{"id":1031,"date":"2026-06-22T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eikei.dev.db-force.net\/english\/academics\/researcher\/details_00830\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:25:01","slug":"details_00830","status":"publish","type":"researcher","link":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/academics\/researcher\/details_00830\/","title":{"rendered":"BEALE Alison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cmn_textPhoto left\">\n<figure><\/figure>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<h3>Visiting Professor<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Profile<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cms_text\">\n<p>Director, University of Oxford Japan Office<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from the University of Oxford she first came to Japan on the JET Programme before embarking on a career in international cultural relations principally with the British Council, holding senior posts in Japan, Trinidad and Tobago and China.<br \/>She also obtained a Masters in Advanced Japanese Studies from the University of Sheffield.<br \/>In her current role with the University of Oxford she develops links and partnerships for the University with businesses, foundations, alumni and media in Japan.<br \/>She is Executive Director of the Japan-British Society, on the Board of the New National Theatre Tokyo and the Inamori Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The world today is changing rapidly and we need to think creatively and with passion about how to solve the various global challenges that we face.<br>I hope you will enjoy developing your skills as global citizens in order to create a better, more prosperous, and more peace-ful society for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Lectures &amp; Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/news\/3846\/\" class=\"text-link is-arrow\">\n        Report of Evening Lounge: Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 \u2013 Ms. Alison Beale    <\/a>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1032,"template":"","researcher_category":[59],"class_list":["post-1031","researcher","type-researcher","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","researcher_category-department-of-social-system-design"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/researcher"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4720,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher\/1031\/revisions\/4720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"researcher_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher_category?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}