Profile

Name in full: KIYOSHI MURATA

Date of birth: 15th December, 1957

Education

April 1980- March 1987  Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JAPAN.  Major: Economics 
April 1976- March 1980  College of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba,
Tsukuba, JAPAN. 		 Major: Economics 

Posts held

April 2008 to date  Director of Centre for Information Science and Technology, Meiji University, Tokyo, JAPAN. 
April 2006 to date  Director of Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University, Tokyo, JAPAN. 
April 2006 to March 2008  Vice-Dean of Graduate School of Commerce, Meiji University, Tokyo, JAPAN.
April 2005 to date  International Research Associate, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. 
April 2003- March 2005  Visiting Scholar at Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility and Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Computing, Faculty of Computing Science and Engineering, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK 
October 1998- September 2000 Dean of Department of Industrial Administration, School of Commerce, Meiji University, Tokyo, JAPAN.
April 1997 to date   Professor at School of Commerce and Graduate School of Commerce, Meiji University, Tokyo, JAPAN.  
April 1995- March 1997  Associate Professor at School of Commerce, Meiji University, Tokyo, JAPAN. 
April 1990- March 1995  Associate Professor at Faculty of Economics, Surugadai University, Han-no, JAPAN. 
April 1987- March 1990  Lecturer at Department of Management Information, Hokkaido Women's Junior College, Ebetsu, JAPAN. 

Research Areas of Interest

Information ethics in business organisations

Projects undertaken

  1. Chairman of the investigation committee for the study on information ethics, the Japan Society for Management Information from April 2001 to March 2003.
  2. e-Business subproject leader of the MEXT research project entitled "Global Business and IT Management: Global e-SCM" from April 2002 to March 2007.
  3. Management Information Quality subproject leader of the MEXT open research centre project entitled "Quality-oriented Human Resource Development and Smart Business Collaboration: Quality Management Science" from April 2007 to date.
  4. Vice-chairman of the research prgramme of History of Japanese Information System Development from April 2007 to date.

Details of teaching at Meiji University

  1. Management information systems (undergraduate), from 1995 to date.
  2. Tutorial (undergraduate), from 1995 to date
  3. Management information systems (master's programme), from 1997 to date.
  4. Management information systems (doctoral programme), from 2000 to date.

Academic activities

  1. Program Chair of the First Symposium on Information Systems by the Young Japanese and Chinese Scholars at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China in April 2000.
  2. A member of the Executive Committee of the Japan Society for Management Information (JASMIN) from April 2000 to March 2002 and from April 2005 to March 2007.
  3. A member of the Executive Committee of Japan Society for the Study of Office Automation from October 2000 to March 2003.
  4. Editor in chief of Journal of the Japan Society for Management Information from April 2001 to March 2002.
  5. A member of the Organizing Committee of PACIS2002 from April 2001 to September 2002.
  6. A member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society from September 2002 to date.
  7. A member of the Organising Committee of ETHICOMP International conference series from October 2003 to date.
  8. Program Chair of the 6th Asian e-Business Workshop held in August 2008 in Fukuoka, Japan.
  9. Co-director of ETHICOMP 2007 held in March 2007 at Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan.
  10. Co-director of ETHICOMP Working Conference 2007 held in April 2007 at Yunnan University, Kunming China.
  11. A member of the Executive Committee of Japan Society for Information and Management from April 2007 to date.
  12. Serving as a reviewer for several journals like Journal of the Japan Society for Management Information, Office Automation, Journal of Information and Management, Organizational Science, Journal of the Japan Association for Management Systems, Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society.