I am working on clarifying the direction of corporate management strategies and policies by analyzing how information technology (IT) affects the economy and social systems.
Information technology, which is constantly evolving, is creating a variety of services and business forms, from crowdsourcing to the sharing economy to blockchain and virtual currencies.
By identifying the dynamics of technology and economics behind these new services, I would like to clarify how companies should deal with technological innovation and how governments should respond from a medium- to long-term perspective, and propose solutions.

Brief History

Soichiro Takagi is an associate professor at the University of Tokyo’s Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies and a fellow at the University of Tokyo’s Art Center. He is also a senior researcher at the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan. He has worked at NTT Data Corporation, the Institute of Systems Science of NTT Data Corporation, and the International University of Japan GLOCOM as Professor / Director of Research / Senior Researcher before assuming his current position in 2019. He has served as a representative of GLOCOM Blockchain Economics Research Lab at International University of Japan, Asia Program Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and visiting fellow at Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University. He specializes in information economics and digital economy. His research focuses on the impact of the diffusion and development of information technology on society, mainly from the perspective of economics. His major publications include “Deframing Strategy: Principles of the Digital Economy in the After-Platform Era” (Shoei-sha), “Blockchain Economics: A New Form of Economy through Decentralization and Automation” (Shoei-sha), and “Methodology for Re-learning: How to Go from Working to Graduate School” (Impress R&D). He received the “Emerging Research Award” from the Japan Society for Socio-Information Studies in 2015 and the KDDI Foundation Award from the KDDI Foundation in 2019. Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Information Studies from the University of Tokyo.

Major Works

Major Lectures

Major Achievements

Major Awards

Educational Background

Completed Doctoral program in Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

Career

1997 Joined NTT DATA Corporation
2002 Researcher, Systems Science Laboratory, NTT DATA Corporation
2007 Researcher (Fellow), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (-2008)
2009 Deputy Senior Researcher, Systems Science Research Laboratory, NTT DATA Corporation (-2009)
2014 Exchange Researcher, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo (-2015)
2015 Retired from NTT Data Corporation
2015 Associate Professor / Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
2016 Associate Professor / Executive Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
2018 Professor / Executive Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
2019 Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
　　　Executive Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan

He has also served as a visiting associate professor at the University of Tokyo’s Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, a visiting researcher at Keio Research Institute at SFC, and a part-time lecturer at Kyushu University’s Graduate School of Systems Information Science.

Links

Soichiro Takagi Laboratory, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Personal homepage