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ANDERSON, Steven R. Optimizing cognitive offloading in safety-critical human performance domains
BRADEL, Sabine Sophia Technological innovation-centrism in art historiography and the significance of “continuity” in mid-Edo period ukiyo-e
CHENG, Tony The Embodied Self: Touch, Bodily Awareness, and Agency
COMASTRI, Chiara Rethinking local democracy through postwar minikomi and the legacy of Yamashiro Tomoe
CROSS, Julia Tales of Vengeful Ghosts and Longing Spirits: A Study of Woodblock Prints, Legends, and Anthologies
FELICIANI, Claudio Automating crowd control through the use of “nudges”: Merging animal wisdom with modern technology
FUJIMOTO, Yosuke A Comprehensive Study of Buddhist Terminology across India, Tibet, and China: Toward the Construction of a Glossary and Digital Tools Based on the Abhidharmakośa and Its Commentaries
FUKASAWA, Takeshi Analysis of desirable environmental policies in a dynamic environment
HOSHINA, Naosuke Genetic dissection of brain networks
HUNG, Tak Wai Encounter in Nusantara Archipelago: Interactions between Islam and Oversea Chinese Religions
JEUN, Jisu Going Public over the Business Cycle and its Long-Term Implications for the Labor Market
KADOYA, Hisashi Opposition Pre-Electoral Coalitions and the Fate of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: A Macro- and Micro-Level Analysis
KANG, Jing Carbon neutral  – Evaluation of the Nonlinear Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on CO2 Emissions using Machine Learning –
KIRATLI, Osman Sabri Wither multilateralism? Dynamics of public attitudes on international cooperation and populist challenge
LEE, Jinwon After Alliance Formation: Peacetime Military Commitments and Alliance Evolution
LI, Jialong Responsibility Reasoning and Communication Planning for Human-Autonomous System Collaboration under Uncertainty
LI, Qiaoyan The Specified Skilled Worker Program and Integration Policies in Practice
MATSUNO, Takamichi Creation of a precise synthesis platform for inorganic nanoporous materials for the utilization of untapped energy
MATSUO, Risa The Intersection of Chopin, Sand, Mickiewicz, and La Mennais: A Comparative Study of Literature, Music, and Ideology in Poland and France in the 1830/40s.
MIYAMA, Emily Formation and Development of Maritime Networks in Southeast and East Asia from Prehistory to Proto-history
NAKAYAMA, Jo AI agent for risk analysis of advanced engineering systems
OBA, Dai Policy evaluation with normative and empirical inputs: Case of predistribution
OMINATO, Yuya Theoretical research on transport phenomena of spin and orbital angular momentum in composite atomic layer materials
ONOUE, Masafusa Exploring the First Billion Years of the Universe with Supermassive Black Holes
ORTIZ-MOYA, Fernando Sustainable Futures for Shrinking Towns: Redefining Planning for a World in Decline
OTA, Eisuke Visible Light Driven Transformations for Natural Resources
PACHCIAREK, Pawel Yayoi Kusama’s Literature: Poems, Novels, and Performance Art through the Lens of Her Japanese and American Experiences
PARK, Eun-A Memory Infrastructures and Transnational Advocacy in East Asia
POUNT, Dotno Dashdorj The Cult of Chinggis Khan: Immortalizations of the Lost Empire
SHIMAKAWA, Rhythm Large-scale structure and galaxy formation in big data astronomy
SHIMURA, Daisuke A New Paradigm in Heart Disease Therapy: A Novel Strategy to Preserve Cellular Integrity and Function
SHIRAI, Tatsuhiko Research on non-adiabatic quantum computation and its application
STOKES, Alexander Extending the geometric theory of discrete Painlevé equations to higher and infinite dimensions
TAKAO, Saki Predictive vision as a basis for stable perceptual representation
WANG, Lizhou Enhancing Higher Education Governance in ASEAN+3: An Internationalization Framework
YAMADA, Masahiko Innovation in condensed matter physics via matrix product renormalization group
YAN, Zi Comparative Studies of Resilience in Family Caregivers in China and Japan
YANG, Yi Historiography, Nationalism, and Ethnic Identity: Writing and Rewriting of the Song and the Northern Regimes
YANG, Yun Jung Human rights violations by rebel groups in conflict zones
YOSHIDA, Yuri Topological Imagination and Postwar American Art: Reconfiguring Space and Time in the 1960s and Beyond

Monthly Spotlight

Adjunct Researchers

ANDASSOVA, Maral A study on Izumo Fudoki (the records of Izumo) in ancient Japanese literature
BREHM, Will Imaginaries in the Mekong: Schooling, history, and politics in an era of regionalization
DANDOY, Régis Comparative analysis of executive and legislative elections
at national and regional levels
DEMATAGODA, Udith The Ideological Aesthetic: New Perceptions
FAHEY, Robert Andrew Conspiracy belief and its influence on political behaviors
FITTLER, Áron Research about translation of homophonous expressions in waka-poetry and comparative research of those with western poetry
HIROTA, Hidetaka Democratic Intolerance: The History of American Nativism
HUNG, Shao-Min Optimizing unconscious signals through attentional control
IKEDA, Fumi Party systems in the twenty-first century and restorations of the center-left parties: organizational votes and floating votes
INATA, Kana Political economy of unelected political actors
JU, Yiyi Soft-linking energy-economic and integrated assessment models in Asia: the modeling of industry technologies
KAKUI, Yasutaka Molecular basis on spatial chromatin organisation in meiosis
KARAISL, Antonia Japanese sangaku and Euclidean geometry: a history of tangents or parallel lines?
KASAI, Amane Theatre Culture at Tourist Sites in Japan: Focusing on Music Tourism and Formation of Local Images
KONDO, Aki Understanding the mechanism of sequential effects in perception and decision
KUWABARA, Natsuko Genesis, development and function of the iconographies of the last days of the virgin in the Mediterranean
LE, Duc Dung Child marriage bans, local economic shocks and children’s well-being
LEE, Juhee The discourses on tenkō (ideological conversion) and its cultural representations in postwar Japan
LIU, Ling INFOTRUST: understanding the dynamics of information exposure and processing to attitude-disconfirming political information across high and low media-trust national contexts
MANABE, Tomohiro The elucidation of the acceptance of the bhakti thought
in the Late Advaita Vedānta school and of its significance
MARUYAMA, Takeshi Antigen presentation of transformed cells and recognition by normal epithelial cells
MORI, Shinnosuke The Intellectual History of Early Medieval Japan
MORRIS, James Harry Understanding Christian-Muslim relations in China and Japan, 1800-1945
NAGASHIMA, Masaru Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Free ART Provision Reform on HIV Prevention Behaviours in Botswana
ROMMESWINKEL, Hendrik Ambiguity, Flexibility, and Information in Decision-Making
SAI, Yukari Reinterpretation of Religious values in Multicultural Societies
SATO, Yuko Autocratization: causes and consequences
SHINOMOTO, Sou Causes and consequences of the gap in public trust between military and political actors
SHRESTHA, Tina Brokerage and migration infrastructure:
Recruitment agencies, educational consultancies, and outmigration
interconnecting Nepal to Southeast Asia and East Asia
SOMA, Takuya Human evolution and advances in hunting technology
SUDO, Ryushin Debatable or not?: process, quality, and action in medieval Indian argumentation theory
SUNAM, Ramesh Rising Transnational Labour Migration within Asia and Precarity: Implications for Rural Asia
TIAN, Mi Collective Making: The “Practical” Turn of Chinese Art in the Nineteenth Century
UNNO, Noriko The Qing and Ottoman Empires: The Formation of Muslim Networks in Search of Modernization
WATANABE, Kohei Quantitative Analysis of Texts
in International politics communication Research
XU, Alison A global regulatory framework for securing sustainable finance in Asia
YAMAGUCHI, Aya Socio-legal Study on Middle-aged and Older Adults’ Preparatory Actions for Legal Challenges in Old Age and Support from Legal Professionals
YASUOKA, Yoshifumi Design theories in mediterranean art and architecture
ZINGG, Raphael Innovation in Emerging Technologies
ZUFALL, Frederike Regulating the Internet as a global phenomenon
and conflicting national regimes

Research Affiliates

AKAO, Kenichi Environmental Economics
ARIMURA, Toshihide Environmental Economics
IIYAMA, Tomoyasu Oriental History
KAKINUMA, Yohei Oriental History
KATAYAMA, Hajime Applied Econometrics
KATO, Daikaku Japanese linguistics
KONDO, Yasushi Economics
KONO, Kimiko Japanese-Chinese Classics
MALEN, Joel Baker Environmental Economics
NAKAGAKI, Takao Exergy
NAKAZAWA, Tatsuya History of Europe
OBARA, Jun History of Europe
SAITO, Kiyoshi Environmental engineering, Energy saving
TAKAHASHI, Ryo Development Economics
TANIGUCHI, Shinko Japanese History of Early Modern Period
WASHIZU, Ayu Environmental Economics
YAMADA, Midori Architectural Construction Methods and Materials
YAMAMOTO, Satomi History of arts

Visiting Researchers

Name Degree Title / Affiliation Appointment period
VANNONI, Matia Ph.D. Associate Professor in Public Policy, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London October 1 –
October 31, 2026
ZERNIK, Clelia Ph.D. Full professor in contemporary philosophy and philosophy of art at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris July 1 –
July 31, 2026
GALLINA, Marta Ph.D. Associate Professor, Catholic University of Lille June 14 – July 13, 2026
BOJANIĆ, Petar Ph.D. Full Professor, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade June 1 –
July 1, 2026
COLE, Benjamin M. Ph.D. William J. Loschert Endowed Chair of Technology Entrepreneurship, Professor of Strategy & Statistics, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal
June 2 –
July 2, 2026
YANG, Xiangfeng Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Government & International Affairs, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR May 15 –
June 14, 2026
CALLEJA CORTES, Pedro Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Barcelona May 10 –
June 9, 2026

Visiting Scholars

Name Degree Title / Affiliation Appointment period
HOFLAND, Bas Ph.D. Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology October 1, 2026 –
October 31, 2026
WAN, Xi Ph.D. Associate Professor, International Joint Audit Institute, Nanjing Audit University July 10, 2026 –
August 20, 2026
WU, Zeying Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Japan-Asia Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University July 1, 2026 –
August 5, 2026
CAMATARRI, Stefano Ph.D. Research Fellow, Catholic University of Louvain & Catholic University of Lille June 14, 2026 –
July 13, 2026
MARSCHALL, Malgorzata Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Teacher Professional Learning
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, England
June 1, 2026 –
July 5, 2026

 

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