Yutaka Tsujinaka (born 1954) is a Japanese political scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba. He has previously served as professor and vice president at the University of Tsukuba, vice president at Tokai University, president at Toyo Gakuen University, and visiting professor at the University of Tsukuba. His areas of expertise include interest groups (interest organizations and pressure groups), public policy, civil society, and social capital research. He is a leading researcher of interest groups and civil society in Japan.
He studied under Wataru Sakano, Michio Muramatsu, Katsumi Yamakawa, and Tadao Adachi. He served as a board member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) (2012-2016), president of the Japanese Political Science Association (JPSA) (2014-2016), director of the Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR) at the University of Tsukuba (2014-2018), professor of the department of political science and economics at Tokai University (2018-2022), and vice president of Tokai University (in charge of departments of humanities) (2019-2022). Currently he is the president of Toyo Gakuen University (2022-present).
Academic background
1972 Graduate from Kozu High School in Osaka 1976 LL.B Osaka University, School of Law 1978 LL.M. Osaka University, School of Law (Political Science) 1981 Completion of the coursework for doctoral program of Osaka University School of Law (Political Science) 1996 Doctor of Law (Political Science) Kyoto University
Positions and Teaching Career
Apr. 1981 Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Law (Department of Political Science), The University of Kitakyushu Apr. 1984 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Kitakyushu Oct. 1986 Associate Professor, College of Social Sciences (Major in Political Science), University of Tsukuba Jul. 1989 Visiting Research Fellow, Cornell University East Asian Program and Department of Government, (- May 1991) Jun. 1996 Director, Public Policy Studies Association Japan (-Jun. 2000) 1996 Received a PhD in Law from Kyoto University Feb. 1998 Editorial Board of the political science journal “Leviathan” (-2009) Oct. 1998 Professor, College of Social Sciences (Major in Political Science), University of Tsukuba Apr. 2001 Dean and Councilor, College of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba (-2004) Jun. 2002 Director, Public Policy Studies Association Japan (-Jun. 2008) Apr. 2003 Project Leader, Civil Society the State and Culture in Comparative Perspective Special Research Project, University of Tsukuba (-Mar. 2008) Apr. 2004 Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Advisor to the President, Head of Office for the Promotion of International Affairs, University of Tsukuba (-Mar. 2006) Oct. 2004 Director, Public Policy Studies Association Japan Apr. 2006 Special Assistant to the President, University of Tsukuba responsible for international cooperation -Mar.2008 Apr. 2011 Vice President, University of Tsukuba (-Mar. 2013) 2011 Science Adviser, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2012 Director, International Association of Universities (IAU) -2016 2013 Special Assistant to the President, University of Tsukuba responsible for international cooperation Apr. 2013 Chairman, Internationalization Council, International Association of Universities (IAU) 2013 Director, Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR), University of Tsukuba 2014 President, Japanese Political Science Association -2016 Apr. 2017 Head, Department of International Japanese Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba Apr. 2018 Professor, Department of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University (-2022) Apr. 2018 Vice President (in charge of departments of humanities), Dean of Law, Tokai University Apr. 2021 Steering Committee Member, Research Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (-current) Sep. 2021 Councilor, Director, Toyo Gakuen University Apr. 2022 President, Toyo Gakuen University (-current)
English-language publications
Books and book chapters
Journal articles
Other publications
Related topics University of Tsukuba Tokai University Toyo Gakuen University
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