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Ukrainian (native)
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
German (business level)
Japanese (business level)

Last updated on 2024-06-11

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Kostiantyn Ovsiannikov

My academic interests include labor economics, public economics and experimental economics. In my dissertation, I explored how the pursuit of shareholder-value by management has affected labor policies at large Japanese enterprises.

My current research project funded by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) focuses on the market perception of corporate innovations in Japan.

Research Experience

Assistant Professor

Research Institute for Future Design

Kochi University of Technology

Current - 2024

  • Researching the impact of telework on productivity, creativity, and job satisfaction
  • Researching the relationship between HR policies and innovation at Japanese enterprises

Associate Researcher

N/A

Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS

Current - 2021

  • Theme 1: Asian Capitalisms. Diversity and Institutional Change

Assistant Professor

Center for Interdisciplinary Research

Shohoku College

2024 - 2023

  • Designing and implementing Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Postdoc

School of Economics & Management

Kochi University of Technology

2023 - 2021

  • Researching the impact of telework on productivity, creativity, and job satisfaction
  • Researching the relationship between HR policies and innovation at Japanese enterprises

Teaching Experience

Part-Time Lecturer

Transdisciplinary Course Program

University of Tübingen

Current - 2021

Part-Time Lecturer

College of Humanities and Sciences

Nihon University

2022 - 2021

  • “Business English” (2nd-year students)

Part-Time Lecturer

Economics Department

Dokkyo University

2020 - 2019

  • “Introduction to Economics” (2nd-year students)
  • “Microeconomics” (3rd-year students)

Education

Ph.D., Japanese Studies & Political Economy

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP

2018 - 2015

  • Dissertation: Japan’s Corporate Governance Reforms. Effects on Corporate Dynamics and Labor-Related Repercussions
  • Grant: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT)

M.A., Global Political Economy

University of Kassel

Kassel, Hessen, GER

2014 - 2011

  • Thesis: The Impact of the ‘Companyist Compromise’ on Japan’s Financialization during 1980-90s
  • Grant: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) / Open Society Foundations (OSF)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

COVID-19-associated Income Loss and Job Loss: Evidence from Indonesia

Journal of Asian Economics, 87(101631), 1-14

N/A

2023

  • Elsevier (co-authored with Putra R. & Kotani K.)

Impact of Shareholder-Value Pursuit on Labor Policies at Japanese Joint-Stock Companies: Case of Nikkei Index 400

The Japanese Political Economy, 35(2), 1-32

N/A

2018

  • Taylor & Francis Online

Corporate Governance Reforms in Japan: Instilling the New Regime

Cogent Business & Management. 4(1), 1-16

N/A

2017

  • Taylor & Francis Online

Chapters etc.

Japan’s municipalities undergoing a demographic change: A quantitative overview

(co-authored with F. Waldenberger) in Chiavacci, D and Wieczorek, I., editors, Japan 2023: Politics, Economy and Society [Japan 2023: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft], pages 104-143

N/A

2023

  • Iudicium Verlag, München

Does Tokyo Stock Exchange Appreciate Corporate Innovations? Role of Patents’ Quality and Research Productivity

Preprint available as SocArXiv publication. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/k4ys6

N/A

2021

  • Preprint

Selected Conference Presentations

The Role of Labor Flexibility in the Pursuit of Innovation Strategies by Established Japanese Companies

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) 31st Annual Meeting

N/A

2019

  • New School, New York, U.S.

Impact of Shareholder-Value Pursuit on Labor Policies at Japanese Joint-Stock Companies: Case of Nikkei Index 400

Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Conference

N/A

2017

  • Dubai, U.A.E.

Awards & Grants

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

N/A

2022 - 2019

  • The Role of Labor Flexibility in the Pursuit of Innovation Strategies

European Commission

Seal of Excellence

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

2021

  • The Role of Employment Policies and Corporate Governance in the Pursuit of Innovation Strategies: Comparative Analysis of France, Germany and Japan

Foundation France-Japon/SASE

Best Paper Award

Doshisha University, Kyoto

2018

  • Impact of Shareholder-Value Pursuit on Labor Policies at Japanese Joint-Stock Companies: Case of Nikkei Index 400

Other academic activities

Invited Lecturer

M.A. Program in Sustainable Development Goals

University of Tsukuba

2023

  • “Topics in Eastern European History” (intensive course)

Paper Reviewer

N/A

N/A

2021 - 2017

  • Asian Business and Management (Palgrave Macmillan)
  • Economics of Innovation and New Technology (Taylor & Francis Online)
  • Japanese Economic Review (Springer)

Editor

N/A

N/A

2019 - 2018

  • Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Newsletter

Language certificates

JLPT N2

Japanese Language Test

N/A

2019

  • Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES)

TestDaF 4 (C1)

German Language Test

N/A

2013

  • TestDaF-Institut

TOEFL iBT: 109/120

English Language Test

N/A

2011

  • Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Software skills

R Programming Language

Statistical software

N/A

Current - 2017

  • Statistical analysis and visualization packages
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) packages
  • Text mining packages

Python Programming Language

Statistical software

N/A

Current - 2022

  • “oTree” - package for designing economic experiments