Research Interests
Political Economy, Political Behavior, Public Policy, Political Geography, Interest groups, Pork-barrel Politics, Comparative Political Economy, Urban Politics, Public Economics
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2021
Short Bio
Selected papers:
Fukumoto, Makoto. 2026. “The Cornered Mouse: Sanctioned Elites and Authoritarian Realignment in the Japanese Legislature, 1936–1942.” American Political Science Review: 1–21. doi: 10.1017/S0003055426101440.
Bio:
Visiting Researcher, SciencesPo Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics 2025
Max Weber Fellow, European Graduate School 2021-2022.Cannon Foundation Fellow 2021-2022.PhD in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley 2015-2021.
Kirk Underhill Fellow, University of California, Berkeley School of Law 2020-2021.
Assistant Director, Benelux Program, European Institute, University of California, Berkeley 2016-2021.
Visiting Scholar, Uppsala University 2019.
Visiting Fellow, Free University of Brussels 2018.
Fellow, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation 2017-2018.
Visiting Researcher, University of Luxembourg 2017.
London School of Political Economy (LSE), MA in International Political Economy 2014-2015.
Research Assistant, LSE Enterprise 2015.
Bachelor’s Program in International Relations, Department of Integrated Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo 2010-2014.
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Exchange Program 2013-2014.
Competitive Funding:
The River Foundation, River Fund
Hitachi Foundation, Kurata Scholarship Fund
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kakenhi
