Atsuo SATO

My name is Atsuo Sato. I am a professor at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, where I teach public policy and policy analysis for graduate students. I am also engaged in the Graduate Program of Interdisciplinary Policy Analysis and Design as a sub-leader. My master’s degree is in public policy, and my Ph.D. in human security from the University of Tokyo. Prior to my academic endeavors at the university, I worked for the Japanese government and assisted governments in Asia and Africa as a practitioner in capacity development of public policy and management. My research background is in governance, especially collaborative governance and co- creation in developed countries as well as fragile and failed states. I have taken part in ICPP3 in Singapore and ICPP5 (online) in Barcelona, and will be attending ICPP6 in Toronto. I have learned a great deal not only from the conference panels but also from the participants, and I hope that the IPPA and ICPP will continue to move forward with the same openness and diversity as before. To this end, I would like to contribute to the IPPA’s reflection of voices from the global community.