Fumitaka Furuoka is a Japanese economist who specializes in Applied Economics. He received his PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor at Asia–Europe Institute (AEI), Universiti Malaya. Prior to his current position he was an Associate Professor (2008-2012) and a Lecturer (2003-2008) at School of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and a Lecturer (1999-2003) at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Before joining academia, from 1991 to 1999, Fumitaka Furuoka held the post of Senior Assistant at the Consulate-General of Japan, Penang. His main research interests include applied econometrics, employment of people with disabilities, gig economy, hysteresis in unemployment, peace economics, energy economics, population economics and the application of statistical methods in linguistics.