CV
Personal details
Name: Hiroaki Eric Endo
Born: October, 2001
Email: hiroakiendo2030@u.northwestern.edu
GitHub: https://github.com/hiroendo1014/
Education
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
PhD, Economics (Sep 2024 – Present)
University of Cambridge (St John’s College), Cambridge, UK
MPhil (Distinction), Economics (Sep 2023 – Aug 2024)
University of Cambridge (St John’s College), Cambridge, UK
BA (First Class), Economics (Oct 2020 – Jun 2023)
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
BA (not completed), Human Sciences I (Apr 2020 – Aug 2024)
Experience
Research Assistant, Prof. Taisuke Nakata (Jun 2020 – Aug 2024)
Research Assistant, Dr. Isabelle Roland (Jun 2022 – Aug 2022)
Awards and Scholarships
HUMAI Fellowship (Aug 2025 – Mar 2026)
- Research grant (¥1,000,000 ≈ $6.8k) from the Nippon Foundation and DWANGO Co., Ltd.
JASSO Scholarship (Sep 2025 – Aug 2028)
- Partial stipend support.
Toshin Study Abroad Scholarship (Oct 2020 – Jun 2024)
- Full-ride scholarship covering tuition and living expenses at the University of Cambridge.
Adam Smith Prize and Winifred Georgina Holgate-Pollard Memorial Prize (Jun 2023)
- Awarded for ranking first in the cohort.
Benefactors’ and Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Cambridge Scholarships (declined) (Jun 2023)
- Full-ride scholarship offers for the MPhil degree at the University of Cambridge.
Nick Leaton Trophy (Oct 2021)
- University-wide novice Tiddlywinks champion, University of Cambridge.
Working Paper
“When the Treasury Does Monetary Policy”
(with Kevin Pallara, Massimiliano Sfregola, and Luca Zanotti)
Work in Progress
“A Macroeconomic Model of Casual Discovery: Endogenising Narratives”
(with Dalton Rongxuan Zhang)
Miscellaneous
- Licenses & certifications: Black belt in Judo
(A team, 2024 Varsity Match against Oxford)