Research Unit

Giorgio Fabio Colombo

Professor of Law at the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University.

Director of the Research Unit “Decolonizing Arbitration”.

Research interests include:

  • arbitration
  • ADR
  • comparative private law
  • legal cultures
  • law and literature

He previously served as advisor to the Judicial Academy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and taught arbitration at UC Berkeley.


Dai Yokomizo

Professor of Law at Nagoya University Graduate School of Law.

His research focuses on:

  • private international law
  • comparative law
  • globalization and law
  • internet law
  • sports law

He is Associate Editor of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law.


Yoshiko Naiki

Professor at Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University.

Her work focuses on:

  • WTO law
  • environmental regulation
  • food safety standards
  • governance systems
  • public-private partnerships

She previously worked at the WTO dispute settlement section of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.


Mana Takahashi

Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies.

Research interests include:

  • law and development
  • legal pluralism
  • access to justice
  • rule of law assistance
  • project management

She previously worked with IBM Japan and UNCITRAL Asia-Pacific Regional Centre.