Division: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Associate Professor
Main Research: Initiative 3 "The Forestry Model of Sustainable Humanosphere"
Project Title: Politics at Forest Plantation
Research Theme:
- Local Politics
- Forestry Administration
- Security System at Plantation
References:
- Okamoto Masaaki, 2006. Violent Group in Political Rise: Its Historical Background and Social Characteristics in the Banten Province(in Japanese), Local Societies in Modern Indonesia: Approach of Micrology, ed. by Sugishima Takashi and Nakamura Kiyoshi. Tokyo: NTT Press. 43-66.
- Okamoto Masaaki, 2005/8, Decentralized/Separate Model to Weak Centralized/Concurrent Model – the New Decentralization Scheme and the Victory of the Ministry of Home Affairs(in Japanese), The 2004 Elections in Indonesia and the New Government in Motion: from Megawati to Yudhoyono ed. by Matui Kazuhisa and Kawamura Koichi, Akashi Shoten, pp.343-362.
2007 G-COE Research Outcome:
List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
2008 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Okamoto Masaaki, An Unholy Alliance: Political Thugs and Political Islam Work Together, "Inside Indonesia 93", August-October 2008
- Okamoto Masaaki and Abdul Hamid, Jawara in Power, 1998-2007, "Indonesia 86", October, 2008. pp.109-138.
- Okamoto Masaaki, Populism under Decentralization in post-Suharto Indonesia. In Mizuno Kosuke and Pasuk Pongpaichit (eds.), Populism in Asia (forthcoming)
List of Academic Presentations during 2008:
2009 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Okamoto Masaaki, Populism under Decentralization in post-Suharto Indonesia. In Mizuno Kosuke and Pasuk Pongpaichit (eds.), Populism in Asia, 2009, 144-164
- Okamoto Masaaki, Rise of "Realistc" Islamist Party, PKS in Indonesia. Ota Atsushi, Okamoto Masaaki and Ahmad Suaedy eds. 2010. Islam in Contention: The Rethinking of Islam and State in Indonesia. Jakarta: CSEAS, CAPAS and Wahid Institute (forthcoming)
- Ota Atsushi, Okamoto Masaaki and Ahmad Suaedy eds. 2010. Islam in Contention: The Rethinking of Islam and State in Indonesia. Jakarta: CSEAS, CAPAS and Wahid Institute (forthcoming)
List of Academic Presentations during 2009:
- Okamoto Masaaki, Rise of An Islamist Party, PKS in the Democratized Indonesia: 99-09, Panel 7: Political Dynamics in Contemporary Indonesia: The First KASEAS-CSEAS Joint International Symposium: "Interdependency of Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia: The Migration, Investment and Cultural Flow" , 19, 20 June 2009
- Okamtoto Masaaki, Politics of Stabilization in the Democratized Indonesia, Seminar of Indonesia: Observing Today’ Indonesia, a Projection Into The Future, 6 February 2010, Indonesian Student Association of Japan and Asia Pacific Ritsumeikan University
- Okamoto Masaaki, New Types of Local Leadership and Governance in Indonesia and Japan, International Symposium: New Frontiers of Indonesia-Japan Relationships, 15, 16 February 2010, Auditorium Center for Japanese Studies, University of Indonesia
2010 Research Outcome:
- Ota Atsushi, Okamoto Masaaki and Ahmad Suaedy eds, Islam in Contention: The Rethinking of Islam and State in Indonesia, Wahid Institute, 2010, x+468p
List of Academic Presentations during 2010:
- Okamoto Masaaki, Weakening Islamic Parties in the Islamizing Indonesia: A Paradox or Not?, The First Public Forum on Indonesia: Current Political & Economic Trends, 2010.6.23, CSEAS, Kyoto University
- Okamoto Masaaki, Democratized Jakarta in the Future?, International Workshop: Secnario for Sustainable Megacities, 2010.8.11, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
- Okamoto Masaaki, The Political Economy of Oil Palm Plantation: Expansion Policy in Indonesia and Its Justification, The 34th Southeast Asia Seminar on New Concept Building for Sustainable Humanosphere and Society from the Equatorial Zone of Southeast Asia, 2010. 9. 22, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia
- Okamoto Masaaki, “Invisible” and Dysfunctioning City Assemblies (Dewan Kota) in the Metropolitan Jakarta: Intriguing Lack of Institutional Democracy in Indonesia, JSPS Asian Core-Program Seminar: Local Politics and Social Cleavages in Transforming Asia, 2010.12.7, CSEAS, Kyoto University
- Okamoto Masaaki, Politics of Stabilization in the post-Authoritarian Indonesia, International Symposium, "Towards New Peace Studies: Reconciliatory Governance & Sustainable Peace Building in Conflict & Post-Conflict Areas", 2011.1.14, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
- Okamoto Masaaki, Current Development of Indonesian Studies in Japan, Public Lecture and Roundtable Discussion: The Impact of New Media and Communication Technology on Islam in Indonesia, 2011.2.23, Prof. Aqib Suminto Room, State Islamic University "Syarif Hidayatullah", Indonesia
- Okamoto Masaaki, The Actors behind the Image Politics (Politik Pencitraaan) in the Era of Democracy, Kyoto University Alumni International Symposium on Politics, Livelihood and Local Praxis in the Era of Decentralization in Indonesia, 2011. 1. 9, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
2011 G-COE Research Outcome:
List of Academic Presentations during 2011:
- Okamoto Masaaki, The “Invention” of Parties and Candidates: The Ad Business and Image Politics in the Democratized Indonesia, Session 565: Votes for Power in Southeast Asia, AAS/ICAS Conference, April 2, 2011, Hawai'i Convention Center
- Okamoto Masaaki, “Real Politik” of an Islamist Party, PKS in the Democratized Indonesia: 98-09, Seminar: Islam and Democracy: Two Expressions of Islam in Contemporary Indonesia, October 20, 2011, Harvard Kennedy School