Shubhaa Bhattacharyya will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “Essays on Cultural Integration, Misperceptions and Education” on September 16. 

Chak Sang Chan will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “Essays in Political and Cultural Economics: Faith, Inequality, and Institutional Persistence” on October 10. 

Alexandre Mendonça will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “On Labor Markets, Inequality and Productivity” on October 9.

Yijia Chen will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “Essays on Interest Rate Distortions, Taxation, and Capital Flows” on October 13.

Alexandra Erling will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “Making work one’s own: work orientations and job crafting in nursing” on Nov. 28.

Uyen Vu will defend a PhD dissertation entitled “Achieving Marketing Ambidexterity for International Performance: Insights from digitally driven SMEs” on Dec. 17.

Join us for an inspiring webinar hosted by the MIRAI Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, one of the MIRAI Specific Task Teams (STTs), as we explore how academic research and industry can come...

"Digital Transformation & Japan: Inevitable, but When?" with Professor William W. Baber, Kyoto University

"Agents of Globalization? The Role of Foreign Workers in Japan’s Economic Trajectory" with Jesper Edman, Waseda University

Join Art Initiative and Art Division for a gallery visit at Coulisse Gallery for an artist talk with artist Ferdinand Evaldsson.