Sumino, Takanori

Political sociology

I am a political sociologist interested in how citizenship norms such as social solidarity, mutual trust, and civic engagement are articulated and practiced in advanced industrial democracies. Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries.

Biography
DEGREES

DPhil/PhD (Oxford), MSc (UCL), BA (Osaka)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2024- Lecturer (part-time), Social Survey B, Kwansei Gakuin University
2019-24 Lecturer (part-time), Statistical Methods for Psychology, Social Survey I, II, III, Ritsumeikan University
2018-19 Lecturer (part-time), Basic Statistics, Koyasan University
2017- Adjunct researcher, JGSS Research Center
2016-17 Postdoctoral researcher, JGSS Research Center - Japanese General Social Survey (GSS)

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

2014 Volunteer language tutor for Basic Japanese Class, Oxford University Language Centre
2009-12 Volunteer translator of Urgent Actions (UA) reports, Amnesty International Japan
2009 Volunteer coordinator for Osaka Team for Refugees, Amnesty International Japan

Research interests
KEYWORDS

Social issues: social stratification; inequality; poverty; class conflict
Public administration: welfare state; social policy; government redistribution; policy-feedback effect
Politics and society: civic engagement; social capital; volunteering; political culture
Ethnic studies: national identity; multiculturalism; ethnocultural diversity; immigration

PEER-REVIEW EXPERIENCE

J. of European Social Policy; Socio-Economic Review; European J. of Political Research; International J. of Public Opinion Research; Social Science Journal; International J. of Comparative Sociology; Political Psychology; J. of Ethnic and Migration Studies; International J. of Intercultural Relations; Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

ONGOING PROJECTS

Authoritarian attitudes 2024

Publications
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Sumino, T. (forthcoming) 'How previous fairness experiences affect political efficacy? A cross-national analysis of 23 European countries', Social Justice Research, .
Sumino, T. (2023) 'Political Adaptation of Foreign-Born Ethnic Minorities in Britain: The Effects of Pre-Migration Political Learning and Post-Migration Exposure', International Migration Review, 57(3): 869-892.
Sumino, T. (2021) 'My country, right or wrong: Education, accumulated democratic experience, and political socialization of blind patriotism, Political Psychology, 42(6): 923-940, December. doi: 10.1111/pops.12723
Sumino, T. (2019) 'Socio-economic status and the dynamics of preferences for income inequality in the United States, 1978-2016', Social Policy & Administration, 53(3): 416-433, May.
Sumino, T. (2018) 'Identity priming and public opinion on income inequality: Robustness testing of the micro-level mechanism of the paradox of redistribution', Socio-Economic Review, 16(3): 545-565, July. doi: 10.1093/ser/mwx038 [Full-text]
Sumino, T. (2017) 'National identity and public attitudes toward multiculturalism in Canada: Testing the indirect effect via perceived collective threat', Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 49(3): 183-194, July. doi: 10.1037/cbs0000076 [Full-text]
Sumino, T. (2016) 'Level or concentration? A cross-national analysis of public attitudes towards taxation policies', Social Indicators Research, 129(3): 1115-1134, December. doi: 10.1007/s11205-015-1169-1 [Full-text]
Sumino, T. (2014) 'Does immigration erode the multicultural welfare state? A cross-national multilevel analysis in 19 OECD member states', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(3): 436–455, March. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.831548 [Full-text]
Sumino, T. (2014) 'Escaping the curse of economic self-interest: An individual-level analysis of public support for the welfare state in Japan', Journal of Social Policy, 43(1): 109–133, January. doi: 10.1017/S0047279413000755 [Full-text]

ARTICLES IN NON-REFEREED JOURNALS / BOOK CHAPTERS / REPORTS / MISC.

Nishikawa, I., Sumino, T., & Iwai, N. (2018) 'JGSS-2017 Questionnaire Design: EASS 2016 Family Module and New Items (Same-sex Marriage and Grit Scale)' (in Japanese), JGSS Research Series, 14: 41-54.
Mazumi, Y., Mo, T., Nishikawa, I., & Sumino, T. (2016) 'I.4. Kaishu-ritsu narabini keppyō no bunseki (Nonresponse bias analysis)', Japanese General Social Surveys: JGSS-2015 Codebook (in Japanese). JGSS Research Center, Osaka University of Commerce, pp. 25–30.
Sumino, T. (2013) 'Online public sphere: Why the internet does not have a transformative impact on the development of democratic public discourse?', International Public Policy Studies, 18(1): 213–221.
Sumino, T. (2013) 'Shimin-shakai indekkusu (Measuring Civil Society in Japan)', in N. Yamauchi, T. Tanaka and N. Okuyama. (eds.) Japanese Nonprofit Almanac 2013 (in Japanese). OSIPP Center for Nonprofit Research and Information, pp. 155–159.
Sumino, T. (2013) 'Sōsharu kyapitaru to seiji (Social Capital and Politics in Japan)', in N. Yamauchi, T. Tanaka and N. Okuyama. (eds.) Japanese Nonprofit Almanac 2013 (in Japanese). OSIPP Center for Nonprofit Research and Information, pp. 140–145.
Sumino, T. (2012) 'New institutionalist schools and a deliberative alternative: How do institutions maintain and break structured inequalities?', International Public Policy Studies, 17(1): 123–132.
Sumino, T. (2012) 'NPO/NGO kīwādo' (NPO/NGO keywords: Excellent NPO, New Public, Penny Harvest, Volunteer Bus), in N. Yamauchi, T. Tanaka and N. Okuyama. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Civil Society (in Japanese). OSIPP Center for Nonprofit Research and Information.
Sumino, T. (2012) 'Electoral engineering in divided societies: The choice of electoral system and contextual conditions', International Public Policy Studies, 16(2): 165–174.

SELECTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Sumino, T. (2019) 'Political adaptation among foreign-born ethnic minorities in Britain: Effects of postmigration exposure and premigration political learning', Kansai Sociological Methods and Research, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan (18 May).
Sumino, T. (2017) 'Ensuring confidentiality of JGSS geocoded data: Issues and practices', JGSS Conference, Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka, Japan (19 February).
Sumino, T. (2014) 'Who supports redistribution? A cross-national analysis of public opinion', Japan Association for Comparative Politics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (28 June).
Sumino, T. (2013) 'Economic position, decommodification, and public demand for redistribution in industrial advanced democracies', Japan Association for Comparative Politics, Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan (22 June).
Sumino, T. (2013) 'Civil Society Index in Japan', Japan NPO Research Association, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan (16 March).
Sumino, T. (2011) 'Ethno-cultural diversity and public support for redistributive policies', NPO Research Forum of Japan, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (4 December).

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