Associate Professor of economics at Tokai University in Japan, and Visiting Professor at Keio University (Japan) and Chiang Mai University (Thailand). A grantee of the Excellent Young Researcher (LEADER) status from the Ministry of Education of Japan (MEXT). Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). Co-founder and Vice President at The International Society for Energy Transition Studies (Australia). Editor of Cogent Business & Management. Associate editor/board member of Singapore Economic Review, Global Finance Journal, Frontiers in Energy Research, and Energy Efficiency journals. Author of more than 200 academic journal papers and book chapters and editor of 14 books published by Springer Nature, Routledge, World Scientific, and the Asian Development Bank Institute. Current/past guest editor of Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Resources Policy, Economic Analysis, and Policy, Journal of Environmental Management, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, Climate Change Economics, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Economic Integration, Economic Change and Restructuring, Sustainability and Energies.