WE-SPICE2026-27

The Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy (Top Global University Project, Waseda University) is hosting the five-day online event, WE-SPICE.

WE-SPICE is an abbreviation for Waseda-Essex Scientific Poli Sci./IR Collaboration and Exchange. It has been a workshop series connecting the people doing scientific Political Science and International Relations research in University of Essex and Waseda University.  In-person workshop was held in 2018 and the online version of the series are holding annually after winter of 2021.

Osaka University will join as a new partner starting in the 2026–27.

【Date】 Dec.1 (Tue), 8 (Tue), Jan.12 (Tue), 19 (Tue), and 26 (Tue)
【Time】 18:00-19:00 (JST), each time
【Venue】 Zoom
WE-SPICE 26/27
https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/j/98699929024?pwd=xQY8X629NKhbg401WrADYpnOPmYRVQ.1
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【Language】 English
【Audience】 Open to members of Essex and Waseda University, free admission
【Registration】 not required
【Schedule】
December 1 (Tue); 18:00-19:00 (JST) and 9:00-10:00 (GMT)
Paper Presenter: Sayumi Miyano (Osaka)
“Access and Influence: Determinants of WTO Observer Status for International Organizations”
Discussant: Reed Wood (Essex)

December 8 (Tue); 18:00-19:00 (JST) and 9:00-10:00 (GMT)
Paper Presenter: Gina Yannitell Reinhardt (Essex)
“Who should govern coastal change? Public expectations of responsibility, action preferences, and the role of communities and government ”
Discussant: Wakako Maekawa (Osaka)

January 12 (Tue); 18:00-19:00 (JST) and 9:00-10:00 (GMT)
Paper Presenter: Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (Essex & PRIO) with Håvard Hegre (PRIO) and Mert Can Yilmaz (Uppsala)
“Does the liberal peace remain relevant in an era of apparent democratic decline?”
Discussant: Atsushi Tago (Waseda)

January 19 (Tue); 18:00-19:00 (JST) and 9:00-10:00 (GMT)
Paper Presenter: Yang Yun Jung (Waseda)
“Close Quarters, Voting Apart: Japan and South Korea’s Responses to Armed Conflict at the United Nations”
Discussant: Zorzeta Bakaki (Essex)

January 26 (Tue); 18:00-19:00 (JST) and 9:00-10:00 (GMT)
Paper Presenter: Carolina Garriga (Essex) with David Bearce
“Opposing Business Interests, Central Bank Independence, and Fixed Exchange Rates”
Discussant: TBA (Waseda or Osaka)

【Contact】 Professor Atsushi Tago of the School of Political Science and Economics at [email protected].

Links

• University of Essex