Researchers

SASAKAWA, Akiko, PhD

Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Group, Clean Energy Unit

Fields of Study: International Administration, Energy Policy

March 2018	Ph.D, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, Japan
April 2018 - present	The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

del Barrio Alvarez, D., Sasakawa, A., Yamaguchi K, & Wang J. (2022), “Strategic priorities for regional power connectivity in Asia in the overlapping of subregional initiatives and China’s global energy interconnection”, Asia Pacific Business Review, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093528
Shibata, Y., Sasakawa, A., Nagata, T., “Gas Decarbonization and Energy System Intergation - Situation in Europe and Implications for Japan -”
IEEJ Energy Journal, Vol.47, No.4, pp.8-29, 2021
Sasakawa, A., “Transition to Renewable Energy Society in Germany and the U.K. – Historical paths to FIP and CfD Introduction and Implications for Japan-”, IEEJ Energy Journal, Vol.47, No.1, pp.31-59, 2021
Sasakawa, A.., “The Application of Blockchain Technology in the Energy Sector -Potential and Challenges Based on Case Analysis in Germany and United States-”, IEEJ Energy Journal, Vol.14, No.4, pp.52-70, 2019

Sasakawa, A., “Low carbon energy, related technologies and systems”, Edited by Koyama, K., Textbook for Understanding the Structure and Business of the Energy Industry, Gijyutsuhyoronsha, March 2023.

Expert for TC322 (Sustainable Finance) Working Group 2, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) .
Visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo, the Institue for Future Initiatives, Global Energy Policy and East Asia Research Unit.
Member of a committee on “Decarbonization and Middle East Energy Geopolitical Study Group” organized by Canon Institute for Global Studies.