Shiho NISHIYAMA

Shiho NISHIYAMA is a Professor of Sociology at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. She holds a PhD from Keio University and previously served as lecturer at Yamanashi National University. Her research focuses on comparative analysis of community development and urban governance shaped by civil society organizations, with extensive fieldwork in American, European, and Japanese cities.

Educations:

• PhD in Sociology, Keio University

Her work has received major awards from Japan NPO Associations, Japan Society of Urban Sociology, and Japan of Regional and Community Studies. Recent research includes a 2017-2018 fellowship at FFJ (Axe 3: Innovation through Science-Society Interactions), resulting in a research statement analyzing urban governance in divided societies and European social enterprise innovations.

Collaborations include the Rikkyo Institute for Global Urban Studies and FFJ initiatives. Her studies bridge urban policy, civil society dynamics, and transnational governance frameworks.