Affiliations and Education

• Osaka University, Japan,
  Professor of Global History
• Previous teaching affiliations
  • ・University of Sheffield, England
  • ・The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
• Research Associate, The University of the Free State, South Africa
• M.A. (D.E.S.) and Ph.D., The Graduate Institute, Geneva

Historical Research Areas

• European nation-states and transnational economic relations (19th and 20th centuries)
• Economic aspects of European colonialism (especially Africa)
• British overseas aid policy (1940s-1970s)
• Global maritime labour and the Western Indian Ocean (1860s-1940s)