Contact
Email ria.shibata@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 3920
Teaching
INTS509 Global Peace and Conflict
Supervision
Dr Shibata is interested in supervising students with projects in the following areas:
- Intergroup/interstate conflicts (in particular, intractable conflicts)
- Identity and conflicts
- Collective memory, collective victimhood
- Reconciliation and historical injustices
- Nationalism and history education
- Contact theory
Research
- Intractable conflicts in East Asia
- East Asia peace and security
- Identity and conflicts
- Collective memory, war memory, collective victimhood
- Apology, reconciliation and historical injustices
- Interactive problem-solving workshops and Track 1.5/2 diplomacy
Dr Ria Shibata received her PhD from the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago. She has conducted extensive research on the underlying socio-psychological dynamics of intractable conflicts and the effectiveness of intervention strategies such as interactive problem-solving workshops. Her research has focused on identity-driven needs and protracted interstate conflicts in East Asia. She has published works on the role of collective memory, competitive victimhood, and reconciliation in East Asia. Ria has been trained in practical skills and strategies for conflict management and resolution through SIT’s CONTACT program. She has helped design and facilitate problem-solving workshops and Track 2 dialogues with influential academics and policy makers from China, Korea and Japan from 2012-present.
Publications
Shibata, R. (2021). Climate change in the Pacific: Land, identity, and security. Peace Review, 34, 22-30. doi: 10.1080/10402659.2022.2023426
Shibata, R. (2021). The construction of cultural identity: National identity and collective forgetting in Japan-South Korea relations. In J. Zajda & S. Majhanovich (Eds.), Globalisation, cultural identity and nation building: The changing paradigms. (pp. 107-122). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-2014-2_7
Shibata, R. (2021). Competitive victimhood, reconciliation and intergenerational responsibility. In K. P. Clements & S. Lee (Eds.), Multi-level reconciliation and peacebuilding: Stakeholder perspectives. (pp. 187-205). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003017851
Miall, H., & Shibata, R. (2020). Open hearts, open minds: Trust, confidence and security building in Northeast Asia. Journal for Peace & Nuclear Disarmament, 3(2), 366-384. doi: 10.1080/25751654.2020.1856556
Cleverley, M., Lee, S., & Shibata, R. (2019). Climate change conflict and the Pacific Islands. In A. Finigan, P. Vakaoti, R. Richards & M. Schaaf (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XVI. (pp. 9). Dunedin, New Zealand: The Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific
Shibata, R. (2021). Competitive victimhood, reconciliation and intergenerational responsibility. In K. P. Clements & S. Lee (Eds.), Multi-level reconciliation and peacebuilding: Stakeholder perspectives. (pp. 187-205). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003017851
Chapter in Book - Research
Shibata, R. (2021). The construction of cultural identity: National identity and collective forgetting in Japan-South Korea relations. In J. Zajda & S. Majhanovich (Eds.), Globalisation, cultural identity and nation building: The changing paradigms. (pp. 107-122). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-2014-2_7
Chapter in Book - Research
Shibata, R. (2018). Apology and forgiveness in East Asia. In K. P. Clements (Ed.), Identity, trust, and reconciliation in East Asia: Dealing with painful history to create a peaceful present. (pp. 271-297). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-54897-5
Chapter in Book - Research
Shibata, R. (2016). Japan’s identity crisis and Sino-Japanese relations. In M. R. Mullins & K. Nakano (Eds.), Disasters and social crisis in contemporary Japan: Political, religious, and sociocultural responses. (pp. 81-103). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137521323
Chapter in Book - Research
Shibata, R. (2015). Globalization, politics of historical memory, and enmification in Sino-Japanese relations. In J. Zajada (Ed.), Globalisation, comparative education and policy research (Vol. 13): Nation-building and history education in a global culture. (pp. 67-81). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9729-0
Chapter in Book - Research
Shibata, R. (2021). Climate change in the Pacific: Land, identity, and security. Peace Review, 34, 22-30. doi: 10.1080/10402659.2022.2023426
Journal - Research Article
Miall, H., & Shibata, R. (2020). Open hearts, open minds: Trust, confidence and security building in Northeast Asia. Journal for Peace & Nuclear Disarmament, 3(2), 366-384. doi: 10.1080/25751654.2020.1856556
Journal - Research Article
Shibata, R. (2018). Identity, nationalism and threats to Northeast Asia peace. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 13(3), 86-100. doi: 10.1080/15423166.2018.1516157
Journal - Research Article
Shibata, R. (2017). Memories of the war and Japanese "historical amnesia". Education & Society, 35(1), 5-25. doi: 10.7459/es/35.1.02
Journal - Research Article
Shibata, R. (2013). The globalization of popular culture: The Korean wave in Japan. Virginia Review of Asian Studies, 15(1), 116-126. Retrieved from https://virginiareviewofasianstudies.com/
Journal - Research Article
Cleverley, M., Lee, S., & Shibata, R. (2019). Climate change conflict and the Pacific Islands. In A. Finigan, P. Vakaoti, R. Richards & M. Schaaf (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XVI. (pp. 9). Dunedin, New Zealand: The Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shibata, R. (2019). Identity, nationalism and threats to Northeast Asia peace. Proceedings of the 23rd Biennial International Conference of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA). (pp. 54). Retrieved from http://www.nzasia.org.nz
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shibata, R. (2017). Japanese war responsibility and popular culture. Proceedings of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference. (pp. 22). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/nzasia-2017/index.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shibata, R. (2017). North Korea's military threat and Japan's identity as a pacifist state. Proceedings of the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference: (Dis)ordering politics: Exclusion, Resistance and Participation. (pp. 93). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/nzpsa-2017
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shibata, R. (2013). History, memory and identity in Sino-Japanese conflict. Proceedings of the 20th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference. (pp. 55). Retrieved from http://www.nzasia.org.nz/conference.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shibata, R. (2013). Memory, identity and competing victimhood in Sino-Japanese relations. Proceedings of the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference. Retrieved from https://nzpsa.co.nz/past-nzpsa-conferences
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shibata, R. (2012). The role of contact in dealing with prejudice, traumatic memory and enmification in Sino-Japan relations. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference of the East Asian Peace (EAP) Program: Big Powers and Sustainable Peace: Will the East Asian Peace Hold? (pp. 22). Retrieved from http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/archive/eap/conferences/second-annual-conference/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shibata, R. (2017). Practice of conflict resolution studies and reconciliation in the real world [Invited]. Panel discussion at the Towards the Creation of Reconciliation Studies International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shibata, R. (2017, August). Japanese inherited responsibility and memory of the war. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI) Conference: Popular Culture, War Memory, and Reconciliation between South Korea and Japan, Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shibata, R. (2016, March). Identity and reconciliation in East Asia: The pacifist dilemma. Verbal presentation at the 57th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Atlanta, USA.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Yu, W., & Shibata, R. (2014, November). Apology and forgiveness in Northeast Asia. Verbal presentation at the North East Asian Peace and Security International Writing Workshop: Addressing Impasses; Collaborative Problem Solving, Yokohama, Japan.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shibata, R. (2013, November). Identity crisis in Sino-Japanese conflict. Verbal presentation at the Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA): Engaging Violent Conflicts in Asia-Pacific with Nonviolent Alternatives, Bangkok, Thailand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shibata, R. (2013, September). Identity crisis and the Sino-Japanese conflict. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI) Conference: Japanese Responses to Social Crisis and Disaster 1995 to 2011, Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shibata, R. (2017). War, identity, and inherited responsibility in Sino-Japanese relations (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7286
Awarded Doctoral Degree
