As of November 2021

Current Positions:

President and Chair of the Board, University of Niigata Prefecture
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Professor Emeritus, Yokohama National University

Contact:

University of Niigata Prefecture
Office of the President
471 Ebigase, Higashi-ku, Niigata 950-8680, Japan
TEL: +81-(0)25-270-1300
Email: wakasugi [at] unii.ac.jp
           wakasugi.ryuhei.57a [at] st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Past Positions:

1986-1989 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Shinshu University
1989          Professor, Department of Economics, Shinshu University
1992-2002 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University
2002-2004 Professor, Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University
1998-2000 Dean, Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University
2000-2003 Vice President, Yokohama National University
2004-2010 Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University
2007-2012 Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University,
2013-2015 Professor, Department of Economics, Gakushuin University
2015-2017 Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture
2017-        President and Chair of the Board, University of Niigata Prefecture

Education:

1971 B.A. Economics, the University of Tokyo
1979 M.A. Economics, Yale University
1988 Ph.D. Economics, the University of Tokyo

Prize and Award:

2007 Kojima Kiyoshi Prize, Japan Society of International Economics
2008 JAIBS Award, Japan Academy of International Business Studies
1993 Award for Academic Research, 21st Century Foundation

Editorial Activity:

Editor for Special Issue, Japanese Economic Review, 2005
Associate Editor, The International Economy, 2004-2006
Editor-in chief, The International Economy, 2006-2008
Associate Editor, The International Economy, 2008-2010
Editor for Special Issue, The International Economy, 2010
Advisory Editor, Research Policy, 2007-2013
Member of International Editorial Advisory Board, Millennial Asia, 2011-Present
Editor for Special Issue, Japanese Economic Review, 2013-2014
Editor for Special Issue on Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights in Asia, Millennial Asia, 2015-2017

Research Fields:

International Trade
Industrial Economics
Economic Analysis of Technological Innovation
Law and Economics