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.