MEMBERS_TAGS: Energy scenario

Pinar Temocin

Dr. Pinar Temocin was trained in hydrobiology engineering in Turkey, Philosophy in Turkey and Germany, and Comparative Politics and Public Policy in France. Before entering the Hitachi-UTokyo Lab. in November 2023, she completed her doctoral studies at Hiroshima University, researching nuclear energy policies and environmental civil society organizations within the post-Fukushima context. As a project assistant professor under the Hitachi-UTokyo Lab., she focuses on hydrogen and ammonia co-firing technology, bridging her educational background
in political science and research expertise in sustainability studies. While working at the Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo, she is also leading the case study in Japan as part of the GOGREEN, a global research project on the local co-creation of green transitions, led by Roskilde University, Denmark. Additionally, she is currently a non-residential visiting fellow at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, USA.
Using her interdisciplinary research experience in environmental governance, stakeholder engagement, and energy policies, Dr. Temocin carried out research in several research institutes worldwide, including the University of Auckland and Seoul National University. She actively collaborates with scholars internationally and produces research papers on energy issues.

Chen, Emmy Yi-chun

Yi-chun Chen works as a project researcher at the Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo since November 2020. She has a BA in Political Science from National Taiwan University, and obtained her Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies (environmental economics field) from Kyoto University in 2019. Her research interests include energy transition studies, renewable energy policies, and sustainable niche development.

Shiroyama Hideaki

Hideaki SHIROYAMA is a professor of public administration at the Graduate School of Public Policy and the Graduate School for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo. He studies about global governance/ international administration, science/ technology and public policy and policy process. He was the Dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy from 2014 to 2016 and the Director of Policy Alternatives Research Institute from 2010 to 2014. He is the Director of Science, Technology, Innovation and Governance Program and the Coordinator of Graduate Program for Social Design and Management. He serves as a member of various government advisory councils on higher education, nuclear safety, consumer safety, space policy and AI/ IT. His major publications include “Technology Governance” in Sustainability Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach, United Nations University Press, 2011, “Governance for sustainability: knowledge integration and multi-actor dimensions in risk management”, Sustainability Science, vol.7 (2012), International Administration (Yuhikaku 2013) and Science, Technology and Politics (Minerva Publisher 2018).

Sugiyama Masahiro

Masahiro Sugiyama is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Future Initiatives(IFI), the University of Tokyo. He holds a Ph.D. in climate science and a master’s degree in technology and policy, both from MIT. Prior to joining PARI, he was a researcher at the Socio-Economic Research Center, the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry. He joined PARI in April, 2014. An expert on global warming, he has worked on various topics related with climate change, ranging from energy efficiency in global scenarios to citizens’ views on climate geoengineering. His works have been published in various academic journals, including Nature(http://doi.org/10.1038/531029a).