Associate Professor TIKU Oscar
Faculty, Affiliation
Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences, Institute of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Sciences School of Tourism Sciences and Design
College and School Educational Field
Laboratory
Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation
Academic Background
【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
Tokyo Metropolitan University Doctor Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences Department of Tourism Science 202103 Completed
University of the Ryukyus Master Graduate School of Tourism Sciences Tourism Sciences Course 201703 Completed
Sahid University Master Graduate School of Management 201409 Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Sam Ratulangi University Department of Management 201010
Career
Kanazawa University Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation Lecturer(2025/10-)
Tohoku University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Research)(2023/10-2025/09)
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Sustainable Society Design Center Project Researcher(2022/06-2023/09)
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Department of Global Agricultural Sciences Project Researcher(2021/09-2022/05)
Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences Department of Tourism Science Postdoctoral Researcher(2021/04-2021/08)
Year & Month of Birth
Academic Society
Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
International Society for Industrial Ecology
The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan (ILCAJ)
Japan Institute of Tourism Research
Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies
Award
○Outstanding Paper Award First Place(2025/05)
○President's Honorary Award(2017/03)
Specialities
Tourism Studies、Management
Speciality Keywords
tourism economics, ecotourism, food system, gastronomy
Research Themes
Books
Papers
- Lithium in Latin America: A dynamic material flow analysis and mapping CO2, water, and land footprints to 2050 Estefanía Orquera , Guochang Xu , Tim Werner , Stephen Northey , Oscar Tiku , Damien Giurco , Kazuyo Matsubae Resources, Conservation and Recycling 226 108677 2026/02
- Towards responsible whale-watching tourism on the Ryukyu Islands Oscar Tiku,Toshinori Tanaka Annals of Leisure Research 1 2025/08/04
- Australia's greener path in a competitive global lithium supply chain Estefania Orquera,Guochang Xu,Stephen A. Northey,Tim Werner,Oscar Tiku,Damien Giurco,Kazuyo Matsubae Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability 2025/07/31
- Valorizing underutilized fish through adaptable gastronomy: Insight from Japan Oscar Tiku,Kazuyo Matsubae International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 40 101161 2025/06
- Evaluation of environmental energy efficiency and its influencing factors: a prefecture‑level analysis of Japanese manufacturing industries Masayuki Shimizu,Oscar Tiku Journal of Economic Structures 12 3 1 2023/04/17
- Tourism-led economic contribution, interregional repercussion effects, and intersectoral propagation activities in Tokyo Metropolitan Oscar Tiku,Tetsuo Shimizu Journal of Economic Structures 11 18 1 2022/10
- Empowering voluntary approaches for environmental sustainability and resilient communities: a case study from Okinawa, Japan Toshinori Tanaka,Oscar Tiku,Nao Takashina Discover Sustainability 3 27 2022/08/15
- Tourism's income distribution in West Papua Province Oscar Tiku,Tetsuo Shimizu,Djoni Hartono Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights 3 1 100038 2022/05
- Tourism, accommodation, and the regional economy in Indonesia’s West Papua Oscar Tiku,Tetsuo Shimizu Island Studies Journal 15 2 315 2020/11
- Measuring Environmental Efficiency in Japanese Prefectures : A Case of Discharging of Industrial Waste Masayuki Shimizu,Oscar Tiku International journal of Okinawan studies 9 13 1 2018/02
- The Influence of Economic, Socia-cultural, and Environmental of Tourism Toward Pro-poor Tourism Initiatives in Bunaken National Marine Park Budiarto Subroto,Oscar Tiku Proceeding of the 14th International Conference on QIR (Quality in Research) 1296 2015/08
Conference Presentations
- The competitiveness of green agriculture: Insight from Japan(conference：Global Tipping Points Conference 2025)(2025/07/01)
- Circular economy in the rural food system: A case study of poultry eggs and food services(conference：18th Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and 11th International Degrowth Conference)(2025/06/25)
- Pursuing responsible tourism: Case study of whale-watching tourism in Ryukyu Islands(conference：Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research Annual Conference 2025)(2025/06/20)
- Indigenous gastronomy in contemporary tourism(conference：Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research Annual Conference 2025)(2025/06/18)
- Unravelling the distributional impacts of Indonesia’s inbound tourism(conference：Global Hospitality and Tourism Research Summit-Fukuoka 2025)(2025/05/17)
- Dark tourism and food contribution to the post-disaster local economy recovery(conference：Darkness II)(2025/01/22)
- Nitrogen flow changes in regional food systems: Lessons from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima(conference：EcoBalance 2024)(2024/11/05)
- Reducing Food Loss with Climate Change-adaptive Local Food(conference：Fourteenth International Conference on Food Studies)(2024/10/03)
- ‘Omakase’: A traditional countermeasure for climate change-disrupted regional fisheries(conference：International Society for Gastronomic Sciences and Studies Congress)(2024/09/27)
- Changes of Nitrogen flow in food systems: Lessons from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima(conference：The 29th SEEPS Annual Conference 2024)(2024/09/15)
- Valorization of underutilized fish and by-product through gastronomy innovation: Benefits and challenges(conference：The 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management)(2024/03/17)
- Transferability of total allowable catch (TAC) quota for Pacific bluefin tuna fishery in Japan(conference：EcoSummit 2023)(2023/06/14)
- Collective management in Japan's walleye pollock offshore trawl fishery(conference：EcoSummit 2023)(2023/06/14)
- Distribution and Transmission of Tourism-led Effects: A Case Study of West Papua Province, Indonesia(conference：The 7th Annual Conference of Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Association (EATSA))(2021/06/30)
- Tourism, accommodation, and the regional economy in Indonesia's West Papua(conference：The 17th Islands of the World Conference)(2021/06/15)
- Interregional Repercussion Effects of Tourism Consumption: Case of Tokyo Metropolitan and the Rest of Japan(conference：The 3rd Regional Studies Association (RSA) Australasia Conference 2019)(2019/02/12)
- The Economic Impact of Tourism on Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia(conference：The 27th Annual Conference of The Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS))(2016/10/22)
- Measuring Economic Impact of Tourism toward Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia: An Input-Output Analysis(conference：The 24th International Input-Output Association (IIOA) Conference)(2016/07/08)