Ph.D. London School of Economics and Political Science, December 2007.
M.Res. with distinction, London School of Economics and Political Science, November 2004.
M.A. in Political Science, Waseda University, March 2002.
B.A. in Political Science, Waseda University, March 1999.
OTHER EDUCATION AND METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING
Non-linear Penel/Longitudinal Data Analysis (Prof. William Greene), 07-08 April 2005, the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, The Institute of Fiscal Studies, UK
An Introduction to Modelling Electoral Panel Data (Dr. Bob Andersen), 9-10 September 2004, the ESRC Oxford Spring School
Introduction to Time Series (Dr. Marco Ercolani), 37th Essex Summer School in Social Data Analysis & Collection, July-August 2004
Time Series: Application and Advances (Prof. Dr. Harold D. Clarke), 37th Essex Summer School in Social Data Analysis & Collection, July-August 2004
Pooled Time Series Cross-section Analysis: Panel Data in the Social Science (Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kittel), 37th Essex Summer School in Social Data Analysis & Collection, July-August 2004
Summer school of Bryn Mawr College in Avignon, France , June-July 1997
Exchange Program, Occidental College, USA, September 1996-May 1997
OCCUPATION
Permanent Positiions
Professor, Waseda University, April 2016 - current
Associate Professor, Waseda University, April 2008 - March 2016
Research Associate, Waseda University, April 2003 - March 2008
Adjunct Positions
Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies (Vienna), April 2015 - March 2016
Visiting Research Fellow, Austrian National Defence Academy, April 2014 - Marh 2015
External Editorial Board Member, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, April 2012 - March 2014
Visiting Associate Professor, Kyoto University, April 2011 - March 2013
Part-time Lecturer, Rikkyo University, April 2010-March 2014
Part-time Lecturer, The University of Tokyo, April 2011-March 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, LSE, October 2004 - May 2005
HONORS
Waseda Presidential Teaching Award, Fall Semester 2019 (Comparative Politics, taught in Japanese:"比較政治学"), Waseda University
Waseda Teaching Award, Spring Semester 2016 (Comparative Democratization), Waseda University
Akino-Yutaka Award, Akino-Yutaka Eurasia Fund, July 2002
Iijima Award, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, April 2002
Ono-Azusa Memorial Award, Waseda University, March 2002
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
LSE Research and Teaching Studentship 2004/05, September 2004
Scholarship for the Study Abroad, Yoshida Scholarship Foundation October 2003 – Sep 2006
Suzukawa Fellowship of Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, July 2002
Special Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Waseda Univ. May 2002
First Category Scholarship, the Japan Scholarship Foundation, April 2002 – March 2005
First Category Scholarship, the Japan Scholarship Foundation, April 1999 – March 2001
Okuma Scholarship, Waseda University, July 2000
Okuma Scholarship, Waseda University, July 1999
Okuma Scholarship, Waseda University, July 1998
Half-Tuition Scholarship for the Summer School, Bryn Mawr College, June 1997