Mitsuaki Furukawa

Biographic Data

ID349832
NAMEMitsuaki Furukawa
GIVEN NAMESMitsuaki
FAMILY NAMEFurukawa
SIGNATUREFURUKAWA M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Shizuoka
ORCID0000-0002-9843-0257
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The Effects of National Sporting Events on Juba Citizens in Conflict Affected Country

    Mitsuaki FurukawaARTICLEAfrican Security2025

  • Perceptions of sport and women among athletes at a South Sudan national sport event

    Mitsuaki FurukawaARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2024Cited by: 1References: 37

    This paper uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the difficulties and challenges inherent in women’s participation and continuation in sport through the experiences of athletes who participated in a national sporting event in South Sudan. Contrary to expectations, it was found that the overwhelming majority of the athletes indicated that they were in favour of women’s participation in sport. Furthermore, the data collected revealed…

  • Critical Livelihood Assets and Conflict Perceptions of Aweil and Yambio, South Sudan

    Open AccessMitsuaki Furukawa, Daniel DengARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2024References: 27

    Since South Sudan's independence, complex conflicts across the country have eroded trust, challenged nation-building, and displaced 4 million people, with hunger threatening millions more, continuing a long tradition of war inherited from the Sudan. This article examines people's perceptions of conflict in Aweil and Yambio and found that for trust in the government to return, citizens must believe that development is ethnically and politically in…

  • Can ‘Tanzania Ladies First’ be a Trigger for Female Athletes to Continue in Sport

    Mitsuaki FurukawaARTICLEForum for Development Studies2023References: 2

    In Tanzania, the gender gap in sports participation remains largely due to socio-cultural and economic influences, partly due to the transition to a market economy and the Ujamaa policy. One of the reasons for lower participation of women compared with men is that many girls give up continuing with sport after primary school. In this situation, the Tanzania Ladies First (LF), a national sports competition exclusively for women, has been held sinc…

  • Gender, Business, and Social Capital in the Abyei Area between the Two Sudans

    Mitsuaki Furukawa, Daniel Deng et al.ARTICLEAfrican Security2022

    This article statistically examines how competitive communities perceive conflict, cooperation, and social cohesion drivers across the borders of two Sudans. We found that perceptions differ by gender, relationship types, and the assets competing groups depend on for their livelihoods. Social cohesion in Abyei appears gendered and asset-based, with Ngok women reporting greater mistrust of their Missiriya neighbors. These women also see business o…

  • Creating a Safe Space for Peaceful Coexistence Through National Sporting Events in South Sudan

    Open AccessMitsuaki FurukawaARTICLEJournal of Peacebuilding &…2022References: 14

    Even after gaining independence, South Sudan has experienced repeated outbreaks of conflict. Under these circumstances, national sports events have been held under the theme of “Peace and Social Cohesion.” This paper aims to verify the role that national sporting events play in promoting social capital among the athletes who participated in the event. The finding of the paper shows that by creating a safe space for peaceful coexistence during the…

  • The effect of National Sports Events on Women and Gender in Sports in Juba, South Sudan

    Mitsuaki FurukawaARTICLEForum for Development Studies2022Cited by: 2References: 5

    The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to understand the reality of gender disparities in sport in South Sudan, which has not been fully understood; and second, to examine the effects of sporting event interventions, such as whether they can improve gender disparities in sport. In order to achieve the research objectives, quantitative household surveys, focus group discussions and key informant interviews were conducted with Juba citizens…

  • The effect of project aid fragmentation on economic growth

    Mitsuaki FurukawaARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2020References: 16

    Aid fragmentation has been examined as a negative phenomenon to development outcomes based on aid volumes. However, aid fragmentation is a situation in which a large number of fragmented and non-coordinated donor projects carried out using procedures that vary from donor to donor are introduced in a recipient country, raising the transaction costs. Therefore, this article examines the effect of aid fragmentation based on the number of projects. I…

  • Social Capital Across Agro-Pastoral Assets in the Abyei Area With Reference to Amiet “Peace” Market

    Open AccessMitsuaki Furukawa, Daniel DengARTICLEJournal of Peacebuilding &…2019References: 12

    The Abyei area, which straddles the border of the two Sudans, had been a theatre of war since 1965. In 2016, the Amiet market emerged from a remote forest grove to initiate a new kind of social contract making. It has quickly become a melting pot of various communities and created space for nurturing new relations but has also generated tensions that may threaten its own survival. As stakeholders negotiate a solution to the political dispute over…