Researcher's Profile

Many of today's challenges transcend national borders, necessitating globally coordinated and concerted action to address them. In addition, the governance landscape is increasingly complicated due to developments in science and technology, including emerging and cutting-edge fields such as AI and cyber security.

Our research concerns the following areas, with a view to addressing global and increasingly complex issues from the perspective of policy development and governance:

1. Global Consensus Making Policy
   Research on global coordination development and consensus-building, and implementation thereof, to address transnational issues, as is the case of COVID-19.
   The research has a particular emphasis on the political dynamics behind these issues, including the assessment to maintain and strengthen economic security, along with a focus on the role of Japan within these dynamics.
2. Science and Technology Policy
   Research on policies to strengthen the foundation of Japan's science and technology capabilities.
   This work focuses on the dynamics of the innovation ecosystem, including industry-academia collaboration and investment strategies. These assessments are analyzed with a view on Japan's role as discussed in Section 1, "Global Consensus Making Policy."
3. Knowledge and Research in Policy Making
   Research on the utilization of knowledge, information and research in the policy making process.
   The research has a special emphasis on the conditions and process for reflecting "evidence" (in a broad sense) in policy development, particularly in response to the recent increasingly complex social and political dynamics, including transnational issues. The research builds on research and practical accumulation in the field of Evidence Based (Informed) Policy Making.