Biography

Dr Eiichi YAMAGUCH is a Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University. He received a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree and a Doctor of Science (DSc.) degree, respectively in 1977 and 1984 both from The University of Tokyo. He has been a physicist, since he joined NTT Basic Research Laboratory in 1979. He also served as a visiting scholar of University of Notre Dame, U.S.A., from 1984 to 1985, and as a guest scientist of IMRA Europe, France, from 1993 to 1998. Since he joined The 21st Century Public Policy Institute of Keidanren as an executive senior fellow in 1998, he has been investigating science policy and innovation theory. He served as a professor of Doshisha University, Kyoto, from 2003 to 2014. From 2008 to 2009, he served as a Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. In 2014, he was appointed as a professor of Kyoto University. He founded four venture companies, ArcZone K.K. (1998), Powdec K.K. (2001), ALGAN K.K. (2005), CONNEXX SYSTEMS K.K.(2011), and ORBIO K.K. (2018), and is currently a board member of Powdec K.K. He published "Innovation: Paradigm Disruption and Fields of Resonance" (NTT Publishing) in 2006, "Recovering from Success: Innovation and Technology Management in Japan" (Oxford University Press) in 2006, "JR Fukuchiyama Line Incident : Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility from Science" (NTT Publishing) in 2007, “Five Physics Theories to Learn Before You Die” (Chikuma Shobo Publishing) in 2014, "Science of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy" (The University of Tokyo Publishing) in 2015, "Why Innovation Ceased: Crisis of Scientific Japan" (Chikuma Shobo Publishing) in 2016 and “The Graves of Physics: Seeking the Secret of Inspiration" (Nikkei BP) in 2017.

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Research Interest

Physics and entrepreneurship