Researchers

Papers:

<Peer-reviewed Academic Papers>

• Chen, Y.-C., H. Shiroyama, M. Sugiyama et al. (2022).Sustainability Transitions Research in Japan: Status and Prospects (「日本における持続可能性移行（サステナビリティ・トランジション）研究の現況と今後の展望」)、, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (『環境経済・政策研究』), 15(2), 1-11. [in Japanese]
• Chen, Y.-C. (2018). Taiwan’s Nuclear Power Phase-out Decision-Making Process During the Energy Transition Pathway: From a Multi-level Perspective. Papers on Environmental Information Science (『環境情報科学論文集』) , No.32, 55-60.
• Chen, Y.-C. (2018). Does the Electricity Market Reform Indicate a True Energy Transition? An Analysis of the 2017 Electricity Act Amendments in Taiwan. International Public Economy Studies (『国際公共経済研究』), No. 29, 6-25.

<Book Chapter>

• Hattori, T. and Chen, Y.-C. (2021). “Impact of Chinese renewable technology exports on Japan’s energy transition: The case of the solar photovoltaic industry,”in A. Mori ed., China’s Carbon-Energy Policy and Asia’s Energy Transition: Carbon Leakage, Relocation and Halos (pp. 210-230). Routledge.

<Working Papers>

• Chen, Y.-C., H. Shiroyama, M. Sugiyama et al. (2021). Current Status and Future Prospects of Transitions Research in Japan (「日本におけるトランジション研究の現況と今後の展望」), IFI Working Paper No.9 November 2021. Tokyo, Japan: Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo. [in Japanese]
• Hattori, T. and Chen, Y.-C. (2020). “Discrepancy in Japan’s Energy and Climate Policies,”KIER Discussion Paper Series No. 1046. Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University.
• Kuriyama, A., Liu, X., Naito, K., Tsukui, A. & Chen, Y.-C. (2020). Estimating the Amount of Renewable Energy Feed-in in Hokkaido Area through Transmission Operation Based on Actual Currents (「実潮流に基づく送電線運用による北海道地域の再生可能エネルギー導入量推計」). IGES Working Paper, October 2020. Kanagawa, Japan: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). [in Japanese]

<Report>

• Yoshikawa, H. ed. (2022). Public Attitudes Towards Energy Policy and Sustainable Development in ASEAN Countries. ERIA Research Project Report FY2021 No. 22.

<Book Translation>

• Yamaka, K. (supervised) (2018). 『トランザクティブエナジー：持続可能なビジネスと電力の規制モデル』, in charge of Chapter 1, 5 and 7.（translated from Barrager, S., & Cazalet, E. (2014). Transactive energy: a sustainable business and regulatory model for electricity. Baker Street Publishing, LLC.）[English into Japanese]

Conference Presentations:

• Chen, Y.-C., M. Sugiyama, and H. Shiroyama. “Local learning and global-local niche interaction: Deployment of solar photovoltaics in Japan.” 14th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) Conference 2023. August 30-September 1, 2023, organized by Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University. Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Chen, Y.-C. “Formation of the sustainable niche during Taiwan’s wind power development from onshore to offshore.” 12th International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST 2021). October 5-8, 2021, held online (hosted by Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, from Karlsruhe, Germany).
• Chen, Y.-C. Geography in sustainable innovation formation: Transnational and local linkages in Taiwan’s offshore wind power development. The 2021 SEEPS (Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies) Conference, Speed Talk Session. September 25-26, 2021, held online.
• Chen, Y.-C. “The development of sustainable niches during the energy transition pathway: The case of solar photovoltaics in Japan.” The 10th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE). August 20-21, 2021, held online (hosted by Seoul National University, from Seoul, Korea).
• Chen, Y.-C., M. Sugiyama and H. Shiroyama. Trends in the Research on Socio-technical Scenarios for Energy Transition and the Implications for Japan (「エネルギー移行をめぐる社会技術シナリオ研究の動向と日本への示唆」). The 40th Research Presentation Meeting of the Japan Society of Energy and Resources. August 2-3, 2021, held online. [in Japanese]
• Chen, Y.-C. Local technology in niche empowerment: The case of solar photovoltaics in Japan. The 35th Annual Conference of JAPAN CIRIEC. December 12, 2020, held online.
• Hattori, T. and Chen, Y.-C. The Impact of Chinese Renewable Technology Export on Japan’s Energy Transition: The Case of Solar Photovoltaic Industry. The 2020 SEEPS Conference. September 26-27, 2020, held online.
• Chen, Y.-C. Leveraging External and Domestic Niches: The Protective Space in Taiwan’s Wind Power Development from Onshore to Offshore. The 2019 SEEPS Conference. September 28-29, 2019 (Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan).
• Chen, Y.-C. Taiwan’ s Nuclear Power Phase-out Decision-Making Process During the Energy Transition Pathway: From a Multi-level Perspective. The 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Science Academic Research Paper Presentation, Center for Environmental Information Science. December 17, 2018 (Nihon University Hall, Tokyo, Japan).
• Chen, Y.-C. Taiwan’ s Nuclear Power Phase-out Decision-Making Process During the Energy Transition Pathway: From a Multi-level Perspective. The 2018 SEEPS Conference. September 8-9, 2018 (Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan).
• Chen, Y.-C. Electricity Market Reform Towards the Energy Transition? An Analysis of the 2017 Electricity Act Amendments in Taiwan. The 32nd Annual Conference of JAPAN CIRIEC. December 9-10, 2017 (Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan). [JAPAN CIRIEC Encouragement Award 2017]

<Other Presentations>

• Chen, Y.-C., M. Sugiyama and H. Shiroyama. Local learning and global-local niche interaction: Deployment of solar photovoltaics in Japan. H-UTokyo Lab.-ANU Strategic Partnership Workshop on Sustainability Transitions Research-Similarity and Difference During Transitions: Comparative Perspectives and Opportunities for Cooperation Towards Sustainable Futures. February 24, 2023 (Hybrid event, The University of Tokyo)
• Chen, Y.-C. Taiwan's Nuclear Power Phase-out Decision-Making Process During the Energy Transition: Reconsidering the Socio-technical Transition Pathways (エネルギー移行における台湾の脱原発決定過程―社会技術転換経路への再考―). H-UTokyo Lab.: Workshop on Transitions research for the transformation of a sustainable society (日立東大ラボ：持続可能な社会の転換に向けたトランジション研究ワークショップ). March 18, 2021, held online. [in Japanese]
• Chen, Y.-C. Reporting Chapter 5: Why Transactive Energy? from “Transactive Energy.” The 3rd Symposium in FY 2017 of the Research Project on Renewable Energy Economics, Kyoto University: Latest Energy Situation in Europe and the US: Design and the Significance of Electricity Trading Market (欧米の最新エネルギー情勢-電力取引市場の設計と意義-). February 13, 2018 (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan). [in Japanese]

Activity on Committee :

• Member, Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS)
• Involving in Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN)

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