Education
2003-2006 University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
Ph.D. in Advanced Social & International Studies
2001-2003 University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
M.A. in Advanced Social & International Studies
1997-2001 University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
B.A. in Arts and Sciences
Professional Career and Experiences
Apr 2017 - Present Professor
Graduate School of Law, Kobe University
Aug 2016 - Aug 2018 Visiting Associate Professor
Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia
Apr 2016 - Mar 2017 Associate Professor
Graduate School of Law, Kobe University
Oct 2013 - Mar 2016 Associate Professor
Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University
Apr 2009 - Sep 2013 Associate Professor
Graduate School of Law, Osaka City University
Peer Reviewed Articles
"Public perceptions of human excretion-based fertiliser in England and Japan," Waste Management Bulletin, 2024, 2(4): 11-20 (coauthored with Pickering, Steven, Ömer Gökçe, Davide Hanna, Markus Knell, Dayoung Lee, Melody Scales, Marwan Zeinalabidin, Martin Ejnar Hansen) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wmb.2024.08.002
"The influence of waiting times and sociopolitical variables on public trust in healthcare: A cross-sectional study of the NHS in England," Public Health in Practice, 2024, 7, 100484, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100484 (coauthored with Pickering, Steven, Han Dorussen, Martin. E. Hansen, Jason Reifler, Thomas Scotto & Dorothy Yen)
"London, you have a problem with women: trust towards the police in England," Policing and Society, 2024, 1–16, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2334009 (coauthored with Pickering, Steven, Han Dorussen, Martin. E. Hansen, Jason Reifler, Thomas Scotto & Dorothy Yen)
"Electoral System Reform and the Politics of Policy Change: The Case of Universalistic Child Care Reforms in Japan," Asian Survey, 2023, 63 (6): 908–933, doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2023.2001934
Selected Publications in Japanese
2022 Ryoiki wo Koenai Minsyu Syugi: Chiho Seiji ni okeru Kyoso to Min'i [Fragmented Democracies: Competition and Legitimacy in Japanese Local Politics] Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
2018 Shinchiku ga Osuki Desuka: Nihon ni okeru Jutaku to Seiji [Neophilia? Housing and Politics in Japan] Kyoto: Minerva-Syobo.
2017 Bunretsu to Togo no Nihon Seiji: Tochi Kiko Kaikaku to Seito Shisutemu no Hen’yo [Party system institutionalization in Japan: Between Fragmentation and Integration] Tokyo: Chikura-Syobo
2015 Seijigaku no Daiippo [Introduction to Political Science] Tokyo: Yuhikaku. (with Hieda Takeshi and Tago Atsushi)
2015 Minsyu Syugi no Joken [Understanding the Condition of Democracy] Tokyo: Toyokeizai.
2012 Ōsaka: daitoshi wa kokka o koeru ka [Osaka: Can Localities Be Free from Central Control?] Tokyo: Chuokoron-Shinsya
2011 Chiho Seifu no Minsyu Syugi: Zaisei Shigen no Seiyaku to Chiho Seifu no Seisaku Sentaku [Democracy in Japanese Local Governments: An Analysis on the Dynamics of Governance and Representation in the Presidential System] Tokyo: Yuhikaku.