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 a Full Professor at the Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University in Japan, specializing in political science and comparative politics. After working at The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), he earned his Ph.D. in Social Science from the University of Tokyo. He served as Associate Professor of European Politics at Hokkaido University from 2006 to 2021, held the position of Professor of the Japanese Chair at Sciences Po Paris from 2010 to 2011, and was a visiting researcher at the Center for French Studies at New York University from 2011 to 2012. He is currently an Associate Researcher at the Fondation France-Japon (FFJ) of EHESS.

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