| 研究実績の概要 |
The research achievements present several highs and lows, primarily due to the project implementation and research execution coinciding entirely with both the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 and its peak with the spread of the Omicron variant in late 2021. Nevertheless, despite the significant limitations that this created for the JSPS Kaken-hi project in question, the funding enabled the research fellow to engage with the research community in Japan and the EU, and establish solid research connections with both researchers in the finance and sustainability areas, as well as, with industry and government agency-level stakeholders. The connections not only led to several peer-reviewed publications, at times with high-level subject-level co-authors, it also facilitated joint research and engagement activities with stakeholders ranging from high school students over university students to corporate leaders.
In light of reduced opportunities to attend academic conferences and other in-person events, the fellow sought other ways in order to properly gather data from sectoral practitioners while at the same time communicating his ongoing findings to a broad set of stakeholders. Activities included joint sustainable finance and ESG-related research exchanges with the Tokyo startup community, ESG data-level research, research on green bonds and sustainability reporting. The fellow also taught courses within the context of his Kaken-hi subject to university students and business practitioners, leading to a mutually enhancing outcome and outreach.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
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理由
The project’s progress in FY2020 and FY2021 were adequate considering the extremely challenging external circumstances and the nature of the originally activities. Over the course of the project, a number of late-stage FY2020 activities, including short-term visiting research stays in the EU and joint research workshops, had to be cancelled when the Covid-19 delta variant broke out in late 2020 and disrupted international travel. A final workshop, planned for late 2021, was also cancelled when the Omicron variant was identified towards the end of 2021. These situations created several administrative bottlenecks in terms of properly structuring and carrying out the comparative elements of the originally planned research activities.
However, several topical collaborations with a diverse group of high-impact stakeholders permitted the project to offset some of the methodological limitations that the absence of conference-level interactions and in-person seminars generated. Notable collaborations were carried out with, among others, the Japanese Ministry of Environment, the University of Tokyo startup incubator, the Asian Development Bank Institute, Stanford University, the University of Oxford, the United Nations University, a large international reinsurance company, and a global consulting and assurance company.
In conclusion, the project produced reasonable results within a global Covid-19 context and laid the foundations for additional research endeavours as the fellow was able to secure a full-time Associate Professor position at a Japanese national university.
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