Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
KOGA Hayato

Papers

1. Exploring the dynamics of energy democracy and institutional configurations (Peer-reviewed)
Hayato Koga, Stefan Bouzarovski, Saska Petrova
Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 2025.12
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2. 【Thesis】Japan's energy democracy: Exploring the transformative potential of community-based energy governance (Peer-reviewed)
Hayato, Koga
The University of Manchester 2025.7
3. Energy democratisation through agrivoltaics?: The territorialisation dynamics of community-based energy governance in Japan (Peer-reviewed)
Hayato Koga, Stefan Bouzarovski, Saska Petrova
Sustainability Science Vol.20,pp.1361-1377 2025.4
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4. Community-based energy governance and the political: Towards a post-foundational energy democracy (Peer-reviewed)
Hayato Koga, Saska Petrova, Stefan Bouzarovski
Progress in Environmental Geography Vol.4,No.1,pp.24-43 2025.3
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5. Unsettling mainstream academic debates on community-based energy governance: Exploring the Japanese experience (Peer-reviewed)
Hayato Koga, Stefan Bouzarovski, Saska Petrova
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol.207,No.January,pp.114994- 2025.1
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6. Vulnerability to energy poverty under the Japanese social welfare system: An analysis of lived experiences in Sapporo City (Peer-reviewed)
Hayato Koga
Syakai Seisaku (Social Policy and Labor Studies) Vol.16,No.1,pp.314-326 2024.5
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7. Community-based energy governance and gender: What is the problem in Japan? (Peer-reviewed)
Hayato Koga
Kankyo to Kogai (Research on Environmental Disruption) Vol.53,No.4,pp.63-69 2024.4
8. A Theoretical Inquiry into Voluntary Cost-bearings of Environmental Conservation: Implications of Amartya Sen's 'Commitment' (Peer-reviewed)
Koga Hayato
Kankyokeizai Seisakukenkyu (Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies) Vol.15,No.1,pp.10-20 2022.3
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Misc.

1. Exploring the potential of Community-based energy governance: A perspective from between ideals and realities
Hayato Koga
Sekai Vol.995,No.July,pp.212-220 2025.6
2. Book Review: Velasco-Herrejón et al. [ed] Living with energy poverty: perspectives from the Global North and South (Routledge, 2024)
Hayato Koga
Journal of Energy History / Revue d’histoire de l’énergie Vol.13,No.1 2024.12
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3. 【Translation】The US Freedom of Information Act and US military contamination in Japan
Mitchell, J, Translation, Hayato Koga
Kankyo to Kogai (Research on Environmental Disruption) Vol.50,No.2,pp.58-63 2020.10

Presentations

No. Name of subject/Conference Name Year Site
1. Exploring the intersection of energy democracy and institutional configurations: The dynamics of politicisation and depoliticisation in Japan(11th East Asian Regional Conference in Alternative Geography)
Holding date :
Presentation date : 2025.2.13
2. Scale debates re-examinned(The Association of Japanese Geographers 2024 Autum Academic Conference)
Holding date :
Presentation date : 2024.9.15
3. An analysis of the lived experiences of energy poverty households in Sapporo(Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 2024 Annual Conference)
Holding date :
Presentation date : 2024.9.14
4. Energy democratisation through Agrivoltaics?: Unpacking the contested material politics of community-based energy governance in Japan(Accountable Solar Energy TransitionS (ASSET) Workshop (University of Stavanger))
Holding date : 2024.5.21 - 2024.5.23
Presentation date : 2024.5.22
5. Multifaceted energy decentralisation: Unpacking the interplay between policy landscapes and community-based energy governance in Japan(2024 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting)
Holding date :
Presentation date : 2024.4.16
6. A Perspective on Japan's Energy Transition Required in the Anthropocene: Foregrounding Energy Poverty(Hitotsubashi University 150th Anniversary Symposium: How Does Social Science Respond to the Crisis of the Anthropocene?)
Holding date :
Presentation date : 2024.2.10
7. Multifaceted energy decentralisation: Unpacking the interplay between policy landscapes and community-based energy governance in Japan(3rd Annual Energy Geography Conference of the American Association of Geographers)
Holding date :
Presentation date : 2024.1.20
8. Unsettling the conceptualisation of community-based energy governance: A Japanese perspective(Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2023)
Holding date : 2023.8.29 - 2023.9.1
Presentation date : 2023.8.30

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Awards

No. Award name Year
1. SEEPS Young Achievement Award 2025.9
2. Highly Commended for Outstanding Postgraduate Paper Prize 2025.8
3. Manchester Doctoral College Excellence Award for Best Outstanding Research Output in the Faculty of Humanities 2025.5

Research Projects

No. Research subject Research item(Awarding organization, System name) Year
1. A Research on the Potential and Challenges of Municipal Energy Companies in Japan's GX

( Awarding organization: Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities System name: Public Enterprise Specific Issue Research Grant Program )
2025.10 - 2026.9
2. On conceptualisations of community-based energy governance

( Awarding organization: The Takagi Fund for Citizen Science System name: Research Grant )
2023.8 - 2024.7
3. How does the lived experience of energy poverty vary depending on tenancy relations: a qualitative study in Sapporo, Hokkaido

( Awarding organization: Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies System name: Research Grant for Postgraduate Student )
2022.11 - 2023.9
4. Scholarship (PhD)

( Awarding organization: Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) )
2022.9 - 2025.7
5. Scholarship (Masters degree)

( Awarding organization: Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) )
2021.9 - 2022.8
6. Hitotsubashi University Foundation, Study Abroad Scholarship for Postgraduate Student (Declined)

( Awarding organization: Hitotsubashi University Foundation )
2020.9 - 2021.8
7. Study Abroad Scholarship (Partner Institution)

( Awarding organization: Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) )
2018.8 - 2019.6

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