Research

WINPEC is both the primary research center for the Faculty of Political Science and Economics and a core research facility in political science, economics, and journalism for Waseda University as a whole.

Since 2014, the Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy Unit has been one of the model units of Waseda University’s Top Global University (TGU/SGU) Project. The unit offers research seminars and educational programs which meet the highest global standards in the fields of political science, economics, and managerial economics for students and researchers who aim to contribute to the global society as global citizens. The unit involves collaboration among faculty members mainly from the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, as well as the Faculty of Commerce and the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Notice of Website Launch (May 23, 2025)

The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics

“The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics,” the academic journal of The Waseda Society of Political Science and Economics, has shifted to a peer-reviewed journal with a submission system, starting with Issue No. 354. Please see below for the rules and regulations for submitting and writing papers.

Advance online publication: The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics No. 400

Notice: Suspension of “The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics” publication

[Regulations]
Rules for paper submission (Revised: July 7, 2016)
Instructions for Authors Writing Articles in Japanese (Revised: April 1, 2022)
Instructions for Authors Writing Articles in English (Revised: July 29, 2016)

[Journals]

[Back Numbers]
Please use WINE, Waseda University Library’s main search interface for library collections and academic resources, to search for back issues of “The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics.”
Waseda University Repository

Essay Competition

The Waseda Society of Political Science and Economics holds an Essay Competition for all full-time students in the School of Political Science and Economics, the Graduate School of Political Science, and the Graduate School of Economics.

[Entry Guidelines]

[Results of the competition]

[Collections of the most outstanding essays]
The outstanding essays are published by consent on the Web and registered in the Waseda University Repository as follows:

Waseda University Repository

The Liberal Arts Research Center aims to promote academic research on liberal arts and foreign language subjects conducted by its members from their respective fields of expertise, and it publishes the “Journal of Liberal Arts” to give researchers an opportunity to present their research.

Starting with Issue No. 149, the journal is published only in electronic form, available on the faculty website and registered in the Waseda University Repository.

Please refer to the website of the Waseda Society of Political Science and Economics for information on the call for submissions to the Journal of Liberal Arts

[Regulation]
Rules for Submission of Articles (Revised: June 7, 2023)

[Journals]

Waseda University Repository