SUNAMI, Atsushi

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  • position: Associate Professor
  • degree: MIA and PhD in Political Science (Columbia University)
  • speciality: Science and Technology Policy, Public Policy Analysis
• education and career:
  Professor Sunami holds BSFS from Georgetown University. He obtained MIA and PhD in Political Science from Columbia University. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Fellow at Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan. He also worked as a researcher in the Department of Policy Research at Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. from 1989 to 1991. He was a visiting researcher at Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, and Tsinghua University, China.
  Atsushi Sunami is currently an Associate Professor and Special Assistant for the President, President's Office at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan. He is also Affiliated Fellow of National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) as well as at Research Center for Advanced Economic Engineering, University of Tokyo. From 2004, he is a consultant for Japan Science and Technology Agency and an Advisory Member for the Honda Foundation and Okayama Institute for Quantum Physics among others.
• current research interests:
  His research has concentrated on a comparative analysis of national innovation systems and an evolutionary approach in science and technology policy and public policy analysis in general.
• e-mail: sunami-atsushi