2002/09-
2006/09

Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning

(date of conferral: September 20, 2006)
Advisor: Professor Lawrence Susskind
Review Committee Members: Eleanor Westney and Susan Silbey
Thesis title: Localizing Public Dispute Resolution In Japan: lessons from experiments with deliberative policy-making

1996/09-
1998/06

Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Master in City Planning

(date of conferral: June 5, 1998)
Advisor: Professor Lawrence Susskind
Thesis title: Highway Mediation in Japan: Its prospects and pitfalls

1992/04-
1996/03

University of Tokyo,

Department of Civil Engineering.

Bachelor of Engineering

(date of conferral: March 28, 1996)
Advisor: Professor Hideo Nakamura (now Professor Emeritus)
Thesis title: Analysis on Statutory Planning Process under the Urban Planning Act of 1968.

Books

2006

M. Matsuura. "Localizing Public Dispute Resolution in Japan" Saarbruecken, Germany: VDM-Verlag.

1999

L. Susskind, O. Amunsden, and Matsuura, M.. Using Assisted Negotiation to Settle Land Use Disputes: A Guidebook for Public Officials. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Journal Articles

2011

Masahiro Matsuura (co-auhtored with Scott Valentine and Benjamin Sovacool). "Empowered? Evaluating Japan's National Energy Strategy Under the New Administration" Energy Policy, 39(3), pp. 1865-1876

2010

Masahiro Matsuura (co-authored with Tatsujiro Suzuki and Hideaki Shiroyama). "Stakeholder Involvement in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology Policy Making in Japan: An analysis" IEEE Technology and Society, 29(3), pp. 45-54.

2010

Masahiro Matrsuura (co-authored with Hidenori Watanave, Kazuhisa Sugisaki). "GPS Cellular Phones for Participatory Policy-Making: An Experiment With the Umi-Aruki System" Asian Politics & Policy, 2(3), pp. 487-489.

2010

Masahiro Matsuura. "Google Moderator, a New Tool for Public Deliberation (Blog-Web Review)". Asian Politics & Policy, 2(1), pp. 127-128.

2009

Masahiro Matsuura. "The First "Blog Mayor" Re-election in Japan (Blog-Web Review)". Asian Politics & Policy, 1(4), pp. 794-795.

2009

Masahiro Matsuura. "The Place for Politics in the Abundance of Japanese Blog (Blog-Web Review)". Asian Politics & Policy, 1(4), pp. 543-544.

2009

Masahiro Matsuura. "Personal Web Sites of Key Japanese Political Players: A Surprising Lack of Frequent Updating and Interaction (Blog-Web Review)". Asian Politics & Policy, 1(2), pp. 338-340.

2007

Masahiro Matsuura (co-authored with Hideo Yamanaka). "Planning through Assisted Negotiation: Consensus Building for Traffic Safety" Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 7.

2007

Masahiro Matsuura (co-authored with Dong-young Kim and Andrew Lee). "Environmental Conflict Resolution in Asia: Perspectives" ACResolution, Summer.

2006

Movius, H., Matsuura, M., Yan, J. and Kim, D-Y. “Tailoring the Mutual Gains Approach For Negotiations with Partners in Japan, China, and Korea,” Negotiation Journal, 22(3).

Conference Presentations

2010

Masahiro Matsuura (with Ryoko Hatanaka and Ayako Furuya). "Round Table Conferences on Nano-Drug Delivery Systems in Japan" The Sixth International Nanotechnology Conference on Communications and Cooperation (Poster presentation) (Grenoble, France)

2009

Masahiro Matsuura (co-authored with Yuko Hayashi). "Green Building Technologies and End-User Interests: Comparison of housing and retail developments in Japan" International Sustainable Development Research Conference. (Utrecht, Netherlands)

2009

Masahiro Matsuura (co-authored with Tatsujiro Suzuki and Hideaki Shiroyama). "Stakeholder Assessment for the Introduction of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies in Japan" IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society. (Tempe, AZ)

2006.11

Matsuura, M. Experimenting with Consensus Building Processes in Japan: Adaptation and organizational change for contextual differences. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference. [Fort Worth, TX]

2006.6

Matsuura, M. Environmental Conflict Resolution in Japan. Association for Conflict Resolution/Environment and Public Policy Section Conference 2006. Deliberative Democracy: New Directions in Public Policy Dispute Resolution. [Cambridge, MA]

2005.10

Matsuura, M., L. Susskind, H. Yamanaka, Y. Koori. Teaching Negotiation and Public Dispute Resolution in Japan: A qualitative study on contextual differences. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference [Kansas City, MO]

2005.8

Matsuura, M. Contextual Factors in Dealing with the Angry Public in Japan: restoring trust through public dispute resolution. Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Annual Conference. [Tokyo, Japan]

2003.12

Matsuura, M. Bicycle Sharing. International Workshop on Social Decision Making Process for Energy Technology Introduction, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI). [Tokyo, Japan]

Magazine and Newspaper Articles (invited contributions)

2003

Matsuura, M. "Research, Evaluation and Special Projects Introducing Consensus Building to Japan" CBI Reports 2003 Spring.

1998

Matsuura, M. "Mediation, and mediators, get an 'A'" Consensus July 1998.

2005/12-
2007/3

National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

Committee member on “Study group on public dispute resolution.”

2005/12-
2007/3

Japan Society of Civil Engineering, Shikoku Branch

Committee member on “Study group on the evaluation of consensus building skills.”

2005/12-
2006/5

Policy Research Institute for Land, Infrastructure and Transport
(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

Committee member on “Study group on the introduction of mediators for facilitating consensus building on infrastructure projects.”

2005/1-
2005/3

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Shikoku Regional Development Bureau

Committee member on “Study group on consensus building techniques.”

2005

CIS/Starr Student Travel Fellowship, MIT Center for International Studies.

2004

Research Fellowship, Matsushita International Foundation.

2002-2003

Presidential Fellowship, MIT.

1995

First prize in an essay contest "Environment Conservation and Civil Engineering," sponsored by the Chuoh Consultants Inc. and the Irish Embassy in Tokyo.

2002/06 -

PI-Forum, Kochi, Japan (registered non-profit organization)

Board Director
PI-Forum promotes better planning and conflict resolution practices through various activities with participation of diverse stakeholders.? It organizes its activities around the "Tri-PI concept"; public involvement, public initiative, and partnership incubation.