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ONUKI, Mayuko
 
Affiliation
Faculty of International Research and Education, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
Job title
Assistant Professor(non-tenure-track)
Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology ( University of Southern California )
M.A. in Psychology, General Research ( California State University, Long Beach )

Research Experience

  • 　
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    Now

    Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University   Assistant Professor

  • 2020.04
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    2022.03

    Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University   Assistant Professor

  • 2015.04
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    2020.03

    JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development   Research Fellow

 

Papers

  • Role of Social Capital in International Volunteering: Evidence From Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers

    Mayuko Onuki, Yasunobu Okabe

    Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly    2026.04  [Refereed]

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

  • The COVID-19 pandemic could worsen the psychological well-being of people with disabilities in Cambodia

    Yoshito Takasaki, Katsuo Kogure, Mayuko Onuki

    Scientific Reports    2026.03  [Refereed]

    DOI PubMed

  • Personal intergroup contact between different groups of ex-combatants and civilians: Evidence from a behavioural experiment in Rwanda

    Onuki, M., Aoyagi, K., Takasaki, Y.

    European Journal of Social Psychology (Formerly Center for Research and Education for Policy Evaluation (CREPE) Discussion Paper, No. 104 and Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE) Discussion Paper, F-1174, 1-71, Tokyo, Japan: The University of Tokyo)   52 ( 1 ) 1 - 17  2022.02  [Refereed]

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

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  • 青年海外協力隊の社会人基礎力の変動と派遣および個人要因―パネルデータを用いた計量分析より―

    Mayuko Onuki

    アジア太平洋討究   42   231 - 240  2021.10  [Domestic journal]

    DOI

  • Personal determinants of volunteering for former international volunteers: A case of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers.

    Mayuko Onuki, Yuzhi Xiao

    JICA-Research Institute Working Paper Series. Tokyo, Japan: JICA Research Institute.   201  2020.02  [Refereed]  [Domestic journal]

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

  • Measuring the collective impact of Forum members & associate members

    Cliff, Allum, Mayuko Onuki

    International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) 2019 Paper     1 - 24  2019.10

  • Kama Muta: Conceptualizing and Measuring the Experience Often Labelled Being Moved Across 19 Nations and 15 Languages

    Zickfeld, J.H., Schubert, T.W., Seibt, B., Blomster, J.K., Arriaga, P., Basabe, N., Blaut, A., Caballero, A., Carrera, P., Dalgar, I., Ding, Y., Dumont, K., Valerie, G., Gracanin, A., Gyenis, R., Hu, C.-P., Kardum, I., Lazarevic, L.B., Mathew, L., Mentser, S., Ravit, N., Mayuko, O., Daro, P., Anna, P., Kaiping, P., Boban, P., Jos Pizarro, J., Victoria, S., Magdalena, S., VAkihiko, T., Vingerhoets, A., Anja, V., Jonna, V., Lei, Z., Alan, P.F.

    Emotion   19 ( 3 ) 402 - 424  2019.04  [Refereed]

    DOI

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  • Measuring the competencies of international volunteers: Key competencies of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and their perceived volunteer achievements and outcomes.

    Mayuko Onuki

    JICA-Research Institute Working Paper Series. Tokyo, Japan: JICA Research Institute.   164  2018.03  [Refereed]  [Domestic journal]

    DOI

  • Peace building through a substance use conference structured on peace psychology principles

    Urada, D.I., Rawson, R.A., Onuki, M.

    Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology   20 ( 1 ) 84 - 94  2014.02  [Refereed]

    DOI

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Books and Other Publications

  • State-managed international voluntary service : the case of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (Ed. Yasunobu Okabe)

    Mayuko, Onuki( Part： Contributor, Chapter 5: Giving Back to Society by Returned Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers)

    Springer,Array  2024

  • 紛争と和解を考える : 集団の心理と行動（大渕憲一編）

    大貫真友子, 小向絵理( Part： Contributor, 10章 ルワンダにおける元戦闘員と障害者への技能訓練の和解効果)

    誠信書房  2019.08 ISBN: 9784414311228

  • Social perception from individuals to groups (Eds. Stroessner, Steven J.;Sherman, Jeffrey W.)

    Brian Lickel, Mayuko Onuki( Part： Joint author, Chapter 11. Generalization processes in collective responsibility and intergroup conflict.)

    Psychology Press  2015.03 ISBN: 9781138837898

Research Projects

  • A new approach to empirical development economics

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2025.04
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    2030.03
     

  • Extended contact and disability in post-conflict developing nations

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

    Project Year :

    2021.04
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    2027.03
     

  • Integrating spatial data and development program evaluation

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)

    Project Year :

    2018.06
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    2023.03
     

  • Change made by international volunteers to developing countries and the formation of global civil society

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2016.07
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    2020.03
     

    Okabe Yasunobu

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    The purpose of this study project is to explore the change made by international volunteers to people in developing countries and its influence on the shaping of global civil society, from perspectives of social sciences and humanities.
    This study selected the case of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) and discussed that the JOCV program was effective in development cooperation, depending on the concepts of social capital and capacity development. Further, it examined the reciprocity defined as a feeling that volunteers as service provider are given something in return by local people through their JOCV activities.
    Also, this study addressed the issues of returned volunteers’ career path and their contribution to Japanese society and comparison between JOCV and similar programs in other countries. Finally we concluded that JOCV contributed to shaping the global civil society.

  • Impact of intergroup contact on reconciliation among people who experienced violent intergroup conflict

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Project Year :

    2016.04
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    2020.03
     

    Onuki Mayuko

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    The research purposes to understand the nature of intergroup contact that leads to reconciliation among people in post-conflict societies. It examined interpersonal processes of the intergroup contacts during the skills training for three groups of ex-combatants and civilians with disability in Rwanda, who were either victims or perpetrators during the genocide, and tested what kind of interpersonal process reduces fear and increases trust among the groups.
    The field-laboratory experiment found that the impact of self-disclosure during the intergroup contact differs depending on the nature of intergroup relations (e.g., socio-economic status asymmetry and victim-perpetrator relationship). I am further analyzing datasets from large-scale questionnaire surveys, behavioral economics experiments, and semi-structed interviews with ex-trainees to synthesis all of the research findings.

  • Randomized and natural experiments on vulnerability and socio-political institutions among the poor

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

    Project Year :

    2013.10
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    2017.03
     

    TAKASAKI Yoshito, ONUKI Mayuko, SATO Ryoko, AOYAGI Keitaro, COOMES Oliver T., ABIZAID Christian, KALACSKA Margaret, ARROYO-MORA Pablo, RHEMTULLA Jeanine

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    This study seeks to contribute to development economics and policies by showing rigorous evidence through field and natural experiments in multiple developing countries. The study covered Cambodia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Peru. It consisted of 5 projects based on the data which had been collected and constructed and 4 projects involving the collection of new micro data. These projects share the following themes: the poor’s vulnerability to shocks such as political violence, disease, disability, and disaster; socio-political institutions related to poverty and development such as political power, ethnicity, and social network; and their relationships.

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Teaching Experience

  • Behavioral Science for Public Policy

    Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo  

    2024.10
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    Now
     

  • Introduction to Statistical Analysis

    Faculty of Law, Tohoku University  

    2021.04
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    2021.09
     

  • Statistics (Environmental Science)

    The University of Tokyo, Komaba  

    2020.09
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    2021.01
     

  • Behavioral Science for Public Policy

    Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo  

    2020.04
    -
    2020.07