Yuichi KUBOTA
I'm an associate professor at
Faculty of International Studies and Regional Development,
University of Niigata Prefecture.
RESEARCH
My academic interests include civil war, public opinion, and the political economy of development in Asia.
Books
Book Chapters
Refereed Articles
Non-refereed Articles
Book Reviews
Other Publications
■Books
Armed Groups in Cambodian Civil War: Territorial Control, Rivalry, and Recruitment. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, December 2013.
■Book Chapters
"Civil Conflict and Third-party Intervention in the Asia-Pacific," Takashi Inoguchi (ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy. London: SAGE, February 2020.
"Promoting Peaceful and Inclusive Society: Public Service Provision and Welfare to Generate Integrated Identity in Post-conflict Sri Lanka,” Yasushi Katsuma (ed.) Toward Sustainable Global Society: My Challenge for the SDGs. Tokyo: Kokusai Shoin, September 2018.
"Political Methodology: Cases, Comparison, and Quantitative Approach," Takashi Inoguchi, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Toshiro Kuroda (eds.) The International Studies and Regional Development: Capturing International Society, Regions, and Nation-states. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten, March 2015 (In Japanese).
"The Quantitative Approach to Causes and Mechanisms of Civil War," Takayuki Ito, Keiichi Hirose, and Takeshi Yuasa (eds.) Approaches to Peacebuilding: The Frontier Studies of Armed Conflicts in Eurasia. Tokyo: Yoshida Shoten, November 2013 (In Japanese).
■Refereed Articles
"The Rebel Economy in Civil War: Informality, Civil Networks, and Regulation Strategies," International Studies Review, forthcoming.
"Friends in High Places: State Support for Violent and Nonviolent Ethnopolitical Organizations," Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict Vol.12 No.3, September 2019 (with Victor Asal and R. William Ayres).
"Politicization Effect of Wartime Service Provision on Public Opinion in the FATA, Pakistan: Who Favors Democratic Reforms?" Asian Survey Vol.59 No.3, June 2019 (with Hidayat Ullah Khan).
"Nonviolent Interference in Civic Life during Civil War: Rebel Service Provision and Postwar Norms of Interpersonal Trustworthiness in Sri Lanka," Security Studies Vol.27 No.3, August 2018.
"Explaining State Violence in the Guatemalan Civil War: Rebel Threat and Counterinsurgency,” Latin American Politics and Society Vol.59 No.3, September 2017.
"Imagined Statehood: Wartime Rebel Governance and Post-war Subnational Identity in Sri Lanka,” World Development Vol.90, February 2017.
"Changes in the Socioeconomic Structure and the Attitude of Citizens toward Democracy in the Nepali Civil War,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol.14 No.3, September 2014 (with Shinya Sasaoka).
"Daily Life Satisfaction in Asia: A Cross-National Survey in Twelve Societies,” Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research Vol.1 No.3, May 2014 (with Takashi Inoguchi et al.).
"The Infrastructure of Public Opinion Research in Japan," Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research Vol.1 No.1, November 2013.
"The Governance of Civic Life and the Possibility of Integration in the ASEAN Region," Area Studies Vol. 13 No.1, March 2013 (with Takashi Inoguchi) (In Japanese).
"Facing a Crisis with Calmness? The Global Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster," Japanese Journal of Political Science Vol.13 No.3, September 2012.
"Territorial Control and Recruitment in the Cambodian Civil War, 1970-75: Case Studies in Battambang Province," Asian Security Vol.7 No.1, February 2011.
■Non-refereed Articles
"Reconsidering the Settlement of Civil Conflict: Introduction to the Special Issue," Asian Journal of Comparative Politics Vol.3 No.2, June 2018.
"Democratization and Urbanites in Civil War: An Analysis from Political Economy Approach," Shudo-Hogaku Vol. 36 No.2, February 2014 (with Shinya Sasaoka) (In Japanese).
"International Relations analyzed with the Genius of Nations: The Quantitative Analysis of the Attributes of Nations in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s," The Graduate School Law Review No. 32, March 2002 (In Japanese).
International Alert Resource Pack for Conflict Transformation (translation with The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (JCCP)), The Japan Forum on International Relations, March 2002 (In Japanese).
■Book Reviews
"State Traditions and Language Regimes (edited by Linda Cardinal and Selma K. Sonntag, Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press)." Current Issues in Language Planning Vol.18 No.1, January 2017.
■Other Publications
"The Recruitment of Combatants and Individuals' Participation in Civil War: Interviews with Demobilized Soldiers in Cambodia." Akino Yutaka Eurasia Fund Newsletter No.19, August 2009 (In Japanese).
"The Victory Day and Khmer Nationalism." Eurasia Watch No. 148, February 2009 (In Japanese).
CV
■Employment
Associate Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture, April 2018 –.
Lecturer, University of Niigata Prefecture, April 2013 – March 2018.
Research Associate, University of Niigata Prefecture, May 2011 – March 2013.
Adjunct Lecturer, Utica College, September 2009 – May 2010.
Research Fellow, The Habibie Center, January – December 2016.
■Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University at Albany (State University of New York), New York, USA, December 2012.
M.A., Political Science, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, March 2003.
B.A., International Relations, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, March 2000.
United Nations University International Courses (UNU-IC), United Nations University, Summer 2006. Completed the Seminar Course (United Nations System: Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges).
Post-Graduate Program for Preventive Diplomacy, The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (JCCP), Summer 2000. Completed the Seminar Course.
■Grants and Awards
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering), “The Super Long-term Effect of Historical Events: The Boshin Civil War and Political Economy of Contemporary Japan”), June 2019-March 2022.
The 150th Anniversary Memorial Project on Niigata Port, Research Grant on Minatomachi Niigata (“The Opening of Niigata Port and the Dynamics of Hokuetsu War”), April 2018-March 2019.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), “Social Order and National Identity in Civil War”), April 2018-March 2022.
Japanese Political Science Association, Travel Grant to the APSA Annual Meeting, September 2016.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), “Formation and Transformation of Civic Identity in Civil Wars”), April 2015-March 2018.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Research Activity Start-up, "Territorial Control and its Impact on Social Capital and Institutions in the Sri Lankan Civil War"), October 2013-March 2015.
Japanese Political Science Association, Travel Grant to the APSA Annual Meeting, September 2012.
Japanese Association of International Relations, Travel Grant, Spring 2012.
University at Albany (State University of New York), Graduate Student Organization, Travel Grant, Fall 2010.
University at Albany (State University of New York), Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, Department of Political Science, Research Award, Spring 2010.
The Akino Yutaka Eurasia Fund (Japan), Akino Yutaka Award, July 2008.
University at Albany (State University of New York), Graduate Student Organization, Travel Grant, Spring 2008.
University at Albany (State University of New York), Graduate Student Organization, Travel Grant, Fall 2007.
■Invited Talks
"Civil Conflict and Third-party Intervention in the Asia-Pacific.” Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan, December 2019.
"Are Security Measures Effective in Winning "Hearts and Minds"?: Wartime Service Provision and Post-war National Identity in Aceh.” Workshop on Armed Conflict and Political Economy of Development, Shiga University, Japan, March 2019.
"Nonviolent Interference in Civic Life during Civil War: Rebel Service Provision and Postwar Norms of Interpersonal Trustworthiness in Sri Lanka.” Hitotsubashi Summer Institute (HSI) 2018, Hitotsubashi University, Japan, August 2018.
"Wartime Experience and Post-conflict Identity of Civilians.” UNU/jfUNU Junior Fellows Symposium 2017 (Towards Sustainable Global Society -My Challenges for the SDGs-), United Nations University Headquarters, Japan, March 2017.
"Explaining Post-civil War Trustworthiness Norms: Wartime Rebel Governance and Service Provision in Sri Lanka.” Academic Meeting for Empirical Political Research, International House of Japan, Japan, October 2016.
"Deepan, the Sri Lankan Civil War, and Immigrants.” Civil Society in Cinema, Niigata University of International and Information Studies, Japan, July 2016.
"Imagined Statehood: Rebel Governance and Anti-national Identity in Sri Lanka.” Academic Meeting for Empirical Political Research, University of Tokyo, Japan, October 2015.
"Investigating Civilians in Civil War: Academic and Policy Implications.” ASEAN and Japan Symposium, International House of Japan, Japan, January 2015.
"Multiple Democracies: An Expert Survey on Deliberative Capacity.” Academic Meeting for Empirical Political Research, University of Tokyo, Japan, October 2014.
"Comparative Politics: Quantitative Analysis of Civil War." Academic Meeting for Empirical Political Research, University of Tokyo, Japan, June 2013.
"The Infrastructure of Public Opinion Research in Japan." The Asian Network for Public Opinion Research (ANPOR), Bangkok, Thailand, November 2012.
"The Stronghold and Beyond: Explaining Rebel Strength in Civil War, 1946-2005." GLOPE II Lunch-time Seminar, Waseda University, Japan, July 2012.
"Statistical Analysis of the AsiaBarometer Surveys." The 9th RISS Lecture, The Research Institute for Socionetwork Strategies, Kansai University, Japan, February 2012.
■Related Professional Experience
Article Manuscript Review
Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research.
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.
International Studies Quarterly.
Japanese Journal of Political Science.
Journal of Contemporary Asia.
Latin American Politics and Society.
Urban Science.
Senkyo Kenkyu (Electoral Studies)
Others
Committee member, the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Japan Association of International Relations, October 2019.
Editorial committee member, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, March 2016-.
External dissertation committee member for Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University, March 2016.
Local organizing committee member, the Asian Network for Public Opinion Research, November 2014.
Scientific committee member, the Asian Network for Public Opinion Research, November 2012-.
Committee member, the 40th Annual Meeting of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan, September 2012.
Intern, African Reconciliation Committee, NGO, Japan, May 2000-September 2003.
Intern, Alternatives, NGO, Canada, January-March 2001. (Grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan).
■Teaching experience
Utica College (USA)
GOV 102: Introduction to Comparative Politics(Fall 2009-Spring 2010)
GOV 375: Political Change in Developing Nations(Fall 2009)
University of Niigata Prefecture (JAPAN)
Undergraduate
Academic Literacy I (2017-)
Fieldwork (Southeast Asia) (2017-)
Basic Seminar (2016)
Comparative Politics (taught in English) (2015-)
Graduation Thesis (2015-)
Comparative Politics (taught in Japanese) (2013-)
Quantitative Methods in Political Science (2013-)
Graduate
Method and Application of Data Analysis (2015-)
Special Topics of Data Analysis (2015-)
Basic Research Seminar I・II (2015-)
Directed Research (MA Thesis) (2015-)
Teacher's Detabase Yuichi Kubota
Contact Information
Email:
kubota(at)unii.ac.jp
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Address:
University of Niigata Prefecture
471 Ebigase Higashi-ku, Niigata-city,
Niigata 950-8680, Japan
