Curriculum Vitae

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YOSHIDA,Toru

Doshisha University, Faculty of Policy Studies
Konoedenomotecho, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, 602-0893, Japam.
Tel /fax:+81.075-251-3107
e-Mail : tyoshida@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
 

Toru Yoshida is full professor of comparative politics at Doshisha University in Japan, Specialist on political science, french politics and comparative politics. After served at The Japan External Trade Organization, he owned  his master and Ph.D degree at the Tokyo University (Social Science). He has been Associate Professor of European politics in Hokkaido University from 2006 to 2021, Professor of Japanese Chair in Sciences Po Paris from 2010 to 2011 and visiting researcher at CEVIPOF Sciences Po and to the Center of French Studies of New York University from 2011 to 2012. He is currently Associate Researcher at Fondation France-Japon (FFJ) EHESS in France.

His publication (in English and French) includes " Populism in Japan: Actors or Institutions?" in D. B. Subedi et al.(eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific, 2023; "Parliaments in an age of populism" in Cyril Benoit and Olivier Rozenberg, Handbook of Parliamentary Studies, 2020 ; "Populism Made in Japan: A new species?" in Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol.4 No.3, 2019 ; « L’alternance de 2009 au Japon : La mutation d’un régime de parti dominant ? » in Philippe Aldrin, Luci Bargel, Nicolas Bue, Christine Pina (sous la dir.), Politiques de l’Alternance : Sociologie des Changements de politiques, Ed. du Croquant, 2016; "The Change of Government in Japan: temporality and institutional constraints on Alternation" in Journal of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, vol.8, 2012 .

Family Name: YOSHIDA
Name: Toru
Profession: Professor, Doshisha University
Date of Birth: 16th January 1975
Nationality: Japanese

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Education
-Ph.D Political Science (Comparative Politics), Tokyo University, Graduate School of Social Science, 2007
-MA Political Science (Comparative Politics), Tokyo University, Graduate School of Social Science, 2002
-DIGESⅡ（Diploma for German and European Studies）, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst(DAAD), 2002
-BA Political Science, Keio University, Faculty of Law, 1997

 

Professional and Teaching Experiences
- Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Law, 2006 to 2021

- Visiting Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales (EHESS), 2018
- Research Associate, Fondation France-Japon (FFJ) École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales (EHESS), 2010 to present
- Visiting Scholar, Institute of French Studies, New York University, 2012
- Lecturer, Sciences Po (IEP Paris), 2011 to 2012
- Visiting Scholar, CEVIPOF, Sciences Po (IEP Paris), 2010 to 2012
- Visiting Professor, Sciences Po (IEP Paris), 2010 to 2011
- Associate Researcher, Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS), 2003-2006
- Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Paris Centre, Research Director, 1998-2000
- Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Overseas Research Department, 1997-1998

 

Research Grants
-Ministry of Education Grant in aid for Science: 2003-2004; 2005; 2006-2007, 2008- 2010 to present

 

Miscellaneous
-Societal membership: Japanese Association for Political Science (Secretary, 2009-10)
Japan Association for Comparative Politics
Japanese French Association of Political Science(Secretary, 2009-12, Director 2014 to present)
Association Française de Science Politique
International Political Science Association

Languages: Japanese, French, English