Biography
Yohei joined the Department of Political Economy (DPE) in October 2023. His research aims to study people’s propensity to exert effort, how it shapes and is shaped by multidimensional inequalities, and their implications for theories of justice and social policies.
Prior to joining DPE, Yohei worked in the field of healthcare, labour, welfare, and pension policies at the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan. He holds an MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Research) with a Titmuss Prize for the best dissertation from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2023), MA in Economics from Tokyo Metropolitan University (2022), and a BA in Sociology (major concentration) and Political Theory (minor concentration) from McGill University (2016).
Research interests
- Theories of justice
- Inequality of opportunity and intergenerational transmission of inequality
- Psychology and sociology of effort
- Econometric methods
- Social policy
PhD supervisors
Research
Political Theory Research Group
The political theory group covers many topics and approaches, and affirms the central importance of political economy to political theory.
Public Policy and Regulation Research Group
Public Policy and Regulation (PPR) is the home for theoretically and empirically grounded research which analyses policy and regulatory responses to important political, social and economic issues, and (individual-level) responses to these policies.
Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group
The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics.
Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.
Research
Political Theory Research Group
The political theory group covers many topics and approaches, and affirms the central importance of political economy to political theory.
Public Policy and Regulation Research Group
Public Policy and Regulation (PPR) is the home for theoretically and empirically grounded research which analyses policy and regulatory responses to important political, social and economic issues, and (individual-level) responses to these policies.
Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group
The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics.
Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.