Leadership
Chairman of the International Advisory Board
The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B. Picken, Order of the Sacred Treasure, M.A. (Hons), B.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Professor Picken is the founding Chairman of the International Academic Forum's International Advisory Board. The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, he is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, and Globalization in East Asia.
As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a Professor of Philosophy at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines.
In November 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research, and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour is normally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government.
Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, and through the IAFOR IAB. A fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, he lives near Glasgow with his wife and two children.
As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a Professor of Philosophy at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines.
In November 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research, and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour is normally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government.
Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, and through the IAFOR IAB. A fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, he lives near Glasgow with his wife and two children.
Executive Director
Dr Joseph Haldane, B.A. Hons., Ph.D. (London), F.R.A.S.
Joseph Haldane is the Executive Director of the International Academic Forum. He was Academic Director from IAFOR's inception in 2009 until January 2011, when he assumed his current enlarged role. He is responsible for setting policies, forging institutional partnerships, implementing projects, and overseeing the research and publications of the organization.
Joe is an academic with a wide range of research interests, including politics and international affairs, literature, history, and the history of ideas, and he holds a PhD from the University of London in French Studies. He has taught at the University of Paris XII [2002-2004], at the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II - Pantheon-Assas [2003-2004] and was a full-time lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris, where he directed a postgraduate course on British Politics and Media in the School of Journalism [2004-2005].
In 2005 he moved to Japan, and immediately prior to this post was an Associate Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in both the undergraduate and graduate schools. He was recently elected a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Joe is an academic with a wide range of research interests, including politics and international affairs, literature, history, and the history of ideas, and he holds a PhD from the University of London in French Studies. He has taught at the University of Paris XII [2002-2004], at the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II - Pantheon-Assas [2003-2004] and was a full-time lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris, where he directed a postgraduate course on British Politics and Media in the School of Journalism [2004-2005].
In 2005 he moved to Japan, and immediately prior to this post was an Associate Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in both the undergraduate and graduate schools. He was recently elected a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Members of the International Advisory Board
The Board is composed of distinguished business executives, academics, former and current government officials, and community leaders (for a full list please see below). The Board's role is to provide direction of the business and affairs of the Forum, suggest and approve the areas of scholarly investigation, and safeguard the independence of the Forum's work.
Professor David N AspinProfessor Emeritus and Former Dean of the Faculty of Education,
Monash University, Australia
Dr William Baber Associate Professor
Kyoto University Graduate School of Management, Japan
Professor Don Brash Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New Zealand
Former Leader of the New National Party, New Zealand
Adjunct Professor, AUT, New Zealand & La Trobe University, Australia
Lord Charles Bruce of Elgin and Kincardine Lord Lieutenant of Fife
Chairman of the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland
Trustee of the Historic Scotland Foundation, UK
Professor Judith ChapmanProfessor of Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Fellow, St Edmund's College, Cambridge University, UK
Member of the Order of Australia
Professor Chung-Ying Cheng Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy
Professor Tien-Hui Chiang Professor and Chair, Department of Education
National University of Tainan, Taiwan/Chinese Taipei
Mr Marcus Chidgey CEO
Captive Minds Communications Group, London, UK
Professor Steve CornwellProfessor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
Osaka Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan
Professor Michael A. CusumanoSMR Distinguished Professor of Management and Engineering Systems,
MIT Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Pr
ofessor Dexter Da SilvaProfessor of Educational Psychology
Keisen University, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Georges Depeyrot
Professor and Director of Research
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)/Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
Professor and Director of Research
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)/Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
Professor Sue Jackson Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender
Pro-Vice Master of Teaching and Learning
Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Professor June Henton Dean
College of Human Sciences
Auburn University, USA
Professor Michael Herriman
Professor of English
Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan
Professor of English
Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan
Dr Melissa KennedyAssistant Professor of English
NUCB, Japan
Vice-Consul Kathryn KiserCultural Affairs Officer, Lahore, Pakistan
The United States Department of State, USA
Mrs Eri KudoHead Private Sector Fundraising
United Nations World Food Programme Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Sing Kong LeeDirector
The National Institute of Education, Singapore
Dr Woon Chia LiuAssociate Dean, Practicum and School Partnerships, Teacher Education
The National Institute of Education, Singapore
Professor Sir Geoffrey LloydSenior Scholar in Residence, The Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, University of Cambridge
Fellow of the British Academy
Honorary Foreign Member, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr Robert LogieAssociate Professor of Computer Science
Osaka Gakuin University
Professor Vasile MeitaGeneral Manager
The National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development (URBAN=INCERC), Romania
Professor Keith MillerLouise Hartman Schewe and Karl Schewe Professor of Computer Science
The University of Illinois Springfield, USA
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Technology and Society
Professor Marjo Hannele MitsutomiHead of English Language Teaching Practices and the Language Development Intercultural Studies Center
Akita International University, Japan
Professor Michiko NakanoProfessor of English
Director of the Distance Learning Center
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Ms Karen NewbyDirector
Par les mots solidaires, Paris, France
Dr Alexandru-Ionut PetrisorAssistant Professor
The National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development (URBAN=INCERC), Romania
Professor Jerry Platt
Professor of Business,
Akita International University, Japan & the University of Redlands, California, USA
Dean and Professor Emeritus, College of Business, San Francisco State University, USA
Professor of Business,
Akita International University, Japan & the University of Redlands, California, USA
Dean and Professor Emeritus, College of Business, San Francisco State University, USA
Professor Michael PronkoProfessor of American Literature and Culture
Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Monty P. Satiadarma
Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology
Former Deanof the Department of Psychology and Rector of the University
Tarumanugara University, Indonesia
Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology
Former Deanof the Department of Psychology and Rector of the University
Tarumanugara University, Indonesia
Mr Michael SakamotoInterdisciplinary Artist
UCLA, USA
Mr Mohamed SalaheenDirector
The United Nations World Food Programme, Japan & Korea
Mr Lowell SheppardAsia Pacific Director
HOPE International Development Agency, Canada/Japan
Professor Ken Kawan SoetantoProfessor and Director of CLEDSI
Waseda University, Japan
Dr Jeffrey Sommers Associate Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Visiting Faculty, Stockholm School of Economics, Riga, Latvia
His Excellency Dr Drago StambukCroatian Ambassador to Brazil
Brazil
Professor Mary StuartVice-Chancellor
The University of Lincoln, UK
Dr Michael O'SullivanAssistant Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Professor Gary SwansonDistinguished Journalist-in-Residence & Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair
The University of Northern Colorado, USA
Dr David WilkinsonAssociate Dean (International & External Programmes)
Faculty of Law and Management
La Trobe University, Australia
Mr Takayuki YamadaChairman
IAFOR Japan, Japan
Professor Kensaku YoshidaProfessor of English
Director of the Center for the Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Mrs Elly ZaniewickaPolitical Correspondent
BBC Political Programmes, London, UK
