AFFILIATION:
Graduate School of Social Service Administration, Oita University
Dannoharu 700, Oita-shi, 870-1192, JAPAN
PERSONAL:
Year of birth: 1976
Place of birth: Osaka prefecture, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
EDUCATION:
Ph. D. Social Welfare, Osaka Prefecture University, 2010
M. S. Social Welfare, Osaka Prefecture University, 2001
B. A. Literature, Doshisha University, 1998
EMPLOYMENT:
2004- Assistant Professor,
Graduate School of Social Service Administration, Oita University
2007- Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Social Service Administration, Oita University
MAJORS:
Wefare policy
Poverty and social exclusion
SUBJECTS OF RESEARCH:
Field research on the homelessness and support system in Japan
Political economy of welfare policy and poverty
PUBLICATIONS (Listed ONLY papers written in English):
◆ Yusuke Kakita and Toshiko Yoshinaka, 2004,
‘General Characteristics of Rough Sleepers through the "National Survey
of Homeless People in Japan"’
in Oita University Economic Review, No.56, Vol.2, pp.68-92.
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◆ Yusuke Kakita, 2004,
‘Homeless People in Japan: Characteristics, Processes and Policy Responses’
in The Annuals of Sociological Association, Osaka City University, No.5,
Special Issue:‘Controversy on Homeless People in Japan’, pp.7-20.
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CONFERENCE PAPERS (Listed ONLY papers presented in English):
◆ Yusuke Kakita and Toshiko Yoshinaka,
‘General Characteristics of Rough Sleepers through the "National Survey
of Homeless People in Japan"’
The Third East Asian Regional Conference of Alternative Geography,
Tokyo, Japan, August 2003
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◆ Yusuke Kakita,
‘Rough Sleepers in Japan: Characteristics, Processes and Policy Responses’
The Eighth Asian Studies Conference in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, June 2004
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FUNDED RESEARCH:
◆ Studies about the theory of poverty and social exclusion on homelessness,
and the conditions of social inclusion,
Research fund of Japan Academy for the Promotion of Science, 2005-07.
◆ Studies about the homelessness in the local city
Research fund of Japan Academy for the Promotion of Science, 2008-10.