HIROFUMI TOSAKI

Last Updated :2025/06/04

Affiliations, Positions
The Center for Peace, Associate Professor
E-mail
tosakihiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research primarily focuses on security issues, with a particular emphasis on nuclear arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation, nuclear strategy and deterrence theory.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 1996/06, 2000/05, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Research Fellow
  • 2000/06, 2007/03, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Research Fellow
  • 2007/04, 2021/07, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Senior Research Fellow
  • 2021/08, 2024/06, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, Director

Educational Backgrounds

  • Osaka University, Faculty of Law, Japan, 1990/04, 1994/03
  • Osaka University, School of International Public Policy, Master's Course, Japan, 1994/04, 1996/03
  • Osaka University, School of International Public Policy, Doctoral Course, Japan, 1996/04, 1998/03

Academic Degrees

  • Osaka University
  • Osaka University

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Politics;International relations

Research Keywords

  • nuclear arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation, nuclear strategy, deterrence theory

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japan Association of Disarmament Studies
  • Japan Association for International Security
  • Japan Association of International Relations

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Introduction to Hiroshima Peace Initiative Leader Program
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Disarmament and Peace/Security
  3. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, World Peace and HIROSHIMA
  4. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, World Peace and HIROSHIMA
  5. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 4Term, Seeking Universal Peace
  6. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 2Term, Seeking Universal Peace
  7. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Peace and Co-existence A
  8. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Peace and Co-existence B
  9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Nuclear Weapons and International Security I
  10. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Nuclear Weapons and International Security II

Social Activities

Other Social Contributions

  1. A Divided International Community: Seeking Solutions, The War in Ukraine and the Divide over Nuclear Weapons, The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University, 2024/07/27, Meeting or assembly