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Akiko Hiratsuka (Sasaki)
Former Visiting Fellow
Akiko Hiratsuka (Sasaki) joined UNRISD as a Research Visiting Fellow in November 2019. She has been working as a Research Management Officer at Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) since 2013. She was in charge of several research management activities such as coordination of international research projects, institutional networking, and media relations. Before joining IDE-JETRO, she has worked as a rural development consultant for municipalities in Japan for 4 years until 2013. Her research interests include sustainable city planning in Asian cities, Social and Solidarity Economy at municipal level, and Just Transition for Cities. She holds B.A. in Public Administration (International Christian University, Japan) and M.Sc in Spatial Planning (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden).