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Kyoto University Graduate School ofAdvanced Integrated Studies in Human Survival

Advanced Graduate School of Integrated Knowledge

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GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF ADVANCED
INTEGRATED
STUDIES IN HUMAN
SURVIVABILITY,
KYOTO UNIVERSITY

Professor IALNAZOV, Dimiter Savov

学館教員

  • Professor IALNAZOV, Dimiter Savov

    IALNAZOV, Dimiter Savov Professor

    Political Economy, Development Economics, Historical Institutional Economics

My message to applicants

I welcome students who have a strong interest in global issues such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and who would like to study in an international environment together with other students from different fields. Furthermore, I can supervise students who would like to study about problems related to industrial development, poverty and economic inequality, etc. during the energy transition in emerging economies and developing countries.

Main research topics

  1. The energy transition and sustainability
  2. Problems that occur during the energy transition in emerging economies and developing countries.

現在・過去の学生の指導実績

Names and research topics of the students who I am supervising now (Feb. 2025).

  • Nyaruai V. Theuri (Second-year student): The Impact of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) on the Mental Health of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in South Africa.
  • Krinah Jani (Second-year student): The Just Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Case of Mozambique.
  • Mariko Murohashi（First-year student）: Regional Industrial Development Through the Energy Transition in Japan.
  • Wen Min (First-year student): Digital Economy and Energy Consumption in Japan.
  • Li Yudi (First-year student): Rural Women’s Entrepreneurship in China.

Students who I have supervised in the past: name, titles of our joint papers, and career after graduation

Name Titles of our joint papers Career after graduation
Alexander Ryota Keeley
    1. Dimiter Ialnazov and Alexander Keeley (2020). Motivations, Enabling Factors and Barriers to the Energy Transition in Indonesia and Vietnam, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 505 012044, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/505/1/012044
    2. Dimiter S. Ialnazov and Alexander R. Keeley (2021). Current State and Challenges of the Energy Transition in Developing Countries (in Japanese). In Yuichi Ikeda (ed.), Implementing Human Survivability Studies, Kyoto University Press, pp. 109-150, ISBN 9784814002962.
 Associate Professor at the Technology and Policy Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Kazuki Hao
  1. Kazuki Hao, Dimiter Ialnazov and Yosuke Yamashiki (2021). GIS Analysis of Solar PV Locations and Disaster Risk Areas in Japan, Frontiers in Sustainability, December 2021,
    https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2021.815986
 Works for Shimizu Corporation, Japan
Charles Boliko
  1. Charles M. Boliko, Dimiter S. Ialnazov (2019). An assessment of rural electrification projects in Kenya using a sustainability framework, Energy Policy, Vol. 133, October, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110928
  2. Charles Boliko, Dimiter Ialnazov (2019). A Survey of Rural Electrification in Kenya Using a Sustainability Assessment Framework, J-Stage, Grand Renewable Energy Proceedings, 2018, Volume 1, https://doi.org/10.24752/gre.1.0_16
 Works for Yachiyo Engineering, Japan
Jin Zhe
  1. Jin, Zhe and Ialnazov Dimiter (2023). Governance Challenges and Solutions of the Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation Program in China: The Case of Jinzhai County. Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 7, pp. 20–38.
    https://doi.org/10.24112/jaes.070002
  2. Jin Zhe and Ialnazov Dimiter (2022). Sustainability assessment of individual-level solar energy poverty alleviation program-A case on Jinzhai County, China. Frontiers in Sustainability, November 2022, 3:1072141.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2022.1072141
 Tsinghua University (China) Postdoctoral fellow
Ke Deng
  1. Ke Deng, Dimiter Ialnazov, and Kaoru Takara (2024). “The Impact of COVID-19 on Heat-related Ambulance Calls and the Challenges for Emergency Medical Transport in the Kansai Region, Japan: A Mixed Methods Approach”, Environmental Research: Health, Vol. 2, No. 3,
    https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ad4f05
 Works for Accenture Japan
Reo Hirata
  1. Reo Hirata and Dimiter S. Ialnazov (2024) “Corporate environmental behavior toward sustainable development: Motivations, benefits, and challenges of ISO 14001 adoption at Japanese subsidiaries in Thailand” Business Strategy & Development, 7(3), e70015.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.70015
  2. Reo Hirata, Dimiter S. Ialnazov, and Fumiharu Mieno (2023). Corporate governance characteristics of Japanese manufacturing companies and ISO 14001 adoption by their subsidiaries in Thailand, Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 6, 100236,
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2023.100236
  3. Reo Hirata and Dimiter S. Ialnazov (2024). Stakeholder Engagement Towards Environmental Management in Thailand: A Symposium about Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration and Japanese Subsidiaries (in Japanese), Japan Forum of Business and Society, Vol. 13, pp. 70-78.