Masaru YARIME
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Areas of Expertise
Innovation Policy, Data-Driven Innovation, Sustainability Science, Smart City, Artificial Intelligence, Data Governance
Short Bio
Masaru YARIME’s research interests center around science, technology, and innovation policy for sustainability. He is particularly interested in data-driven innovation and its implications for public policy and governance to address sustainability challenges, including climate change and the circular economy. He contributes to many international initiatives and serves on the editorial board of international journals, including Sustainability Science, Environmental Science and Policy, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities - Innovation and Governance, and Data & Policy.
He has appointments as Honorary Associate Professor at the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy at University College London and Visiting Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo. He received B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. in Economics and Policy Studies of Innovation and Technological Change from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. His previous positions include Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy and Visiting Scholar at the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute. He has been awarded the Abe Fellowship by the United States Social Science Research Council.
SELECTED PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS
Trencher, Gregory, Masaru Yarime, and Jeongsoo Yu, "Using Emerging Technologies to Tackle Mobility Challenges Caused by Population Ageing: Experiences from Japan," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 208, 123729 (2024).
Cuaton, Ginbert Permejo, Yvonne Su, Pamela Katic, and Masaru Yarime, "Unpacking water governance dynamics and its implications for household water security in post-disaster resettlement communities in the Philippines," Geoforum, 154, 104053 (2024).
Soares, Ian Varela, Masaru Yarime, and Magdalena Klemun, "Balancing the Trade-off between Data Center Development and Its Environmental Impacts: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Responses in Singapore, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, USA, and the UK," Environmental Science and Policy, 157, 103769 (2024).
Truong, Nhi, Gregory Trencher, Masaru Yarime, Brendan Barrett, and Kazuyo Matsubae, "Barriers to the adoption of electric cars and electric motorcycles in Vietnam," Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 131, 104204 (2024).
Xie, Siqi, Ning Luo, and Masaru Yarime, "Data Governance for Smart Cities in China: The Case of Shenzhen," Policy Design and Practice, 7 (1), 66-86 (2024).
Yoshino, Miyana, Benjamin Sadlek, Masaru Yarime, and Adnan Ali, "Knowledge absorption pathways for eco-innovation: An empirical analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union," European Journal of Innovation Management (2023). https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-02-2023-0136.
Papyshev, Gleb, and Masaru Yarime, "The State’s Role in Governing Artificial Intelligence: Development, Control, and Promotion through National Strategies," Policy Design and Practice, 6 (1), 79-102 (2023).
Ahl, Amanda, Mika Goto, Masaru Yarime, Kenji Tanaka, and Daishi Sagawa, "Challenges and opportunities of blockchain energy applications: Interrelatedness among technological, economic, social, environmental, and institutional dimensions," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166, 112623 (2022).
Li, Veronica Qin Ting, and Masaru Yarime, "Increasing Resilience via the Use of Personal Data: Lessons from COVID-19 Dashboards on Data Governance for the Public Good,"Data & Policy, 3, e29 (2021).
Shapiro, Matthew A., and Masaru Yarime, "Effects of National Affiliations and International Collaboration on Scientific Findings: The Case of Transboundary Air Pollution in Northeast Asia," Environmental Science and Policy, 118, 71-85 (2021).
