Center for Evidence-Based Policy Making
@ OSIPP, OSAKA UNIVERSITY

What we do and who we are –

The Center for Evidence-Based Policy Making strives to promote rigorous empirical/theoretical research that helps make policy-making with quality evidence. The center is composed of specialists in economics, political science, and sociology, but our research interests extend to a wider range of policy-relevant issues. We commit to disseminate our research to all relevant individuals and organizations while providing our students with opportunities for lively discussions and hands-on learning experience.
This website also contains information about our seminars. We strongly encourage our students to participate in the seminars in the hope to broaden their research horizons while stimulating scholarship.

May 12-16,2025 | OSIPP OPEN CANPUS
May 16,2025 | OSIPP Briefing Session will be held.
（More details at https://www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/open-campus/）

OLDER NEWS

February 17, 2025 | Journal Articles from CEPO members have been uploaded.
May 13-17,2024 | OSIPP OPEN CANPUS
May 17,2024 | OSIPP Briefing Session will be held.
（More details at https://www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/open-campus/）
April 30, 2024 | Journal Articles from CEPO members have been uploaded.

February 3, 2024| Exams for Doctoral and Master’s courses (enrollment in April 2024)
More details at https://www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/cepo/application/
February １, 2024| Awards of CEPO members have been uploaded.
January 4, 2024| Journal Articles and Awards from CEPO members have been uploaded.

December 1-5,2023 | Application Period for Doctoral and Master’s courses (enrollment in April 2024)

November 7-10,2023 | OSIPP OPEN CANPUS
November 10,2023 | OSIPP Briefing Session will be held.
（More details at https://www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/open-campus/）
December 1, 2022 | Journal Articles from CEPO members have been uploaded.
October 1, 2022 | Two new specialists have become CEPO members –YAMASHITA, Takuro and YAMASHITA, Mamiko
November 11,2022 | OSIPP Briefing Session will be held.
（More details at https://www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/open-campus/）

April 6, 2022 | Two new specialists have become CEPO members – IKEFUJI, Masako and NIWA, Hidekazu
February 27, 2021 | Journal Articles from CEPO members have been uploaded

April 1, 2021 | A new specialist has become CEPO member –Nakagawa, Mariko

February 27, 2021 | Journal Articles from CEPO members have been uploaded

April 7, 2020 | Three new specialists have become CEPO members –
　 SAITA Yumi, SUNAGA Miho, and TAKAHASHI Hidenori

February 1, 2020 | Exams for Ph.D. and Master level courses

January 6-31, 2020 | Application deadline for research students
　(enrollment in April 2020)
More details at https://www.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/cepo/application/
December 4, 2019 | A new sub-menu, “Research Cooperation Project,” has been added below Activities.
November 29, 2019 | Discussion papers from CEPO members have been uploaded.
October 1, 2019 | The Center for Evidence-Based Policy Making @ OSIPP launches its new website!

The Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Policy Making, Professor TAKII Katsuya, is delighted to announce the coming together of twelve of OSIPP’s specialists, working to promote rigorous theoretical and empirical research. The Center’s Mission for the 12 faculty members with strong backgrounds in economics and political science, as well as interests covering a wide range of real-world policy issues, is to make the Center’s research more widely accessible with the group’s online efforts.

Contact CEPO

The Center for Evidence-Based Policy Making
Room 602, Osaka School of International Public Policy
Osaka University
1-31 Machikaneyama-cho
Toyonaka City, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan