Ryuto Minami joined the six-month internship program at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation of CDRI in August 2021. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Fudan University in Shanghai, China through a double degree program and is expected to obtain his Master’s degree in economics from Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies in March 2022. His research interests are centred around the economics of education and education policy. He has been involved in a government-supported research project as a research assistant and worked in an international NGO as an intern. He will take leave from CDRI for one month from October to work as intern at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tokyo.