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Norikazu Furukawa,

or Norrie.

I'm an econometrician with a PhD degree in sustainability science from The University of Tokyo (2020) and a MA degree in economics from University of San Francisco (2011). You can find my academic works on my ResearchGate page; for more details, visit my LinkedIn profile.

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I started this blog at the beginning of Spring 2020, upon receiving my doctoral degree, when our society - our civilization, you may say - was disrupted by the pandemic of COVID-19. As an expert of public policy for short-term rentals (esp. Airbnb), I was expecting to work for the industry at that time, and yet what I observed was a rapid shrink in the market as people stopped traveling. I had to change my plan.

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At the moment of writing this introduction, I am unemployed with no steady income but with plenty of time not all of which was occupied by searching for work opportunities; that is why I started this.

 

My plan is to share some results of my number crunching in areas from the humanity's ongoing battle against the new corona virus to the financial market's looming crash estimated by some to be much bigger than the Great Recession and Depression. But who knows... the least measurable thing today is whether you can stick with your plan!

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April 4, 2020

 

Curriculum Vitae​

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1. Educational Background:

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainability Science (The University of Tokyo), 2020.

  • Master of Science in Sustainability Science (The University of Tokyo), 2017.

  • Master of Arts in Economics (University of San Francisco), 2011.

  • Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Reitaku University), 2007.

 

2. Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications:

  • Furukawa, N., & Onuki, M. (2019). The design and effects of short-term rental regulation. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-16.

  • Valenzuela, V. P. B., Samarasekara, R. S. M., Kularathna, A. H. T., Perez, G., Norikazu, F., Crichton, R. N., ... & Motoharu, O. (2019). Comparative analysis of tsunami recovery strategies in small communities in Japan and Chile. Geosciences, 9(1), 26.

  • Takahashi, K., Kudo, S., Tateishi, E., Furukawa, N. & Nordqvist, J. (2018). Identifying Context-specific Categories for Visualizing Livability of Cities: A Case study of Malmö. Challenges in Sustainability, 6(1).

  • Furukawa, N. (2015). A Moralogical Perspective on Economic Thought: The Origin and Relevance to​　Modern Times., 19-54.

 

3. Other Scientific Publications:

  • Furukawa, N. (2020). Toward a Sustainable Ride on the Perennial Gale of Creative Destruction: Adaptive Governance of Short-Term Rentals (Doctoral Thesis). Tokyo: The University of Tokyo.

  • Furukawa, N. (2017). The Policy Process of the Enactment and Amendment of Logistics Integration and Efficiency Act of Japan (Master’s Thesis). Tokyo: The University of Tokyo.

  • Furukawa, N. (2017). In Quest of Altruism : An Approach from Meta- and Normative Ethics (in Japanese). Studies in Moralogy: the Forum for Ethical and Moral Studies, 79, 17-27.

  • Furukawa, N. (2014). MORAL-SCIENCE 2.0 : Reading The Moral Brain (in Japanese). Studies in Moralogy: the Forum for Ethical and Moral Studies, 73, 159-181.

 

4. Conference Presentations:

  • Norikazu Furukawa and Motoharu Onuki. “The Effectiveness of Conflated Short-Term Rental Regulations in American Cities.” The 4th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network, Hong Kong, March 8-9 2019.

  • Norikazu Furukawa and Motoharu Onuki. “Innovation Ethics: A Perspective from STR Regulation.” Research Center for Moral Science, the Annual Seminar 2019, Kashiwa, Japan, September 2-4 2019.

  • Norikazu Furukawa. “Innovation of Social Decision-Making Systems for Sustainability: From the Perspective of Human Social Systems Theory”. 6th International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics World Congress. Shanghai, China (July 2016).

  • [Poster Presentation] Kyoko Takahashi, Norikazu Furukawa, Shogo Kudo, Eigo Tateishi, Joakim Nordqvist, Motoharu Onuki. “How Compact City Contribute to People’s Livability? Comparative study of compactness in mobility development in Malmö and Toyama”. Sustainable City Development 2016, Malmö, Sweden.

 

5. Scientific Projects:

  • Moral Foundations and Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Lund, Sweden. Project Leader (April – December, 2017).

  • A Comparative Study of Disaster Preparedness in Kirikiri, Japan and Dichato, Chile. Project Member (April – December, 2017).

  • Compact City and Equitable Mobility: A Case Study in Malmö, Sweden. Project Member (April – December 2016).

  • Collaboration between MIT-SDM and U-Tokyo GSFS on Industry-University Cooperation, Project Leader (January – March, 2016).

  • Living in the Safe Operating Space: A Sustainability Assessment Tool for Zhangye City in Gansu Province, China @ the University of Tokyo. Project Member (April – August, 2015).

  • Rethinking Altruism @ Research Center for Moral Sciences. Project Member (April, 2014 – March, 2015).

 

6. Scientific Activities:

  • An International Team Leader at NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017. Boston (April and May, 2017).

  • Presentation at the 3rd Global Teamwork Lab Symposium: Multidisciplinary Graduate Education for Research University. Kashiwa, Japan (February, 2016).

  • Presentation at the Kevin Ryan Symposium on Service Learning at Boston University School of Education (October, 2013).

 

7. Work Experience​

  • Tutor of the Japanese Language at University of San Francisco (September 2009 – May 2011)

  • English Teacher at AEON (July 2011 – March 2012)

  • Assistant Researcher at Research Center for Moral Science (April 2012 – March 2015)

  • Copywriter for Oyraa Inc. (December 2017)

  • Bouncer/Bartender at Black Horse, a famous club in Tokyo (November 2017 - February 2018)

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8. Funds

  • JSPS-STINT Bilateral Program (Japan and Sweden) "Research Platform of Equitable and Efficient Mobility for Societal Challenges (REEMOS): Comparative studies on Japanese and Swedish experiences of the mobility development" (April 2018 – March 2020).

  • The University of Tokyo, Full Tuition Exemption (April 2015 – March 2020).

  • Japan Student Services Organization, Scholarship (September 2016, September 2017).

  • Research Center for Moral Science, Grant for Conference Participation (July 2016, March 2019).

  • Chikuro Hiroike Foundation, Scholarship (August 2009 – May 2011).

 

9. Awards

  • Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences 2020 (The University of Tokyo, March 2020).

  • Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Award (The University of Tokyo, March 2017)

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