**Name**

KAWANO Asuka

**Affiliation**

Associate Professor of Adult and Lifelong Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University


**Employment History**

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, 2011-
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, June 2019-March 2020
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 2009-2011



**Educational History**

Ph.D. in Education, Kyushu University, 2009


**Research Interests**
Community education and lifelong learning in Central Asia
International cooperation of adult education
Social Pedagogy
Social Education


**Recent Main Publications**

1. Asuka Kawano, Mahalla and its Educational Role: Nation-Building and Community Education in Uzbekistan, Kyushu University Press, 2015.
2. Asuka Kawano,　Lifelong Learning in Central Asia: From the Point of View of Succession and Creation, Hideyuki Shinkai and Takeo Matsuda (eds.), Lifelong Learning in the World: Present and Issue, University Education Press, 2016, 197-213.
3. Takeo Matsuda, Asuka Kawano, Lan Xiao, Social Education in Japan, Social Pedagogy in the World, Vol.27, 2016, 253-280.
4. Asuka Kawano, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education and Community Facilities in Central Asia : Case Study of Mahalla in Uzbekistan, Bulletin of the Japan Society for the Study of Kominkan 13, 2016, 87-98.
5. Asuka Kawano, Social Education and Social Welfare in Uzbekistan, Takeo Matsuda (ed.), Divers Aspects and Issue of Social Pedagogy: Comparative Study between Western and Asian Countries, University Education Press, 2015, 117-132.
6. Asuka Kawano, International Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Developing Countries, Takeo Matsuda (ed.), Current Social Education and Lifelong Learning, Second Edition, Kyushu University Press, 2015, 221-244.