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YAGI Ayumu
Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies / Department of Regional Cooperation Policy Studies
Assistant Professor

Researcher basic information

■ Research Keyword
  • Economics of Education
  • International Educational Development
  • Education Policy
  • International Development
  • Africa Regional Studies
  • Kenya
  • Pre-priamry Education
■ Research Areas
  • Humanities & social sciences / Education - general / Economics of Education
  • Humanities & social sciences / Education - general / Comparative Education
  • Humanities & social sciences / Local studies / Africa
■ Committee History
  • Jul. 2026 - Present, Japan Comparative Education Society, Board Member
  • Apr. 2025 - Present, Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, Editorial Secretary: Africa Educational Research Journal
  • Apr. 2025 - Jun. 2026, Japan Comparative Education Society, Secretary, Young Researcher’s Network Committee
  • Jan. 2023 - Apr. 2025, (The 31st~35th) Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference Organizing Committee, Assistant Secretary General
  • Jun. 2023 - Mar. 2025, Japan Comparative Education Society, Student Representative, Young Researcher's Network Committee
  • Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025, Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, Secretary
  • Jun. 2022 - Jun. 2023, Comparative Educaiton Society, Student Member, Young Researcher's Network Committee
  • Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023, Student Council, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, Chair

Research activity information

■ Award
  • 2024 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Special Research Allowance
    共同研究・競争的資金等の業績IDIRI

  • Apr. 2022 Japan Society for Africa Education Research, Excellent Research Presentation Award
    Ayumu Yagi

  • Mar. 2022 Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe Univerisity, Vice valedictorian
    Ayumu Yagi

  • Feb. 2020 JICUF Undergraduate Research Day, Certificate of Excellence in Research
    Ayumu Yagi

■ Paper
  • 【Dissertation】The Effects of Pre-primary School Attendance on Child Development Outcomes in Kenya: Focusing on Persistency and Heterogeneity
    Ayumu Yagi
    Lead, Mar. 2025
    Doctoral thesis

  • Influence of Parents’ Educational Level on Children’s Access to Pre-primary Education in Uganda
    Ayumu Yagi, Keiichi Ogawa
    Lead, Mar. 2023, Comparative Education=比較教育学研究, 66, 184 - 202, English
    [Refereed]
    Scientific journal

  • 【Master Thesis】An Analysis of Household Expenditure on Pre-primary Education in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    Lead, Mar. 2022, English
    Master thesis

■ Books And Other Publications
  • 『社会性と情動の学習』水野谷優、小川啓一、小原ベルファリゆり（編著）
    小川啓一, 八木歩, 宇野耕平
    Contributor, 第8章：日本の教育におけるSEL の展開, 東信堂, Mar. 2026, 168-189, ISBN: 4798920207
    Scholarly book

  • 『社会性と情動の学習』水野谷優、小川啓一、小原ベルファリゆり（編著）
    小川啓一, 八木歩, 王可心
    Contributor, 第5章：幼児期における社会性と情動の学習, 東信堂, Mar. 2026, 98-120, ISBN: 4798920207
    Scholarly book

  • 『若手研究者必携 比較教育学のライフストーリー』鴨川明子、牧貴愛、須藤玲（編著）
    Ayumu Yagi
    Contributor, 第8章：小川未空先生に聞く「楽になるための比較教育学」―ケニアを知り、しんどさと向き合う―, 東信堂, Apr. 2023, 100-111, ISBN: 4798918504

■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • 出生登録の欠如が教育達成に及ぼす影響ーモザンビークの事例ー
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 62nd Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference, Jul. 2026, Japanese
    Oral presentation

  • アジア・アフリカの幼児教育について考える：理念と実践における乖離の要因と見える課題
    門松愛, 谷口京子, 八木歩, 植田啓嗣, 小野由美子
    The 62nd Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference (Round Table), Jul. 2026
    Others

  • Women’s Empowerment in Kenya: Assessing the Effects of Free Pre-Primary Education Policy
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 37th Japan Society of Africa Educational Research Conference, Apr. 2026, English
    Oral presentation

  • The Effect of Free Pre-primary Education Policy on Maternal Employment in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 36th Japan Society of Africa Educational Research Conference, Oct. 2025, English
    Oral presentation

  • Competency-Based Curriculum in Kenyan Pre-Primary Education: Through the Lens of Two Curricular Traditions
    Ayumu Yagi
    the 2nd Asia-Africa Early Childhood Education and Care Research Forum, Sep. 2025, Japanese
    Oral presentation

  • 【若手ネットワーク委員会（Y-Net）主催】比較教育学の博士論文を書く
    八木歩, 鴨川明子, 宮村侑樹, 松田華織, 田島夕貴, 今泉尚子, 須藤玲, 橋本拓夢, 守谷富士彦, 吉田翔太郎, 神内陽子, 小川未空, 丸山英樹
    The 61st Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference (Round Table), Jun. 2025
    Others

  • "Gloabally Successful Japanese Women: Career in Education Development in International Organizations"
    Ayumu Yagi, Ogawa Keiichi
    The 61st Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference (Book Talk), Jun. 2025, Japanese
    [Invited]
    Invited oral presentation

  • 就学前教育におけるコンピテンシー概念の認識と教育実践ーケニアのカリキュラム改革を事例に
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 61st Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference, Jun. 2025, Japanese
    Oral presentation

  • Unraveling the Heterogeneous Effects of Pre-primary Education on Children's Development Outcomes in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 35th Japan Society of Africa Educational Research Conference, Apr. 2025, English
    Oral presentation

  • Exploring Significance and Future Direction of Competency-based Curriculum for Pre-primary Education in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 34th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference, Oct. 2024, English
    Oral presentation

  • A Study on the Implementation of Competency-based Curriculum (CBC) in Kenya: Focusing on the Classroom Teaching and Assessment Practices
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 33rd Japan Society of Africa Educational Research Conference, Apr. 2024, English
    Oral presentation

  • Effects of Pre-primary Education on Pupil’s Development Outcomes: Evidence from Education Reform in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 68th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Mar. 2024, English
    Oral presentation

  • Does the Universal Pre-primary Education Policy Reduce the Burden on Kenyan Households?
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 13th Biennial Conference of the Comparative Education Society of Asia, Nov. 2023, English
    Oral presentation

  • Analysis of Persistent Effects of Pre-primary Experience on Early Grade Learning Outcome in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 20th International Education Development Forum, Oct. 2023, English
    Oral presentation

  • The Effect of Pre-primary School Attendance on Early Childhood Development in Kenya: A 2SLS Analysis using Scaling-up Access to Schools
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 32nd Conference of Japan Society of Africa Educational Research, Sep. 2023, English
    Oral presentation

  • 【若手ネットワーク委員会（Y-Net）主催】比較教育学を編むー多様なライフストーリーを通した学びー
    須藤玲, 八木歩, 木村祐介, 飛田麻也香, 朝倉隆道, 吉野華恵, 橋本拓夢, 田島夕貴, 守谷富士彦, 吉田翔太郎, 今泉尚子
    The 59th Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference (Round Table), Jun. 2023, Japanese
    Oral presentation

  • Analysis of Household Educational Expenditure under Free Pre-primary Education Policy in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 24th Japan Society for International Development Spring Conference, Jun. 2023, English
    Poster presentation

  • Expansion of Pre-primary Education and Student’s Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Universal Pre-primary Education Policy in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 31st Conference of Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, Apr. 2023, English
    Oral presentation

  • An Effect of Free Pre-primary Education Policy on Household Educational Expenditure in Kenya.
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 30th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research Conference, Oct. 2022
    Oral presentation

  • Understanding the Expenditure on Pre-primary Education in Kenya: A Demand Analysis using Engel Curve Framework
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 29th Conference of Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, Apr. 2022, English
    Oral presentation

  • Determinants of Household Expenditure on Pre-primary Education in Kenya: An Analysis Using Heckman’s Two-Part Model
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 66th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Apr. 2022, English
    Oral presentation

  • An Analysis of Household Expenditure on Pre-Primary Education in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    International Hybrid Conference on Post-COVID Japan: Economy, Politics, Society, Culture and Literature, Feb. 2022, English
    Oral presentation

  • A Micro-Data Analysis of Attendance Factors toward the Expansion of Early Childhood Education: The Case of Uganda.
    Ayumu Yagi
    The Japan Comparative Education Society Online Conference 2021, Dec. 2021, Japanese
    Oral presentation

  • Examining the Factors Influencing Household Spending on Pre-primary Education in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 18th International Education Development Forum, Nov. 2021, English
    Oral presentation

  • An Analysis of Household Spending on Pre-primary Education in Kenya.
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 32nd Japan Society for International Development Annual Conference, Nov. 2021, English
    Poster presentation

  • Factors Hindering Access to Early Childhood Education in Uganda
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 28th Conference of Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, Oct. 2021, English
    Oral presentation

  • Determinants of Household’s Expenditure on Pre-primary Education in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    The 27th Conference of Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, Apr. 2021, English
    Oral presentation

  • Determinants of Household Expenditure on Early Childhood Development and Education in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    the 17th International Education Development Forum, Nov. 2020, English
    Oral presentation

  • The Cultivation of Citizens in Japanese Liberal Arts College –Endeavor to Serve Humankind–
    Ayumu Yagi
    JICUF Undergraduate Research Day, Feb. 2020, English
    Poster presentation

■ Affiliated Academic Society
  • Japan Society for International Development
    Apr. 2020 - Present

  • Japan Comparative Education Society
    Apr. 2020 - Present

  • Japan Society for Africa Educational Research
    Apr. 2020 - Present

  • Comparative and International Education Society

■ Works
■ Research Themes
  • Women’s Empowerment in East Africa: Assessing the Impacts of Free Pre-Primary Education
    Ayumu Yagi
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKEN, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Kobe University, Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2030, Principal investigator

  • A Study on Competency-Based Education and Assessment for Pre-Primary Education in Kenya
    八木 歩
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 科学研究費助成事業, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Kobe University, Jul. 2025 - Mar. 2027

  • ケニアにおける就学前教育の無償化政策の理念と実践：公私の教育費負担に着目して
    Ayumu Yagi
    日本学術振興会, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Fellows, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025, Principal investigator

  • Examining the Implementation of Competency-Based Curriculum in Pre-primary Schoo ls in Kenya
    Ayumu Yagi
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Overseas Challenge Programm for Young Researchers (Declined the acceptance), 2024, Principal investigator

  • ケニアにおける就学前教育無償化政策の理念と実践：教育費支出の公私負担の分析から
    Ayumu Yagi
    Kobe University/Japan Science and Technology Agency, Next-Generation Outstanding Doctoral Human Development Project through Co-creation in Different Fields (JST SPRING), Kobe University, Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023, Principal investigator

  • ケニアにおける就学前教育無償化政策の理念と実践：教育費支出の公私負担の分析から
    Ayumu Yagi
    Kobe University, Kobe University Premium Program (Next-Generation Outstanding Doctoral Human Development Project through Co-creation in Different Fields), KoUniversity, Oct. 2022 - Dec. 2022, Principal investigator

■ Social Contribution Activities
  • Councilor, International Christian University Alumni Association
    International Christian University
    Organizing member, Apr. 2020 - Present

  • 外務省・JICA
    Panelist, 国際協力70周年キックオフ・イベント in Kobe, Mar. 2024

  • Service-Learning Center, International Christian University
    Contribution, SLC News, Mar. 2023

  • What you gain from Service-Learning: Current students' voice
    International Christian University
    Contribution, The ICU, Jul. 2019

■ Academic Contribution Activities
  • 日本比較教育学会第62回大会 若手研究者交流会
    日本比較教育学会第62回大会 若手研究者交流会
    日本比較教育学会若手ネットワーク委員会
    Jul. 2026

  • 若手研究者座談会
    若手研究者座談会
    Y-Net, Japan Comparative Education Society
    Dec. 2023 - Apr. 2026, 第1回「研究テーマとの出会い」（2023年12月6日） 第2回「フィールド調査の悩みあれこれ」（2024年2月7日） 第3回「研究費の取り方・使い方」（2024年4月10日） 第4回「フィールド調査の悩みあれこれー分析・考察編ー」（2024年6月12日） 第5回「成果発表の悩みあれこれ」（2025年2月19日） 第6回「研究テーマとの出会い・付き合い」（2025年5月8日） 第7回「研究時間の取り方・作り方」（2026年1月7日） 第8回「研究費の取り方・使い方」（2026年4月15日）

  • 日本比較教育学会第61回大会 若手研究者交流会
    日本比較教育学会第61回大会 若手研究者交流会
    Y-Net, Japan Comparative Education Society
    Jun. 2025
    Academic society etc

  • トークイベント「子育て中の研究者と考える！研究者のワークライフバランス」
    トークイベント「子育て中の研究者と考える！研究者のワークライフバランス」
    日本比較教育学会若手ネットワーク委員会
    17 Oct. 2024

  • 若手による若手のための読書会
    若手による若手のための読書会
    Y-Net, Japan Comparative Education Society
    Dec. 2023 - Sep. 2024, 第1回：杉本均、南部広孝（2020）『比較する比較教育学』東信堂（2023年12月13日） 第2回：レ・タン・コイ（1981=1991）『比較教育学 グローバルな視座を求めて』行路社 （第1章：2024年03月27日、第2章：2024年04月15日、第3章：2024年05月16日、第4章：2024年07月24日、第5章：2024年09月26日）

  • 日本比較教育学会第60回大会 若手研究者交流会
    日本比較教育学会第60回大会 若手研究者交流会
    Y-Net, Japan Comaparative Education Society
    Jun. 2024
    Academic society etc

  • The 4th Invisible College Seminar
    The 4th Invisible College Seminar
    Y-Net, Japan Society of Comparative Education
    28 Feb. 2022
    Academic society etc

■ Others
  • Pre-Faculy Development (Kobe University)
    "Pre-Faculty Intership" (Jan. 2023) "Pre-FD seminar" (Aug. 2022)

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