Kozo Mayumi

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I studied engineering (management engineering and mathematical engineering) as a student, and after a short one-year working experience for a company, I discovered energy analysis and resource and environmental economics and switched to those fields, where I am still working. Specifically, I am conducting research on energy analysis at the Autonomous University of Barcelona with Dr. Mario Giampietro, an Italian, and I am also continuing my research on bioeconomics (resource and environmental economics) proposed by Dr. Georgescu-Rogen, Nicholas (1906-1994), who was my supervisor at Vanderbilt University. I am thinking about how to realize a sustainable society.

As young people, what are your plans for the rest of your lives?For those of you who are thinking of working in the IT field, you cannot ignore the issue of the stable supply and use of electric power, which is one of the energy sources that support the power civilization that is important for a sustainable society. Through the window of energy, the seemingly unrelated interface between the IT field and a sustainable society should come to light.

In my business economics course, I would like to learn the basics of standard economics (microeconomics and macroeconomics) with you, and at the same time, broaden our perspective to include energy, resources, and environmental issues.I am confident that I will learn a lot through active discussions with you.

I look forward to meeting you and sharing a meaningful time with you in the historic city of Kyoto whose literal meaning is "Capital capital".