Dear colleagues,

Please join our half-day online seminar titled Frontiers in the Study of Japanese Democracy, featuring three cutting-edge research papers. This seminar is jointly hosted by the V-Dem East Asia Regional Center and Keio University's Department of Political Science.

Session 1 9 am ―10 am JST
Hikaru Yamagishi (Yale University)
The Incompatible Incentives of Opposition Coordination in Mixed-Member Majoritarian Systems: Evidence from Japan
Discussant Kenneth McElwain(University of Tokyo)

Session 2 10:10 am ―11:10 am JST
Charles McClean (University of Michigan)
Does the Underrepresentation of Young People in Political Institutions Matter for Social Spending?
Discussant Takeshi Hieda (Osaka City University)

Session 3 11:20 am ―12:20 am JST
Yoko Okuyama (Uppsala University, presenter) and Ayumi Sudo (Yale University)
Electoral Institutions, Women's Representation, and Policy Outcomes
Discussant Kentaro Fukumoto (Gakushuin University)

Please find more details below, including how to register:
https://v-dem-eastasia.net/news/online-research-seminar/


With best regards,
Yuko Kasuya
Keio University/V-Dem East Asia Regional Center

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Yuko KASUYA, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science,
Faculty of Law, Keio University
https://yukokasuya.com/　
Director, V-Dem East Asia Regional Center
https://v-dem-eastasia.net/
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