Makiko is a DPhil (PhD) candidate in International Relations at New College, University of Oxford. She examines the process by which states pursue higher status in international society by learning and achieving mastery of key practices such as international law and diplomacy. She draws on practice theory and the English School, and her current empirical focus is on Japan from the 19th century to the contemporary period.
She holds a BA with Honors in Political Science from Wellesley College (summa cum laude) and an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford (Distinction). Prior to the DPhil, she was a Program Officer at The Nippon Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in Asia, where she oversaw international grant projects.
Select Awards
Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) Studentship
Sakaguchi International Scholarship Foundation Scholarship
Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship
Albright Fellowship
Knapp Social Science Fellowship
Three Generations Prize for Writing in the Social Sciences
Research Areas
Practice Theory
English School
Historical International Relations
Languages
Japanese (fluent)
English (fluent)
French (intermediate)
Mandarin (beginner)
Select Publications
Miyazaki, Makiko. “ラオスで初開校：バイリンガルろう教育学校 [First Bilingual Deaf Education School Opens in Laos].” 国際開発ジャーナル [International Development Journal] 807 (2024): 96-7.
Miyazaki, Makiko. “Critical Theory’s Objectives: Unfulfilled in Praxis, Fulfilled in Critique.” New Collection 15 (2021): 69-79. (New College, University of Oxford)
Miyazaki, Makiko. “Victor or Victim: China’s Different Narratives on the War of Resistance Against Japan and Their Justifications and Effects on Sino-Japanese Relations.” International Relations Council Journal (2018): 50-62. (Wellesley College)
