Members

The following professors operate the Inclusive Society and State Program.

Prof. Takeshi Higashimura (higashimura@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp)

Interested research topics: Multi-ethnic society, International labor migration

Lectures: Multi-Ethnic Society (spring semester), International Labor Migration (fall semester)

Prof. Yuzuru Shimada (shimada@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp)

Interested research topics: Law and development study, Law and society in Southeast Asia, Constitutional politics in Southeast Asia, Relation between formal law and informal law

Lectures: Law and Development (spring semester), Law and Society in Asia (fall semester)

Prof. Isamu Okada (isamuokada@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp)

Interested research topics: Natural resource politics in developing countries, Social movement and political participation, Institutionalism and policy-making process, Latin American politics, Social science methodology on causal inference

Lectures: Comparative Methods (spring semester), Political Institution Theory (fall semester, every two years), Latin American Development Experience (fall semester, every two years)

Associate Professor Katsunori Seki (seki.katsunori.w1@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp)

Research interest: Political Regime Change (Democratization, Autocratization), Elections in Nondemocracies, Economic Vote, Citizens’ Understanding of Democracy, Preference for Income Redistribution, Preference for Welfare State, Quantitative Social Science, Experimental Social Science

Lectures: Lecture on Inclusive Society and State B (Quantitative Social Science) (spring semester), Politics in Developing Countries (fall semester)