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Keishiro Hara, Ph.D.

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Keishiro Hara is a professor and the co-director of Center for Future Innovation (CFi), Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. He is also the director of Hara Research Base for Future Design, at TechnoArena affiliated with the same graduate school. He is consulting fellow at Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Senior Fellow at The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, and was the member of Science Council of Japan (-2020). He is elected the Fellow of The Engineering Academy of Japan. As policy position, he was appointed as senior officer for technology policy and strategy at Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the government of Japan, between October 2016 and March 2018. His primary research interests include Future Design and Sustainability Science. Prof.Hara publishes papers in various international journals, such as Sustainability Science, Journal of Cleaner Production, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Energy, Energy Policy, Applied Energy and Futures, among others. Prof. Hara holds Ph.D. in Environmental Studies and Bachelor of Engineering, both from the University of Tokyo.