Name and title

Tatsuro YODA, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst, Institute for Future Engineering

Research focus

science and technology policy, technology foresight, higher
education policy, policy analysis

Recentselectedresearch projects※Asterisk (*) shows the project for which Tatsuro Yoda was aproject leader.

(reports written inJapanese.)

FY2014*Comparative study on government policies to prevent research
misconduct in major countries. Contract study for theMinistryofEducation,Culture,Sports,ScienceandTechnology. October 2014.
FY2013*Study on international mobility of researchers. Contract studyfor the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology. March 2014.
Survey on SME-University collaboration in Japan. Contract
study for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. March2014.
Study on diversity of science and technology research in Japan.
Research study with grant from the Watanabe Memorial
Foundation for the Advancement of Technology. December
2013.
Science, technology and innovation policy in Germany. Contract
study for the Cabinet Office. March 2014.
FY2012*Study on methodologies for scanning social and economic
problems for science and technology policy making. Researchstudy with grant from the Watanabe Memorial Foundation forthe Advancement of Technology. March 2013.
Comparative study on best management practices at major R&D
funding agencies in Japan and European countries. Contract
study for NEDO.
Study on methodologies for evaluating the 4th Science andTechnology Basic Plan in Japan. Contract study for the1Cabinet Office.
FY2011*Study on long-term policy visions in Japan. Research study with
grant from the Watanabe Memorial Foundation for theAdvancement of Technology. December 2011.
*Study on funding mechanisms for promoting commercializationof research results at universities. Contract study for theMinistry for Economy, Trade, and Industry. March 2012.
*Study on gap funding programs at universities in the U.S.,
Europe and Japan. Contract study for the Ministry ofEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. December
2011.
*Study on corporate foresight. Research study with grant fromthe Watanabe Memorial Foundation for the Advancement ofTechnology. March 2012.
Study on implementation and use of ex post evaluations of R&D
programs. Contract study for the Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. March 2012.
Study on preparation of the society and development of S&T tocope effectively with crisis situations. Contract study for theWatanabe Memorial Foundation for the Advancement ofTechnology. March 2012.
FY2010*What are hurdles for promoting open innovation in Japan forfirms, universities, public research institutes, government,industry, economy, and society?: Literature survey. Contract
study for the National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST). March 2011.
*Comparative

study

on

medicaldevices

innovation

andcooperation between medical doctors and engineers in Japan,
United States, and Germany. Research study with grant fromthe Watanabe Memorial Foundation for the Advancement ofTechnology. March 2011.
*Tatsuro Yoda and Takeo Yamada. Strategy for constructing aninternational R&D consortium on nanotechnology in Japan.
Contract study for the National Institute of Advanced2Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). March 2011.
*Study on participation of foreign firms in R&D activities at U.S.
universities. Contract study for the Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. March 2011.
Study on science on science, technology and innovation policy.
Contract study for the Research Institute for Science andTechnology for Society (Japan Science and Technology
Agency). March 2011.
FY2009*Comparative study on the scale of higher education in majorcountries. Contract study for the Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. March 2010.
*Comparative study on quality assurance systems and degree
programs of universities in major countries. Contract study for
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology. July 2009.
*Study on innovation system of publicly funded research.
Contract study for the National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). July 2009.
FY2008Opinion survey on job search experiences of doctoral students andgraduates of doctoral programs. Contract study for theMinistryofEducation,Culture,Sports,ScienceandTechnology. March 2009.
*Report on the 19th Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
Contract project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March2009. (classified)*Post-program

evaluation

studyonPRESTO(PrecursoryResearch for Embryonic Science and Technology) science
research projects (research areas: Form and Function,Structure and Transformation, and Unit Process andCombined Circuit (FY1997-2002)). Contract study for theJapan Science and Technology Agency. October 2008.
FY2007*Report on the 18th Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
Contract project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March3

2008. (classified)*Study on priority-setting processes of making a long-term R & D
strategy at public research institutes in Japan and abroad.
Contract study for the National Institute of AdvancedIndustrial Science and Technology (AIST). March 2008.
*Study on budget composition of major public research institutes
in the United States and European countries. Contract studyfor the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST). March 2008.
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) et al. Report on
pilot project of the introduction of Resident Information
Management System in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
March 2008.
*Comparative study on methods for constructing logic for
selection of R & D themes. Contract study for the National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST). June 2007.
Japan Science and Technology Agency. Report on survey onScience Channel programs in FY2008. September 2007.
FY2006
Study for making future scenarios on innovation in 2025.
Contract study for the National Institute of Science andTechnology Policy. March 2007.
Education

Ph.D. (policy analysis). Pardee RAND Graduate School (USA)M.A. (science and technology policy) Science Policy Research
Unit. University of Sussex. UK.
M.S. Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School ofArts and Sciences, University of Tokyo.
Bachelor of Liberal Arts. Systems Sciences Section, College ofArts and Sciences, University of Tokyo.
Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Fellow(1996-97).

Job experiences

2006 – Present: Senior Analyst, Institute for Future Engineering(Japan)Before joining the Institute for Future Engineering in 2006 (the4Institute for Future Technology (IFTECH) at the time), Yoda
was a researcher at the RAND Corporation (USA), and an
official at the Japan Defense Agency (renamed as the Ministryof Defense at present) of the Japanese government. At theJapan Defense Agency, he worked mainly for Intelligence
Division and R&D Planning Division.
Publication(peer-reviewed)

Tatsuro Yoda. “The effect of collaborative relationship between
medical doctors and engineers on the productivity ofdeveloping medical devices.” R&D Management. (accepted inJanuary 2015)
Toshihiko Nomi, Yoshinao Onuma, and Tatsuro Yoda, “Estimationof the Number of SMEs Conducting Joint Research withUniversities and Examination of Future Measures.” (InJapanese) Journal of the Japan Society for IntellectualProduction. (accepted in December 2014)
Tatsuro Yoda. “Perceptions of domain experts on impact offoresight on policy making: The case of Japan.” Technological

Forecasting & Social Change. 78 (2011), pp. 431-447.
Tatsuro Yoda. “Japan's Host Nation Support Program for theU.S.-Japan security alliance: Past and Prospects," AsianSurvey, 46:6 (November/December 2006)
Tomohiro Ijichi, Tatsuro Yoda, Ryo Hirasawa, “Mapping R & D
Network Dynamics: Analysis of the Development of Co-authorand Co-inventor Relations” Journal of Science Policy andResearch Management, Vol. 8, No.3, 1993
Recent conference
papers, etc.

Tatsuro Yoda and Hiroyuki Ohtake. “Diversity in mobility
patterns of researchers” at the 29th conference of the Japan
Society of Science Policy and Research Management. October
2014.
Tatsuro Yoda. “Corporate Foresight in Japan” at the 28thconference of the Japan Society of Science Policy and ResearchManagement. November 2013.
Tatsuro Yoda, Hiroyuki Otake and Ryo Hirasawa. “Exploration ofwildcard scenarios for identifying the social and economic
issues germane to Japan’s science and technology policy.” (in5Japanese) at the 27th conference of the Japan Society ofScience Policy and Research Management. October 2012.
Tatsuro Yoda. 2009. Cooperation between medical doctors andengineers for developing advanced medical devices. InProceedings of the 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science andInnovation Policy, ed. Susan E. Cozzens and Pablo Catalán.
IEEE. [http://hdl.handle.net/1853/32330]
Tatsuro Yoda. “Participants Looking Back: What Are Perceptionsof Participants of Past Foresight Activities on the Impact on
Policy-making?” IPTS. Third International Seville Conference
on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA). Octover 2008.
AwardRichard E. Sherwood Memorial Award (June 2006,RANDCorporation)
Professionalorganizations

2006- The Japan Society for Science Policy and Research
Management
2014- Public Policy Studies Association, Japan

Languages

Japanese (native), English (fluent), French (moderate), German(basic)

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