nyerere administration and social change in Tanzania
YONEHARA Aki
Asian educational study monographs, Feb. 2011, [Reviewed] - Rethinking of basic education policy in developing countries: A quantitative analysis with the Capability Approach
YONEHARA Aki
Journal of Educational Administration and Finance, Mar. 2008, [Reviewed] - Human development policy: Theorizing and modeling
YONEHARA Aki
Indiana University, May 2006, [Reviewed] - A study of educational development policy in the least developed countries: Redefinition of the concept of basic education and discussion about the methodology for basic education policy
MURAKAMI (YONEHARA) Aki
Kyoto University, Mar. 2002, [Reviewed] - The effectiveness of empirical research in the policy formulation process: the significance of the development of health & hygiene capital in basic-education development policy in Tanzania
MURAKAMI (YONEHARA) Aki
The symposium of educational administration and finance, Mar. 2002 - School hygiene in primary schools in Tanzania: imperative need for the trans-sector cooperation
MURAKAMI (YONEHARA) Aki
Asian educational study monographs, Feb. 2002 - The redefinition of basic education in international development: Considerations from theoretical analysis and field investigation
MURAKAMI (YONEHARA) Aki
The symposium of educational administration and finance, Mar. 2001 - A study of development assistance for basic education: through the investigation of ‘DI-ER model’ and theoretical analysis
YONEHARA Aki
Journal of International Cooperation Study, Aug. 2000, [Reviewed]
Books and Other publications
- 「教育輸出」を問う : 日本型教育の海外展開 (EDU-Port) の政治と倫理
高山, 敬太; 興津, 妙子, 第2章 EDU-Portの先行研究レビューと本書の理論的立ち位置; 第15章 教育輸出の政治と倫理――「EDU-Portニッポン」からのレッスン
明石書店, Sep. 2024
9784750358109 - SDGs時代の評価: 価値を引き出し、変容を促す営み (SDGs時代のESDと社会的レジリエンス研究叢書 5)
米原 あき; 佐藤 真久; 長尾 眞文
筑波書房, 19 Apr. 2022
481190625X - グローバル時代のホールスクールマネジメント
本図 愛実; 貞広 斎子; 山下 絢; 米原 あき; 倉光 恭三; 丸山 千佳子; 加藤 聖一; 笹村 恵司, Joint work, 第3章 協働型プログラム評価の可能性；第9章 協働型プログラム評価を用いたESDスクール・マネジメントの実践
ジダイ社, 13 Sep. 2021
4909124500 - プログラム評価ハンドブック―社会課題解決に向けた評価方法の基礎・応用―
源 由理子; 大島 巌; 山谷, 清志, 第 9 章 データの収集・分析 1 ―量的データ分析―
晃洋書房, 20 Dec. 2020
477103396X - SDGs時代のESDと社会的レジリエンス
佐藤 真久; 北村 友人; 馬奈木 俊介, Contributor, 第3章：エイジェンシー的自由とコミットメント－SDGs時代の「個人」と 「社会」をめぐる理論考察
筑波書房, 10 Apr. 2020
4811905717 - Cross-bordering dynamics in education and lifelong learning : a perspective from non-formal education
丸山, 英樹, Joint work
Routledge, Nov. 2019
9780367227012 - Japanese educational system and its administration = 日本の教育制度と教育行政 (英語版)
関西教育行政学会, Joint work, Chapter 7. Role of the State
東信堂, 20 Apr. 2018
4798914959 - [translation] The death and life of the great American school system
Honzu, M, Single work, 「ハイジャック！スタンダード追求からテスト結果追求への転換(pp.27-44)」、「ニューヨーク市第二地域学区の変容(pp.45-64)」
Kyodo-shuppan, Oct. 2013, Not reviewed - Educational administration in the global era: Thinking of Japanese education from a worldwide perspective
Komatsu, S, Single work, Educational administration in the global era: Thinking of Japanese education from a worldwide perspective
Showado, Apr. 2013, Not reviewed - Encyclopedia of comparative education
Japan Comparative; Education Society, Single work, Cost-effectiveness analysis; Human security; Educational disease
Toshindo, May 2012, Not reviewed - Studying Asia: Methods for research abroad
Kamogawa, A, Single work, A quantitative approach to human well-being: Reciprocal motion between “field (qualitative)” and “data (quantitative)”
Keiso-shobo, Nov. 2011, Not reviewed - Human development policy in the global era: A proposal from an educational view
YONEHARA Aki, Single work
University Education Press, Nov. 2009, Not reviewed
9784887309517 - Bridging the gap between theory and practice in educational research: Methods at the margins
Wagner, R; Hunter, C; Ortloff; D. eds, Joint work, Ch. 14 Quantitative approaches as a bridge from the invisible to the visible: The case of basic education policy in a disadvantaged nation [pp.211-225]
Palgrave Macmillan, Jul. 2009, Not reviewed - Educational planning in modern Asia
Yamanouchi, K; Sugimoto, H, Joint work, Book guide for learners
Gakubunsha, Jan. 2006, Not reviewed - The introduction to international comparative education
Tanaka, K, Joint work, Education in developing countries
Nakanishiya-shippan, Apr. 2004, Not reviewed
Presentations
- A Decolonial Perspective on Accountability: Management and Evaluation System of AQAL Project in Pakistan
Aki YONEHARA; Chiho OHASHI
Asia Pacific Evaluation Association, 13 Nov. 2025, [Invited] - マルチステイクホルダーをつなぐ仕組みとしての「協創型評価」：スポーツ政策における「見えない価値・見落とされている価値」を可視化するために
米原あき
スポーツとジェンダー学会, 05 Jul. 2025, [Invited] - What’s the traits and challenges of SDG evaluation?
Yonehara, A.
Sri-Lanka Evaluation Association (SLEvA), 22 May 2024, [Invited] - SDGsの「達成度を測る」を再考する：ポストSDGsの「価値を引き出す評価」に向けて
米原 あき
FASID BBLセミナー, 29 Nov. 2023, [Invited] - Evaluation to Achieve Sustainable Development
Yonehara, A
Asia Pacific Evaluation Association Winter School Lecture, 09 Dec. 2022, [Invited] - Use of Evaluation Results for Improvement: What makes it useful or useless?
Yonehara, A
Asia Pacific Evaluation Association Fall School Lecture, 08 Oct. 2022, [Invited] - A mechanism and impact of translocal learning: A trial of international educational exchange program between India and Japan
Yonehara, A
International Conference on Frontier Areas of Science and Technology, 10 Sep. 2022, [Invited] - SDG evaluation revisited: Can SDG evaluation bridge between the global and the local?
Yonehara, A
Evaluation Community of India Seminar, 31 May 2022, [Invited] - ESD as whole community management: From a governance perspective
Yonehara, A
Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, 22 Apr. 2022 - How to Reach the Last Mile: Engaging 'Hard to Reach' Communities in Evaluation
Yonehara, A
Asia Pacific Evaluation Association Conference, 24 Feb. 2022, [Invited] - ESD時代の評価：協働と学習に基づく評価
米原あき
日本評価学会, 05 Dec. 2021 - Measurability or Evaluability?: Sociological Revisit of SDGs Conceptual Target
Yonehara, A
Faculty Lecture Series of Indian Institute of Technology, 02 Nov. 2021, [Invited] - Evaluation for “Unpacking”: ESD for School Management
YONEHARA Aki
UNESCO Global Conference no Teacher Education for ESD, 23 Nov. 2019 - Practices and challenges on evaluation for SDGs-Goal 4.7: Case studies of ESD in Japan
YONEHARA Aki
World Education Research Association, 07 Aug. 2019 - The role of evaluation in achieving SDGs
YONEHARA Aki
International Session in Japan Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Dec. 2018 - Practices and problems of localizing SDGs-Goal4.7: Case studies on evaluation capacity building at school context
YONEHARA Aki
International Session in Japan Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Dec. 2018 - A Theoretical Consideration on the Evaluation of SDG4.7: Framework and Prospects
YONEHARA Aki
Comparative and International Education Society, Mar. 2018 - ODA技術協力案件におけるプログラム評価の試み：トルコ国防災教育プロジェクトを事例に
米原あき; 丸山緑; 澤田秀貴
日本評価学会, Nov. 2013, 大阪大学 - プログラム評価における社会調査の活用可能性：「協働型社会調査」の試み
米原 あき
日本評価学会, May 2013, JICA地球広場 - Transition of “international education” in formal school curriculum of Japan: From “Education for International Understanding” to “Education for Sustainable Development”
YONEHARA, Aki
Comparative and International Educaiton Society, 11 Mar. 2013, State University of New York, USA - 教育思想としての人間開発論：「持続可能な開発のための教育（ESD）」への応用可能性に関する予備考察
米原 あき
日本比較教育学会, Jun. 2012, 九州大学 - 効果的な研修評価のデザインに関する試論的考察：４レベルアプローチと参加型評価手法の融合
米原 あき
日本評価学会, Nov. 2011, 岩手県立大学 - 人間開発指数再考：ランキング指数から開発バランスチャートへ
米原 あき
国際開発学会, Dec. 2010, 早稲田大学 - 人間開発指数の応用に関する一考察：開発バランス指数としてのHDI
米原 あき
日本評価学会, Jun. 2010, 政策研究大学院大学 - 人間開発論再考：人間開発論における「教育」の位置づけ
米原 あき
日本比較教育学会, Jun. 2009, 東京学芸大学 - 人間開発指数の新たな可能性：「ランキング指標」から「開発政策の処方箋」へ
米原 あき
日本評価学会, Jun. 2009, 政策研究大学院大学 - 研修評価の手法と実践：国際開発プロジェクトを事例に
米原 あき
第三世界の教育研究会, Jan. 2009, 国立教育政策研究所 - THRDSを用いたニーズ・アセスメント・モデルの構築：児童の教育環境をめぐる階層的視点から
米原 あき
日本評価学会, Nov. 2008, 同志社大学 - タンザニアにおける初等学校学齢児童の識字能力に対する影響要因：階層非線形モデルHGLMによる試論的考察
米原 あき
国際開発学会, Nov. 2008, 広島大学 - 開発協力における研修効果に関する一考察：セネガル共和国初等教育教員養成校整備計画ソフトコンポーネント活動を事例に
米原 あき
日本評価学会, Jun. 2008, 東京工業大学 - タンザニアにおける教育政策史に関する一考察：自立的社会変容の可能性
米原 あき
日本比較教育学会, Jun. 2007, 筑波大学 - ニエレレ政権下の教育政策とタンザニア社会の変遷
米原 あき
東アフリカ人文研究会, May 2007, ルーテル学院大学 - タンザニアにおける人間開発政策に関する一考察：計量手法による政策分析の可能性
米原 あき
第三世界の教育研究会, Apr. 2007, 国立教育政策研究所 - 人間開発政策に関する一考察：人間開発論における教育の位置付けとHGLMによる人間開発ニーズ・アセスメント
米原 あき
日本比較教育学会, Jun. 2006, 広島大学 - Education for life: Comparative study on HIV/AIDS education at primary school in Kenya and Tanzania
YONEHARA, Aki; WAKHUNGU, Phoebe
Comparative & International Education Society Annual Conference, Mar. 2006, University of Hawaii, USA - Analysis of “human development” beyond human capital theory: Quantitative modeling and needs assessment of basic education policy in Tanzania
YONEHARA, Aki
New Scholars Workshop, Comparative & International Education Society Annual Conference, Mar. 2006, University of Hawaii, USA - From human capital to human capability: Reconsideration on the theoretical framework of educational developmen
YONEHARA Aki
Comparative & International Education Society, Northwest Conference, Sep. 2005, Michigan State University, USA
Teaching Experience
- Social Statistics
Apr. 2016 - Present
Toyo University - Global Sociology
Apr. 2016 - Present
Toyo University - Seminar on Sociology
Apr. 2015 - Present
Toyo University - Social Research Methods
Apr. 2015 - Present
Toyo University - Apr. 2015 - Present
東洋大学 - Reconsideration on evaluation: As a tool of process management
JICA Capacity Building Seminar - Teachnical Writing for Analysis/Methodology
Meiji University - Policy Studies: Human Development in International Cooperation
Meiji University - Policy Studies: Human Development Policy
Meiji University - Introductory Statistics for Social Research
Meiji University - Social Research Method
Meiji University - 日本評価学会「評価士養成講座」
- JICA「タイ国低所得者層向け住宅開発促進のための能力開発プロジェクト：本邦研修」、JICA「トルコ国防災教育プロジェクト：本邦研修」
- 兵庫県豊岡市 協働マネジメント研修
- 龍谷大学
- 国際開発センター
- 東京海洋大学
Professional Memberships
- Apr. 2021 - Present
Evaluation Community of India - Apr. 2021 - Present
Asia Pacific Evaluation Association - THE BEHAVIORMETRIC SOCIETY
- THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- THE JAPAN EVALUATION SOCIETY
- Comparative and International Education Society
- JAPAN COMPARATIVE EDUCATION SOCIETY
- The Kansai Society for Educational Administratioｎ
Research Projects
- Developing and Evaluating "Deep ESD" in Higher Education
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Sophia University
01 Apr. 2020 - 31 Mar. 2025 - Developing and Evaluating "Deep ESD" in Higher Education
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Sophia University
01 Apr. 2020 - 31 Mar. 2025 - Theorizing the Global Governance of Education for the Achievement of SDG 4
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Waseda University
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2023 - The role of evaluation in achieving SDGs
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
United Nations University
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018 - Human development policy in the global era: A proposal from an educational view
Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2010 - 人間開発政策における教育の役割に関する理論および計量的研究
Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2010 - Theoretical and empirical research on the development assistance of basic education
Jul. 2003 - May 2006 - From human capital to human capability: Reconsideration on the theoretical framework of educational development
Sep. 2003 - Aug. 2005 - 後発開発途上国における教育開発政策に関する研究
Apr. 2001 - Mar. 2002
Academic Activities
- 平成27年度 習志野市子どもの発達支援に関する基礎調査
Academic research planning
千葉県習志野市・（株）公共経営・社会戦略研究所, Mar. 2016 - 平成27年度 習志野市ワーク・ライフ・バランス推進に関する協働型プログラム評価事業に伴う事業所実態調査
Academic research planning
千葉県習志野市・（株）公共経営・社会戦略研究所, Mar. 2016 - 2015年度 兵庫県豊岡市政策モニタリング調査
Academic research planning
兵庫県豊岡市・（株）公共経営・社会戦略研究所, Jun. 2015 - 2014年度 兵庫県豊岡市政策モニタリング調査
Academic research planning
兵庫県豊岡市・（株）公共経営・社会戦略研究所, Jun. 2013 - トルコ国防災教育プロジェクト：2013年度エンドライン調査報告書
Academic research planning
JICA, Jan. 2013 - トルコ国防災教育プロジェクト：2012年度研修評価報告書
Academic research planning
JIC, Dec. 2012 - トルコ国防災教育プロジェクト：2011年度研修評価報告書
Academic research planning
JICA, Nov. 2011 - トルコ国防災教育プロジェクト：2011年度ベースライン調査報告書
Academic research planning
JICA, Nov. 2011 - 統計分野の効果的アプローチに関する調査研究報告書
Academic research planning
JICA, Mar. 2007 - セネガル共和国初等教育教員養成校整備計画：ソフトコンポーネント完了報告書
Academic research planning
JICA, Mar. 2007
