Yuko Harayama is an Executive Director at RIKEN charged of international affairs,
promotion of young researchers and diversity. Prior to joining RIKEN, she spent five
years at the Cabinet Office of Japan, as an Executive Member of the Council for Science,
Technology and Innovation (CSTI), two years at the OECD as the Deputy Director of the
Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI), and ten years at the Graduate
School of Engineering of Tohoku University as a professor of Science and Technology
Policy. Her experience prior to Tohoku University includes being a Fellow at the Research
Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) in Japan and an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Political Economy at the University of Geneva. Ms. Harayama holds
a Ph.D. in Education Sciences and a Ph.D. in Economics both from the University of
Geneva. She has received Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2011 and was awarded
honorary doctorate from the University of Neuchâtel in 2014.
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