Nov. 2020 – present : Associate Professor, the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, the Faculty of Development Studies, the Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (PIASS), Huye, Rwanda.
Jan. 2015 – present: Coordinator, the Centre for Research and Action towards Sustainable Peace and Development (CRASPD), PIASS.
Jan. 2011– Nov. 2020: Senior Lecturer, the Faculty of Development Studies, the Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences
Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2010:Program Officer (in charge of Restorative Justice and Reconciliation Program), REACH Organization
Oct. 2005 – Dec. 2008 :Development and Planning Officer, REACH Organization
Jan. 2003 – June 2004:Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK.
July – Sep. 2000:Public Relations Officer, Japan International Food for the Hungry (JIFH), Tokyo, Japan
Oct. 1998 – June 2000 :Co-director of Programs, Food for the Hungry International/Ethiopia (FHI/E), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Mar. 1996 – Sep. 1998:Social Development Coordinator, FHI/E, Ethiopia
Mar. 1992 – Apr. 1993 :Desk Officer, JIFH, Tokyo, Japan
July 1988 – Feb. 1992:Overseas Staff Member of JIFH working with FHI/E as Agricultural Project Officer
- 1. Sasaki, K. (2021). Challenges Faced by Refugees during the COVID-19 Crisis in Rwanda. Africa Report 59, 10-16. (written in Japanese) https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/africareport/59/0/59_10/_article/-char/ja/
- 2. Sasaki, K. & Muvunyi, S. (2021). Constraints to adoption and scaling-up of conservation agriculture in Rwanda: Smallholder farmers’ perspectives. ASC-TUFS Working Papers 2020. Tokyo: African Studies Center – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ascwp/1/0/1_119/_article
- 3. Sasaki, K. & Muvunyi, S. (2019). Gacaca justice: The challenge of economic reparation in post-genocide Rwanda. In T. Gatwa and D. Mbonyinkebe (Eds). Home-grown solutions: A legacy to generations in Africa, Vol. 1 (pp. 143-165). Yaounde: Globethics.net, CLE Éditions.
- 4. Sasaki, K. (2016). Transitional justice in Rwanda. In M. Endo (Ed.), Beyond Armed Conflict: Contested Institutions and Strategies (pp. 265-294). Kyoto: Kyoto University Press. (written in Japanese).
- 5. Sasaki, K. (2015). Hate speech and genocide. RAIK Newsletter, 148, 2-6. (written in Japanese).
- 6. Sasaki, K. (2012). Conceptualising reconciliation in post-violence peacebuilding. In Reconciliation processes in Rwanda: Potentials and limitations (pp.7-31), PIASS publication series No.2. Butare: Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences
- 7. Sasaki, K. & Bayisenge, F. (2012). Community service for reinforcing reconciliation: Perspectives on Rwanda’s TIG programme. In Public reforms in Rwanda (pp. 72-102), PIASS publication No.1. Butare: Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (PIASS)
- 8. Sasaki, K. (2012). Responsibility for and reconciliation after the genocide in Rwanda. Cyukiren, 49, 53－63 (written in Japanese).
- 9. Sasaki, K. (2010). Under the banner of unity and reconciliation: Justice, reconciliation and the politics of national identity building in post-genocide Rwanda. Green Cooperation for Peace and Life: Proceedings of the 2010 DMZ Peace Congress. Seoul, 12-14 August 2010 (pp. 113-140).
- 1. Transitional justice mechanisms
- 2. Reconciliation and peacebuilding efforts in post-genocide Rwanda
- 3. The political economy of agricultural policy in Africa
- 1. Peace Studies Association of Japan
- 2. Japan Association for African Studies
- 3. Japan Baptist Convention (working as an International Mission Volunteer)
