Profile

Professor emer. Dr. Yuji Aruka

Short bio: Dr. Yuji Aruka was born in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, in 1949, and attended Waseda University, where he earned his BA and MA in Economics. Following this, he entered Kyoto University where he pursued and completed his Ph.D. courses. Dr. Aruka was appointed as an associate professor for the Chiba University of Commerce and then worked as an associate professor and subsequently a professor at Chuo University, where he has maintained a position as professor emeritus since 2020. Outside of instruction, Dr. Aruka has engaged in an array of academic services throughout his career. He was a member of the Foreign Service Examination Committee at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nine years (1997 to 2005) and President of the Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics (2015-2018) for two years. He has also been an appointed Fellow of JAFEE since 2020. He currently holds positions as the Editor-in-chief of Evolutionary Economics and Social Computational Science, Coordinating Editor for the Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. Dr. Aruka also has abundant experience in overseas visiting appointments in overseas countries. He recently published Evolutionary Economics from Springer text in Business and Economics.

Prof. Yuji Aruka – Profile and Bibliography

Professor emer. Dr. Yuji Aruka

Dated: August 2025

Name: ARUKA, Yuji (有賀裕二)

Position:

  • Professor Specially Appointed, Department of Economics, Kyoto University of Advanced Science (since 2024)

    Degree: Doctor of Economics, Kyoto University

    • Contact Information

    Address: Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University, 18 Yamanouchi Gotanda-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8577, Japan

    Email: aruka.yuji@kuas.ac.jp

    Phone: +81-(0)75-406-9312

    Fax: +81-(0)426-74-3651

    Personal Information

    Year of Birth: December 1949

    Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

    Citizenship: Japanese

    Gender: Male

    Marital Status: Married

    Academic Interests

    • Evolutionary Economics
    • Nonlinear Economic Dynamics
    • Macroscopic Microeconomics
    • Moral Science in Heterogeneous Interacting Agents
    • Socio-econophysics

    Teaching Experience

    • Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
    • Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Undergraduate Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University
    • Microeconomics, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Chuo University
    • Block Seminars for Evolutionary Economics and Artificial Market Simulation, Chuo University

    Education

    • Bachelor of Economics, Waseda University, March 1972
    • Master of Economics, Waseda University, October 1975
    • Ph.D. Student, Kyoto University (Ph.D. courses completed), April 1976–March 1980
    • Ph.D. in Economics, Kyoto University, March 1999
    • Ph.D. Thesis: Essays on the Sraffa Model and Its Perturbed Systems of Technology (in Japanese)

    Professional Experience

    Present Position

    Professor of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University, since April 1990

    Previous Positions

    • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, April 1980–March 1983
    • Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, April 1983–March 1985
    • Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University, April 1985–March 1990
    • Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University, April 1990–March 2020 (retirement due to mandatory retirement age)

    Visiting Appointments

    • Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Japan, April 1986–March 1989
    • Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Komazawa University, Japan, April 1989–March 1991
    • Visiting Fellow, Department of Statistics, Australian National University, Australia, January 1990–March 1990
    • Visiting Fellow, International School of Economic Research, University of Siena, Italy, July 1993
    • Gastwissenschaftler, Institute for Market and Plan, W.-J. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt a/M, Germany, April 1994–June 1994, November 2000–December 2000
    • Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, July 1994–September 1994
    • Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK, July 1994–March 1995
    • Visiting Professor, ETH Zurich, February 2010, August 2011, February 2012

    Seminar/Invited Lecture Appointments Overseas

    (Excluding conference/workshop presentations)

    • Goethe University Frankfurt: 12/2000, 2/2009
    • Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena: 12/2000, 10/2006, 3/2007, 9/2011
    • Russian Academy of Science, Pushino: 9/2003
    • University of Stuttgart: 6/2005
    • Leibnitz Gemeinschaft, Bonn: 10/2006
    • Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona: 3/2007
    • Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa: 9/2008
    • Frankfurt School of Finance and Management: 2/2010
    • Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften, München: 11/2011
    • ETH Zurich: 2/2010, 8/2011
    • Beijing Normal University, Tianjin University, China: 11/2011
    • And others

    Other Appointments

    • Member (Economics), Foreign Service Examination Committee (Secretary Service Level), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Government: 1997–2005
    • Deanery Aide, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University: 11/1997–10/1999
    • Council Member, Chuo University Council: 6/1998–5/2002, 6/2002–5/2003, 6/2003–5/2007, 6/2007–5/2010, and others

    Academic Services

    • President, Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics: 4/2015–
    • Vice-President, Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics: 4/2012–3/2015
    • Permanent Committees Member, Directorial Board, Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics (JAFEE): 3/1997–3/2000, 4/2000–3/2003, 4/2003–3/2006, 4/2006–3/2009, 4/2009–
    • Council Board Member, Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (ESHIA): 6/2006–
    • Council Member, The Union of National Economic Association in Japan: 6/2003–5/2012
    • Vice-Chair, FuturICT.jp: 11/2011–
    • Directorial Board Member, Integrative Science Institute in Japan (German-Japan Academy of Integrative Science): 2/2013–

    International Conference Organizing

    • Chairperson, Organizing Committee for JAFEE2000 (The Fourth Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics), Chuo University, Japan: 25–26 March 2000
    • Co-Chairman, CS02 (The 6th Asia-Pacific Complex System Conference): Complexity with Agent-based Modeling, Chuo University: 9–11 September 2002
    • Chairman, IWSEP (International Workshop on Socio- and Econo-Physics): 19–20 December 2003
    • Co-Chairman, INSC08 (3rd International Nonlinear Science Conference), Chuo University: 13–15 March 2008
    • Co-Chairman, CS09 (The 9th Asia-Pacific Complex System Conference), Chuo University: 4–7 November 2009
    • Chairman, International Conference on Socio-economic Systems with ICT and Networks (JAFEE 20th Annual Meeting), University of Tokyo: 26–27 March 2016

    Journal Editors

    • Editor-in-Chief, Evolutionary and Institutional Economic Review (JAFEE): 4/2006–3/2015
    • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination (Springer Journal): 6/2006–
    • Guest Editor, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination (in honor of Prof. Masanao Aoki): 9/2012–
    • Coordinating Editor, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review (Springer Journal): 4/2015–
    • Editor-in-Chief, Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science (Springer Monograph Series): 7/2014–
    • Editorial Board Member, Translational Systems Sciences (Springer Monograph Series): 7/2013–

    Professional Affiliations

    • Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics
    • Society for History of Economic Thought
    • Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics
    • Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents

    Memberships

    • Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK: from 5/1995
    • Member, Cambridge & Oxford Society, Tokyo: from 11/2004

    Signed by Prof. Dr. Yuji Aruka

    論文

    種類発行・発表年月タイトル著者名等掲載誌・発行機関名等巻[号]頁
    論文2015年6月The rise of pure economics under a new form of scholasticism in view of the present socio-economic systemYuji ArukaEvolutionary and Institutional Economics Review、Springer （Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics） 
    論文2009年9月Non-self-averaging of a two-person game with only positive spillover: a new Formulation of Avatamsaka’s dilemmaAruka, Y.（First author）, and E. AkiyamaJournal of Economic Interaction and Coordination、Springer 

    論文一覧

    著書

    種類発行年月タイトル著者名等出版社名・発行機関名等備考
    著書1984年4月現代経済学の歴史－商品生産理論の系譜－有賀裕二多賀出版204頁
    著書1996年1月ミクロ経済学入門有賀裕二新世社総頁ⅵ+431
    著書1998年2月スラッファ理論と技術摂動有賀裕二多賀出版科研費出版助成、総頁ⅹⅰ+378
    著書2001年Evolutionary Controversies in Economics – A New Transdisciplinary ApproachJAFEE, Aruka, Yuji (Eds.)Springer Verlag Tokyo 
    著書2004年3月進化経済学の数理入門 共立出版（株）総頁Ⅹ+225、経済社会の数理科学シリーズ: 中嶋真澄・中島望・津野義道・有賀裕二編集の第9巻
    著書2006年The Complex Networks of Economic InteractionsNamatame, Akira, Kaizouji, Taisei, Aruka, Yuuji (Eds.)Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 
    著書2011年4月Complexities of Production and Interacting Human BehaviourYuji ArukaPhysica Verlag （Springer Heidelberg） 
    著書2015年Evolutionary Foundations of Economic Science: How Can Scientists Study Evolving Economic Doctrines from the Last Centuries?Yuji ArukaSpringer Japan and New York 
    編著書2011年5月５０のキーワードで読み解く　経済学教室青木正直, 有賀裕二, 吉川洋, 青山秀明の監修東京図書 
    編著書2015年4月経済学と経済教育の未来ー日本学術会議<参照基準>を超えて八木紀一郎・有賀裕二・大坂洋・大西広・吉田雅明桜井書店pp.122-144
    第５章「純粋経済学の起源と新スコラ学の発展」（有賀執筆箇所）

    翻訳

    種類発行年月タイトル著者名等出版社名・発行機関名等備考
    翻訳1988年3月R・M・グッドウィン著『線型経済学と動学理論』（訳者解説）有賀・浅田他訳有賀他訳「線型経済学と動学理論」、日本経済評論社272頁
    翻訳1992年6月R・M・グッドウィン著『カオス経済動学』（全訳）有賀裕二訳多賀出版234頁
    翻訳1992年12月R・M・グッドウイン著『非線形経済動学』（全訳）有賀裕二訳日本経済評論社320頁
    翻訳1994年3月W・B・チャン著『時間と変化の経済学』（序文・第1・2・6・8・章訳）有賀裕二監訳中央大学出版部379頁
    翻訳2003年1月W. B. アーサー著「収益逓増と経路依存ー複雑系の経済学ー」有賀裕二訳多賀出版W. Brian Arthur, Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy, 1994の翻訳、xxix+294頁
    翻訳2007年7月W. ワイドリッヒ著『ソシオダイナミクス』有賀裕二他監訳森北出版384頁
    翻訳2011年3月アオキ・マサナオ著『マクロ進化動学と相互作用の経済学』有賀裕二監訳中央大学出版部 
    監訳2011年11月テクノロジーとイノベーション―進化／生成の理論Ｗ・ブライアン・アーサー (著), 有賀 裕二 (監修), 日暮 雅通 (翻訳)みすず書房p.312
    翻訳2011年11月複雑系から創造的偶然へ -カイロスの科学哲学史-Klaus Mainzer著・有賀裕二訳共立出版p.284

    口頭発表・ポスター

    種類発表年月タイトル会議名等共同発表者備考
    学術講演2016年3月Systemic risks in Evolution and I/O Network Analysis based on Shiozawa’s International Value Doctrine進化経済学会第20回大会およびInternational Conference on Socio-economic Systems with ICT and Networks共催 March 27, 2016 held at University of Tokyo, Japan

    口頭発表一覧