Soichiro Takagi
Affiliate, Center for East Asian Studies
Bio
Soichiro Takagi is a Visiting Scholar at Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University, and a cellist. He is a Professor at Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at The University of Tokyo, Visiting professor at University of the Arts London. He served as an Asia Program Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, etc.
His major field is information economics and innovation. His research includes the impact of technology on economy, how to generate ideas for innovation, and how to incorporate the arts for business innovation. He has authored many books and articles, including “Deframing Strategy: How Digital Technologies are Transforming Businesses and Organizations, and How We Can Cope with It” (World Scientific) and “Reweaving the Economy: How IT Affects the Borders of Country and Organization” (University of Tokyo Press), and “Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledgers” (World Scientific, co-authored). He received KDDI Foundation Award in 2019. He received Ph.D. in information studies from The University of Tokyo.