Roberto Shuichi TANAKA

Research Fellow
Research field / main research area
History of Contemporary Latin America, Global History, Japan-Latin America Relations, Japanese Migration, Japanese Diaspora
Roberto Shuichi TANAKA
Research field / main research area
History of Contemporary Latin America, Global History, Japan-Latin America Relations, Japanese Migration, Japanese Diaspora
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Educational Background

PhD (Law) Hitotsubashi University, September 2024
Master in Public Policy, Sciences Po Paris, June 2021
BA (Political Science), The University of British Columbia, May 2019 (Dual Degree)
BA (Social Sciences) Sciences Po Paris, May 2019 (Dual Degree)

Career Background

Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Research Institute, November 2024-present

Major Publications

Tanaka, Shuichi “The Split of the Opposition Votes in Paraguay’s 2023 Presidential Elections: The Weakening of the Largest Opposition Party, the Liberal Party, and the Rise of Populism” (in Japanese) Latin America Report Vol. 41, No. 1, 2024 pp. 14-26

Affiliations

Japan Association for Latin American Studies, Japan Association for International Relations, Japan Association for Migration Studies, Latin America Studies Association (LASA), International Studies Association (ISA), American Historical Association (AHA)

Others

“Flexibility vs Integration: The Case of Mercosur and Uruguay” International Studies Association-Global South Caucus (GSCIS) Conference 2023, Bangkok, Dec 20, 2023

“The Rise and Fall of Postwar Japan's Emigration Bureaucracy: A Study of Japan Emigration Services” Japan Association for Migration Studies Winter Congress, Dec 9, 2023

“Japan's Postwar Emigration Policy as "International Cooperation": The Effect of Migration” Japan Association for Latin American Studies East Japan Congress, Dec 5, 2023

“New Issues in Mercosur Regionalism: Uruguay's Unilateral Action and the ‘Flexibility Dilemma’ “Japan Association for International Relations 2023 Congress, Nov 11, 2023

“The Resilient Party: Explaining One-Party Dominance in Post-Dictatorship Paraguay” Latin America Studies Association 2023 Congress, Vancouver, May 25, 2023

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