【2019 JUN】 Do people trust AI-powered chatbots as much as they do human administrators? An experimental study. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Public Policy.
【2019 JUN】 An experimental study of the impact of AI on public trust: The case of the long-term care insurance system in Japan. Presented at the International Institute of Administrative Sciences – Lien Conference.
【2019 MAY】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Home Team Academy, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore
【2019 JAN】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
【2019 JAN】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Home Team Academy, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore
【2018 NOV】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Australia and New Zealand School of Government
【2018 JULY】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
【2018 JUL】 Who would be willing to help somebody else’s municipality? Investigating Japanese public attitudes in the wake of a natural disaster [Invited presentation].
【2018 MAY-JUN】 Prefectural leadership in a spatially polarizing Japan. Presented at the Public Management Research Conference.
【2018 MAY-JUN】 Does performance management work differently across different political cultures? Presented at the Public Management Research Conference.
【2018 MAY】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Ministry of Education, Singapore
【2018 APR】 LKYSPP Executive Education
【2019 FEB】 The aspirations to be a leading government: Does a governor’s profile matter? Presented at the Workshop on Public Sector Innovation in the Asia Pacific.
【2017 NOV】 Speech Title: “Are we really preparing for the big one? Four lessons from Japan’s experiences”
【2016 NOV】 Political pressure for local innovations in Japan: Are prefectural assemblies doing enough? Presented at the Public Service Innovation Conference.
【2017 SEP】 Who would be willing to accept disaster debris in their backyard? Investigating the determinants of public attitudes in post-Fukushima Japan. Presented at the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration.
【2017 AUG】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
【2017 JUN】 Can Kazakhstan follow Singapore? Assessment of its civil service reform capacity. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Public Policy.
【2017 JUN】 Performance appraisals: Their patterns of international prevalence. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Public Policy.
【2017 MAY】 Political pressure for local leadership in a spatially polarizing Japan. Presented at the Japanese Society for Public Administration.
【2016 NOV】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
【2015】 LKYSPP Executive Education
【2016 APR】 Would you be willing to accept disaster debris in your backyard? Investigating the determinants of public attitudes in post-Fukushima Japan.
【2016 APR】 LKYSPP Executive Education for the Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
【2015】 LKYSPP Executive Education
【2015 MAY】 A tsunami-ravaged town becomes progressive to survive and revive. Presented at the Symposium on the Rise of Progressive Cities East and West.
【2015 MAR】 The rise of mega-adaptive governance for manpower support for municipalities in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. Presented at the Workshop on Decentralized Disaster Governance in Urbanizing Asia.
【2015 FEB】 The rise of progressive municipalities in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami: Turning crisis into opportunity? Presented at the Dialogic Workshop on Progressive Cities in Asia and Europe.
【2013 OCT】 Do regime types matter to the success of managerialism? The case of public education. Presented at the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration.
【2013 JUN】 Defining public administration in Japan and Singapore: An application of Rosenbloom’s three-perspective model. Presented at the Public Management Research Conference.