I was born in Toyama Prefecture, and came to the Kansai region when I entered university. As an undergraduate, I learned the basics of electricity, energy, and information systems engineering. At graduate school, I joined a laboratory that conducted energy and economic analyses using mathematical models and simulations. Later, I became a research associate at Osaka University and then worked as a researcher at the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth. Since April 2004, I have been a faculty member of the College of Policy Science and the Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University.

I explore the relationship between RD&D (research, development, and deployment) of technologies to address climate change (e.g., solar power generation) and society/economy mainly by using quantitative analysis techniques, such as model simulations. At this Graduate School, I am a member of the Research Project on “Regional Management and Public Policy.” The viewpoint of regional sustainable development is reflected in my research. In the College (undergraduate school), I am in charge of lectures, such as “Environmental Science” and “Natural Resources and Energy.” Issues of the environment, resources, and energy, which are linked to one another, are analyzed based on systems thinking to discuss the relationship with various socioeconomic developments and policy issues.

Things are interrelated in a complicated manner as captured by the Japanese proverbs “When the wind blows, barrel makers get rich” or “If you please one, you cannot please the other.” Studies that focus on the humanities, science, or much narrower specialized fields alone impose limitations on imagining, investigating, and understanding such interrelation. I consider it important to study and conduct research based on an interdisciplinary approach at this Graduate School.

Climate change, energy and resources, circular carbon economy, operations research

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