Mark T. Kawakami

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Teacher. Lawyer. Failed Comedian. Weekend Researcher.

Oh hi there!

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Assistant Professor of Private Law at Maastricht University Faculty of Law
Coordinator of International Business Law at the Faculty of Law & School of Business and Economics
Researcher for the Sectorplan on Globalization & Law Network
Course Designer and Advisory Board Member for the UM Global Studies Program
Member of the UM Law Faculty Council
Member of the Diversity & Inclusivity Advisory Council
Editorial Board Member for UMagazine
Member of Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies
Manager of Maastricht Negotiation & Conflict Resolution Clinic
Organizer for "We Got Problems"
Former member of the Maastricht Young Academy, Studio Europa Maastricht Young Researcher’s Network, Maastricht European Private Law Institute, UM Learning & Innovation Taskforce, and former coordinator of International Business Law at Hasselt University (Belgium)

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The (False) Promises of AI and On Demand Manufacturing towards Sustainability? (2024)
A Vigilante EU, the Encroachment of European Laws Abroad, and Its Impact on Japan (2024)
Academic Citizenship as a Mediating Mechanism (2024)
On Academic Citizenship, Diversity & Inclusivity, Cancel Culture, Academic Freedom, and Interdisciplinary Education: Potential Lessons from Dutch Academia? (2023)
“Requirements for Reliance on Settlement Agreements” in The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (2022)
Good Intentions and Detours on the Road to Diversity (2022)
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff? The New Proposal for the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (2022)
Are the German Courts Actually Fighting for (In)justice?! (2021)
Made in Maastricht 1981 - 2021 (2021)

Japanese Translation of Jan M. Smits’ “Contract Law: A Comparative Introduction” (2021)
How (Not) to Search for the Truth and (Perhaps) Improve the Human Condition. Toyo Hogaku (2020)
The Mediation Disruption: A Path to Better Conflict Resolution through Interdisciplinarity and Cognitive Diversity. Corporate Mediation Journal (2020)
Company Law is Bananas (with Kim Berg). Sustainability and Private Law (2020)
Corporate Impunity and the Tolerable Lightness of Soft Laws. TvOB (2019)
Columns for The Observant
Some older articles are available on my SSRN page

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Gender & Race in Law and Political Economy
Studium Generale Interview with Nice Nailantei Leng'ete
An Afternoon with a Game-Changer: Vice Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng (University of Cape Town)
UM Global Studies Program Opening Ceremony
TEDxMaastricht: Something to be Said about the Unheard Voices
International Mental Health Festival: The Effects of COVID-19 on Our Mental Well-being
PechaKucha: The Teacher Who Learned to Listen
Unleash Today: How to Be Fearless About Changing the Trajectory of Your Career
WE|TEACH
UM Opening of the 45th Academic Year

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Archive

November 2024 2
- Nov 28, 2024 Goodbye IBL (and Thank You) 👋
- Nov 21, 2024 On a Path to Becoming a CEDR-Accredited Mediator
October 2024 1
- Oct 16, 2024 At Least We Now Have Air Missile Defense Systems?: How Academics in the Netherlands Can Survive the Draconian Budget Cuts
June 2024 3
- Jun 22, 2024 Waiting for Change (or for Godot)
- Jun 12, 2024 The Substitute Teacher in Ethnography
- Jun 1, 2024 Are Students Customers? (Re)Evaluating the Role of Student Inputs in Curriculum Development
May 2024 1
- May 15, 2024 Conviction to a Singular Narrative and the Burdens of Nuance
April 2024 1
- Apr 5, 2024 Learning GenAI Together (or Teaching Old Dog New Tricks)
March 2024 4
- Mar 31, 2024 The Magic of ELS Alums Mentoring Our Current Students
- Mar 31, 2024 UWC & UM Mock Trial of Nicholson v. The Chronicle Tides: A Wild Success (A Biased Reflection)
- Mar 14, 2024 UWC Maastricht and UM Collaborating on the Nicholson v. The Chronicle Tides Mock Trial
- Mar 4, 2024 Maastricht Mediation Clinic ➡️ Maastricht Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Clinic
November 2023 2
- Nov 23, 2023 Being a Foreigner in The Netherlands Now
- Nov 21, 2023 Our Career, not as a Ladder, but as a River
October 2023 1
- Oct 10, 2023 Re-defining Masculinity (Again and Again)
August 2023 1
- Aug 16, 2023 Is There Room for “Unreasonable Hospitality” in Education?
June 2023 4
- Jun 23, 2023 Finding Inspiration (in the Usual Places)
- Jun 15, 2023 The Dutch Internationalisation Debate, Generative AI Models & English as a Competitive Advantage?
- Jun 14, 2023 On (Blindly) Following Silly Rules of Writing
- Jun 7, 2023 Reflections from Another Demanding Teaching Season: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
May 2023 2
- May 16, 2023 Saying No in Academia
- May 8, 2023 UM University & Faculty Council Elections: VOTE 4 LEAD!!
April 2023 3
- Apr 22, 2023 The Crux of Cross Cultural Communication
- Apr 14, 2023 Fighting Imposter Sydrome One Book Review at a Time
- Apr 6, 2023 On the “Sadness” of Teaching and My New "Hobby"
March 2023 2
- Mar 23, 2023 International Commercial Arbitration Webinar with Bas van Zelst
- Mar 13, 2023 Abolishing Hierarchy in Academia!? A Conversation with Jan M. Smits
January 2023 3
- Jan 31, 2023 So I Asked ChatGPT to Draft a Recommendation Letter...
- Jan 21, 2023 Artificial Intelligence, Loneliness Epidemic, and Various Other Concerns Over the Digital Future of Universities
- Jan 16, 2023 A Blue Monday Reflection for Lawyers and Law Students
December 2022 2
- Dec 12, 2022 Global Citizenship Education in Japan: The Kawakami Method
- Dec 11, 2022 “Life is More Imporant than Science”: A Conversation with Martin Paul
November 2022 2
- Nov 20, 2022 (Don’t) Boycott the 2022 World Cup!!
- Nov 3, 2022 Growing Up in Science with Martin Paul
October 2022 3
- Oct 28, 2022 "Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school."*
- Oct 25, 2022 Another Successful UM Learning & Innovation Annual Conference!!
- Oct 3, 2022 Moderating Glaw-Net Seminar with Antoine Duval!
September 2022 2
- Sep 11, 2022 UM Team Wins Best Negotiation Strategy for the IBA-VIAC CDRC 2022 Competition!!
- Sep 9, 2022 3rd Year UM Global Studies Students Kick Off the New Acadmic Year with a Bang: The (Mock) Trial of Franz Schlegelberger
June 2022 2
- Jun 8, 2022 Passion and Curiosity for Interdisciplinarity Alive and Well at UM
- Jun 1, 2022 MYA Presents: Growing Up In Science with Bram Akkermans on Academic Citizenship
May 2022 5
- May 31, 2022 Suicide Prevention Workshop with Flourish Maastricht, The InnBetween & 113
- May 24, 2022 Studio Europa Maastricht + Maastricht Young Academy Joint Event to Promote Interdisciplinary Research and Interfaculty Collaborations
- May 19, 2022 Students from the UM Interfaculty Global Studies Program Live Up to the Hype!
- May 6, 2022 Studium Generale Interview with Nice Leng'ete
- May 3, 2022 Three (Former) Students Walk into a Lecture
April 2022 5
- Apr 29, 2022 Maybe the Law Alone Can't Change the World, but a Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed People Might?!
- Apr 24, 2022 On How I Managed to Make a PowerPoint Slide that My 2 Year Old Enjoyed (Thanks to Bram Akkermans)
- Apr 14, 2022 International Commercial Arbitration/Investor State Investment Negotiation between Maastricht University + Texas A&M University
- Apr 12, 2022 Can the Law Save the World: A Discussion
- Apr 6, 2022 Eatly Wins the UM Student Idea Competition (and an Unsolicited Endorsement)!
March 2022 4
- Mar 29, 2022 A Mindblowing International Commercial Arbitration Seminar (If I May Say So Myself)!!
- Mar 25, 2022 Should We Talk about How We are (Not Really) Supervising Our Students with Their Thesis?
- Mar 7, 2022 Billy Joel, C.S. Lewis & the Proposed EU Directive for Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
- Mar 2, 2022 Come Join the Maastricht European Private Law Institute’s Thesis Workshop!!
February 2022 4
- Feb 24, 2022 Maastricht Young Academy Announces the Winning Team for Its Inaugural Interdisciplinary Grant
- Feb 22, 2022 Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration: Current Issues & Emerging Trends
- Feb 11, 2022 Our Expat x Migrant Street Exhibition Colors the City of Maastricht as It Prepares for the 30th Anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty
- Feb 4, 2022 Back to Teaching in a Classroom!
January 2022 1
- Jan 10, 2022 UM Blue Monday Web Event Hosted by Flourish Maastricht
November 2021 1
- Nov 8, 2021 "Lifelong Development Workshop" at the 2021 Learning & Innovation Conference!
October 2021 2
- Oct 30, 2021 Fathers be Good to Your Daughters
- Oct 5, 2021 "German Courts of the World" (aka My New UM Blog Post that No One Will Probably Read)
September 2021 5
- Sep 22, 2021 Expats x Migrants (Our Little D&I Project) Got Picked Up on De Limburger!
- Sep 17, 2021 How to Make Surfboards: A Checklist for Our Graduates
- Sep 10, 2021 Promotion of Incompetence? We Can Do Better!
- Sep 7, 2021 An Afternoon with a Game-Changer Mamokgethi Phakeng!
- Sep 5, 2021 UM Opening of the 45th Academic Year & New Strategic Program!
August 2021 3
- Aug 31, 2021 The Japanese Translation of Jan Smits’ Contract Law Textbook is Hot Off the Press!!
- Aug 23, 2021 Expats x Migrants Photoshoot is a Wrap!
- Aug 20, 2021 Recording a Lecture for the Dutch Sectorplan on Globalization & Law
June 2021 2
- Jun 22, 2021 Building a Sand Castle with a Two Year Old
- Jun 16, 2021 My Columnist Days are Over!
May 2021 5
- May 21, 2021 Live Teaching (with Actual Students) for the Law Faculty's Open Air Fesitval
- May 21, 2021 Growing Up in Science with Gonny Willems
- May 19, 2021 Segregating the Migrant Community: Exhibit & Dialogue on “Expats x Migrants”
- May 13, 2021 We Are Back! Micro-Lectures for UM Law Open Air Festival
- May 12, 2021 Online Education Can Be Awesome (If You Do It Right)
April 2021 4
- Apr 26, 2021 Teaching at a High School
- Apr 22, 2021 Raising Awareness for Academic Mental Health
- Apr 16, 2021 Webinar on Fast Fashion, Modern Slavery, and the Role of Corporations
- Apr 1, 2021 Futile Attempts: Bake Your Research!
March 2021 1
- Mar 3, 2021 2021 IBL Pizza Challenge (Because COVID-19 Sucks)
February 2021 1
- Feb 11, 2021 UM Team for the ICC Mediation Competition Finishes in the Top 5!
December 2020 1
- Dec 9, 2020 A "Christmas-Themed" Law Talk. Whatever That Is.