Thematic interests
Democracy (democratization, democratic backsliding, dis/mis-information, voter attitudes, polarization)
Institutions (accountability, executive-legislative relations, political parties, elections, malapportionment)
Science of Science (development of political science)
Regional interests
Southeast Asia
Philippines
East Asia
Japan
Academic Appointments
2023-2025 President-Elect, International Political Science Association
2022-2023 President, Japan Association for Comparative Politics
2011-present Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
2009-2011 Visiting scholar, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), Stanford University
2006-2010 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
2004-2006 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Education
University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.., Ph.D. in International Affairs (2005)
Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands, M.A. in Development Studies (1993)
Keio University, Japan, B.A.in Law (1991)