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HAYASHI Daisuke

Department / Course College of International Relations Department of International Relations

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of International Relations

Academic background
1.	～2020/04	Doctorial Course │ Political Economy and Development │ Department of Political Science │ University of Zurich │ Completed Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science)
2.	～2005/05	Master Course │ School of Public and Environmental Affairs │ Indiana University-Bloomington │ Completed Master of Public Affairs
3.	～2003/03	Department of Global Architecture, Environmental Engineering Division │ School of Engineering │ Osaka University │ Graduated Bachelor of Engineering

Business career
1.	2023/04 ～	Professor │ College of International Relations │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2019/04 ～ 2020/03	Academic Guest │ Department of Political Science │ University of Zurich
3.	2014/04 ～ 2023/03	Associate Professor │ College of International Relations │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2014/01 ～ 2014/02	Visiting Researcher │ Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology and International Affairs Program │ Georgetown University
5.	2011/02 ～ 2014/03	Research Assistant │ Department of Political Science │ University of Zurich
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Committee and society
1.	2024/04 ～ 2026/03	The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies Board Member
2.	2022/04 ～	The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies Editor, "Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies"
3.	2022/01	Development of Kyotango City's Renewable Energy Promotion Strategy Towards a Carbon-Neutral Society in 2050 Advisor
4.	2020/11 ～	Japan Environmental Council Board Member
5.	2018/04 ～ 2022/03	The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies Board Member

Research activities
1.		The Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
2.		Japan Environmental Council
3.		Swiss Political Science Association
4.		International Public Policy Association

Subject of research
1.	The Political Economy of Energy Transitions
2.	Regional Economic Impacts of Decarbonization
3.	Carbon Pricing Policy Design

Research summary
I conduct research on the political economy of climate change and energy use. My recent research includes the political economy of energy transitions, economic impacts of regional decarbonization, and carbon pricing policy design. Empirically, I am particularly interested in Asian countries such as Japan, China, and India.

Present specialized field
Environmental Policy and Social Systems (Keyword：Climate Change Policy, Energy Policy, Energy Transition, Carbon Pricing)

Books
1.	2021/07	Regional Economic Impact of Renewable Energy Diffusion: A Quantitative Analysis based on an Extended Inter-Regional Input-Output Table for Fukushima Prefecture │ ,pp.123-150
2.	2021/04	Climate Change and Choices of Humankind │ ,pp.186-202
3.	2018/05	Renewable Energy Technology Innovation │ ,pp.394-395
4.	2015/11	The Governance of International Technology Transfer: Lessons from the Indian Wind Industry │ ,pp.251-268
5.	2012/01	Mobilizing Mitigation Policies in the South through a Financing Mix │ ,pp.168-187
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Papers
1.	2022/05	C-E (Curtailment – Energy Share) Map: An Objective and Quantitative Measure to Evaluate Wind and Solar Curtailment │ Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews │ 160,pp.112212
2.	2020/12	Harnessing Innovation Policy for Industrial Decarbonization: Capabilities and Manufacturing in the Wind and Solar Power Sectors of China and India │ Energy Research & Social Science │ 70,pp.101644
3.	2020/04	Green Innovation in China and India: Technological Learning, Technology Transfer, and Public Policies in the Wind Power and Solar Photovoltaic Industries (PhD Dissertation) │
4.	2020/02	Features and Prospect of China's National GHG Emissions Trading Scheme │ Carbon Management │ 11 (2),pp.155-167
5.	2019/01	Energy Transitions in China and India: Leapfrogging in Wind and Solar Power Technology │ Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs │ 4 (2),pp.98-106
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2023/09	Economic Impact of Regional Decarbonization: A Quantitative Evaluation based on an Extended Inter-Regional Input-Output Table for Fukushima Prefecture
2.	2022/10	Comments on the Thematic Session "Empirical analysis of wholesale electricity market price spikes in Europe and Japan: Implications for future energy policy and electricity market design"
3.	2022/10	Who owns community-led renewable-energy projects in Japan?
4.	2021/09	Comments on the Thematic Session "Policy Design of Carbon Pricing Considering Implicit Carbon Prices: Towards Efficiency and Equity Among Regional Economies"
5.	2021/08	Harnessing innovation policy for industrial decarbonization: Capabilities and manufacturing in the wind and solar power sectors of China and India
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Other research achievements
1.	2007/05 ～	Referee of Applied Energy; Carbon Balance and Management; Clean Air; Climate Policy; Energy for Sustainable Development; Energy Policy; Energy Research & Social Science; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Environmental and Resource Economics; Environmental Science; Global Policy; International Environmental Agreements; Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University; Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar; 環境経済・政策研究.

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2025/04 ～ 2029/03	Political, Economic, and Legal Studies on the Co-existence of Renewable Energy and Communities │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
2.	2020/04 ～ 2024/03	Electric Power Systems under Carbon Constraints and Marketization │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)
3.	2020/04 ～ 2025/03	The Political Economy of Energy Transitions in China and India │ Early-Career Scientists
4.	2016/04 ～ 2020/03	Policy Research on Transition Strategies for Regional Distributed Energy Systems under System Reforms │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)
5.	2015/04 ～ 2020/03	International Transfer of Green Innovations: A Comparative Analysis of China and India's Wind and Solar Power Industries │ Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	2024/11 ～ 2026/11	A comparative analysis of policy processes and corporate strategies for decarbonization in China and India’s coal power sector │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ The Sumitomo Foundation Grant for Environmental Research Projects (General Research)
2.	2016/08 ～ 2017/08	Research on China’s Emissions Trading System │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ ESPEC Foundation for Global Environment Research and Technology
3.	2013/11	International Transfer of Low-Carbon Technologies to Developing Countries │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.Mobility Fellowship
4.	2013/04 ～ 2014/03	Analysis of Approaches for Improving the Effectiveness of Climate Policies in Developing Countries through Capacity Building on Measurement, Reporting and Verification of the Joint Crediting Mechanism │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ Ministry of the Environment, Japan
5.	2010/09 ～ 2012/10	Analysis of Approaches for International Project-Based Offset Mechanisms │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Activity in society
1.	2024/02/19	The State of Decarbonization (III): Regional Revitalization through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
2.	2023/08/20	The World Has Yet To Break Dependence on Coal Power (Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
3.	2023/05/03 ～ 2023/05/12	The Status and Challenges of Decarbonization (Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
4.	2021/03/24	Innovation for Decarbonization in China and India (shiRUto)

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