March, 2017
Curriculum Vitae
NAO SAITO
Current Position
Associate Professor
Tohoku Gakuin University, Department of Economics
Contact
E-mail: naosaito@mail.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp
Research Interest
Political Philosophy, Economic Philosophy, Social Choice Theory
Education
WASEDA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan
Doctor of Political Science, February 2013
Dissertation: On the Assumption of Unanimity in the Theory of Liberal Democracy:
Time and Decision in Kenneth Arrow’s Social Choice and Individual Values
WASEDA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan
Master of Political Science, March 2007
WASEDA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Economics, March 2005
Research Employment
2014 – Present TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, Miyagi, Japan
Associate Professor of the department of economics
2011 – 2014 WASEDA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan
Research Associate of the faculty of political science and economics
2011 – 2009 THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE, Tokyo, Japan
Research Fellow
Publication
・Nao, Saito. “A Reply to the Criticism against Liberal Constitutionalism in the Work of Kenneth Arrow’s Social Choice and Individual Values,” The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, No. 378-379, pp. 139-153, 2010(Oct.). （referred）
・Nao Saito. “The Possibility of Social Contract as Continuous Commitment: By the Criticism of Kenneth Arrow's Formulation,” Young Challenges to New Political Economy, Waseda University, pp.118-45, 2008. （referred）
・Nao Saito, “Arrow’s Social Ordering as Moral Obligation,” working paper of GCOE-GLOPEⅡ, Waseda University, pp. 1-20, 2011(Dec.).(non-referred)
・Nao Saito, “A Dialogue between Arrow and Rawls on Utilitarianism: focusing on Arrow’s criticism against Rawls,” full paper for the conference of ISUS, pp. 1-16, 2014. (non-referred)
・Nao Saito, “The Transformation of Kenneth Arrow’s Attitude toward War” in A. Rosselli and Y. Ikeda (eds.) , Economist and War, London: Routledge, 2017, forthcoming. （refereed）
・Other
( 5 papers in referred journals written in Japanese, 2 papers in non-referred journals written in Japanese, 2 chapters of books written in Japanese, and one book written in Japanese (forthcoming))
Presentation
・Nao, Saito. “The Possibility of Social Contract as Continuous Commitment: By the Criticism of Kenneth Arrow's Formulation,” GLOPE-TCER Joint Junior Workshop on Political Economy, Waseda University, Japan, February 9, 2008.
・Nao Saito, “Arrow’s Social Welfare Function as Moral Rule,” GCOE-GLOPEⅡ International Conference, Waseda University, January 15, 2012.
・Nao Saito, “A Dialogue between Arrow and Rawls on Utilitarianism: focusing on Arrow’s criticism against Rawls,” The 13th conference of International Society of Utilitarian Studies, Yokohama National University, August 21, 2014.
・Nao Saito, “Kenneth Arrow’s Idea of Justice,” The 4th ESHET-JSHET Conference, Otaru University, September 11, 2015.
・ “The Role of Moral Agency in Sen’s Identity Theory,” 3rd International Conference in Economic Philosophy, Conservatoire Darius Milhaud (in Ex-An-Province, France), June 16, 2016.
・“The Role of Moral Agency in Sen’s Identity Theory,” the research seminar of GATE L-SE at Saint-Etienne, Jean Monnet University of Saint-Etienne (in Saint-Etienne, France), June 17, 2016.
・ “Wefarist or Non-Wefarist? The Development of Arrow’s Idea of Justice,” International Conference of Human Development and Capability Approach, Hitotsubashi University, September 3, 2016.
・“Wefarist or Non-Wefarist? The Development of Arrow’s Idea of Justice,” International Workshop,“Economic Thought of Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, and the Transformation of the Welfare State,” Hitotsubashi University, September 6, 2016.
・Other
(18 presentations in Japanese)
Award
・Dean Award (for dissertation)