Industrial policy is back, not least in the UK, with a new Prime Minister entering office committed to a substantial reboot of the country’s economic model. Across advanced economies, geopolitical uncertainty, supply-chain restructuring, economic security concerns, intensifying technological competition, and the transition to net zero are prompting governments to rethink how economic development is organized. […]
The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (Research Associate) position focusing on environmental footprint implications of behavioural change and sustainable consumption. This position may be of interest to early-career researchers with a strong interest in pro-environmental behaviour who enjoy working across disciplines and applying industrial ecology approaches to sustainability challenges. Research focus […]
Dr. Masakazu Aoki Professor of Faculty of Business Administration, Bunkyo University, Japan My research interests are “decentralization and collaboration between municipalities” and “the role of local communities in regional tourism industries”.
In the high-stakes game of 21st-century geopolitics, the map of the future is being drawn on the blueprints of the past. Nowhere is this clearer than in Kyushu, Japan. The recent opening of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plant in Kumamoto Prefecture is not merely a business transaction; it is a signal event in […]
Professor of Economic Geography, University of Oita and Board member of the JAEG (Japan Association of Economic Geographers) 2010 – 2021: 大分大学, 経済学部, 教授 Research keywords: 経済地理学 / 総合商社 / 海外直接投資 / 経済・交通地理学 / 地域政策 / ロカリティ / 九州 / グローカル化 / 地域計画 / レギュラシオン / Globalization / 地域経済 / グローバリゼーション / Localization / 地方経済 […]