Miyoko Taniguchi

Miyoko Taniguchi is Professor of International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies at Miyazaki Municipal University, Japan, and formally served as Senior Advisor for Peacebuilding at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). She received her Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. Her work bridges scholarship and practice and focuses on conflict resolution, mediation, peacebuilding, and post-conflict governance, with particular expertise on Mindanao in the southern Philippines. Over the past decades, she has worked with development and peacebuilding organizations in conflict-affected settings across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Balkans. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and policy engagement, she has published on peace processes, diplomacy, security, foreign policy, development assistance, and local political order.