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SHIMURA MAYUMI

Department / Course College of Global Liberal Arts Department of Global Liberal Arts

Title / Position Associate Professor

Academic background
1.	2023/04 Degree Acquisition	Doctorial Course │ Department of Advanced Social and International Studies │ Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo │ Completed Ph.D. in the field of Advanced Social and International Studies
2.	2016/11 Degree Acquisition	Master Course │ Department of International Relations │ London School of Economics and Political Science │ Completed MSc in International Relations Theory
3.	2012/03 Degree Acquisition	Master Course │ Department of Advanced Social and International Studies │ Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo │ Completed MA in the field of Advanced Social and International Studies

Business career
1.	2024/04/01 ～	Associate Professor │ College of Global Liberal Arts │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2023/04 ～ 2024/03	Adjunct Lecturer │ College of Global Liberal Arts │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2021/04 ～ 2022/03	Adjunct Lecturer │ School of Political Science and Economics │ Tokai University
4.	2018/04 ～ 2022/03	Adjunct Lecturer │ Faculty of Social Sciences │ Hosei University

Subject of research
1.	Politics of international law on the use of force
2.	Politics of the United Nations collective security system
3.	Dynamics of international norms
4.	Dynamics of atrocity crimes and humanitarian interventions

Present specialized field
International Relations, International Politics (Keyword：Intersection of International Politics and International Law, Peace Studies, Collective Security System, Use of Force, Humanitarian Intervention, International Norms)

Books
1.	2017/11	"Concluding Chpater: The Current State of the Responsibility to Protect”The Responsibility to Protect : Basic Documents and Commentaries, from the end of the Cold War to 2016 │ ,pp.248-251

Papers
1.	2024/06	"How Middle- and Smaller-Power States Deal with the Expanding Legal Justifications for the Use of Force: Their Use of the ‘Unwilling or Unable’ Standard" │ United Nations Studies │ (25),pp.131-150
2.	2024/01	"The Shifting and Diversifying Legal Bases of the Use of Force in Libya: From Civilian Protection to Counter-Terrorism" │ Peace Studies │ (61),pp.81-105
3.	2016/11	"A State’s Ability and Willingness to Fulfill the Responsibility to Protect Its People: The International Community Facing the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis" │ Peace Studies │ (47),pp.105-121
4.	2014/03	"The Contested Interpretations of the Emerging Norm of the Responsibility to Protect: Politics of the Principle of Complementarity and the Principle of Necessity" │ International Relations │ (176),pp.57-69

Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/06/08	"The Political Impact of the ‘Unwilling or Unable’ Doctrine on the Non-Use of Force System of the United Nations"
2.	2023/11/12	"The Great Powers’ Freedom of Action Under International Law and Their Ability for Coercive Diplomacy: The 'Unwilling or Unable' Standard and Its Impact on International Politics."
3.	2023/10/05	“Great Powers' Freedom of Action and International Legal Constraints in Coercive Diplomacy: International Politics of the ‘Unwilling or Unable’ Standard”
4.	2023/06/18	The Shifting and Diversifying Legal Bases of the Use of Force in Libya: From Civilian Protection to Counter-Terrorism
5.	2016/12/11	“Is the Principle of the Responsibility to Protect Negligible?: Contrasting International Reactions between the Libya and Syria Crises”
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Other research achievements
1.	2025/09/20 ～	Extended Abstract of the Session on Peace Studies Methodology and Practice: Panel Discussion on the Documentary Silent Fallout ー “The Origins of the Nuclear Taboo: The Universal Significance of the Movements of Atomic Bomb Survivors and Nuclear Test Victims” (Peace Studies Association of Japan (ed.) (2025) Proceedings of Annual Conventions and Workshops, Vol 26, No. 4, pp. 18-22.)
2.	2025/07/15 ～	Book Review: The Current State of Research on the Responsibility to Protect: Hiroshi Nishikai, Masataka Nakauchi, Nagafumi Nakamura, and Shiro Komatsu (eds.), Rethinking the Responsibility to Protect from Regional Perspectives: Toward Diverse Practices of a Universal Principle, Seigakuin University Press, 2023 (Peace Studies Association of Japan (ed). (2025). Peace Studies, vol. 64, pp. 159-163)

Subject
1.	LASS 2010 Special Lecture (Social Sciences)
2.	LASS 2010 Special Lecture (Social Sciences)
3.	POLS 1002 Introduction to International Relations
4.	POLS 1002 Introduction to International Relations
5.	Research Seminar
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Activity in society
1.	2025/08/02 ～ 2025/08/02	Mock Lecture, "Passing the Torch: Hibakusha’s Fight and the Next Generation"
2.	2023/11/25	Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2023

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