The next session of the ISS social science dissertation workshop is a couple of weeks earlier than usual due to our presenter's schedule.* He is Daniel M. Smith, past fellow at Shaken, recent PhD at UC San Diego, current post-doc at Stanford, and future--this fall--asst prof at Harvard. He works on elections, parties, coalitions et al. He will tell us his early ideas for his next
project: how Japanese parties select candidates, what has changed recently, and so what?

Dan will focus on open recruitment (koubo) for single-seat districts, employed recently by both the LDP and DPJ in order to attract diverse candidates (and to strengthen the role of the central party leadership). What does it mean for candidate characteristics, electoral dynamics, and candidate and legislator behavior?

Guests are more than welcome. I'd appreciate your letting me know if you are coming, if convenient.
Please note the following session will also come along quickly, on April 4.

John Campbell

*Meetings of the Shaken Social Science Dissertation Workshop start at
12 pm on Thursdays and go to 1:30 and sometimes beyond.
The Institute of Social Science provides coffee and tea and you are welcome to bring lunch. The location is a seminar room on the 5th floor in the Akamon General Research (Sougou Kenkyuu) Building. The building is off to the right after you come through Akamon, or you can go through the grounds of Ito Hall off Hongou Doori.
It is Bldg 38 on this map:

http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/documents/Hongo_CampusMap_E.pdf