Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
Public Administration
Personnel Administration
Bureaucracy
Public Management
2023–Present
Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Hosei University
2022–2023
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Hosei University
2019–2022
Associate Professor, Department of Administrative Policy, Fukushima University
2016–2019
Research Fellow, Japan Institute of Administrative Management
2013–2016
JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellow (DC1)
2018
Ph.D., Graduate School for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Supervisor: Professor Toshiyuki Kanai
Doctoral Dissertation:
Reona Hayashi (2018). Three Models of Human Resource Management in Japanese Municipal Government (Doctoral Dissertation, Graduate School for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo), 1–496.
Special Excellence Award for Doctoral Dissertation, Graduate School for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Fujita Award (Article Category), the Goto Yasuda Memorial Tokyo City Research Institute
Outstanding, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo
Japan Society for Public Administration
Japanese Political Science Association
Japan Association for Local Government Studies
The Public Policy Studies Association Japan
Japan Society of Human Resource Management
2025
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, FY2025, “The Impact of Reductions in Civil Servant Personnel Costs on Citizens’ Evaluation of Government: A Comparative Study of Japan and Four OECD Countries” (2025-2028)
Principal Investigator: Reona Hayashi
2024
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), FY2024, “Japanese Bureaucracy from the Perspective of Representative Bureaucracy: A Mixed-Methods International Comparative Approach” (2024-2028)
Principal Investigator: Toshiyuki Kanai
Co-Investigators: Keiko Watanabe, Reona Hayashi, Akifumi Shimada, Koichi Kawai, Yuta Kobayashi, Hiroshi Inagaki, Tomitaro Kitami, Nozomi Matsui, Mayumi Shimizu, Guemsum Kim, Masatoshi Minowa, Tomonari Nagata, So Morikawa, Hiromu Miwa
Research Collaborator: Kohei Suzuki
2023
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), FY2023, “Ripple Effects of Cheating and Analysis of Non-Disruptive Free-Riding” (2023-2026)
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Kojima
Co-Investigators: Reona Hayashi, So Morikawa, Manami Tsuruta
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), FY2023, “Re-Examining the ‘Generalist-Type’ Civil Servant: Education, Gender, and Expertise” (2023–2026)
Principal Investigator: Hajime Kidera
Co-Investigators: Hiroshi Inagaki, Reona Hayashi, Takahiro Maeda, Yuta Kobayashi
2022
JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), Research Program on Science and Technology for Innovation Policy, “A Deliberative Approach to Accepting Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policy: Focusing on the Mechanisms of Emotion and Technology” (2022-2026)
Principal Investigator: Reona Hayashi
Research Team Members:
Social Science Group: Shunsaku Komatsuzaki, So Morikawa, Hiromu Miwa, Tomoya Yokoyama
Natural Science Group: Yan Jinglong, Tatsuro Matsumura, Yuji Fukaya, Kenji Nishihara
Policy Implementation Group: Ichirō Kutani, Tomoko Murakami, Kenji Kimura, Yūji Matsuo
SECOM Science and Technology Foundation, FY2021 Special Research Grant, “Research on Entrepreneurship and Teamwork for Solving Social Issues” (2022-2025)
Principal Investigator: Takahiro Maeda
Co-Investigators: Manabu Nakajima, Yuta Kobayashi, Reona Hayashi, So Morikawa, Atsushi Okada
Nomura Foundation Research Grant, FY2022, “Criteria of Frontline Public Servants Engaged in Child-Related Work: An Experimental Study and Normative Analysis” (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Ayako Hirata
Co-Investigators: Reona Hayashi, Taichi Kishimi, Taka-aki Asano
2021
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, FY2021, “Determinants of Career Aspirations for Bureaucracy: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Using Conjoint Experiments and Interviews” (2021-2025)
Principal Investigator: Reona Hayashi
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), FY2021, “Multi-Layered Empirical Research on Public Service Motivation (PSM)” (2021-2025)
Principal Investigator: Akifumi Shimada
Co-Investigators: Toshiyuki Kanai, Reona Hayashi, Hiroto Tai
2020
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), FY2020, “Analysis of Misconduct Propensity among Public Officials and Aspirants, and Strategies for Prevention” (2020-2023)
Principal Investigator: Takeshi Kojima
Co-Investigators: Reona Hayashi, So Morikawa
Research Collaborator: Manami Tsuruta
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), FY2020, “A Comprehensive Investigation into Civil Servants’ Views on Work via the Q Method” (2020-2023)
Principal Investigator: Masatoshi Minowa
Co-Investigators: Takeshi Fukaya, Reona Hayashi
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), FY2020, “Examining How Environmental Changes Affect Personnel Management through QCA and Network Analysis” (2020-2023)
Principal Investigator: Hiroshi Inagaki
Co-Investigators: Hajime Kidera, Reona Hayashi, Takahiro Maeda, Yuta Kobayashi
Grant from Mitsubishi Research Institute on “Research Related to the Social Aspects of Geological Disposal,” “Empirical Analysis of Attitude Formation Processes in NIMBY Facility Acceptance: Focusing on Differences and Shared Perceptions Between Individuals and Society, Beneficiaries and Sufferers” (2020-2021)
Principal Investigator: Shunsaku Komatsuzaki
Research Collaborator: Reona Hayashi, Juri Fujiwara, Satoshi Eifuku
Research Participant: So Morikawa
2019
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, FY2019, “An Experimental Study of Risk Preferences among Aspiring Public Employees” (2019-2021)
Principal Investigator: Reona Hayashi
JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, FY2019, “Three Models of Human Resource Management in Japanese Municipal Government” (2019-2020)
Principal Investigator: Reona Hayashi
2013
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1) Grant-in-Aid, “Dynamics of Personnel Management and Skill Development in Local Governments” (2013-2016)
Principal Investigator: Reona Hayashi
2022–present
Editorial Committee Member for the Annual Bulletin, Japan Society for Public Administration
2023–2025
Chair, Course of Public Management, Graduate School of Public Policy, Hosei University
2022
Member (Expert) of the Research Committee on Opinion Surveys for the National Personnel Authority
2020
Committee Member (Vice Chair), Fukushima City Basic Policy for Human Resource Development Advisory Committee
Committee Member, Investigation Committee on Work-Related Death among Municipal Officials in Minamisōma City