Adam Johns

Nationality:

Qualifications:

PhD programme:

Public Policy and Governance

Supervisor(s) and panel members:

Glenn Withers, Peter Drysdale, Chunlai Chen

Christopher Findlay, Duncan McIntyre

Topic title and description:

The Role of Policy in the growth of Media and Digital Content Industries in East Asia.

Scholarships and Fellowships:

• Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship, 2007
• ANU PhD Scholarship, 2005-present
• Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Research Scholarship, 2002-2005

Publications:

• 2007 Book Chapter: “Out of the Japanese Incubator? i-mode and the intellectual property imperative” in Mari Pangetsu and Ligang Song (eds.) Japan’s Future in Asia and the Pacific, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra [forthcoming]
• 2006 Workshop Paper: “The limits of policy intervention in broadband take-up: a cross-national comparison” AJRC Workshop Broadband Development and Public Policy
• 2005 Conference Paper: “Creating Content Clusters in Asia Pacific” in Russel Cooper, Gary Madden, and Ashley Lloyd, (eds.)Conference Proceedings - ICT Networks - Building Blocks for Economic Development, Communication Economics and Electronic Markets Research Centre.
• 2005 Workshop Paper: “Industrial Organisation of Subscription Broadcast Markets: Policy and corporate strategy implications for Asia Pacific” AJRC Workshop New Communication Technology and Policy Reform
• 2003 Journal Article: “The i-mode Business Model: A comparative analysis”, Journal of Public Utility Economics, 55(2) (in Japanese)

Employment history:

• 2005-2006 Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts, Policy Officer
• 2002-2004 Waseda University School of Commerce, Teaching Assistant – Economics of Industrial Structure
• 2002-2005 Berlitz Japan, Language Instructor
• 2001-2002 Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Business, Tutor – Marketing and International Business, Asian Business Development
• 2001-2002 Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Business, Research Assistant