Kamata Takehito

Takehito Kamata, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor by Special Appointment at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. He specializes in conducting research on international collaborative research and participates in a diverse range of collaborative research aimed at promoting internationalization in higher education across nations.

His research focuses on the following areas: international research collaborations, research integrity, research security, science, technology, and innovation policy, higher education internationalization, Japan-United States relations, Japan-Sweden relations, and other subjects relevant to science and technology policy.

As a member of an international academic honor society, he participated in the Collegiate Presidential Inaugural Conferences in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the January Inaugurations of the President and Vice President of the United States in 2009 and 2013.

As the president of the University of Minnesota’s Council of International Graduate Students (CIGS), he played a pivotal role in securing an independent budget for CIGS during the 2015-2016 academic year. This budget was instrumental in promoting academic, professional, and social engagement among international graduate students. In 2017, he was honored with the Josef Mestenhauser Student Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, he served as the co-chair of the East Asia Special Interest Group within the Comparative and International Education Society from 2014 to 2018.

During the 2022-2023 academic year, he was a fellow in the inaugural Japan-U.S. Science Communication & Policy Fellowship Network Program, which aimed to foster collaboration between scientific research and policymaking between Japan and the U.S. In 2023, he was honored with the Distinguished International Alumni Award by the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Presently, he serves as the Vice Chair of the International Exchange Committee (2024-2026) within the Association for the Promotion of Research Integrity in Japan.

In 2026, he serves as a Japan Chair Visiting Fellow (CSTI Fellow) at the Hudson Institute from January to February, with the endorsement of the Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (CSTI) of the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan.

He holds a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Minnesota in the U.S. Additionally, he possesses a B.S. in political science and international relations and an M.P.A. in public administration from Minnesota State University, Mankato in the U.S.