Top Profile Name: Shinichiro Tabata Status: Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University Education: B.A. in Liberal Arts, Tokyo University, 1981. M.A. in Sociology, Hitotsubashi University, 1983. Profession: 1986-1997: Associate Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University. 1997-2023: Professor, Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University.[Slavic Research Center has been renamed as Slavic-Eurasian Research Center since April 2014] 2004-2006, 2015-2017: Director, Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University. 2012-2015, 2017-2021: Director, Hokkaido University Europe Office in Helsinki. 2015-2023: Professor (Concurrent post), Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University. Research Projects: Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II (ArCS II） Academic Activities: Editorial Board, Eurasian Geography and Economics Editorial Board, «Регион: экономика и социология» President, Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES) Board member, Japanese Association for Russian and East European Studies (JAREES) Advisory Board, Acta Slavica Iaponica Contact: shin(at)slav.hokudai.ac.jp Replace "(at)" with "@" when sending email.