Name		Shuji Hisano
Address		Office:   Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University   Yoshida-hommachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, JAPAN   (Rm. 813, Tel: +81-(0)75-753-3451, Fax: +81-(0)75-753-3492, Email:)
Position		Associate Professor (political economy of agriculture) Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Educational Background		4/1987 to 3/1991: Degree Received, B.A. in Economics, Kyoto University, Department of Economics 4/1991 to 3/1993: Degree Received, M.A. in Economics (Economic Policy), Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics 4/1993 to 6/1995: Doctral course at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, left without a doctral degree 9/2001: PhD in Agriculture (Agricultural Economics), Hokkaido University
Employment Record		6/1991 to 4/1995: Research Assistant, Kyoto Prefecture Agriculture Committee 4/1995 to 6/1995: Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 7/1995 to 3/2005: Research Associate (Assistant Professor), Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University 6/2002 to 9/2004: Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 3/2005 to date: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Society Memberships		Domestic Association - Agricultural Economics Society of Japan - Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan - Political Economy and Economic History Society - Rural Issues Association in Japan - Japan Scientists' Association - Japan Environmental Council International Association - International Sociological Association: RC40 - Rural Sociological Society - Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society - European Society of Agriculture and Food Ethics - Network for Tailoring Biotechnologies and Genomics (Scientific Advisory Board)
Academic Awards		Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan, 1999 Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, 2003 Foundation of Agricultural Sciences of Japan, 2004
Teaching Interests		Political Economy (Marxian Theory) Political Economy and Sociology of Agriculture Agribusiness and Food Industry Organisation
Courses Taught		English for Economics (undergraduate, 2005@Kyoto Univ) Political Economy of Agriculture (undergraduate, 2006~@Kyoto Univ) International Agro-food System Analysis (graduate, 2005~@Kyoto Univ) Marx Reading (graduate, 2005~@Kyoto Univ) Introduction to Political Economy (undergraduate, 1995~2004@Hokkaido Univ) Agricultural Marketing (graduate, 1995~2004@Hokkaido Univ) Agribusiness and Food Industry (undergraduate, 1999~2001@Rakuno Gakuen Univ)
Thesis Supervision		Masters: - Altoe, Simone M. (Advisor, March 2002) - Namekata, Nona (Co-Advisor, March 2005) - Jordan, Sangeeta (Co-Advisor, March 2005) - Doctors: - Zaman, Zaki-Uzu (Assistant Advisor, March 2002) - Altoe, Simone M. (Advisor, March 2005)
Research Interests		Political Economy (Marxian Theory) and Sociology (Critical Theory) International Political Economy (Gramscian Theory) Political Economy and Sociology of Agriculture, Food and Biotechnology Agribusiness and Food Industry Organisation
Research Activities		Grants-in-Aids:   Click here! Publications:    Click here! Domestic Field Research Experiences:      Kyoto, Hyogo, Shiga, Aichi, Ishikawa, Yamagata, Akita, and Hokkaido Prefecture Overseas Research Experiences: September 1996 USA States of Washington and California Field survey July 1998 Canada Montreal: Quebec Conference of ISA May 1999 S.Korea Seoul, Puyo and Chonju Field survey (vegetable farmers) July/August 2000 Brazil Rio de Janeiro:RJ Conference of IRSA Vicosa: State of Minas Gerais Official Visit to Vicosa University Curitiba and Londrina: State of Parana Field survey (soybean farmers) Sao Paulo and Piracicaba: State of SP Interviews & Sao Paulo University September 2001 China Quingdao (Chingtao): Shandong Field survey (vegetable farmers) October 2001 S.Korea Seoul Symposium at Seoul University November/December 2001 Argentina Buenos Aires Interviews Brazil Porto Alegre and Santa Rosa: State of RS Field survey (soybean farmers) Septermber 2002 Netherlands West Holland Field survey & Ministry of Agriculture December 2002 England Brighton IDS Conference at Sussex University January 2003 Belgium Brussels (European Commission) European Commission Conference March 2003 England Cambridge Conference May 2003 Belgium Brussels (European Parliament) NGO Conference June 2003 Wales across the country Field survey (dairy farmers) England London and Milton Kaynes Interviews (NFU and Open Univ) July 2003 Netherlands Maastricht Summer school / OECD&EIPA Seminar October 2003 Netherlands Maastricht EIPA Seminar November 2003 Scotland Edinburgh Innogen Conference March 2004 Italy Genova European Course on BioT-Ethics May-June 2004 Netherlands Wageningen IAC Course at WUR July 2004 Norway Trondheim Conference of IRSA August 2004 Netherlands Rotterdam Conference "Genomics Momentum" September 2004 Belgium Leuven Conference of EurSafe December 2005 England Brighton and Sheffield Interviews Netherlands Wageningen Interviews June 2006 Netherlands Amsterdam AIDEnvironment Workshop Norway Oslo Conference of EurSafe Scotland Edinburgh Interviews July-August 2006 South Africa Durban World Congress of Sociology (ISA) Netherlands Wageningen Business meeting
Personal Data		Date of birth: June 16, 1968 Place of birth: Osaka, Japan Nationality: Japanese Languages: Japanese (native) and English Sex: M Status: Married