Emeritus professor Kotaro Suzumura has been elected as a member of the Japan Academy. Professor Suzumura has left many great achievements in the fields of welfare economics, social choice theory, and theoretical industrial organization through his research at the departments for Economic Systems Analysis and Contemporary Economics, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, and has been a leader of the academy.
As COE Program leader of the Hitotsubashi University 21st Century COE Program “Normative Evaluation and Social Choice of Contemporary Economic Systems” from October 2003 to March 2008, Professor Suzumura also contributed to the project to establish the University as an Asian research hub in this field.
Professional Career of Emeritus Professor Suzumura at Hitotsubashi University
| May 1971 – March 1973 | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University |
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| April 1982 – November 1984 | Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University |
| December 1984 – March 2007 | Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University |
| April 1991 – March 1993 | Associate Council Member, Hitotsubashi University |
| March 2007 | Retired from Hitotsubashi University |
| April 2007 – March 2008 | Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University | April 2008 | Emeritus Professor, Hitotsubashi University |
For details, please see the website of the Japan Academy (in Japanese only).
