Profile

Born in 1973 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

Settled in Kyoto since November 2006.

Education

MA (1998) and PhD (2005) in human sciences (history) at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.


Working experience

2017- Visiting professor, University of Fribourg

2016- Professor, Osaka University

2014-2018 Part-time lecturer, Doshisha University, Kyoto

2015-2016 Associate professor, Osaka University

2012-2015 Associate professor, Kyoto University

2011-2015 Part-time lecturer, Kansai University, Osaka

2009-2011 Research fellow, Osaka University

2008-2009 Visiting research scholar, Rutgers University (USA)

2006-2009 Fellow visitor, Kyoto University

2005-2006 Part-time lecturer, University of Neuchâtel

2002-2015 Research fellow, University of Lausanne

2002-2006 Research assistane, University of Neuchâtel

2002-2006 Head of the Center of economic research CEJARE, Saint-Imier (www.cejare.ch)

2000-2002 Research assistant, University of Lausanne

1999-2000 Employee in the after-sale service, Vacheron-Constantin SA, Geneva

1996-1998 Part-time librarian, Musée international d’horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds


Academic affiliations

Société suisse d’histoire économique et sociale (SSHES).

European Business History Association (EBHA), council member since 2016.

Business History Conference (BHC).

Japan Business History Society.

Japan Socio-Economic History Society.

Japanese Society for the History of Medicine.


Prizes and awards

Osaka University Prize (2018)

Best Paper Prize, European Business History Association (2012).

Hakubi researcher, Kyoto University (2012).

Gaïa Prize (2011).

Postdoc fellwoship of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (2009).

Postdoc fellowship of the Swiss National Foundation (2006).

Henri-E. Sigerist Prize for the History of Medicine and Natural Sciences (2000).


Language skills

French: mother tongue

English: full working knowledge

Japanese: full working knowledge (日本語能力試験1級)

German: passive understanding

Gaïa Prize, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland),

15 September 2011.