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Academic Publications

  • Chiya, A. (2024). Harmonizing performers’ motivations and community revitalisation at a rural island music festival. International Journal of Event and Festival Management [article under minor revision]
  • Qu, M., Zollet, S., Chiya, A. (2024). Island Art Sustainability Education: A case study of Osakikamijima, Japan. Shima, 18(1), 68-88. DOI: 10.21463/shima.216 [Link to article]

Conference Proceedings

Hiroshima University Teaching Experience

  • Communication IA, Liberal Arts Education Program, as Teaching Fellow, 1Term, 2024
  • Communication IA, Liberal Arts Education Program, as Teaching Fellow, 2Term, 2024
  • Communication IA, Liberal Arts Education Program, as Teaching Fellow, 3Term, 2024
  • Communication IIA, Liberal Arts Education Program, as Teaching Fellow, 4Term, 2024
  • Communication IIA, Liberal Arts Education Program, as Teaching Fellow, 3Term, 2023,
  • Communication IIA, Liberal Arts Education Program, as Teaching Fellow, 4Term, 2023
  • E-Start Program, as Qualified Teaching Assistant, 2022

Research Presentations

  • Visiting performers’ motivations at a rural island music festival, SEAMA 2024 Conference: Islands Tourism and Hospitality Management, Okinawa, Japan, March 2024
  • Tempest of Change: Climate Storms [multimedia and paper presentation], ICEL, UC3M and UVigo Environmental Law Symposium: Towards a Legal System in Harmony and Peace with Nature, Madrid, Spain, December 2023
  • A proactive response in times of emergency – an experimental governance, 20th IUCN AEL Colloquium, Joensuu, Finland, August 2023 
  • Music Festivals and Social Sustainability, Small Island Cultures Research Initiative Conference, Miyajima, Japan, June 2023, https://www.sicri.net/isic-2023
  • (Classical) Music Festivals in the context of revitalization and sustainability on Japan’s regional communities, MIRAI 2.0 (Conference), Kyushu University, Itoshima, Japan, November 2022
  • The music and cultural dimension in the implementation of environmental law and governance, WCEL International Environmental Law Conference, Oslo, October 2022
  • Lost Migration: The importance of migratory patterns on biodiversity, Beyond UNEA 5.2 and UNEP 50th Anniversary: “The Next Steps Forward” (Conference), New York/Geneva/Nairobi, March 2022
  • Adaptation in the Time of Change, BIBDYES Empowerment Summit (Conference), Brunei, 2021
  • Monochrome Burning: Raising awareness and the persuasive effect on the reduction on illegal deforestation through  artistic intervention, ICEL/UC3M International Congress: “Towards a Global Legal Framework in Harmony and Peace with Nature” (Conference), Madrid, Spain, November 2021
  • Harmony with Nature – the harmony and consonance between the oceans and music, Peace and Nature – Environmental Law Symposium – Laws for Ecological Resilience (Conference), Marseille, France, September 2021 

Invited Talks, Workshops, Masterclasses

  • Invited talk, Adapting to the ever changing world, OSG Youth Alliance, 2024
  • Guest lecture, Classical Music Festivals in Japan, part of Japanese Tourism, Hiroshima University, 2022, 2023
  • Guest lecture, Social and Cultural Sustainability, Dulwich College, Seoul, 2022
  • Workshop, Presentation and practice, Setoda-Tokyo Education Workshop, Ikuchijima, Japan, 2022
  • Guest lecture, Sustainability Development Goals and the Island Soundscape, Hiroshima Global Academy, Japan, 2022
  • Guest lecture, Music and Sustainability, Dulwich College, Beijing, 2022
  • Guest lectures in Music, Capability Development, Management, Andante School of Music, Jakarta, 2021
  • Masterclasses, Orchestra conducting – Musin method, Peter the Great Music Academy, St. Petersburg, 2016-2020
  • Invited talk, Conducting and performance, Singapore School of the Arts, 2018
  • Guest lecture, Conducting and performance, Lasalle College of the Arts, 2017

Awards and Grants

  • SPRING Next-Generation Research Fellowship, Hiroshima University, 2024-2025
  • Graduate Research Fellowship in Sustainability Science, Hiroshima University, 2022-2024
  • Graduate School Leader Education Excellent Scholarship, Hiroshima University, 2023
  • SDGs Ideas Mining for Specialist – Best Presentation, Hiroshima University, 2022
  • Capability Development Grant, National Arts Council Singapore, 2019, 2020
  • 3rd FJ Benjamin-Singapore Symphony Orchestra Award, 2014
  • 2nd FJ Benjamin-Singapore Symphony Orchestra Award, 2013
  • Trailblazer Scholarship, Singapore, 2013
  • Trinity College of Music Scholarship, 2010