Lopez, Mario-ivan(Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)) | Activity Database on Education and Research, Kyoto University

Lopez, Mario-ivan

Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Associate Professor

Last Updated :2026/08/20

Basic Information

Faculty

国際高等教育院

Professional Memberships

From 2025, To Present
Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies (JAMPS)

From 2022, To Present
Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology

From Jun. 2024, To Present
Active Aging Consortium Asia Pacific

Academic Degree

M.A.(Goldsmith’s College，University of London)

博士（比較社会文化学）(九州大学)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

Goldsmith’s College，University of London, Department of Social Anthropology，Masters, 修了

九州大学, 大学院比較社会文化学府国際社会文化専攻博士後期課程, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

Goldsmith’s College，University of London, Department of European Languages，Spanish and Hispanic, 卒業

Research History

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Center for Language Education, Center for Language Education, Junior Lecturer

ID,URL

J-Global ID
200901015421976479

researchmap URL

https://researchmap.jp/read0140417

Last Updated :2026/08/20

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

Research Topics
The construction of transnational families in Japan and Southeast Asia, Gender and Anthropology, Reconceptualizations of care in ageing societies (Europe and Asia-Pacfic, and the role of religion in supporting immigrant workers overseas), Sustainability Indicators for Monsoon Asia
Overview of the research
At present, my main research focus has been on the increasing transnational flow of nurses and care workers within the Asia Pacific region. In particular, I have been working on a comparative project comparing regional nursing systems as part of an effort to provide a policy response to reformulating the Japanese government's current mechanism for accepting nurses and care givers from Southeast Asia. This funded through a MEXT grant-in-aid.

Current research expects to offer policy suggestions on managing care-workers and nurses accepted from the Philippines, Indonesia and potentially, Vietnam. In order to provide examples for creating a more flexible inter-regional “win-win” scheme in managing the flows of skilled labor, I have looked beyond the Asia-pacific region to focus on Europe's infrastructure for circulating skilled migrant labor on three levels. 1. On countries which are E.U. members and allow for the free movement of labor. 2. On countries which are in the E.U. but place restrictions depending on the political and market needs for skilled labor. 3. On countries which are outside of the E.U. but free to accept and send skilled labor both within the region and accept from outside of it.

Based on observations of the regulatory mechanisms in place in the E.U., along with other research members, I hope to provide specific suggestions for the consideration of an ASEAN + Japan mechanism; one that can flexibly respond to the labor market's needs for highly skilled clinical labor that is attuned to the current political and social conditions of Japan and the sending and receiving nations.

My other research is part of a team project to develop a Humanosphere Potentiality Index (HPI). This is an index, created by a team of researchers across a number of Japanese universities, addresses the present and future welfare of human societies within a broader context of environmental sustainability and is done through a comparison with other development indexes. The HPI re-considers sustainable society from the viewpoint of interdisciplinary Area Studies and aims to provide a new paradigm on development.

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences, Cultural anthropology and folklore

Papers

Tensions and Trajectories: Rethinking Japan’s Evolving Relationship Toward Skilled Filipino Healthcare Workers
Mario Lopez; Shun Ohno
Philippines-Japan Relations in the Twenty-First Century, 11 Dec. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

Filipino migration to Japan: intimacy, care, and ethnic diversity
Mario Lopez; Fiona-Katharina Seiger
Handbook of Migration, Ethnicity and Diversity, 23 Jul. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

Filipina Migrants and the Embodiment of Successful Aging in Japan: Individual Quests for Wealth, Health, and Meaningful Interdependence
Michelle G. Ong; Mario Ivan Lopez
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES, Apr. 2022
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Conclusion: Toward a research-based praxis on southeast asia’s ecosystems
Mario Ivan Lopez; Jafar Suryomenggolo
Asia in Transition, 2018

Superando las brechas disciplinarias: cinco décadas de investigación japonesa en el Sudeste Asiático
Mario López; Kono Yasuyuki; Nathan Badenoch
Japan-ASEAN Transdisciplinary Studies Working Paper Seris, Mar. 2022, Invited, Lead author

The Case of Japan: How COVID-19 Impacted the Procurement and Lives of Migrant Healthcare Workers
Mario Ivan López and Shun Ohno
The International Journal of Social Quality, 01 Dec. 2021, Peer-reviewed
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Evolving Historical Trends in Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)
Mario Lopez; Fujieda Ayako
CESAS NEWSLETTER, Mar. 2021, Invited, Lead author

Increasingly Diversified "Care Migration" - A focus on Work and Attitudes under the Coronavirus Pandemic
Ohno Shun; Mario Lopez
Centre for Asia Pacific Partnership report, Mar. 2021, Invited, Corresponding author

Bridging the Disciplinary Divide: 50 years of Research at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Kono Yasuyuki; Nathan Badenoch; Mario Ivan Lopez
Japan-ASEAN Transdisciplinary Studies Working Paper Series No. 8, Aug. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited
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The Role of Small-Scale Farming in Familial Care
Shinsuke Tomita; Mario Ivan Lopez; Yasuyuki Kono
The International Journal of Social Quality, 01 Jun. 2018

Reflections on the Anthropology of Response-ability
Shimizu Hiromu (Author; Translator Mario Lope
Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology, 2017, Invited

Lethal Narratives and Anthropological Knowledge; Circulation of Narratives around the Death of a Promising Kenyan Youth
Hamamoto Mitsuru (Author; LOPEZ Mario
Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology, 2016, Peer-reviewed, Invited

Humanosphere Potentiality Index Appraising Existing Indicators from a Long-term Perspective
Takahiro Sato; Mario López; Author; Taizo Wada; Shiro Sato; Makoto Nishi; Kazuo Watanabe
International Journal of Social Quality, 2016, Peer-reviewed

Visualizing Southeast Asia: The Visual Documentary Project
LOPEZ Mario
Newsletter, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Mar. 2015, Peer-reviewed

Acceptance of Migrant Nurses in Germany: Examining the "Triple Win Project"
Mario Ivan Lopez; Ohno Shun
Psyche & Culture, 2015, Peer-reviewed

Review of Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor, Nicole Constable Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2014, xvii.+259p.
LOPEZ Mario
Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS), 2015, Peer-reviewed
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Rethinking democratic practices in Southeast Asia: Corruption and political Scandals in the early 21st century
Mario Lopez; Jafar Suryomenggolo
Asian Politics and Policy, 28 Oct. 2014, Peer-reviewed

Transnational Catholicism and Religious Intimacy in Filipino Migrants’ Lives
LOPEZ Mario
GCOE Working Paper Series Next Generation Research, Apr. 2013, Invited

Filipino Religiosity in Japanese Hinterlands: Appraising Catholicism in the lives of Filipina residents in Japan,
LOPEZ Mario
Re-assessing Ritual in Southeast Asia in Proceedings of Re-assessing Ritual in Southeast Asia, Apr. 2013, Invited

Collaborative Research in Southeast Asia: towards a sustainable humanosphere,” International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS) Newsletter, pp. 23-34.
Mario Lopez; Guest Edito
Dec. 2012

Reconstituting the affective labour of Filipinos as care workers in Japan
Mario Lopez
GLOBAL NETWORKS-A JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Apr. 2012, Peer-reviewed

Progressive Entanglements: Religious Intimacy in Japanese-Filipino Marriages.
Mario Lopez
Philippine Studies, Vol 60. No.2: 261-90., 2012, Peer-reviewed

Clandestine Missionaries? Evangelizing Encounters in International Marriages within the Intimate Sphere and Beyond
LOPEZ Mario
Proceedings of 1st Next-Generation Global Workshop, Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres: Kyoto University Global COE program for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Sphere in 21st Century Asia, Apr. 2009, Invited

Reality Bytes: Hybrid Inter-faces, Hybrid Selves
Mario Lopez
Acta Orientalis Vilnesia, 2009. 9 (1), pp. 85-104., 2009, Peer-reviewed

From Bride to Careworker? On Complexes, Japan and the Philippines
Mario Lopez
M/C Journal of Media and Culture, 2007, Peer-reviewed

Browsing@nikkeinet.org: “Digital” Conversations in the Lives of Latin American Residents in Japan, Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies
Mario Lopez
Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 2005. Vol. 18: 123-42., 2005, Peer-reviewed

Misc.

In praise of Idleness
Mario Lopez
CSEAS Newsletter, Jan. 2026, Invited, Lead author

周縁に立ち、出会いを紡ぐ人類学者：清水展教授を偲ぶ
ロペズ・マリオ
Apr. 2025, Lead author

Weaving Encounters from the Margins: In Memory of the Anthropologist Shimizu Hiromu
Mario Lopez
Apr. 2025, Invited, Lead author

Navigating Japan's Demographic Shift and Shaping the Future of Healthcare with the Help of Migrant Care Workers
Mario Lopez
Active Aging Consortium Asia Pacific, Apr. 2024, Invited, Lead author

Viral Disruption and Labor Rearrangement: COVID-19 and its Impact on the Procurement of Migrant Healthcare Workers for Japan
Mario Lopez
Focus in Asia-Pacific: Newsletter of the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS), Sep. 2022, Invited, Lead author

Introduction: Environmental resources use and challenges in contemporary southeast asia
Mario Ivan Lopez; Jafar Suryomenggolo
Asia in Transition, 2018

Visual Documentary Project (2020) (in Japanese)
Lopez, Mario
CSEAS Newsletter, Aug. 2021, Invited, Lead author

Societal contributions that go beyond academic disciplinary boundaries: producing knowledge for change
Lopez, Mario
The Source, Springer Nature, May 2021, Lead author

Societal contributions that go beyond academic disciplinary boundaries: producing knowledge for change
Lopez, Mario
The Source Springer Nature, May 2021, Lead author

Visual Documentary Project 2019
Mario Lopez
CSEAS NEWSLETTER (JAPANESE), Mar. 2019, Invited, Lead author

License to Play: The Ludic in Japanese Culture
Mario Lopez
ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2016, Peer-reviewed, Invited

Book Review of Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor
LOPEZ Mario
Southeast Asian Studies, Aug. 2015, Peer-reviewed, Invited

Eyes to the East: the Challenges to the Integration of E.U. and non E.U. Nursing Workforces
Mario Lopez
Philippine Studies Conference in Japan (PSCJ), Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 01 Mar. 2014, Peer-reviewed

The Revitalization of Transnational Faith: Filipino Micro-political Religious Practices in Japan
Mario Lopez
3rd KASEAS-CSEAS Joint International Symposium, Mokpo, Korea, 13 Oct. 2013, Peer-reviewed

40 years of Southeast Asian Studies: Publishing on Asia in Asia
Mario Lopez
Association for Asian Studies, Manchester Grand Hyatt, 23 Mar. 2013, Peer-reviewed

A Sustainable Humanosphere Approach to Southeast Asian Studies
Kono Yasuyuki; Mario Lopez
Plural Coexistence and Sustainability: Asian Experiences in Interdisciplinary Perspectives, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 11 Mar. 2013, Peer-reviewed

Filipino Religiosity in Japanese Hinterlands: Appraising Catholicism in the Lives of Filipina Residents in Japan
Mario Lopez
Re-assessing Ritual in Southeast Asia, sponsored by Southeast Asian Studies for Sustainable Humanosphere Research program, JSPS Asian Core Program “Asian Connections” and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Feb. 2013, Peer-reviewed

Filipino Religiosity in Japanese Hinterlands: Appraising the Meaning of Belonging for Catholic Filipinos in Japan
Mario Lopez
Anthropology of Japan in Japan 12th Conference, Doshisha University, Kyoto, 12 Dec. 2012, Peer-reviewed

Progressive Entanglements: Religious Intimacy in Japanese-Filipino Marriages
Mario Lopez
Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference 2012, University of Western Sydney Australia, 12 Jul. 2012, Peer-reviewed

Expanding Fields of Care: Working through Ambivalent Understandings of Filipino Resident’s care potential in Japan
Mario Lopez
Philippines Studies Conference of Japan, Tsukuba University, 14 Nov. 2010, Peer-reviewed

Japanese-Filipino Marriages as an Expression of Interaction between Intimate and Public Spheres
Mario Lopez
British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS), School of Oriental and African Studies, 14 Sep. 2010, Peer-reviewed

Caring for the Present Future? Procuro-scapes and Mobilizing Filipino National’s Affective Labor as Careworkers in Japan
Mario Lopez
Transnational Mobilities for Care: State, Market and Family Dynamics in Asia, Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 Sep. 2009, Peer-reviewed

Clandestine Missionaries? Evangelizing Encounters in International Marriages within the Intimate Sphere and Beyond
Mario Lopez
1st Next-Generation Global Workshop, Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University, 12 Jan. 2009, Peer-reviewed

Presentations

The Revitalization of Transnational Faith: Filipino Micro-political Religious Practices in Japan
Mario Lopez
The 3rd KASEAS-CSEAS Joint International Symposium Border-crossing and Connectivity of Southeast Asia, 10 May 2013, Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Invited

The Current State of Multicultural Coexistence in the UK, Spain and Japan: A Comparative Perspective
Mario Lopez
移住労働者と共に生きるネットワーク九州総会, 13 May 2008, 移住労働者と共に生きるネットワーク九州, Invited

Expanding Fields of Care: Working through Ambivalent Understandings of Filipino Resident’s care potential in Japan
Mario Lopez
Philippines Studies Conference of Japan (PSCJ), 14 Nov. 2010, Chiba University, Invited

Working Through Dialogues in and out of the Field: On the Difficulties of Representing Others as an Other
Mario Lopez
Anthropological Association of Japan (AAJ), 06 Nov. 2010, Temple University, Tokyo, Invited

And Never the Twain Shall Meet? Questioning the Multicultural in the Melding of the Public and Intimate Spheres through International Marriages
Mario Lopez
Inter-Asia Cultural Typhoon, 05 Jul. 2009, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Invited

Clandestine Missionaries? Evangelizing Encounters in International Marriages within the Intimate Sphere and Beyond
1st Next-Generation Global Workshop, Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres, 12 Jan. 2009, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University, Invited

From Bride to Care Worker? The Ongoing Discursive Construction of Filipino Nationals in Japan
Mario Lopez
Asia Pacific and the Emerging World System Conference, 13 Dec. 2008, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Invited

Issues with the New Immigration Screening Procedures: Focusing on Personal Identification Information (Biometric Data)
Mario Lopez
移住労働者と共に生きるネットワーク九州総会, 17 May 2007, 移住労働者と共に生きるネットワーク九州

And God Walks in the Suburbs: On Affectivity and Dialogue within Japanese-Filipino Marriages
Mario Lopez
Philippine Studies Conference of Japan, 11 Nov. 2006, Philippine Studies Conference of Japan, Invited

Peruvian Nikkei Immigrants in Japan: Online Spaces of Inquiry for Peruvian Immigrants in Japan
Mario Lopez
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference, 21 Jul. 2005, Invited

Under the Cover of Darkness, into the Light of Day? Internationalization between Filipinos and Japanese
Mario Lopez
10th Philippine Studies Group Conference, 03 Jul. 2005, Kanagawa University, Invited

Rhizomic Elements iFilipino Japanese International Marriages in Fukuoka: a Look through Delueze’s Rhizome
Mario Lopez
11th Japanese Modern Association of Korea International, 21 May 2005, Invited

Japanese Contributions to Southeast Asian Studies: Motivations, Methods and Intellectual Trajectories
Mario Lopez; Fujieda Ayako
12 Mar. 2026, Invited

Knowledge in Motion: Japanese Intellectual Contributions to Research on Southeast Asia
Mario Lopez; Fujieda Ayako
18 Feb. 2026, Invited

Soil(s) as a Boundary Object: Linking Science, Society, and Sustainability in the Philippines
Mario Lopez; Ian Navarette
49th Southeast Asian Seminar: Global Disruptions and Southeast Asia: Exploring histories, narratives, and transdisciplinary challenges, 25 Nov. 2025, Invited

Japan’s Summer of Discontent: Migrants, Moral Panic and Rethinking what is “Essential”
Mario Lopez
Tonan Talk Seminar Series, 21 Nov. 2025, Invited

Who will sustain future Japanese society? – Examining the role of foreign essential workers from a grassroots perspective
Mario Lopez
23rd Nagomi Online Seminar, 09 Oct. 2025, Invited

In “migrant workers we” Trust? Bottom-up coexistence and the hard limits of Japan’s Migration Policies
Mario Lopez
Asia-Japan Research Institute (AJI) International Workshop, 28 Sep. 2025, Invited

Knowledge in Motion: Japanese Intellectual Contributions to Research on Southeast Asia
Mario Lopez; Fujieda Ayako
South East Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) Foundation Workshop (CSEAS, KYOTO), 20 Sep. 2025

BEYOND BOUNDARIES JAPANESE INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH ON SOUTHEAST ASIA
Mario Lopez; Fujieda Ayako
Kyoto University European Center Nichi-Doku Joint Lecture Series, 21 Jul. 2025, Invited

Empire of Care? Migrant Labor and the Remaking of Japan's Welfare Regime
Mario Lopez
EHESS Paris x Heidelberg University x Kyoto University Trilateral Project Heidelberg Workshop and Conference on “Mediating Plurality of Aging”, 18 Jul. 2025, Invited

The Role of Dignity in Palliative Care. Health Care Professional's perspectives on patient dignity and dignity care
Anagnostou, Despina; Tanaka N.; Mario Lopez
The 30th Congress for Palliative Medicine, Jun. 2025

Building an Inclusive Society Together with Foreign Workers: A Bottom-Up Approach
Mario Lopez
一般財団法人外国人材共生支援全国協会（NAGOMi）, 25 May 2025, Invited

Empire of Care Care: The Globalisation of Japan’s Super-Ageing Society
Mario Lopez
Kansai High School, 09 May 2025, Invited

‘An Enigmatic Paradox: The Limits and Possibilities of Gender Theory in Contemporary Japan’
Mario Lopez
大阪学院大学CET JAPANプログラム, 09 May 2024

Beyond Boundaries: Japanese Intellectual Contributions to Research on Southeast Asia
Mario Lopez
24 Nov. 2024, Invited

Empire of Care: How to deal with the era of Overseas Care Workers?
Mario Lopez
N.T.トータルケア株式会社, 24 Sep. 2024, Invited

The Current Situation and Outlook of the Recruitment of Foreign Care Workers
Mario Lopez
インターアジア九州海外人材育成委員会, 08 Jul. 2024, Invited

Empire of Care: Facing the Globalisation of Japan’s Super-Ageing Society
Mario Lopez
大阪学院大学CET JAPANプログラム, 02 May 2024

The Internationalisation of Elderly Care in Japan’s Super-Ageing Society: Current Status and Prospects of the Recruitment of Foreign Care Workers
Mario Lopez
出入国管理庁勉強会, 29 Feb. 2024

Shaping the Future of Care: Japan’s Strategic Embrace of Skilled Migrant Workers for an Aging society
Mario Lopez
EHESS Paris x Heidelberg University x Kyoto University Trilateral Project Heidelberg Workshop and Conference on “Mediating Plurality of Aging”, 17 Feb. 2024

TENSIONS AND TRAJECTORIES: RETHINKING JAPAN’S EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP TOWARD SKILLED FILIPINO HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Mario Lopez; Ohno Shun
8th Biennial International Conference JSA-ASEAN, 23 Dec. 2023

Transformations in Work and Life for Migrant Workers under the Corona Pandemic in Care Facilities
Mario Lopez
The Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology, 15 May 2021, オンライン

The Indispensability of Anthropological Fieldwork: Experiences from Researching in Japan under a Pandemic
Mario Lopez
Sustainability in Research and Education: Expanding the Field from the Asia Pacific, 11 Mar. 2021

Living in Co-existence: Between Japan and the Philippines
Mario Lopez
The 16th Symposium of the Research Institutes and Centres Affiliated with Kyoto University: ‘Challenges from Kyoto: Towards Harmonious Coexistence in Global Society’, 06 Mar. 2021, 京都大学附置研究所, Invited

Farmer's perceptions and coping strategies of land degradation: insights from marginal uplands in Southern Leyte, Philippines
Ian A Navarette; Rotacio Graboso; Mario Lopez
ASEAN Research Platform Annual Meeting, CSEAS, Kyoto University, 19 Feb. 2021

Transformation of the awareness and practice of care in Japan during the global spread of COVID-19: From the experiences of foreign nurses and care workers
Mario Lopez; Ohno Shun
Seminar on Employment of Foreigners in the Nursing Care Industry, 11 Feb. 2021, Invited

Humanosphere Research and the Humanosphere Potentiality Index (HPI): Aiming toward Different Paradigms
LOPEZ Mario
18 Sep. 2019, Invited

Humanosphere Research and the Humanosphere Potentiality Index (HPI): Appraising Existing Indicators from a Long-term Perspective
LOPEZ Mario
16 Sep. 2019, Invited

Assessing and Clustering the World from Given Potentialities through Humanosphere Potentiality Index (HPI)
Sato Takahiro; Mario Lopez
06 Mar. 2019, Invited

An overview and reflection on the Visual Documentary Project (VDP) 2012-2018
LOPEZ Mario
Swift Current Series 1, 17 Jan. 2019

Imagining Plural Asias: How can we Enrich Interrelationships across borders?
LOPEZ Mario
Asia Leadership Fellow Program, 19 Oct. 2018, Invited

Academic Day: Hints on how do "research" and progress in society
LOPEZ Mario
Kyoto University Academic Day, 20 Sep. 2018

50 years of Japanese Southeast Asian Studies
LOPEZ Mario
Visaya State University, 12 Feb. 2018

Appraising Existing Indicators through the Humanosphere Potentiality Index (HPI)
LOPEZ Mario
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University, 08 Feb. 2018, Invited

Visual Documentary Project: Appraising Southeast Asia through Documentary
LOPEZ Mario
Asia Leadership Fellow Program Lead, 19 Oct. 2017

Responding to the Challenges of super-ageing societies: a comparison of Japan and Germany’s strategies to procure health personnel from overseas
LOPEZ Mario
AAS in Asia, 25 Jun. 2016

Global Movement in Asia
LOPEZ Mario
09 Mar. 2015, Invited

Transnational Migration in Southeast Asia: Flows to Singapore from the Philippines
LOPEZ Mario
02 Feb. 2015

Toward the Secure Supply of Care: Lessons from the partnership between Germany and the Philippines
LOPEZ Mario
Holistic Studies in Ageing, 05 Sep. 2014, Invited

Toward the Secure Supply of Care: Lessons from the partnership between Germany and the Philippines
LOPEZ Mario
Holistic Studies on Ageing, 04 Sep. 2014, Invited

Careworkers for the Present: The Globalization of the Care work place
LOPEZ Mario
The Globalizing Careworker Worker Place, 08 Jun. 2014, インターアジア＆外国人介護人材育成研究会, Invited

Migrant paths, Migrant Roots: Lecture on Migration between Southeast Asia and Japan
LOPEZ Mario
09 Mar. 2013, Kyoto Roundtable Special Lecture, Kyoto International House

Transnational Marriage and the Reach of religion: Religious Intimacy in Japanese-Filipino marriages (Special lecture)
13 Dec. 2012, Doshisha University

Transnational Marriage and the Reach of religion: Religious Intimacy in Japanese-Filipino marriages
LOPEZ Mario
30 Sep. 2012, Invited

Humanosphere Potentiality Index: Appraising Existing Indicators from a Long-term Perspective
LOPEZ Mario
Japan-ASEAN Platform for Transdisciplinary Studies 5th Talk, 05 Dec. 2018

Books and Other Publications

Visual Documentary Project Film Archive 2012-2021
Mario Lopez; Yamamoto Hiroyuki; Ishigami Yasuko, Joint editor
Mar. 2023, Not refereed
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Making Home: Faith, Love and the Politics of Belonging in Japanese-Filipino Families
Mario Ivan Lopez, Single work, Migration
National University of Singapore Press, 21 Apr. 2026
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Manusia, alam, & masyarakat : kajian multidisiplin Asia tenggara
Lopez, Mario Ivan; Badenoch, Nathan; Choirudin, Achmad
Insist Press,Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), 2022
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Pancaroba tropika : perubahan lingkungan hidup di Asia Tenggara
Lopez, Mario Ivan; Suryomenggolo, Jafar, Joint editor
INSIST Press, 2021
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Environmental resources use and challenges in contemporary Southeast Asia : tropical ecosystems in transition
Lopez, Mario Ivan; Suryomenggolo, Jafar
Springer, 2018
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Media Coverage

「人類学の視点から東南アジアの未来を探る」
京都大学, 紅萠, 2018, Paper

Bring Untold Stories to Life.” Forefront of Research
Kyoto University, https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/archive/prev/research/forefronts/new/lopez, Oct. 2014, Internet

The Challenge from Kyoto: Toward Harmonious Coexistence in Local Communities
Yomiuri newspaper, 特別面２８, 30 Mar. 2021, Paper

External funds: Kakenhi

Corporate food-regimes, food-politics and wellbeing: Deskilling the urban poor in the Global South
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
Kyoto University
LOPEZ Mario
From 13 Nov. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed
Corporate Packaged Food;Food Consumption;Global South;Packaged Food;Food Patterns;Food Skills;Cooking;Urban Poor;Metro Manila;Mexico City;Food deskilling;Corona Virus
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20F20304/

Potential and Performance of Humanosphere in Monsoon Asia
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
Hirosaki University
Takahiro Sato
From 01 Apr. 2018, To 31 Mar. 2021, Project Closed
モンスーンアジア;地域研究;指標研究;生存基盤;生存基盤指数;地域生存基盤指数;持続可能性;生存基盤データベース;サステナビリティ;持続可能性指標;開発指標;フィールドワーク
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18H03434/

The Social Bases of Care in Southeast Asia: Study of the Dynamism of Practice Based on Relatedness
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Kyoto University
Yoko HAYAMI
From 01 Apr. 2013, To 31 Mar. 2016, Project Closed
ケア;東南アジア;社会保障;家族;コミュニティ;少子高齢化;文化人類学;移動;親密圏;社会福祉関係;社会福祉
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25243005/

Comparative Studies on Acceptance of Foreign Workers in the Fields of Nursing and Caregiving
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Seisen University.;Kyoto University
Shun OHNO
From 28 Apr. 2011, To 31 Mar. 2015, Project Closed
介護;看護;外国人労働者;移民;政策比較;migrant nurse;migrant careworker;policy comparison;越境ケア;看護師;介護士;ケアワーカー;EPA;globalization of care;Philippines;Indonesia;nurse;care worker;経済連携協定
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23530664/

Economic-social-environmental connections in rural Southeast Asia: investigating the process of economic growth over a 40-year period
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
Kyoto University
河野泰之
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted
経済－社会－環境連関;農村長期動態;シナジーとトレードオフ;東南アジア農村;タイ国東北部
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22H03838/

Japanese Intellectual Knowledge Formation in Multidisciplinary Research within Southeast Asian Area Studies
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
Kyoto University
LOPEZ Mario
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted
Southeast Asian Studies;Area Studies;Knowledge Formation;Multidisciplinary
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K11579/

Economic-social-environmental connections in rural Southeast Asia: investigating the process of economic growth over a 40-year period
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
Kyoto University
Yasuyuki Kono
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025, Project Closed
経済－社会－環境連関;農村長期動態;シナジーとトレードオフ;東南アジア農村;タイ国東北部
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K25092/

Coping mechanism with uncertainty and risks of the urbanizing rural villages in Southeast Asia
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
Kyoto University
河野泰之
From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2028, Granted
タイ国東北部;都市化;経済危機;感染症;リスク対応
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25K03343/

External funds: others

The Rise of Health Consumption Practices among the Urban Middle Classes in Metro Manila
Institutional Program for Younger Researcher Overseas Visit
From 30 Jan. 2013, To 20 Feb. 2013
Mario Lopez

Strengthening Network Ties between CSEAS and European Partner Institutions
Institutional Program for Younger Researcher Overseas Visit
From 17 Sep. 2012, To 29 Sep. 2012
Mario Lopez

Preliminary investigation into Soil degradation and socio-economic impacts on marginal upland communities in Leyte, Philippines
Transdisciplinary Humanosphere Research
From 10 Feb. 2018, To 14 Feb. 2018
Mario Lopez

Soil degradation and its socio-economic impacts on marginal upland communities in Southern Leyte, Philippines
Japan-ASEAN Platform for Transdisciplinary Studies
From 01 Aug. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2021
Mario Lopez

Last Updated :2026/08/20

Education

Teaching subject(s)

From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
H592, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
H591, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
H591, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
H592, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
H591, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
H592, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
H592, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
H591, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
H598, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
H592, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
H591, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015
Introduction to Globalization
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015
Introduction to Globalization
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015
Introduction to Anthropology
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015
Introduction to Anthropology
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016
Introduction to Anthropology
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016
Introduction to Anthropology
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016
Introduction to Globalization
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016
Introduction to Globalization
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Introduction to Globalization I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Introduction to Globalization II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

Participation in PhD Defense

Emerging Middle-Class Aspirations through Labour Migration: An Ethnography of Thai Technical Intern Trainees in Japan
Jessadakorn Kalapong, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Sub-chief Examiner
23 Mar. 2023

Last Updated :2026/08/20

Administration

School management (title, position)

From 01 Apr. 2018, To 31 Mar. 2019
国際化推進懇談会委員

From 01 Oct. 2018, To 30 Sep. 2020
国際戦略アドバイザリ―ボード委員

Faculty management (title, position)

From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027
VDPプロジェクト

From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027
英文誌編集委員会　委員長

From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2027
東南アジアセミナー委員会

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2026
イベント企画委員会　委員長

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2027
出版委員会（E英文叢書）　委員長

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2026
多言語対応委員会

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2026
VDPプロジェクト長

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2026
教授会通訳

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2026
研究環境委員会

From 01 Apr. 2016, To 31 Mar. 2026
英文誌編集委員会

From 01 Apr. 2016, To 31 Mar. 2022
広報委員会

From 01 Apr. 2016, To 31 Mar. 2027
国際交流委員会

From 01 Apr. 2016, To 31 Mar. 2018
男女共同参画推進委員会

From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2025
イベント企画委員会

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