MEMBERS_TAGS: The University of Tokyo

Kurita Takuya

In 1984, graduated from the faculty of law of The University of Kyoto. His career started as a government official of the Ministry of Construction, and he has had broad experiences in the policy field of national land and regional development, urban policy, city planning and infrastructure development. He also has many legislative achievements in such policy fields.
Between 2015 and 2018 he worked as director general of the City Bureau, and between 2018 and 2019 director general of the Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
In 2020, vice-minister of the ministry.
Holder of M.Phil of Land Economy and Ph.D of Science and Engineering.

Igeta Yuki

In 2018, she completed her master course study at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Master of Environmental Studies. She joined DeNA Co., Ltd. and engaged in the development of autonomous driving services and the field test operation. She was appointed to her present position in September 2021.

Odagiri Mirai

After completing his Master’s degree in public policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo, he joined Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. He was selected the Executive Secretary to Dr. Masaki OGUSHI Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. In 2015, he was elected as one of six in the politics and policy field as Propicker at NewPicks, Inc., which is a well-known Japanese social economic media company that specializes in economic information. He established Japan Association of Public Meets Innovation in 2018. In 2020, after getting MPA in Economic Policy Management at School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, he was elected as Pro Publingal at Publingual, Inc., which is Japanese social policy media.

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).