Kenichi Doi ’s Research

Senior Research Fellow of the China Group at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). Doi specializes in China and the world (geoeconomic issues, such as development finance and emerging technologies), and global governance in the social development sectors, including education and health. He graduated from the University of Kitakyushu with a B.A. in International Relations (Contemporary China Studies) and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Tokyo. Doi joined the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2008, where he worked on the implementation of the Japanese government’s foreign aid to China at the JICA Beijing Office and conducted financial investments in economic and social infrastructure, sovereign credit risk analysis and research on China’s development cooperation with the Global South at the Africa Department. In 2018, he began his doctoral studies in the Department of Education Economics at Peking University in China, where he received his PhD in Public Policy in 2022. Doi served as a senior researcher and advisor at Diinsider Co., Ltd, a China-based international development consultancy, and as an adjunct researcher at the Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Waseda University, before being appointed to his current position in August 2024. His research has been published in books by international publishers, including Routledge and Springer Nature, as well as in international peer-reviewed journals such as <i>Development Policy Review, Higher Education Research & Development, Public Health Action</i>, and <i>Compare</i>. [Concurrent Positions] Adjunct Researcher, Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Waseda University, Japan. (2023-Present) Visiting Lecturer, Department of International Business and Management, Kanagawa University, Japan. (2025-2026).