is a Japanese political scientist and scholar of China who has published widely on China's involvement in

peacekeeping Peacekeeping comprises activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed warfare. Within the United N ...

operations. She is currently RCUK Research Fellow at the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham and a visiting fellow at the Department of International Relations at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

. Her PhD research at the

concerned the work of religious

NGOs A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

in China, and formed the basis of the book ''Civilizing missions: international religious agencies in China''. Hirono became the subject of a visa controversy after the UK Home Office retroactively applied a rule concerning the amount of time a temporary resident could spend overseas to deny her the right to remain in Britain, leading her to accept a position at the

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (World Peace through Language) , established = May, 1945 , type = Private university , chancellor= Yoshikazu Morita , president=Takeshi Matsuda , city = Ukyō-ku, Kyoto , state = Kyoto , country = Japan , unde ...

in her native Japan. This decision was widely criticized by higher education practitioners as undermining Britain's ability to attract and retain highly skilled foreign scholars.

Selected publications

* HIRONO, M., 2008. Civilizing missions: international religious agencies in China Palgrave MacMillan. * HIRONO, M. and LANTEIGNE, M., 2011. China and United Nations Peacekeeping International Peacekeeping. 18(3), 328-43 * HIRONO, M., 2011. China's charm offensive and peacekeeping: the lessons of Cambodia for Sudan - what now for Sudan? International Peacekeeping. 18(3), 328-343 * HIRONO, M., 2012. "Competing for International Prestige"?: Chinese and Japanese Contributions to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). In: LAM, PENG ER and TEO, VICTOR, eds., Southeast Asia between China and Japan Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hirono, Miwa People associated with the University of Nottingham Academic staff of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Keio University alumni Australian National University alumni