The Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy took off for its second term for the 2022 academic year under the new Leader, Prof. Takumi Naito in the Faculty of Political Science and Economics. In addition, both Prof. Yoshikuni Ono and Prof. Yoshio Kamijo from the Faculty of Political Science and Economics have been newly appointed Program Managers of the Center.
NAITO, Takumi
Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics
Prepare for Landing!
The academic year of 2023 will be the final year for the Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy, a research unit established in 2014 under the 10-year Top Global University (Waseda Goes Global) project. Through the former research units such as the Center of Excellence Program for the 21st Century and the Global Center of Excellence Program, as well as through the current project, our faculty, staff and graduate students have made great efforts to bring us about an exceptional, world-class research and education hub for political economy, where political science and economics are soundly merged.
The biggest reason I think that political science and economics would merge is that more and more research methods in various fields are being shared among scholars these days. Currently, theoretical models centered on game theory, statistical causal inference, and experiments (survey, field, laboratory) are naturally used by both political scientists and economists according to their own interests. Since these methods are constantly evolving, it’s crucial that we keep learning from leading experts from in and out of Japan in order to keep up with the evolution for each method.
For this reason, we value international exchange. In addition to inviting many researchers from overseas to give lectures and seminars to the students at Waseda, we also send out our students to overseas institutions to receive training as well as to present their research results abroad. The researchers/students based in the Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy are connected to the world while staying at Waseda.
The current goal of our research unit is to successfully land the TGU project by 2023, and to prepare for a new takeoff of the unit thereafter. We appreciate your support and encouragement from everyone involved.
Prof. Yoshikuni Ono
Prof. Yoshio Kamijo
Profiles:
Prof. NAITO, Takumi, Prof. ONO, Yoshikuni, Prof. KAMIJO, Yoshio
Please find more details about the members of the Center from here.
