Researchers
Senior Researcher, Climate Change Group, Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Unit
Mai is a Senior Researcher with a focus on environment, economics, and sociology. Prior to joining the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), Mai was a Researcher at Russell Reynolds Associates based in Tokyo. She was responsible for the Industrial and Technology sectors. Earlier in her career, Mai was a Researcher at a subsidiary of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation. She engaged in marketing research in steel and related industries, feasibility studies of an automotive recycle system, and a multi-industry chemical and mechanical properties project. Mai received a Ph.D. in Sustainability Studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, an MSc in Philosophy of the Social Sciences from London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Economics from Waseda University.
2019 – 2022 | Ph.D., Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan |
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2013 – 2014 | Master of Science (MSc), Philosophy of the Social Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
2009 – 2013 | Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Waseda University, Japan |
Work History
2023 – Present | Senior Researcher, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) |
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2018 – 2020 | Researcher, Russell Reynolds Associates, Japan |
2015 – 2018 | Researcher, Steel Research Department, Nippon Steel Research Institute Corporation, Japan |
Papers
Book
- Translation: Varoufakis, Yanis. 2016. And the Weak Suffer What They Must? Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability. Translated by Makiko Nakano, Mai Kojima, and Kyohei Muramatsu. Tokyo: ele-king books, 2019.
Conference
- "Investigation Of A Former Coalfield Community In Japan: A Case Study Of The Omine Coalfield" The Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile & the University of Chile, 29-31 January 2020.
Activity on Commitee
- Japan Environmental Council
- Common Ground Research Networks