Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study

19 October, The 66th regular seminar: Dr. Gabriela Flores, WHO, Department of Health System and Financing, “Financial Risk Protection in UHC”

  1. A paper by Dr. Thomas Rouyard(HIAS Visiting Researcher), Dr. Ryota Nakamura(HIAS Visiting Researcher), and Dr. Masako Ii (Professor of Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University) titled “Overcoming barriers to primary care research in Japan: a call to action” was published in “The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific”.

  2. On 9 April, Reitaku Research Institute and Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) will co-host a symposium entitled “Exploring the Measurement and Utilization of Well-being”.

  3. 13 March, The 3rd HIAS-SME Seminar: Dr.Shinya Suzuki, Musashi University (Online)

  4. 26 March, The 77th regular seminar: Dr. Xiaoting Liu, Department of Social Security and Risk Management, School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, “China’s transition to an aging society: Regional policy variations and the construction of an integrated care system”

  5. 27 March, HSI2024‐25-10th Hitotsubashi Summer Institute: Economic Development

  6. NUTTA Marco (HIAS, Assistant Professor) will give a presentation on Wine Branding as a guest speaker at the 15th Asian Marketing Research Presentation Session of the Japan Marketing Academy.

  7. At the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Epidemiological Association (February 12-14, 2025), the presentation titled “Population-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms: a systematic review and meta-analysis” Shamima Akter (HIAS, Assistant Professor(Specially Appointed)) was nominated for an outstanding presentation.

  8. David Uriel SOCOL DE LA OSA (Assistant Professor, HIAS) participated as a Japanese researcher in the 5th Japan-US-German Frontiers of Science (JAGFOS) Symposium, co-hosted by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH).

  9. 13 March, 15th Brown Bag Seminar: Kareman Yassin (Assistant Professor, HIAS) , “Is Energy Efficiency Contagious? Evidence from Peer Effects in Home Retrofits” (onsite)

  10. Yassin Kareman (HIAS Assistant Professor) has published a news article in The Conversation, a non-profit global online news media.