Speaker: Motohisa Kaneko (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Date: January 6, 2015 – Tuesday

Time: 14:00-16:00

Venue: R704, Bld6, Hongkou Campus

Language: English, Japanese, Chinese

Speaker Biography: Professor Kaneko received a Bachelor of Education, and a Master of Education from the University of Tokyo, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He joined the Institute of Economic Development, Japan, after graduation from the University of Tokyo. He also served as onsultant for World Bank and as Visiting Assistant Professor at State University of New York at Albany, before joining the Research Institute for Higher Education at Hiroshima University. He moved then to the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo as Professor of Higher Education, and served as Dean of The Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo. In 2010, he became Director of Research at the Center for National University Finance and Management. Since 2012, he is Professor at the Research Center for University Studies, Tsukuba University. He is currently a member in a number of public councils, including the Central Education Council, a major government organ to delineate educational policies in Japan, and the Science Council of Japan. He is also serving as President of the Japan Society for Higher Education Studies. His academic interest covers higher education, economics of education, and development and education, on which he has published extensively.