Professor Teppei Yamamoto Receives the Okuma Academic Encouragement Prize

Waseda University established the Okuma Memorial Academic Award to honor its founder, Shigenobu Okuma, and to promote academic excellence. Under this award, the Okuma Academic Commemorative Prize and the Okuma Academic Encouragement Prize are presented to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in research.

Professor Teppei Yamamoto of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics has been awarded the Okuma Academic Encouragement Prize. The award ceremony took place on Thursday, December 11, 2025.

Okuma Academic Encouragement Prize:
Recipient: Professor Teppei Yamamoto, Faculty of Political Science and Economics
Title of Research: Pioneering Studies in Social Science Methodology, Including Causal Mediation Analysis