NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
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Hiroshi Ohta is Professor at the School of International Liberal Studies
(SILS), Waseda University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of
Political Science of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Columbia
University. Ohta’s recent works include “EU and Japanese climate and
energy security” (with Katja Biedenkopf), in Emil Kirchner and Han
Dorussen eds., EU-Japan Security Cooperation: Trends and Prospects
(London and New York: Routledge, 2019); Kankyoto enerugie-wo meguru
shuy¯ okoku-no hikakuseiji: Jizokukan¯ oshakai heno sentaku (Comparative
Politics about the Environmental and Energy Policies of Major States: Make
a Choice for A Sustainable Society) (Tokyo: Toshind¯ o, 2016: 536pp.); and
“Saving the Kyoto Protocol: What Can We Learn from the Experience of
Japan-EU Cooperation?” (Yves Tiberghien), in P. Bacon, H. Mayer, and
H. Nakamura, eds., The European Union and Japan: A New Chapter in
Civilian Power Cooperation? (Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2015: 169–184).
Lars Ravn-Jonsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern
Denmark (SDU). He is a resource economist affiliated with the Management and Economics of Resources and the Environment (MERE)
research group.
Inkyoung Sun is a researcher at the Science and Technology Policy
Institute (STEPI). In her doctoral dissertation Energy Innovator without
Energy, she investigated multiple factors influencing energy technology
policy and co-evolutions of energy industry, technology and policy. She
holds a M.A. in Political Science from University of Pennsylvania.
Yuki Takebuta is an executive at Minna Denryoku electric power
company.
Jacqueline Tao is a Research Associate in the APAC Gas and LNG
team at Wood Mackenzie. She has worked on several government-funded
projects in the area of energy and climate change, including gas, renewable energy, and energy finance. She has also co-authored various papers
published in peer-reviewed journals such as Energy Policy.
Robert M. Uriu is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. His earlier research has involved different aspects
of Japanese industrial policy and trade relations. His current research
project is on the industrial policy promotion of hydrogen fuel cells in
Northeast Asia.
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Hiroshi Ohta is Professor at the School of International Liberal Studies
(SILS), Waseda University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of
Political Science of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Columbia
University. Ohta’s recent works include “EU and Japanese climate and
energy security” (with Katja Biedenkopf), in Emil Kirchner and Han
Dorussen eds., EU-Japan Security Cooperation: Trends and Prospects
(London and New York: Routledge, 2019); Kankyoto enerugie-wo meguru
shuy¯ okoku-no hikakuseiji: Jizokukan¯ oshakai heno sentaku (Comparative
Politics about the Environmental and Energy Policies of Major States: Make
a Choice for A Sustainable Society) (Tokyo: Toshind¯ o, 2016: 536pp.); and
“Saving the Kyoto Protocol: What Can We Learn from the Experience of
Japan-EU Cooperation?” (Yves Tiberghien), in P. Bacon, H. Mayer, and
H. Nakamura, eds., The European Union and Japan: A New Chapter in
Civilian Power Cooperation? (Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2015: 169–184).
Lars Ravn-Jonsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern
Denmark (SDU). He is a resource economist affiliated with the Management and Economics of Resources and the Environment (MERE)
research group.
Inkyoung Sun is a researcher at the Science and Technology Policy
Institute (STEPI). In her doctoral dissertation Energy Innovator without
Energy, she investigated multiple factors influencing energy technology
policy and co-evolutions of energy industry, technology and policy. She
holds a M.A. in Political Science from University of Pennsylvania.
Yuki Takebuta is an executive at Minna Denryoku electric power
company.
Jacqueline Tao is a Research Associate in the APAC Gas and LNG
team at Wood Mackenzie. She has worked on several government-funded
projects in the area of energy and climate change, including gas, renewable energy, and energy finance. She has also co-authored various papers
published in peer-reviewed journals such as Energy Policy.
Robert M. Uriu is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. His earlier research has involved different aspects
of Japanese industrial policy and trade relations. His current research
project is on the industrial policy promotion of hydrogen fuel cells in
Northeast Asia.