Jota Ishikawa

BIOGRAPHY

Jota Ishikawa is currently Professor of Economics in the Faculty of International Social Sciences at Gakushuin University. He is also a Specially Appointed Professor within Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) at Hitotsubashi University and a Faculty Fellow of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade & Industry (RIETI) which is a public policy think tank established in 2001. He was previously Professor of International Economics  in the Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University.

Jota received his B.A. and M.A. from Hitotsubashi University and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. His research focuses on “trade policies under imperfect competition” and “trade and environment”. He has published more than 50 papers in distinguished academic journals including Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, International Economic Review, and Economic Theory.

Jota served as the President of the Japan Society of International Economics from 2014 to 2016. He has been a Member of the Science Council of Japan since 2020. He is also on the scientific boards of Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS) and Australasian Trade Workshop (ATW). He has been organizing “Hitotsubashi-Gakushuin Conference on International Trade & FDI” since 2003.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• 2022.4-
  Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University  

• 2022.4-
  Professor (Specially Appointed),  Hitotsubashi Institude for Advanced Study 

• 2006.10-2007.3
  Visiting Professor, School of Economics, University of New South Walles

• 2006.4-2006.6
  Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• 2001.4-2022.3
  Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

• 1999.3
  Visiting Professor, Bocconi University

• 1994.7-1996.3
  Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration, University of British Columbia

• 1994.4-1994.6
  Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder

• 1994.4-2001.3
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

• 1991.10-1994.3
  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

• 1990.7-1991.9
  Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario