東京大学公共政策大学院 | GraSPP / Graduate School of Public Policy | The university of Tokyo

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2017第10回講義（中東ロシア） 閲覧に必要なパスワードは別途お知らせします。パスワードは履修者のみ使用し、外部に流出のないよう十分ご注意ください。 小山

公共政策学教育部2016年度修了者の進路について Career path of students who graduated in AY2016 2016年度修了者の進路は以下のとおりです。 就職（復職を含む）Employment (Includes 'return to previous job') 92 就職準備 Career Planning 3 進学・進学準備 Continuing Education 9 未定・その他 Other than Employment or Education 13 計 Total 117 （就職先内訳） Job Sector 国家公務員（国内）Civil Service (Japan - government official) 17 地方公務員（国内）Civil Service (Japan - local government official) 6 官公庁（海外）Civil Service (Foreign Country) 6 金融 Financial Industry (Japan) 10 金融 Financial Industry (Foreign Country) 8 コンサルティング Consulting 16 シンクタンクThink Tank 5 商社 Trading Company 2 研究機関 Research Instition 4 その他業種 Other categories 18 計 Total 92 ※対象は、2016年9月修了者及び2017年3月修了者 関連項目 修了者の進路

I applied for the internship to advance my research skills to be a policy analyst in the field of economic development. Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) was the best place to begin with as it is the renowned research institute for economic development in Asia. Also, I hoped to explore the working environment in an international organization that I have never been exposed to as a staff. During my internship, I learned how public policy research is done in ADBI by working together with economists for policy briefs and what skill sets are needed for a would-be policy researcher. As a research intern, my job was to conduct research on women-led exporters in collaboration with junior and senior economists at the ADBI. Our paper is soon to be published as an ADBI policy brief and a blog post. My main task was to use STATA to get descriptive statistics from the ADBI 2016 survey data on exporters around the world and make an interesting explanation for women-led exporters’ behaviors in line with the previous literature. What benefited me most during the internship was that I had a chance to apply what I have learned in Econometrics class at school to analyze data. Moreover, well-organized research duties helped me understand the overall process of conducting policy research in an international organization, even in a short period. Also, my supervisor’s careful mentoring was very helpful in planning ahead for my future career. During my internship, I learned valuable lessons for the next step in my career. Most of all, I realized what I am lacking to be a policy analyst, working with other established professionals. Now I know that I need more quantitative analysis skills and research experiences in a specific theme related to economic development to be who I like to be. After completing the research internship at the ADBI, I became ever more focused on what to do to be an expert in public policy and economic development.

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公共政策学教育部に入学する外国人留学生の生活サポーター（チューター）を大募集しています！ この秋（８月下旬～９月中旬に渡日）新たに５０名程の外国人留学生がGraSPPに入学します。GraSPPそして東大の国際化のために、ぜひ積極的なサポートをお待ちしています。 【対象】 日本語・英語どちらも基本的なコミュニケーションに抵抗・支障の無い方。 ※語学力アップを目指している方、日本語の話せる留学生も大歓迎です。 ※他部局に所属の方もお申込みいただけますが、申込多数の場合は、公共政策大学院に在籍する学生を優先とさせていただきますので予めご了承ください。 詳細はこちら ご興味のある方は、国際企画チーム・大野（６２９号室）までお気軽にお声掛けください。ご応募お待ちしています。 お申込み・問い合わせ先： 公共政策学教育部 国際企画チーム・大野（第2本部棟6階629号室） Email: pryugaku@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp 　Tel: 03-5841-0860  

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知的財産政策 履修者 各位 7月4日（火）10:00～12:00（9:45集合）、経済産業省訪問を行います。 当日は、経済産業省の現職の職員から、知的財産政策の現状と課題についてヒアリング（および意見交換）を行います。（服装：リクルートスーツ、あるいはそれに準ずる服装） 参加希望者は、6月9日（金）までに、担当教員（加藤浩）あてに電子メールでご連絡（氏名、学籍番号を明記）ください。 （電子メール: katou.hiroshi@nihon-u.ac.jp） なお、実施概要は、以下のとおりです。 別添ファイル：経済産業省訪問について 担当教員 加藤（浩）

With several years working experience in the field of development and aid projects under Japanese government schemes in different countries, I joined GraSPP for a Master’s degree to advance my knowledge and to continue working effectively in the field of development and aid projects. However, the turning point came to me at the end of my 1st year in GraSPP. I took a class called “Development Studies” and it taught me the importance of seeing phenomena by asking the right questions rather than giving the correct answer. This exciting experience gave me a spark and led me to the academic world. While working on my Master’s thesis, I closely examined the Japanese rural areas, which face post-development challenges such as depopulation, ageing, abandoned natural recourses and shrinking communities. This is the critical issue that all Asian countries will have to address sooner or later. My research interest for my Ph.D. is about reevaluating rural development and urbanization. In the past, rural development pushed populations into urban areas and successfully developed urban areas but rural areas were left behind and kept underdeveloped. The more development projects come into rural areas, the faster they push urbanization instead of developing rural areas themselves. I believe that GraSPP’s program provides practical training and resources that will help me to be a professional with skills and strength working with people from diverse cultures and ethnicities. However, the reality is that there is a typical idea that a “Ph.D. holder is useless in society”, and it may be true if we do not contribute to a real society through sticking to our own narrow interests. Our mission is to challenge this social norm as a GraSPP Ph.D. student and I believe the faculty members share the same ideas. We are here to connect social issues and academics and be critical positively for both areas, and create meaningful questions for society. GraSPP is a frontier for this and our challenging journey has only just started.

My research project focuses on rural development policy in Sri Lanka. I have been conducting field survey. Photos with my local family in Matale, Sri Lanka.

Indeed, we eat rice and curry every day. No exceptions! My right hand always smells wonderful curry taste.

It is a great privilege to be among the inaugural group of Ph.D. students entering GraSPP in 2016. It is clear that the faculty and administration are dedicated to the doctoral program’s successful launch. They have designed the program with great care and attention and are committed to providing us with the resources and support necessary to conduct meaningful research that has the potential to advance thinking in our respective fields. As an incoming doctoral student here, you will have opportunities to present your research early and often with renowned supervisors, who I’ve found to be both accessible and happy to be helpful. I wanted to continue my studies at GraSPP because of this supportive academic culture and its truly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the most pressing policy issues the world faces today. Doctoral students here are encouraged to approach their research from various academic and practitioner perspectives beyond their own specializations, in efforts to produce wholistic policy research that bridges divides. Further, GraSPP, as a premier global policy school with a growing international network, offers opportunities for doctoral students to conduct international fieldwork through exchange relationships with the best policy schools from around the world. Where studying abroad can be considered an unnecessary luxury for doctoral students in many academic disciplines, it is a great advantage for students of international public policy. I also thought that this was the right time to conduct International Public Policy research. After a period of globalization, a new era has emerged. Regional power shifts, rising nationalisms, the resurgence of geopolitics, and the rise of populism have ushered in an era of uncertainty and threatened the stability of established global institutions and the prevailing international order. This has made the study of International Public Policy more pressing, more interesting and more challenging. For anyone considering doctoral level research in international relations or public policy, I highly recommend that you give GraSPP a very close look. Your doctoral committee will be worldclass. The administrators are helpful and kind, and will help you navigate your life and studies in Japan. GraSPP grants you access to the broader UTokyo system and to its top-tier international partner schools. Bring your academic talents to our program, where we are committed to the public solution of the great problems of our time. With my boss, Kentaro Nakamichi, Partner at Deloitte Japan’s Financial Advisory practice. He came to my doctoral proposal review and has been extremely supportive of me pursuing my doctorate while continuing to work full-time.

The two-years of student life at GraSPP has proven to be one of the most unforgettable experiences in my life. According to my own experience, life in GraSPP can guarantee students the following major benefits. Firstly, you can get a balanced training in the field of economics, law and diplomacy, both academically and professionally. GraSPP’s qualified faculty offers a wide range of courses effectively serving the need of students with different backgrounds. Secondly, you can build up a social network that consists of people from all walks of life and places of the world. You naturally interact with people grown up in different cultures, encounter fresh ways of thinking, and broaden your horizons. Thirdly, you can learn the successful story of the Japanese economy as well as the lessons of the Lost Decades. This is of special importance to the students from developing countries. Needless to say, you can fully immerse yourself in the unique Japanese culture and beautiful sceneries. After graduation, I am very grateful whenever I employ in my work what I have learned and acquired from GraSPP. I highly recommend GraSPP to the coming candidates for their promising futures.

The two-year study at GraSPP wrote the best pages in my personal and professional life. The program enabled me to pursue a high quality education in a friendly learning environment. Wonderful professors and friends in the University of Tokyo widened my view on public policy globally. Various courses offered by academic professors and public policy practitioners helped deepen my knowledge of development progress through learning case studies. When I found it difficult to learn Statistical Methods, teaching assistants were available for one-on-one coaching. In the second year, I had the privilege of being chosen as a teaching assistant for a course offered by Prof. Hitoshi Tanaka on Japan’s East Asia Policy. It was my turn to give support to those who were new in the field. Extracurricular activities were very enjoyable to me. I had chances to visit government ministries and the Bank of Japan to talk with professionals responsible for public policy in Japan. Social gatherings from time to time (such as in the New Year, at the start of semesters, for welcoming or bidding farewell to the peers) enabled me to know people in the family-like environment. Learning Japanese for free at the “Nihongo Center” was a nice experience as well, where cheerful teachers with great patience helped me enjoy learning and speaking Japanese. Back in Vietnam, I apply the knowledge and skills gained at GraSPP as a professional in the field of climate change resilience in the water sector. My goal is to achieve a sustainable path of development in the water sector by involving various stakeholders in both the public and private sectors. My responsibilities include introducing the most effective models of water governance as well as the latest water management technologies in order to secure water safety in Vietnam. I am also doing research on water resources governance together with a team from a leading local university with the aim of enhancing the role of local government and civil society to realize the human right to water universally.

I completed the public management program in September 2016. I made use several times of the arrangement for temporary absence, finally graduating five years after commencing study in 2011. Due to time spent caring for family and my own illness and accidents, I was unable to secure as much time for study as I had anticipated before enrolling, and I came to appreciate that, however much my own personal circumstances might change, it is important to keep moving forward by always doing as best you can in the situation you find yourself in. What caused me most difficulty while at GraSPP was study planning and other scheduling. I had all sorts of problems, with only a few days of the week when I was able to get to the campus, meaning I was unable to take the subjects I wanted, or found myself unable to attend part way through the course, or was unable to be present on the day of the exam. As I often couldn’t get enough time for study at home, the train to and from the campus also became an important study location for me. Despite these limits on my time, I took as much advantage as I could of the unique study opportunities available to me at GraSPP. I was able to study in a very stimulating environment, including experience of a cross-disciplinary approach spanning the humanities and sciences through joint projects with students from engineering, medicine, and other fields in the classwork for the GSDM program, and the great discussions I had with overseas students with whom I became friends about the political and other circumstances in their countries in the classwork for the MPP/IP. Through interactions with a wide variety of people over those five years, and with support from many others, I was able to grow in terms of both my studies and in other aspects of my life. Graduation from GraSPP represents a new start. My current work mostly involves educational consulting associated with the US Department of Defense, with which I have been involved since my time as a student, and providing policy advice to local government. My challenge for myself now is to find out how I can give back to society by putting into practice my past experience and what I learned at GraSPP, and I intend to continue taking on this challenge without fear of failure. (from Newsletter No. 46)