Current research topics

開発途上国におけるインフラ整備行政とコミュニティや人々の認識に与える影響の研究

　　Public administration in developing countries and government-community/society interactions

Does infrastructure serve as a mean of public diplomacy? How does host community respond to its development?

自然関連／不平等・社会関連財務情報開示に向けた測定指標の開発

　　Standard development for TNFD and TISFD

What can companies do to disadvantaged communities in developing countries leveraging global supply chains?

国境を越えた官民連携に関する研究（スペイン・マドリッド工科大学との共同研究）

　　Cross-boarder Public-Private Partnership

What is human resource/institutional strength of the construction industry in connecting to the global market?

NIMBY問題の実験アプローチによる再検討

　　Experimental approach to Not-In-My-BackYard phenomena

How do beneficiaries and hosts respond to variants of cost/benefit and compensation structures in NIMBY issues?

政府と政策のイノベーションに関する研究

　　Public sector innovation

How can the public sector be innovatory, anticipatory, and participatory? Who should take an intiative to lead it?

公共デザインの評価に関する研究

　　Civic design and policy evaluation

How should inevitably long-term infrastructure design be evaluated? How is civic participation used in the process?

政治が人々の認識や行動に与える影響の研究

　Effects of politics and public administration on behaviors and perceptions

Does political participation and/or leadeship change people's norms, perceptions, and everyday behaviors?

 

Selected publications

With students' leadership

Journal articles

• Zhao, X., Wang, H., Dai, C., Tang, J., Deng, K., Zhong, Z., Kong, F., Wang, S., Morikawa, S. (2025) “Multi-stage Simulation of Residents’ Perception and Decision-Making Behavior Regarding Disaster Risk Information: An Exploratory Study on Large Language Model Driven Social Cognitive Agent Framework.” Systems, 13 (4).
• Zhao, X., Wang, H., Morikawa, S., Wang, S., Tang, J., Sugiyama, S., Sriwarnasinghe, S.M. (2025). “Mapping Non-profits Participation in Disaster Mitigation: A Data-driven Study of Functional Diversity, Spatial Patterns and Driving Factors of China’s Emergency Management Nonprofit Organizations.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. (accepted)
• Zhao, X., Morikawa, S. (2024). “Rapid Assessment of Large-Scale Urban Destruction in Conflict Zones Using Hypergraph-Based Visual-Structural Machine Learning.” Journal of Engineering Research. (in press)
• Peng, S., Takizawa, T., Morikawa, S. (2022). “Iterations in Business Idea Creation: An Analysis of Teamwork in an Innovation Workshop.” Journal of Design Research, 19 (4-6), 330-352.

Conference presentations

• Sugiyama, S., Morikawa, S. (2025). “Internal and External Communication in Bureaucratic Organizations: Effects on Project Completion in Sri Lanka’s Irrigation Department.” 82nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Chicago, April 2025.
• Zhao, X., Morikawa, S. (2025). “Visual Memory-Enhanced Spatio-Temporal Network for Urban War Damage Assessment with Multi-Temporal Satellite Imagery,” The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2025 Conference, Tokyo, March 2025.
• Zhao, X., Sriwarnasinghe, S.M., Tang, J., Wang, S., Wang, H., Morikawa, S. (2025).　“Enhancing Participatory Development Research in South Asia through LLM Agent System: An Empirically grounded Methodological Initiative and Agenda from Field Evidence in Sri Lanka.” The First Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Languages (IndoNLP), Abu Dhabi, January 2025.
• Zhao, X., Tang, J., Dai, C., Morikawa, S., Deng, K., Zhong, Z., Kong, F., Wang, S., Wang, H. (2024). “Multi-stage Simulation of Residents’ Perception and Decision-Making Behavior Regarding Disaster Risk Information: An Exploratory Study on Large Language Model Driven Social Cognitive Agent Framework.” 2024 Workshop on AI-Empowered Systems Simulation, Kyoto, November 2024.
• *Madusanka, N.P.I., Morikawa, S. “Attitude Formation to Preventive Resettlement as a Disaster Mitigation Measure in Flood-prone Areas in Sri Lanka.” International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) 2024 Conference, Bloemfontein, July 2024.
• Sugiyama, S., Morikawa, S. (2024). “An Insight into Information Asymmetry in Bureaucracy of the Developing State: An Experimental Investigation of Irrigation Engineers in Sri Lanka.” 81st Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Chicago, April 2024.
• Sugiyama, S., Morikawa, S. (2023). “Supervisor-subordinate Relationship and Public Servants’ Choices: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment.” Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) Annual Conference 2023, Tokyo, December 2023.
• Ota, K., Morikawa, S. (2023). “Introducing New Technologies into Public Policy: An Analysis of National Expansion of Wastewater Surveillance by Biobot Analytics.” Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) Annual Conference 2023, Tokyo, December 2023.
• Sugiyama, S., Morikawa, S. (2023). “A Study of Managerial Decision-making Bias in Task Planning under Uncertainty: Toward Enhancement of Bureaucratic Organizational Capacity.” International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) 2023 Conference, Manila, August 2023.
• Hidano, H., Morikawa, S. (2023). “Analysis of the Balance between Environmental and Economic Aspects in Japan’s Environmental Policymaking Using Text Analysis.” International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) 2023 Conference, Manila, August 2023.
• Nishio, R., Morikawa, S. (2023). “Interference of Decentralization with PPP in the Water Sector and Shifting Equilibria in Service Quality and Tariffs: A Case Study of Mexico City.” International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) 2023 Conference, Manila, August 2023.
• *Hidano, H., Morikawa, S. (2023). “Revealing Characteristics of Japanese Environmental Policy Making.” 27th World Congress of Political Science, Buenos Aires, July 2023.
• *Morikawa, S., Naruse, S., Hayashi, R., Tsuruta, M., Ojima, T. “Measuring Dishonesty among Government Workers in the Developing World: Implications for Resilience in Government Organizations.” 8th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Online (Hong Kong), June 2023.
• Koyama, A., Morikawa, S. (2022). “Governance Rules for Logistics Service Providers in the Era of the Physical Internet.” Data for Policy 2022, Hong Kong (Online), December 2022.
• Hidano, H., Morikawa, S. (2022). “How Can Environmental Policy Making Take Long-Term and Multiple Perspectives? Text-based Analysis of Discussions in Governmental Committees.” Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) Annual Conference 2022, Online, December 2022.
• Nishio, R., Morikawa, S., Oishi, K. (2022). “Governance of Regulators Regarding Water Services: The Impact of Political Interference on Regulation under Private Concession in Latin America.” Lien Development Conference 2022, Singapore, November 2022.
• Naruse, S., Morikawa, S. (2022). “Cultural Dishonesty as a Fundamental Factor of Corrupt Behaviour.” Lien Development Conference 2022, Singapore, November 2022.
• Hidano, H., Morikawa, S. (2022). “Problem Identification in Japanese Environmental Policy Making through Machine-learning Detection of Deliberation Elements.” 7th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Online (Bandung), March 2022.
• Hirokawa, T., Morikawa, S. (2020). “Developing Skilled Workforce through Higher Education in Emerging Economies in an Era of Climate Change: A Case Study of Sri Lanka.” International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) 2020 Conference, Online, December 2020.
• Goto, Y., Morikawa, S. (2020). “Text Mining Approach for Idea-Based Classification of Climate Change Policies: The Case of U.S. State-Led Coalition.” International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) 2020 Conference, Online, December 2020.
• Yasui, A., Sano, T., Morikawa, S. (2020). “Do Professional Resources for Accountability Matter? A Study on Continuity and Diffusion of Disaster Management Policies in Japan.” International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) 2020 Conference, Online, December 2020.
• Sugiyama, S., Morikawa, S. (2020). “Inclusive Resettlement with Reciprocal Persuasion for Resettlers’ Life Restoration: Toward Cooperative Management for Highway Development in Sri Lanka.” International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) 2020 Conference, Online, December 2020.
• Yasui, A., Kikuchi, N., Morikawa, S. (2020). “Does Scientific Evidence Help to Develop Disaster-anticipation Ability?” 5th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Perth, February 2020.
• Komikado, H., del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Morikawa, S., and Komatsuzaki, S. (2019). “Localized Public Service with National Infrastructure: A case of Post-Fukushima Energy Governance in Higashi-Matsushima, Japan,” 4th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP), Montreal, June 2019.
• *Akasaka, R., and Morikawa, S. (2019). “Government Roles and their Challenges of Rural Electrification with ICT in Bangladesh,” 4th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Hong Kong, March 2019
• *Ozawa, A., and Morikawa, S. (2017). “Resettlement Risks in a Dynamic Perspective: A Case of Southern Transport Development Project in Sri Lanka,” International Conference on Sustainable Development 2017, Ottawa, August 2017

With other collaborators

Journal articles

• Hayashi, R., Asano, T. Morikawa, S., Komatsuzaki, S. (2024). “Public Service Motivation and Not-In-My-BackYard: The Case of High-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site in Japan.” International Public Management Journal, 27 (6), 948-971.
• Morikawa, S.*, Aoyama, M., Kato, H. (2023). “Development of Railway Station Plazas: Impact on Land Prices in Surrounding Areas.” Transport Policy, 142, 1-14.
• 渡邉恵子・森川　想 「地域と協働した探究学習と高校生の意識・態度の経時的変化」 『国立教育政策研究所紀要』 152巻、25-38頁、2023年。
• Miwa, N., Bhatt, A., Morikawa, S., Kato, H. (2022). “High-Speed Rail and the Knowledge Economy: Evidence from Japan.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 159, 398-416.
• Komikado, H., Morikawa, S.*, Bhatt, A., Kato, H. (2021). “High Speed Rail, Inter-regional Accessibility, and Regional Innovation: Evidence from Japan.” Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 167, 120697.
• Takada, S., Morikawa, S.*, Idei, R., Kato, H. (2021). “Impacts of Improvements in Rural Roads on Household Income through the Enhancement of Market Accessibility in Rural Areas of Cambodia.” Transportation, 48, 2857-2881.
• Alves, L. B. O., Maeda, S., Morikawa, S., Kato, H. (2021). “Land Titles and Farmer’s Perceptions about Ease of Conducting Transactions: A Case Study in Brazil.” Development in Practice, 31 (4), 484-495.
• Idei, R., Kato, H., Morikawa, S. (2020). “Contribution of Rural Roads Improvement on Children’s School Attendance: Evidence in Cambodia.” International Journal of Educational Development, 72, 102131.
• 小柴　等・森川　想 「議事録を用いた議会・行政の関係性分析手法」 『人工知能学会誌』 34巻5号、E-J47_1-10頁、2019年。
• Alves, L. B. O., Maeda, S., Morikawa, S., Kato, H. (2019). “Can Transportation Change Land Property Rights in Developing Rural Areas? A Case Study of Land Titles in a Brazilian Municipality,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2673 (5), 220-229.
• Takesue, H., Ozawa, A., and Morikawa, S. (2017), “Evolution of Favoritism and Group Fairness in a Co-evolving Three-person Ultimatum Game,” EPL (Europhysics Letters), 118 (4), 48002.
• 松岡　広・森川　想 「テキスト分析による審議会等の議事の可視化に向けて―在宅医療に関する中央社会保険医療協議会の議事を例に―」 『社会技術研究論文集』 14巻、73-83頁、2017年。
• 森川　想* 「スリランカ南部高速道路事業における用地取得・住民移転と市民認識の変容」 『土木学会論文集F4（建設マネジメント特集号）』 71巻4号、CD-ROM、2015年。

Conference presentations

• * Morikawa, S., Harada, M., Mikami, R. (2025). “Can ODA Transform Donor Countries into In-group Members? Evidence from International Field Experiment in Sri Lankan Road Project.” 27th World Congress of Political Science, Seoul, July 2025. (accepted)
• Watanabe, K., Morikawa, S. (2025). “Motivation of National University Administrative Staff.” 27th World Congress of Political Science, Seoul, July 2025. (accepted)
• Hayashi, R., Miwa, H., Morikawa, S., Suzuki, K. (2025). “Reconsidering Bureaucratic Representation: Citizen Expectations across Diverse National Contexts.” 82nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Chicago, April 2025.
• *Morikawa, S., Hayashi, R., Komatsuzaki, S. (2024). “Challenges of Co-production for Energy Policy Deliberation under a Disparity of Locational Interest: An Experimental Study in Japan.” International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) 2024 Conference, Mombasa, February 2024.
• Kono, H., Morikawa, S. (2023). “A Typology of Cities and Universities in Japan for Resilient University-industry Collaboration.” 8th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Online (Hong Kong), June 2023.
• Asako, Y., Arai, K., Hino, A., Morikawa, S. (2023). “Reducing Polarization by Observing Others’ Actions: Laboratory Experiments.” 80th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Chicago, April 2023.
• *Morikawa, S. (2022). “How Can the Government Develop Citizens’ Disaster-anticipation Ability by Information Provision?” Invited talk to IIAS Special Panel of Resilience Governance, Lien Development Conference 2022, Singapore, November 2022.
• Hayashi, R., Morikawa, S., Komatsuzaki, S. (2022). “Trust, Affect, and Cognition in NIMBYism: A Study on Acceptance of High-Level Waste Disposal Site in Japan.” 2021 Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) Conference, Online, September 2022.
• *Morikawa, S., Hayashi, R., Komatsuzaki, S. (2022). “Implicit NIMBYism and Willingness to Accept a Nuclear Power Plant.” 79th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Online, April 2022.
• *Yiu, C.F., Morikawa, S. (2022). “A Comparative Study of the COVID-19 Containment Policies and People’s Adaptive Behaviors in Indonesia and Japan, 2020-2021.” 7th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Online (Bandung), March 2022.
• *Yiu, C.F., Khan, U., Morikawa, S., Zeng, X., Wang, T. (2021). “Investigating the Impact of Governmental Policies on Sustainability Transitions of the Automobile Sector in China and Japan.” 17th Asian Association of Learning, Innovation, and Co-evolution Studies (ASIALICS) Conference, Online, November 2021.
• Takano, K., Morikawa, S. (2021). “Following to be Prepared: A Spatial Analysis of Local Administrative Crisis Management in Japan.” 2021 Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) Conference, Online, August 2021.
• Hayashi, R., Morikawa, S., Ojima, T., Tsuruta, M. (2021). “Empirical Comparison of Public-Private Risk Preferences Using Various Risk Elicitation Methods.” International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) 2021 Conference, Online, July 2021.
• *Kawai, K., Morikawa, S., Arai, K., Seki, T., Onishi, Y. (2021). “Do Flat Organizations Work Differently from Hierarchical Ones? Evidence from Laboratory Experiment and Field Survey on Public Sector Organizational Reforms in Japan.” 26th World Congress of Political Science, Online, July 2021. [extended from 2020]
• Hayashi, R., Morikawa, S., Komatsuzaki, S. (2021). “Locally Unwanted Facilities and Regional Sustainability: Evidence from an Online Conjoint Experiment in Japan.” 5th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP), Online (Barcelona), July 2021.
• *Makita, H., Koyama, A., Morikawa, S., Oishi, K. (2021). “Evolution of Actor Relations in the Water War Movement in Bolivia.” 78th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Online, April 2021.
• Ojima, T., Tsuruta, M., Hayashi, R., Morikawa, S. (2021). “Dishonesty and Future Public Servant’s Identity.” International Workshop for Lab and Field Experiments, Online, March 2021.
• *Yiu, C.F., Morikawa, S. (2021). “A Comparative Study of the Response Measures and Coping Strategies of the COVID-19 Outbreak in China and Japan.” 6th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Online (Hong Kong), March 2021.
• del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Morikawa, S., Komikado, H., Komatsuzaki, S. (2021). “Transnational City-to-city Policy Transfer for the Energy Transition in Japan.” 2nd International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation, Online, March 2021.
• *Kawai, K., Morikawa, S., Arai, K., Seki, T., Onishi, Y. (2020). “Organizational Structures, Member Behaviors and Public Policy Outcome: Evidence from Laboratory Experiment.” 5th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN), Perth, February 2020.
• de Oliveira-Alves, L. B., Maeda, S., Morikawa, S., and Kato, H. (2019). “Can Transportation Change Land Property Rights in Developing Rural Areas? A Case Study of Land Titles in a Brazilian Municipality,” Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 2019
• del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Morikawa, S., and Komikado, H. (2018). “Social Enterprises for Energy Access: A Review of Ashden Awards,” International Conference on Solar Technologies & Hybrid Mini Grids to Improve Energy Access, Palma de Mallorca, October 2018
• *Morikawa, S. (2018). “Attempts and Challenges of Evidence-Based Policy Making in Japan,” 25th World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, July 2018
• del Barrio-Alvarez, D., Morikawa, S., and Komikado, H. (2017). “Business Models and Social Value Creation Through Electricity Access Projects,” Japan Forum of Business and Society (JFBS) 7th Annual Conference, Tokyo, September 2017
• *Morikawa, S., Takagi, D., and Komatsuzaki, S. (2017). “When Do People Feel Radioactive Waste Disposal in their ‘Backyard’? Results from Online Survey in Japan,” 3rd International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP), Singapore, June 2017
• *Morikawa, S. (2016). “Change in Perceptions toward Policies in Japan: Before and After Fukushima, Difference in Policy Areas,” Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Annual Conference 2016, San Juan, January 2016
• *Morikawa, S. (2015). “Policies and Resettlers’ Perception: Evidence from Southern Transport Development Project in Sri Lanka,” Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration (AMEPPA) Annual Conference 2015, Cairo, December 2015
• *Morikawa, S. (2015). “Radioactive Waste Management and Nuclear Accident: Change in Acceptance of Nuclear Waste Disposal Sites after Fukushima,” Midwest Public Administration Conference (MPAC) 2015, Milwaukee, July 2015
• *Morikawa, S. (2015). “Importance of Citizens’ Network for Sustainable Public Policies: Modeling Citizens’ Perceptions and Their Interactions,” International Workshop ‘Multi-Agent Simulation (MAS) and Global Issues’, Tokyo, February 2015
• *Morikawa, S. (2015). “Importance of Citizens’ Network for Sustainable Public Policies: Modeling Citizens’ Perceptions and Their Interactions,” Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) Annual Conference 2015, Xian, January 2015
• *Morikawa, S., and Hayashi, L. (2014). “Determinants of Unionization in the Public Sector: Evidence from Japanese Local Governments,” International Institute for Administrative Science (IIAS) Annual Conference 2014, Ifrane, June 2014
• *Morikawa, S. (2012). “Policies and Resettlers’ Perception: Adaptation and Acceptance A Case Study of Southern Transport Development Project in Sri Lanka,” Asian Group of Public Administration (AGPA) Annual Conference 2012, Male, May 2012