MATSUBARA, Yoko
Education and Professional Career
Qualifications: B.S. 1981 University of Tsukuba, College of Biological Sciences M.S. 1987 The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science Ph.D. 1998 Ochanomizu University, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences Some past positions: Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Research Associate (1998-2001) Laboratory of Society and Life Sciences, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Researcher (2001-2002) College of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Professor (2002-2003)
Field of Specialization, Area of Research
History of biological science, biotechnology and medicine Bioethics STS Assistive Technology
Research Achievements
Academic papers
Yoko Matsubara,“The Patient-Centered Approach in the Cyborg Ethics,”Kimura, T., M. Nakada, K. Suzuki and Y. Sankai (eds.),Cybernics Technical Reports: Special Issue on Roboethics, Cybernics Program, University of Tsukuba,23-30,2011. “The Enactment of Japan’s Sterilization Laws in the 1940s: A Prelude to Postwar Eugenic Policy,” Historia Scientiarum, The History of Science Society of Japan, vol.8, no.2, 187-201,1998
