Biography
Yohei joined the Department of Political Economy (DPE) in October 2023. He is a researcher working in the field of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). His research both empirically estimates and philosophically examines inequality of opportunity with special attention to people's capability to exert effort.
He is currently working on two projects:
- One aims to estimate the extent of inequality of opportunity, including the portion that manifests through people's effort using machine-learning techniques.
- The other examines the distributive demands of relational equality and proposes a relational interpretation of the responsibility cut, which he calls the "self-respect approach".
He is also a Carl Menger Fellow at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prior to joining DPE, Yohei worked in the field of healthcare, labour, welfare, and pension policies at the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan. He holds an MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Research) with a Titmuss Prize for the Best Dissertation from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2023), an MA in Economics from Tokyo Metropolitan University (2022), and a BA in Sociology (major concentration) and Political Theory (minor concentration) from McGill University (2016).
Research interests
- Effort and inequality of opportunity
- Econometrics and machine-learning
- Relational equality and distributive justice
- Self-respect
- Social policy
Teaching
5SSPP219 Key Concepts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
4SSPP109 Quantitative Methods
4SSPP104 Introduction to Political Theory
PhD supervisors
Research
Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group
The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics.
Political Theory Research Group
The political theory group covers many topics and approaches, and affirms the central importance of political economy to political theory.
Public Policy and Regulation Research Group
Public Policy and Regulation (PPR) is the home for theoretically and empirically grounded research which analyses policy and regulatory responses to important political, social and economic issues, and (individual-level) responses to these policies.
Research
Politics, Philosophy and Economics Research Group
The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics.
Political Theory Research Group
The political theory group covers many topics and approaches, and affirms the central importance of political economy to political theory.
Public Policy and Regulation Research Group
Public Policy and Regulation (PPR) is the home for theoretically and empirically grounded research which analyses policy and regulatory responses to important political, social and economic issues, and (individual-level) responses to these policies.