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

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