Welcome to my website

I am a Ph.D. student in Economics at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan.

My research lies at the intersection of economics and computational psychiatry.

I am also a research assistant at QuantEcon.

Additionally, I was selected to participate in the regular course of Brain Science Training Program (BSTP) at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (October 2026–June 2027), where I am receiving graduate-level training in neuroscience.

My CV is available here.

Research Interests

• Health Economics (Mental Health)
• Information Economics (Rational Inattention)
• Computational Psychiatry

For more details, please see my Research page.

Contact

Email: chihiro.watanabe.econ [at] gmail.com

Education

Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Ph.D. in Economics, 2026–present

Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
M.A. in Economics, 2026

Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
B.A. in Economics, 2024
Graduated as Valedictorian

Current Academic Position

Research Assistant, QuantEcon
Contributing to open-source lecture materials in economics and computational methods.