CV
Aya Kachi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Political Economy and Energy Policy
Faculty of Business and Economics
University of Basel, Switzerland
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DOB - September 27, 1978
Nationality - Japan
With over 10 years of experience analyzing policy processes in the energy and climate domains, I do research to assist policymaking on these highly politicized issues. Part of my work inspects how people form policy preferences, focusing on the role of policy-induced costs perceived by the public. My work also looks at the macro-level policy landscape, analyzing why countries experience different policymaking processes and generate different policies in energy and climate domains. Here, the role of the state-market relationship and lobbying is one of the primary focuses. My work is based on quantitative analyses with large-N data, including observational, survey, and text data.
As an organizational behavior enthusiast, all this research dealing with competing stakes has also made it my second nature to think about how we can communicate goals and measures more effectively in various settings outside policymaking. I welcome opportunities to work on creative tasks to understand, develop, and implement communication strategies across multiple decision-making scenarios.
Education
2012 PhD / Political Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2008 Predoc / Dept. of Politics (1 yr)
Princeton University
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2004 MA / Economics
Duke University
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2002 BA / Economics
University of Tokyo
Employment
2020 - Present University of Basel / Associate Professor (Tenured)
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2015 - 2020 University of Basel / Assistant Professor
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2016 Winter Georgetown University / Visiting Scholar
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2012 - 2015 ETH Zurich / Postdoc
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2004 - 2005 Japan Institute of International Affairs / Research Fellow
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2001 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan (Part-time)​
Additional Education
2019 Case Method Teaching Seminar / Harvard Business School Executive Education / 1-day course
2007 Empirical Implications of Theoretical Modeling (EITM) / University of California, Los Angeles / 4-week course
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Grants, Raised Funds, Awards
2024 WWZ Förderverein Project Grant / CHF 43,000 / USD 50,500
Climate Policy Kills Jobs, They Say: Unveiling Economic Fears and Ideological Motives Behind Policy Resistance
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2022 Self-raised survey funds from the Fondation Sur-la-Croix and KAGfreiland / CHF 6,000 / USD 6,700
Animal Welfare in the Swiss Dairy Industry: Classification of the Status Quo and Investigation of Consumer Perspectives w/ Sebastian Richter and Hanna Stolz
2020 Swedish Research Council Project Grant (as Co-Applicant) / SEK 11,508,000 / USD 1,400,000
In Search of Decoupling: (How) Can We Combine Climate Sustainability with Economic Growth, Good Jobs, and Public Preferences? w/ Malcolm Fairbrother (Head PI), Ingemar Johansson Sevä, Joakim Kulin, Katya Rhodes
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2020 The CROss-National Online Survey-2 (CRONOS-2) panel (by European Social Survey (ESS))
Europeans’ Attitudes towards Key Climate Policies:Carbon Taxes, Costs, and Compensatory Actions
w/ Malcolm Fairbrother & Sami Mustikkamaa
Survey questions selected for Wave 1 which will be rolled out in 12 European countries in 2021
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2019 WWZ Förderverein Project Grant / CHF 43,300 / USD 44,400
Swiss Investors’ Decision-Making in the Field of Energy Efficient Real Estate w/ Pascal Gantenbein
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2019 SNF Scientific Exchanges Grant / CHF 17,700 / USD 18,000
Symposium The Coal Challenge: Climate Change, Employment,and Energy Politics
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2019 SNIS Project Grant / CHF 242,228 / USD 246,000
COALSTAKE — The Political Economy of Coal Policy: Comparative Analyses of Stakeholder Strategies and Resource Industries’ Embeddedness in the International Economy w/ Adrian Rinscheid
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2018 WWZ Förderverein Project Grant / CHF 43,300 / USD 44,400
Energy Efficiency Labeling of Residential Buildingsin Switzerland: An Analysis of Rent Premium and Its Determinants w/ Pascal Gantenbein
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2011 Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology
For the paper “Modeling History-Dependent Network Coevolution" by Franzese, Hays, and Kachi. The best work in political methodology presented at any political science conference during the preceding year.
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2010 Political Networks Conference (PolNet) Poster Award
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2007 Society for Political Methodology (PolMeth) Poster Award
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CONTACT
Faculty of Business and Economics
Department - International Political Economy and Energy Policy
University of Basel
Peter Merian-Weg 6, 4052, Basel, Switzerland