Name:

Masahiro Matsuura (a.k.a. Masa)
 

Organization:

University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Public Policy
Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Unit
(STIG Program)

Title:

Associate Professor
(*project-based appointment)

Office Address:

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN

Contact:

matsuura pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning (2006: MIT)
Master in City Planning (1998: MIT)
(both supervised by Professor Lawrence E. Susskind)

Research Interests:

Approaches:

• Consensus building, public dispute resolution, and negotiation
• Policy-making processes and bureaucracy in Japan
• Policy transfer (lesson drawing)
• Ethnography, thick description, profiles of planners

Fields

• Urban and regional planning
• Science and technology policy
• Environmental policy
• Energy policy
• Ocean/marine policy