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In the office, Apr 3, 2000. (photographed by Mainichi Newspapers)

Name

Makoto NISHIBE

Year of Birth

1962

Education
 

Ph.D., Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan, 1993, March
M.A., Economics, York University, Canada, 1989, September
B.A., Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan, 1986, March

Work Experience

2018-present  President, Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics

2015-Present  Managemant Committee Member, Research Association on Monetary Innovation and Community and Complementary Currency Systems

2017-present  Professor, Department of Economics, Senshu University,  Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University

2007-present  Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University

2007-present  Representative, Hokkaido and Tohoku Branch of Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics

2004-present  Member of Editorial Board, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review.

2003  Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Politics and Economics, University of Cambridge, England.

2002-2003  Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Economics, University of Siena, Italy

2000-2006  Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University

1997-2018  Executive Director of Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics

1997-1999  Commentator of Asahi Newspaper

1996-1996  Visiting Fellow at SOAS, University of London, Faculty of Politics and Economics, University of Cambridge, England

1994-2000  Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hokkaido University

1993-1994  PD Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (University of Tokyo)

1988-1989  Special Assistant, Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto
 
Speciality

Evolutionary Economics, Monetary Institution including Community Currency and Crypto Currency


Recent Research Interest

  • Possibility of Desital-Community Currency as integration of Community Currency and Crypto Currency
    (as socio-economic, cultural and ethical communication media)
  • Theory of Money
    (from the essence of money to credit and trust, electric currency and local currency, microcredit)
  • Construction of Realistic Market Theory
    (multi-lateral (price or quantity) routine adjustment based on time multilayer, computer simulation of markets entailing multi-agents)
  • Philosophical Foundations of Economics
    (think realistically epistemological and ontological foundations, considering the significance of rhetoric and simulation)

Contact

       nishibe(at)isc.senshu-u.ac.jp