Department/Division Human and Environmental Studies/Cognitive, Behavioral and Health Sciences
Undergraduate School
Other Affiliation Institute for the Future of Human Society
Email uchida.yukiko.6m(at mark)kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Research areas Cultural psychology, Social Psychology
Keywords culture, happiness, relationships, social capital, cognition
Themes Please visit our lab website:
http://kokoro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en2/staff-en/yukiko-uchida-en/
https://culture-wellbeing.kokoro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/lab/ja/
Major publications For the full publication list, please see below:
https://researchmap.jp/yukikou?lang=en
Professional societies/Research and synergic activities Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Association for Psychological Science
The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
The Japanese Psychological Association
The Japanese Group Dynamics Association
Teaching Areas
  • Undergraduate courses
  • Graduate courses (Master's program)
  • Graduate courses (Doctor's program)
  • Undergraduate courses open to all departments
Background [Education]
1998 Department of Education Kyoto University, B.A.
2000 Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, M.A.
2003 Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Ph.D.

[Professional Career]
2000-2003 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University
2003-2005 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University
2003-2004 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
2004-2005 Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
2005-2007 Assistant Professor, Koshien University
2008-2011 Assistant Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
2011-2018 Associate Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
2019- Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
2019.9-2020.5 Stanford University, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Berggruen Fellow
2020.4-2022.3 Vice Director, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
2022.4- Professor, Kyoto University Institute for the Future of Human Society


[Award]
2012 Outstanding Paper Award: Japan Association for Planning Administration
Uchida, Y. (2011). Happiness in Japanese culture: Psychological and social requirements for reconstruction in Japan. Planning Administration, 34, 21-26.

2013 Outstanding Paper Award: Japan Group Dynamics Association
Uchida, Y., Endo, Y., & Shibanai, Y. (2012). Well-being and social relationship styles: Effects of quantity and quality of social relationships. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 52, 63-75.

2015 Agricultural Extension Research Society of Japan Award (encouraging prize)

2015 Most Outstanding Female Researchers Award, Kyoto University (Tachibana award)

2015 Outstanding Paper Award: The Japanese Psychological Association
Uchida, Y., & Ueno, T., & Miyamoto, Y. (2014). You were always on my mind: The importance of 'significant others' in the attenuation of retrieval-induced forgetting in Japan.
Japanese Psychological Research.56, 263–274

2015 Most Outstanding Female Researchers Award, Kyoto University (Tachibana Award)

2016 International Contributions to Psychology; Awards for Distinguished Early and Middle Career Contributions (The Japanese Psychological Association)

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