
I’m a professor of political science at Aoyama Gakuin University. My research focuses on authoritarian politics, with a particular interest in contemporary China.
Grounded in comparative authoritarianism, my research examines Chinese elite politics and political economy using both qualitative and quantitative methods. My work has appeared in journals such as The China Quarterly, China Economic Review, The Developing Economies, International Economics, and Journal of Contemporary China, among others.