TODO Yasuyuki, a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University, has been a Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University since 2014, after serving as the Department Head at the Department of International Studies, the University of Tokyo. He is also a Program Director at Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. His research fields are empirical international economics and development economics, currently focusing on the role of social and economic network in economic growth and resilience based on firm- and household-level data from various countries. He has published nearly 70 academic papers in refereed journals including Nature Sustainability and is ranked top 0.5%, 0.4%, and 9th among researchers in economics, supply chain analysis, and economic impact analysis based on the academic publications, according to ScholarGPS. He is a board member of the Japanese Society of International Economics and Tokyo Center for Economic Research. He has also served a number of policy-advising committees in the government, including the Committee for Japan’s Future under the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy of the Cabinet Office and the Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade.