Policy Analysis and Socio-tech Lab.

Dept. of International Studies / School of Frontier Sciences / UTokyo

Graduate schools (DOIS, Civil, and GraSPP)

Innovations for Civil Engineers (S1 Term, Civil)

 

Case Studies of International Projects (S2 Term, Civil & GraSPP)

Three classes for a case of Southern Transport Development Project in Sri Lanka

 

工学部社会基盤学科（3,4年生）

国際プロジェクト序論（2年Aセメスター）

・開発援助に関する3回分を担当

 

国際プロジェクトのケーススタディ（3年S2ターム）

・スリランカ用地取得に関する3回分を担当

 

応用プロジェクトV（3年Aセメスター）

・国際プロジェクトグループが提供する、社会基盤学科生向けの演習授業です。

 

インフラの評価と政策過程（3年A2ターム）

・インフラ供給をはじめとする公共政策・事業を担う政府の活動をどのように分析・評価するかを学ぶ。具体的には、特に途上国の文脈で以下のような問いに答えようとするいくつかの枠組みについて紹介する。
何をするときに政府は有効であるといえるのか？
政府活動の有効性はどのように評価できるのか？
政府活動の有効性を左右する政治的要因は何か？

 

教養学部前期課程（1,2年生）

現代工学基礎Ⅰ「国際プロジェクトと社会イノベーション」（夏学期）

・1回分を担当

 

全学自由研究ゼミナール「世界開発報告を読む」（毎学期開講）

　最新版の『世界開発報告』を会読します。報告そのものや、その根拠となっている文献をクリティカルに読み、議論することで、社会課題解決のために世界各国で行われているプラクティスの可能性や限界、科学技術（社会科学・自然科学）と公共政策の関係等について考え、見直す機会としていただくことがこの演習のねらいです。

2024冬学期のリーディングリスト（WDR 2024 The Middle-Income Trap）

  • WDR Overview
  • WDR Ch.1-3
  • Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S., & Robinson, J. A. (2001). The colonial origins of comparative development: An empirical investigation. American economic review, 91(5), 1369-1401.
  • Samford, S. (2017). Networks, brokerage, and state-led technology diffusion in small industry. American Journal of Sociology, 122(5), 1339-1370.
  • Chang, E. C. C., & Chu, Y. H. (2006). Corruption and trust: Exceptionalism in Asian democracies? The Journal of Politics, 68, 259-271.
  • Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., & Zingales, L. (2006). Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20, 23-48.
  • Lee, Y., & Gordon, R. H. (2005). Tax structure and economic growth. Journal of Public Economics, 89(5), 1027-1043.
  • Ross, M. L. (2001). Does Oil Hinder Democracy? World Politics, 53(3), 325–361. doi:10.1353/wp.2001.0011
  • Beraja, M., Kao, A., Yang, D. Y., & Yuchtman, N. (2023). AI-tocracy. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(3), 1349-1402.
  • De Ree, J., Muralidharan, K., Pradhan, M., & Rogers, H. (2018). Double for nothing? Experimental evidence on an unconditional teacher salary increase in Indonesia. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(2), 993-1039.
  • Ponticelli, J., & Alencar, L. S. (2016). Court enforcement, bank loans, and firm investment: evidence from a bankruptcy reform in Brazil. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(3), 1365-1413.
  • Campante, F. R., Chor, D., & Li, B. (2023). The political economy consequences of China’s export slowdown. Journal of the European Economic Association, 21(5), 1721-1771.
  • Juhász, R., Lane, N., & Rodrik, D. (2023). The new economics of industrial policy. Annual Review of Economics, 16.
  • Hanley, N. (2000). Macroeconomic measures of ‘sustainability’. Journal of economic surveys, 14(1), 1-30.
  • Zhang, J., Moon, K., & Veeraraghavan, S. K. (2022). Does Fake News Create Echo Chambers?. Available at SSRN 4144897.
  • Deaton, A. (2010). Instruments, randomization, and learning about development. Journal of economic literature, 48(2), 424-455.
  • Stiglitz, J. E. (2002). Information and the Change in the Paradigm in Economics. American economic review, 92(3), 460-501.
  • Oberlack, C., Blare, T., Zambrino, L., Bruelisauer, S., Solar, J., Villar, G., ... & Ramírez, M. (2023). With and beyond sustainability certification: Exploring inclusive business and solidarity economy strategies in Peru and Switzerland. World Development, 165, 106187.
  • Kitzmueller, M., & Shimshack, J. (2012). Economic perspectives on corporate social responsibility. Journal of economic literature, 50(1), 51-84.
  • Stiglitz, J. E. (2011). Rethinking macroeconomics: What failed, and how to repair it. Journal of the European economic association, 9(4), 591-645.
  • Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. 2005. "The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (2): 99–120.
  • Rochet, J.-C. and Tirole, J. (2006), Two-sided markets: a progress report. The RAND Journal of Economics, 37: 645-667.
  • Pietrobelli, C., Calzada Olvera, B., Iizuka, M., & Mazzi, C. T. (2024). Suppliers’ entry, upgrading, and innovation in mining GVCs: lessons from Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. Industrial and Corporate Change, 33(4), 922-939.
  • Watts, M. J. (2005). Righteous oil? Human rights, the oil complex, and corporate social responsibility. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 30, 373-407.
  • Venables, A. J. (2016). Using natural resources for development: why has it proven so difficult?. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30(1), 161-184.
  • Eibl, F., & Hertog, S. (2024). From rents to welfare: Why are some oil-rich states generous to their people?. American Political Science Review, 118(3), 1324-1343.

 

学位論文の研究テーマ Supervised theses

Master's theses

  • “Barriers and drivers of BIM based LCA implementation: Identifying key factors in periphery and core Asian countries using interpretative structural modeling (ISM)”
  • “The role of human resources in the international expansion of the construction industry: Generalists as the key to the success of Spanish construction companies”
  • “Household Perspectives and Resistance to Preventive Relocation in Flood-Prone Areas: A Case Study in the Polwatta River Basin, Southern Sri Lanka”
  • “Achieving stakeholder agreement in environmental policymaking in Japan: A text-based analysis of discussion in councils”
  • “An analysis of future stability issues in logistics system in the era of the Physical Internet: Problem identification and cross-industry comparison for managerial solutions”
  • “A study of managerial decision-making bias in task planning under uncertainty: Toward enhancement of bureaucratic organizational capacity in the developing world”
  • “Strategies of higher education in emerging economies: A case of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Sri Lanka”

Graduation theses

  • “A Study on Disaster Response and Use of Disaster Information in the Downstream of Kukureganga Dam, Sri Lanka”
  • “Structurization of Livelihood Risks in Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement and Analysis on Affected People's Perceptions: A Case Study of Highway Projects in Sri Lanka”
  • “Analysis of colluding behaviors in dishonest reporting: An experimental approach using dice-rolls”
  • “Variations in stakeholders and approaches to new technology adaption: A comparative case study of COVID-19 wastewater surveillance implementation in the United States.”
  • 不正直さが発生する環境の分析と行動を抑制するルールのあり方―社会的不安定を誘発する個人の行動に関する考察―
  • “Interference of decentralisation with PPP in the water sector and shifting equilibria in service quality and tariffs: A case study of Mexico City”
  • “Water access under historically embedded multi-ethnic contexts in Latin America: An analysis with a focus on the Peruvian case”
  • “How can environmental policymaking take long-term and multiple perspectives? A text-based analysis of discussions in governmental committees”
  • “Political instability, social movements and opposition actors in Latin America: Cross-case comparison and agent-based modeling”
  • “Attitudinal and behavioral responses to benefits and losses from resettlement: Experimental and empirical examination toward successful livelihood restoration of resettlers”
  • 予測情報を活用した予見能力向上のための研究〜自治体における地震災害対策での実践に向けて〜
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