Ukyo Nagata
Exploring policy technologies that let everyone "imagine and co-create" society
Researcher in public administration and management science, specializing in evaluation research focused on public transportation policy including railways, buses, aviation, maritime transport, and taxis. Committed to developing and validating technologies that maximize human creativity in the age of generative AI.
About Me
I'm a researcher in public administration and management science, dedicated to maximizing human creativity and improving society in the era of generative AI. My work focuses on evaluation research and transforming public spaces through approaches centered on human cognition.
Currently serving as CEO of MaaS Creative Inc., developing evaluation systems and planning technology support tools that utilize generative AI in both tools and UI. Working on implementing technologies that maximize human potential through AI-human collaboration under the theme "More Creative Public."
Featured Projects
MaaS Creative
A business company developing technologies that maximize human potential through AI-human collaboration under the theme "More Creative Public." Utilizing generative AI in both tools and UI, developing evaluation systems and planning technology support tools.
Visit Project →Liquitous
A company that develops civic engagement platforms for participatory governance and consensus-building. Involved in public transportation projects.
Visit Project →Rule Makers DAO
A general incorporated association where law, civil society, and government collaborate on rule-making. Within the organization, I conduct research and practice at the forefront of system development and public affairs (PA).
Visit Project →NPO Minato Media Museum
A cultural arts NPO that hosts art festivals around Nakaminato Station in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki. Through a DAO project, I am working to introduce DAO mechanisms to the organization and establish ways to support artistic and community practice.
Visit Project →Research & Academic Work
Research Fields
Research Keywords
Regional Public Transport Policy and Governance
Research focused on policy formation and governance in regional public transport, including inter-organizational collaboration and subsidy systems.
AI Utilization in Public Policy
Research on the use of AI in the formulation, evaluation, and implementation of public policy to improve policy processes.
Key Publications
Can "Japanese MaaS" be considered as a type of "Transportation Community Development"?
A study on objectives and governance
Journal of JSCE, 80(20) 24-20140, July 2025
A Study on Ideal Subsidy Systems for Regional Public Transportation
Focusing on arguments for escaping deficit compensation
He Lok, Ukyo Nagata, Yipeng Le / Journal of JSCE, 80(9) 23-00238, 2024
Key Presentations
A Study on "Regional Public Transportation" Policy Domain and Policy Development as a Wicked Problem
Based on discourse analysis grounded in the "New Public" concept
Japan Association for Public Policy Studies / June 2025
AI Utilization and Public Policy
The concept of "administrative creativity" to counter artificial intelligence
20th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Policy Informatics / December 2024
Study on the Operation of Regional Public Transportation Activation and Regeneration Law for Purpose Setting
Infrastructure Planning Review / 2022