2002年、早稲田大学大学院法学研究科修士課程を修了後、アメリカでLL.Mを取得した後に、2008年、アジア太平洋研究科PhDプログラムに入学しました。特別研究員を経て、翌年からアジア太平洋研究センターで助手として勤務しています。現在は、助手の業務とともに、博士論文の執筆に取り組んでいます。現在は、国際法におけるソフトローの企業活動への影響をテーマに研究を行っています。またニュージーランドにおける人権法分野にも興味があり、国連人権理事会のUPR（普遍的・レビュー）を中心に、比較法的見地からの考察をしています。
早稲田大学アジア太平洋研究科では、理論と実践の両方を兼ね備えた一流の教授陣から、単なる今時の学際的な地域研究ではなく、各分野を超えた先進的研究を学ぶことができます。旧来の学問分野にとらわれることなく、知的好奇心を刺激される自由でかつ学問的な先見性を有する授業を受けられる大学院は、日本では他に類を見ないでしょう。
PhD Program 2008 September
YAMAMOTO, Eiji
In 2001 I moved from Germany to Japan to join a Tokyo based advertising group. I have worked there for over 9 years helping international clients with their online strategies in the Japanese market. Through my job I also had been involved in several trend, product and business model research activities during the last couple of years. My special field of interest has always been mobile and online communication and the economic, human and social elements behind it. As a graduated sociologist I often try to understand and analyze products and services based on the people who use them. Over the time I could see more and more that the secret of success in this field is not just about brining a brand or product online but about utilizing communication technology to provide meaningful and compelling solutions to consumers. As an outcome of these past experiences my co-researchers and I published a book about the Japanese mobile industry and its core success factors targeted at the US and the European markets.
The main motivations to apply for a PhD program for me were to bring my personal interests to a new level and being able to provide a contribution to society. How can (communication) technology be used to empower people, how can it improve our daily life instead of making it more complicated? In the short term my plan is to stay in a business environment but in the long term I want to shift my focus to academia and to teaching, combining my business and research activities. I knew this was not an easy task. This is why I was looking for a way to keep working at my current job and at the same time pursue my goal of writing my PhD thesis and join a high quality academic program.
I talked with former alumni, checked the specific fields of expertise of different departments and teacher and also how open the university is about non-Japanese students.
In the end Waseda became my first choice. My decision to apply for the GSAPS PhD program was driven by four main points: The university itself, its culture, the high quality of research and the Professor who would supervise my PhD.
With GSAPS and Mitomo-sensei I found a very good fit here at Waseda University. I enjoy the environment here, the good communication with my supervisor and my fellow students, the research work and also the bridging between theory and daily practice.
My wish is that through my time here at Waseda will be able to grow myself as a scientist and also as a human being.
PhD Program 2010 April
KOEDER, Marco Josef
