Name
SHIKANO, Susumu
Position and Affiliated Institution
Full Professor (W3) of Political Science. Department of Politics and Public Administration. University of Konstanz
Degree
2001 Dr phil (political science, University of Mannheim)
2007 Venia legendi (political science, University of Mannheim)
Education and Academic Employment
| Education: | |
| 1993 | BA in Political Science. Waseda University |
| 1995 | Master in Political Science. Keio University |
| 2001 | 2001 Dr phil in Political Science. University of Mannheim |
| 2007 | 2007 Venia legend in Political Science. University of Mannheim |
| Academic Employment: | |
| 2001-2008 | Assistant Professor. University of Mannheim |
| 2008 | 2008 Professor ad interim. University of Potsdam |
| 2008-2009 | 2008-2009 Professor ad interim. University of Konstanz |
| 2009-present | 2009- Full Professor. University of Konstanz |
Research Topic
The effects of ballot design and the influence of leading politicians on voter behavior
Fields of Research Interests
Political behavior, spatial model of politics, elections, political communication
Academic Publications
- [2025] Susumu Shikano & Erik S Herron. Risk diversification and vote decisions in mixed-member electoral systems. Public Choice 204, pp. 203–219
- [2021] Martin Elff, Jan Paul Heisig, Merlin Schaeffer & Susumu Shikano. Multilevel analysis with few clusters: Improving likelihood-based methods to provide unbiased estimates and accurate inference. British Journal of Political Science. 51(1): pp. 412-426.
- [2019] Susumu Shikano & Dominic Nyhuis. The effect of incumbency on ideological and valence perceptions of parties in multilevel polities. Public Choice. 181: pp.331-349.
- [2016] Susumu Shikano & Bernhard Kittel. Dynamics of votingpropensity: Experimental tests of adaptive learning models. Political Research Quarterly. 69(4): pp. 813-29.
- [2016] Michael Herrmann & Susumu Shikano. Attractiveness and facial competence bias face-based inferences of candidate ideology. Political Psychology. 37(3): pp.401-17.
Awards
2008 Heisenberg-Fellowship of the German Research Foundation. (Offer declined)
HP
https://www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/cdm/people/faculty/shikano/
