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Dr. Hiroyuki Egami （江上弘幸）

Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK

JSPS Scientist for Joint International Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Affiliated Researcher, Faculty of Commerce, Otaru University of Commerce, Japan

(Former Assistant Professor, College of Economics, Nihon University, Japan)

hiroyuki.egami(at)oii.ox.ac.uk; hegami(at)res.otaru-uc.ac.jp

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Research

Primary fields

Applied micro-econometrics, development economics, health economics, human behaviour and digital technology, video games.

Published/forthcoming in refereed journals

Causal effect of video game play on mental well-being in Japan 2020-2022 (Hiroyuki Egami, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Chihiro Egami, and Takahisa Wakabayashi), Nature Human Behaviour, 2024, 8, 1943–1956; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01948-y

Press Coverage
English: Reuters, nature briefing, Nature News, Los Angeles Times, New Scientist, Euronews, Earth, Phys.org, MSN, Foreign Affairs, ScienceDaily, Science Media Centre, Telegraph, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mail Online, Tech Register, The Debrief, Pledge Times, I3investor, Hindustan Times, News Medical Life Science, Healio, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Health Reporter, Science Japan, PsyPost, Forbes, and more.
Japanese: Nature Asia, Nikkei, IT media, The Science News, QLifePro, Diabates Net, Gigazine, Game Spark, XenoSpectrum, University Journal Online, fmgunma NEWS, 静岡新聞, 上毛新聞, and more.
Other languages: El País, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Scientias.nl, Geo.de, La Repubblica.it, TechInsider.ru, Biz Chosun, EL MUNDO.es, Der Standard.at, Pharmazeutische Zeitung.de, Deutsches Ärzteblatt.de, Pourquoi Docteur.fr, Infobae, CNN Chile, CNN Brazil, FayerWayer, Lavoz.com.ar, Proceso.com.mx, El Telégrafo Ecuador.com.ec, Canaltech.com.br, Wiadomości.pl, Naked Science.ru, 客観日本, Hello Future, and more.
Old version: PsyArXiv Preprints.

Mobile money remittances to cope with aggregate shocks: Urban migrants and rural families under the COVID-19 lockdown in Bangladesh (Hiroyuki Egami, Yukichi Mano, and Tomoya Matsumoto), World Development Sustainability, 2025, 6, 100197; doi: 10.1016/j.wds.2024.100197
Mobile money use and healthcare utilization: evidence from rural Uganda (Hiroyuki Egami and Tomoya Matsumoto), Sustainability, 2020, 12(9), 3741; doi:10.3390/su12093741

Working papers / projects

Conference presentations

Invited Talk: Virtual symposium, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, New Ideas for Medicine (May 23rd, 2025, 9:30 - 9:55 pm Tokyo Time) "Game on: How Video Games Can Impact Mental Well-Being"

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Awards and grants

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Awards (~2020)

第34 回電気通信普及財団賞・佳作 (The 34th Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award “Honorable Mention”) (2019) Click here to see the award-winning paper.
医療経済学会第12 回研究大会・若手最優秀発表賞 (Best Paper Award for Young Researchers : The 12th Annual Conference of Japan Health Economics Association) (2017)

Research Grants (~2020)

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (KAKENHI) (with Jorge Luis Garcia and Tong Wang (PI)), 2,200,000 JPY, 2018-2020. Click here to see the project outline.
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (KAKENHI), 3,100,000 JPY, 2018-2020. Click here to see the project outline.
電気通信普及財団・研究調査助成金 (The Telecommunication Advancement Foundation Research Grant), 4,000,000 JPY, 2018-2019.
財政・金融・金融法制研究基金・研究助成金 (Research Grant from the Finance of Public and Private sectors and Financial Legal System Research Fund of Japan), 300,000 JPY, 2018.
公益信託山田学術研究奨励基金・奨励金 (Research Grant from Yamada Academic Research Promotion Fund of the Public Interest Trust), 300,000 JPY, 2018.

About me

Education

Ph.D. in Advanced Policy Studies, Graduate School of Policy Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2017-2021)
Master of Arts in Advanced Policy Studies, Graduate School of Policy Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2015-2017)
Master of Public Policy, The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, The University of Chicago (2011-2013)
Bachelor of Economics, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo (2004-2007)

Employment

Bank of Japan (2007-2017)
Board of Audit of Japan (2017-2019)
Young Research Fellow, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2018-2021)
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