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Yukiko Murakami is a Professor at Waseda University's School of Political Science and Economics, holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the same institution. She maintains active roles in multiple academic societies and governmental committees related to science policy and human resource management.
Her research focuses on public economics and labor economics, with particular expertise in human resource management and innovation policy. Her work examines knowledge transfer mechanisms, international mobility of researchers, and organizational factors affecting innovation in R&D settings. Through extensive empirical research using micro-data from Japanese multinational corporations and researchers, she has made significant contributions to understanding how knowledge flows across organizational and national boundaries.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent focus on the intersection of human resource management and innovation, particularly examining how personal networks, geographical distance, and organizational structures affect knowledge transfer and research performance. Her work bridges economics, management science, and science policy, with increasing attention to international collaboration and industry-academia partnerships.
- Best Paper Award, Research and Innovation Society (2021)
- Research and Technology Policy and Management Paper Award (2014)
Professor Murakami has secured multiple competitive research grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, including a current project (2021-2025) on human resources in international industry-academia collaboration. She serves as principal investigator on research examining knowledge exchange among professionals, with particular focus on researchers and medical doctors. Her committee work includes significant contributions to national science policy through positions at the Council for Science and Technology and the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy.
Her research activities involve collaboration with international institutions including the Max Planck Institute and RWTH Aachen University in Germany, as well as MIT in the United States, reflecting her global perspective on human resource issues in science and technology.
