RESEARCH TOPICS
- Political and Social Impact of Natural Resource Boom
- Political Participation (voting and street protest)
- Political Process of Decision-Making (especially in oil, gas, and mining sector)
- Formal and informal institutions
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
- Japanese Association of Comparative Politics
- Japanese Association of International Relations
- Japan Society of Social Science on Latin America
- Japan Association for Latin American Studies *currently trustee member
- Japanese Political Science Association
- Latin American Studies Association (USA)
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- April 2000 – March 2004, B.A. in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Kyoto (Spring 2002-July 2003, Faculty of Law, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands)
- April 2005 – March 2007, M.A. in Political Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Tsukuba
- April 2007 – March 2010, Ph.D. in Political Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Tsukuba
PROFESSIONAL CARRIER
- April 2007 – March 2010, Special Investigator, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- April 2010 – September 2010, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Tsukuba
- October 2010 – October 2012, Researcher/Adviser, Embassy of Japan in Bolivia
- November 2012 – March 2013, Special Research Fellow, University of Tsukuba
- April 2013 – October 2014, Post-doctoral Investigator, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Affiliation in Center for Integrated Area Studies, University of Kyoto)
- November 2014 to current, Associate Professor, Department of International Cooperation Studies, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Peru 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Bolivia 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Paraguay 2011
Chile 2013
Ecuador 2015
HOBBY
Soccer (playing and watching), walking, hiking, swimming, playing shogi, etc.