Aya Okada Research Lab

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Community Engagement

Nonprofit Organizations Mori no Dengonban Yururu, Board Member and Vice President (May 2020-Present)
Volunteering City Cast for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (online participation only)
Other Community Engagements Pro Bono Researcher, World in You (General Incorporated Association, 2021-Present)
Committee Member, Sendai City Collaborative Community Development Promotion Committee (2024-Present)
Committee Member, Sendai City Regional Development Partnership Project Promotion Grant Program Review Committee (2024-2025)
Vice Chairperson, Higashimatsushima City Development Citizens' Committee (2023-2025)
Researcher, Doshisha University Social Marketing Research Center (2021-Present)
Pro Vono Researcher, Michinoku Mirai Kikin (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, 2019-2020)
Translator for Current Awareness Articles, Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library (2019-2025)
Committee Member, Sendai District Court (2019-2023)
Radio Appearance, Date FM "Nomura Fudosan x Tohoku University Lifetime 100 Years Lab" (March 2020)
Radio Personality, FM Taihaku "Yururu to On Time Talk" (2020-Present)
Contributing op-ed pieces to a local newspaper Kahoku Shimpo (2020-Present)
Academic Societies
International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)

Board of Directors (August 2023-Present)
Conference Co-chair for The 16th and The 17th International Conferences (2022-Present)
The 12th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Conference Academic Committee (September 2020-December 2022)
PhD Seminar Faculty Co-chair (May 24-28, 2021, Virtual)
PhD Seminar Faculty Chair (July 13-14, 2019, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand)
The 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Academic and Organising Committee (October 2018-July 2019)
PhD Seminar Faculty (July 8-10, 2018, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
PhD Seminar Faculty (December 2-3, 2017, MM-CSR Trisakti University Campus, Jakarta, Indonesia)

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

Co-chair of Message Strategy Common Interest Group (2019-2025)
Co-host for The 2023 ARNOVA-Asia Conference (2021-2024)
2021 ARNOVA Asia Conference Program Committee (January to June, 2021)
2020 ARNOVA Best Paper Award Committee
2020 ARNOVA Asia Conference Program Committee(January to June, 2020)

Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA)

Board of Directors (2018-2024)
Chair of Conference Planning Committee for The 23rd Annual Conference (2021)
Series of Articles on Participating in International Conferences for JANPORA Newsletter (in Japanese)

Japan Association of Social Relations (JASR)

Board of Directors (2020-Present)
Vice President (2022-2024)