Academic degrees and academic background

• Ph.D in Policy Studies, University of Nanzan, Aichi - Japan, March 2011, with a thesis entitled "Japan's Foreign Aid Policy to Africa: The Cases of Angola and Mozambique within the TICAD Process". The Institute Universitário of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) granted the equivalence in Political Science, field of International Relations on 5 June 2014.
• Ph.D in Economics, University of Okayama, Okayama - Japan, March 2003, with a thesis entitled "Portugal-Past and Present Foreign Direct Investments: Japan's Trade and FDI with Portugal, 1945-1999". The University Lusíada of Lisbon granted the equivalence in Economics, field of International Economy on 23 April 2004.
• M.A. in International Relations, University Lusíada of Lisbon (hereafter ULL), Lisbon Portugal, from September 1997 to September 1999, with a thesis entitled "United Nations: An Actor in the Resolution of Conflicts".
• Post-graduation in International Relations, ULL - Portugal, from September 1996 to May 1997.
• Bachelor in International Relations, ULL - Portugal, from October 1990 to January 1996

• From January 2017: Researcher at CEsA (Center of African, Asian and Latin American Studies) and invited assistant professor also at ISEG, University of Lisbon.
• Currently, he is a member of the scientific committee of the PhD in Development Studies (DS) with Professors José António Pereirinha and Joana Pereira Leite. 
• From September 2016 to December 2016: in Law Faculty, he taught Contemporary International Politics (course of International Relations, undergraduate level). In Business & Economics School, he taught Scientific Research Methodologies (Master in Economics) at University Lusiada of North, Porto, Portugal. 
• From September 2015 to July 2016: In Business & Economics School, he taught Economic and Social History (bachelor level); in Law Faculty, he taught Asian Studies; Contemporary International Politics (bachelor level); Contemporary International Politics (Master in International Relations).
• From September 2012 to July 2015: In Business & Economics School, he taught Scientific Research Methodologies (Master course in Economics); Economic and Social History (bachelor level). In Law Faculty, he taught Major Contemporary Problems (Master level, course of International Relations); and Contemporary International Politics; Asian Studies: Political, Social and Economic Questions, International Relations Course (bachelor level), and in the PhD Seminary in International Relations, University Lusíada of Porto, Portugal.  
• From February 2011 to July 2012: In Business & Economics School, he taught Development Economics; European and Portuguese Economy; Economic Policy; Financial and Monetary Economics; and Introduction to Social Sciences, University Lusíada of Porto, Portugal .
• From February 2011 to July 2012: In Law Faculty, he taught Asian Studies: Political, Social and Economic Questions; Theory of International Relations (bachelor level); Foreign Policy Decision (Master level) courses of International Relations Course, University Lusíada of Porto.
• From February 2010 to July 2011: Assistant professor in the PhD program of Economics, Business & Economics School, University Lusíada of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Famalicão, Portugal.
• From April 2007 to January 2011: PhD Student in Nanzan University Graduate Program in Policy Studies of the Graduate School of Policy Studies, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
• From August 2003 to May 2005: In Business & Economics School he taught International Cooperation and Development; Portuguese Economy and European Integration; Economic Policy; and Introduction to Social Sciences, (all in bachelor level), University Lusíada of Porto, Portugal.
• From March 2000 to February 2003: PhD student in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
• From October 1998 to February 2000: Researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Okayama, Okayama, Japan. 

• From October 1998 to February 2000: Monbukagakusho (formerly Monbusho) Scholarship, research scholarship, Japanese government (Ministry of Education).
• From April 2000 to March 2003: Monbukagakusho Scholarship, PhD scholarship, Japanese government (Ministry of Education).
• From January 2008 to March 2011: PhD scholarship (Reference of scholarship SFRH/BD41978/2007), Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portuguese government (Ministry of Education). 

• Participation at the 22 ^nd EBES (Eurasian Business and Economic Society) from 22 to 24 May 2017, at the Faculty of Economics of Sapienza University of Rome in Rome, Italy with a paper entitled "Japan's Relations with the Portuguese-speaking Africa throughout time : an Example of Africanization".
• Awarded with travel fellowship to participate at the fourth international symposium in cooperation with TICAD, under the title "Africa and Asia Entanglements in Past and Present : Mainstreaming Africa in the Discourse of Development", sponsored by Suntory Foundation, and hosted by Asian and African Studies Group (AASG) of the Faculty of Economics of Kansai University, 18-19 May, 2017, Osaka, Japan.
• Participation at the Japan Association for African Studies (JAAS) Conference at Shinshu University in Nagano from 19 to 21 May 2017 with a paper entitled "The Importance of 'Abenomics' for Japan's Political, Security and Development Challenges Ahead".
• Awarded with travel fellowship to participate at the Osaka University International Conference on "Japanese Development Cooperation in a Post-MDG Era: Can Japan Effectively Continue to Contribute Towards Global Development?" by Osaka University, Japan, 1-2 November, 2015. Panel Chair: Marie Soderberg and Yoneyuki Sugita. Role: Presenter with the paper title: 'The Development Cooperation Charter and Japan's ODA to Lusophone Africa'.
• Awarded with travel fellowship to participate at the third international symposium on "Africa and Asia Entanglements in Past and Present: Bridging History and Development Studies", held at Kansai University on 31 July to August 1, 2015 in Osaka, Japan. Panel Chair: Kweku Ampiah. Role: Presenter with the paper title: The TICAD and Lusophone Africa in the New Millennium.  
• Participation at the A-ASIA Inaugural Conference entitled "Africa-Asia: A New Axis of Knowledge". The Conference was held at the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana from 24-26 September 2015. Panel Chair: Annette Skovsted Hansen. Panel Title: Asian Aid Relationships in Africa-I: Comparing Japan and China. Role: Presenter with the Paper title: The TICAD aid network in the shadow of rising Asia-Africa partnerships.
• Participation at the XX European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS) 22-26 July 2014 Coimbra - Portugal. Role: Member of the Conference Scientific Commission. Chair of Panel: " China and Europe - Dialogues, Interactions, and Diplomatic Challenges".
• Participation at the 14th EADI General Conference 23-26 June 2014, Bonn, Germany. Panel title: Securitization of Foreign Aid. Role: Presenter with the Paper title: Peacebuilding and Human Securitization of Japan's Foreign Aid. Author: Pedro Amakasu Raposo Carvalho; co-author: David M. Potter.
• Participation at the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA, March 27-30, 2014. Panel Chair: Annette Skovsted Hansen. Panel Title: Japanese Foreign Aid in Africa: Responses to African and Non-African Interests and Actions. Role: Presenter with the Paper title - Japan's ODA to Africa and the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD).
• Participation at the Fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) on June 27-29, 2013, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal. Panel Title: Asian Soft Powers in Africa. Role: Presenter and Discussant with the Paper title -- Japan's aid policy to Angola and Mozambique before and after the TICAD. Author: Pedro Raposo Carvalho
• Participation at the Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) conference on June 19-20, 2010, Waseda University, Tokyo. Role: Presenter with the Paper title - A comparative study of Japan's aid policy to Angola and Mozambique. Author: Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros Carvalho.
• Participated at the 52 ^nd ASA (African Studies Association) Annual Meeting "Africa at a Crossroads." New Orleans, USA on November 19-22, 2009. Panel Title: Africa's New International Partners. Role:  Presenter with the paper title: Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros Carvalho. Institution: Nanzan University.
• Participated at the ISA-ABRI Joint International Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 22-24, 2009. Panel title: "Foreign Economic Assistance and Inequality". Role: Presenter with the paper title: Chinese and Japanese Development Cooperation: South-South, North-South, or What? Author's: Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros CARVALHO / David M. POTTER. 

Chapters in books

• Carvalho, Pedro Amakasu Raposo and Potter, David M. (2015). "Peacebuilding and Human Securitization of Japan's Foreign Aid", pp. 85-112. In Stephen Brown and Jörn Grävingholt (eds.).  The Securitization of Foreign Aid. London: Palgrave Macmillan Asian Development Series.
• Carvalho, Pedro Amakasu Raposo, and Hyo-sook Kim and David M. Potter (2012). "Aid to Africa from Japan, Korea, and China: Ideology, Economic Interests, and Poverty". In Hyo-sook Kim and David M. Potter (eds.), pp. 129-157.  Foreign Aid Competition in Northeast Asia. Virginia: Kumarian Press.

  Books

• Pedro Amakasu Raposo. (2014).  Japan's Foreign Aid Policy in Africa: Evaluating the TICAD Process. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Raposo, Pedro Amakasu (2013).  Japan's Foreign Aid to Africa: The Cases of Angola and Mozambique within the TICAD Process. See: Book review  http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15692108-12341344

Thesis

• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Raposo de Medeiros (2006).  Portugal  -  past and present foreign direct investments: Japan's trade and foreign direct investment with Portugal, 1945-1999. Lisboa: Editora Lusíada.
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Raposo de Medeiros (2003). United Nations: One Actor in the Resolution of Conflicts (written in Portuguese). Lisboa: Editora Lusíada.

Anthologies

• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Raposo de Medeiros (2004). "Five Decades of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the European Union and Eastern Europe". In  Estudos Comemorativos dos 15 Anos da Licenciatura em Relações Internacionais. Carlos C. L. Silva Motta and José Matos Correia (eds), pp.273-309, Volume II. Lisboa: Universidade Lusíada Editora.

Scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals

• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (2016). "The evolution of Japan's role in 'Lusophone' Africa: From inertia to action".  South African Journal of International Affairs 23 (3): 257-277.
  • Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (2015). "China's and Japan's Foreign Aid Policies vis-à-vis Lusophone Africa".  Afrika Spectrum 50 (3): 49-79.    
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (2011). "Japan's Foreign Aid Policy to Angola and Mozambique".  Politikon - South African Journal of Political Studies 38 (2): 315:342.
• Raposo, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros Carvalho and Potter, David. M. (2010). "The Chinese and Japanese Development Cooperation: South-South, North-South, or What?  Journal of Contemporary African Studies 28 (2): 177-202.

Scientific publications in peer-reviewed Portuguese journals

• Raposo, Pedro Amakasu (March 2013). "Portugal and Japan: A New Course or Just Historical Momentum".  IPRIS Policy Brief  - Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (8): 1-5. Retrieved from: http://www.ipris.org/?menu=6&page=39
• Raposo, Pedro Amakasu (Spring/Summer 2012). "Japan's Foreign Aid Policy and the Influence of External Factors: Implications for the TICAD Security and Policy Role".  IPRIS (6): 16-27. Retrieved from: http://www.ipris.org/?menu=6&page=38
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (2010). "Competing explanations of Japan's aid policy to Africa: An assessment of the literature".  Daxiyangguo -- Portuguese Journal of Asian Studies (15): 53-86.    
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (2009). "Shinto in Japan: cultural, political and diplomatic perspectives".  Daxiyangguo --  Portuguese Journal of Asian Studies (14): 75-102.

Scientific Working Papers

• Working Paper CEsA CSG 152 / 2017, "The TICAD Aid Network in the shadow of rising Asia-Africa Partnerships".
• Working Paper CEsA CSG 153 / 2017, "Expectations and Implications of Japan's New ODA Charter for Lusophone Africa under the TICAD Process".

Scientific publications in Portuguese journals

• Carvalho; Pedro M. A. R. De Medeiros (2012). "60 Years of Japanese Foreign Economic Policy".  Lusíada - Politica Internacional e Segurança. Série I (6/7): 173-197.
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (2010). "The Changeable Paradigm of Japan's Foreign Policy" (written in Portuguese).  Lusíada - Política Internacional e Segurança. Série I (4): 71-100.
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (2009). "Evolution of Japan's Foreign Policy to Africa and the TICAD process".  Lusíada Política Internacional e Segurança. Série I (2): 121-144. See:  http://revistas.lis.ulusiada.pt/index.php/lpis/article/viewFile/177/169

  Scientific publications without peer-review (written in Portuguese)

• Carvalho, Pedro (Julho/Agosto 2007).  "Japão e Portugal de Costas Voltadas"  (Japan and Portugal back to back)  Magazine Grande Informação (8): 24-31.
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Raposo de Medeiros (Setembro/Outubro 2006). "A Politica Externa Económica Japonesa" (The Foreign Economic Policy of Japan).  Revista Nova Vaga (6): 41-51.

Scientific publications in Japanese journals

• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (March 2012). "Japan's Foreign Aid Policy to Africa: The Cases of Angola and Mozambique within the TICAD Process".  Nanzan Journal of Policy Studies (4): 67-97.
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (March 2010). "The Seven Approaches of Japan's African Aid Policy: An Assessment of the Literature".  Nanzan Journal of Policy Studies (2): 39-67.
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Raposo de Medeiros  (December 2002). "Analysis of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Portugal and its Overseas Territories1945-1999" .  Okayama Economic Review 34 (3): 19-42.
• Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (March 2009). "Japan's aid policy and the TICAD Process".  Nanzan Journal of Policy Studies (1): 55-91.
• Potter, David M. and  Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros (January 2009). "Characteristics of Japan's and China's Aid Policies".  Academia Humanities and Social Sciences (88): 225-279.

Other Academic Works

• Carvalho, P. M. R. de M. (1996).  The collective security system of United Nations: The peacekeeping forces and the need of a global security system. Lisbon: Center of the United Nations (written in Portuguese).