CV

Current position

2019- Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Previous positions

2017-2019 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University

2016-2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2015-2016 Visiting Academic, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science

2014-2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Engineering, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2013-2014 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow-PD, University of Tokyo

2010-2013 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow-DC1, University of Tokyo

Education

Ph.D. in Economics (valedictorian), University of Tokyo, 2013

M.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo, 2010

B.A. in Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2008

Research field

Economic History

Subfields: Institution and Household Behavior, Urban and Regional Growth, Health and Demography

Research grants

2024-2026 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research [Pioneering] (24K21409) [Principal Investigator]

2024-2026 Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research) (23KK0221) [Principal Investigator]

2021-2023 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (21K01611) [Principal Investigator]

2019 Tokyo Tech Young Scientist Award [Principal Investigator]

2019-2020 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (19K13754) [Principal Investigator]

2019-2019 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Platform for 19K13754) [Principal Investigator]

2017-2019 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (17K03096)

2016-2018 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (16K17153) [Principal Investigator]

2014-2017 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (26370787)

2014-2015 Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (26885029) [Principal Investigator]

2014-2015 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (25590070)

2013 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PD) (259772) [Principal Investigator]

2010-2012 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1) (229723) [Principal Investigator]

Travel grants

2024 Sabbatical Funding (Tokyo Tech)

2017 Research Abroad and Invitational Program for the Promotion of International Joint Research (Tokyo Tech)

2015-2016 Research Abroad and Invitational Program for the Promotion of International Joint Research (Tokyo Tech)

2014 Travel Grant for Attending Lindau Meetings (Council and Foundation for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings; JSPS)

Editorial board

November 2020- Cliometrica

Awards

March 2023: Meritorious Reviewer Award 2022, The Australian Economic History Review

February 2021: Sir Timothy Coghlan Prize from Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand

December 2019: Tokyo Tech Young Scientist Award