Name: Yoshifumi Ishikawa

Affiliation:

Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University

Visiting Professor, Nagoya University

Research Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Social Ethics

Specialization:

Regional Economics, Input-Output Analysis, Policy Evaluation 

Career:

Associate Senior Researcher, Tokai Research Institute (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting)

Lecturer, Fuji Tokoha University (currently Tokoha University)

Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Chukyo University

April 2004 – March 2011: Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University

August 2005 – September 2005: Visiting Researcher, TNO, Netherlands

September 2010 – August 2011: Visiting Researcher, Department of Spatial Economics, Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands

April 2011 – Present: Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University

April 2012 – March 2016: Chair, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Nanzan University

April 2016 – March 2019: Dean, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Nanzan University

April 2020 – Present: Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University

April 2020 – March 2022: Council Member, Nanzan University

April 2021 – March 2023: Chair, Department of Policy Studies, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University

Research Areas:

・Research on input-output analysis and applied general equilibrium analysis (mainly regional economic analysis and environmental 　economic analysis)

・Development of policy evaluation methods

・Urban and transportation policies considering environmental factors

・Sustainable urban and regional policies

Awards:

・October 2022: The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International, 31st Annual Award (Book Award)

・October 2015: The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International, 24th Annual Award (Book Award)

・July 2009: Japan Conference on Mobility Management (JCOMM) Project Award (co-awarded with Fuji City)

・November 1996: Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 20th Symposium on Civil Engineering Information Systems Presentation Award

Academic Activities:

・President, Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies（2024- ）

・Vice President, President, Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (2022-2023)

・Member, President, Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (served as Executive 

・Committee Member from 2012 to 2017, Editor of the Japanese journal "Business Journal of PAPAIOS" ,Executive Committee Member 　from 2020 to present)

・Member, The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International

・Member, Applied Regional Science Conference

・Member, Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

・Member, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (served as Member of the Academic ・Subcommittee, Research Committee on Civil 　Engineering Planning, November 2014 – November 2017)

・Member, The City Planning Institute of Japan

・Member, International Regional Science Association

・Member, International Input-Output Association

・Member, Evaluation Committee of Public Transportation Maintenance and Improvement Project, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, 　Transport and Tourism (since 2017)

・Member, Innovation Business Creation Strategy Council, Aichi Prefecture (since 2022)

　Member, Examination Committee for Management of Public Corporation, Aichi Prefecture (since 2021)

・Advisor, Aichi Eco-Mobility Life Council, Aichi Prefecture (since 2008)

・Member, Road Technology Council, Shizuoka Prefecture (since 2022)

・Member, Comprehensive Urban Transport Plan Council for the Seien Urban Area, Shizuoka Prefecture (since 2022)

・Chairperson, Large-scale Retail Store Location Council, Nagoya City (since 2018)

・Member, Urban Planning Council, Nagoya City (since 2022)

・Vice-Chairperson, Public Transportation Council, Fuji City (since 2009)

・Chairperson, Master Plan Development Citizen Conference, Fuji City (since 2021)

・Chairperson, Transport Policy Council, Shizuoka City (since 2015)

・Member, Regional Public Transport Council, Shimada City (since 2014)

・Member, Regional Public Transport Council, Fujieda City (since 2008)

・Member, Urban Planning Council, Toyota City (since 2016)