December 1993 to present (during which time continued studies at Oxford, UK, from March to September, 1997).
Engaged in the following research as Professor of the Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University: |
| ･Institutional analysis of political reform, administrative reform. |
| ･Comparative research concerning the changes in the domestic political order after the collapse of the Cold War paradigm. |
| ･International comparison of the restructuring of political parties arising from the collapse of the Cold War paradigm and economic globalization. |
| ･Comparison of the Cabinet systems in the UK and Japan, and institutional analysis on their reforms. |
| ･International comparison of self-reformation and responses toward globalization by social democratic parties. |
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| July 1984-November 1993 (during which time research activities were undertaken on a Fulbright Scholarship at Cornell University, USA from July 1987 to June 1989). Engaged in the following research as Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University: |
| ･Research on policy logic and construction of policy patterns as a means of analyzing public administration in Japan. |
| ･Categorization of policy formation processes by type and the reconstruction of the concept of power in policy-making. |
| ･Characterization of the Japanese bureaucracy through international comparison. |
| ･International comparison of the behavior of Japan’s Ministry of Finance bureaucrats in respect of fiscal policy. |
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April 1981 - June 1984
Performed empirical research concerning the Japanese bureaucracy and policy-making processes in the Ministry of Finance as Research Assistant at the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo. |
