Research Interests
Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Comparative Political Theory
Academic Degrees
- DPhil, University of Oxford, 2012
Short Bio
I am a political theorist working at the intersection of normative philosophy and intellectual history. My primary area of research is liberty/freedom and its related concepts, including oppression, domination, power, agency, citizenship and nationality. I seek to do political theory imaginatively and creatively, combining different methods and approaches beyond the conventional sub-disciplinary divides.
My publications include Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin: Freedom, Politics and Humanity (Princeton University Press, 2011), Arendt on Freedom, Liberation, and Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and ‘Fukuzawa Yukichi’s Liberal Nationalism’, American Political Science Review (2023).
Prior to joining Waseda University in 2025, I worked at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2022-25), Aarhus University (2019-22), I’Institut d’études avancées de Paris (2018-19), University of Oxford (2012-18), and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (2008-15). I also held visiting positions at Columbia University (2010-11), University of Tokyo (2012), and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College (2017).
I welcome applications from prospective postgraduate students in political theory broadly conceived. However, priority is currently given to dissertation projects on issues in Comparative Political Theory.
