Y UKI YANAI, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Economics & Management, Kochi University of Technology
2-22 Eikokuji-cho, Kochi City
E-mail: yanai.yuki@kochi-tech.ac.jp
Kochi 780-8515, JAPANWebsite: https://yukiyanai.github.io

A CADEMIC A PPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor
Aug. 2021 – present
School of Economics & Management, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi
Assistant Professor
Apr. 2018 – July 2021
School of Economics & Management, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi
Assistant Professor
Sep. 2016 – Mar. 2018
Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, Niigata
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, Hyogo

July 2014 – Aug. 2016

Adjunct Lecturer
School of Law, Konan University, Hyogo

Apr. 2015 – Sep. 2015

Adjunct Lecturer
Apr. 2014 – Sep. 2014
School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo
Adjunct ResearcherApr. 2013 – June 2014
Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo
Lecturer (part-time)
Apr. 2012 – Sep. 2014
School of Political Science and Economics, Takushoku University, Tokyo
Research Associate
Apr. 2010 – Mar. 2013
Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, TokyoE DUCATIONU NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA , L OS A NGELES

Los Angeles, CAPh.D. in Political Science Mar. 2017
– Dissertation: Misperceived Inequality, Mismatched Attitudes, and Missing Support for Redistribution.
– Committee: Miriam A. Golden (chair), Michael F. Thies, and Christopher C. Tilly
C.Phil. in Political Science, Dec. 2009
M.A. in Political Science, Dec. 2008
– Major ﬁelds: Comparative Politics; Quantitative Methods
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WASEDA U NIVERSITYTokyo, JAPAN

Master student, Graduate School of Political Science, Apr. 2005 – June 2006
(withdrew to join the Ph.D. program at UCLA)
B.A. in Political Science, Mar. 2005

ICPSR S UMMER P ROGRAM at THE U NIVERSITY OF M ICHIGANAnn Arbor, MI

July – Aug. 2008
Courses: Advanced Bayesian Methods; Analysis of Incomplete Data;
Complex System Models.

J OURNAL A RTICLES“When Voters Favour the Social Investment Welfare State” (with Marc Brazzill and Hideko Magara). Japanese Journal of Political Science 21(4): 194–205 (2020). [link]“Who Gets Close to Government Policies, and Who Steps Away?（with Sohei Shigemura andJaehyun Song）” Senkyo Kenkyu [Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies] 36(2): 139–150 (2020).
“Playing Is Believing: Teaching How Electoral Systems Change Political Outcomes Using a RolePlaying Simulation Game” (with Sohei Shigemura, Jaehyun Song, and Keisuke Tani). Japanese
Political Science Review 4: 117–143 (2018). [link]“Bicameralism vs. Parliamentarism: Lessons from Japan’s Twisted Diet” (with Michael F. Thies).
Senkyo Kenkyu [Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies] 30 (2): 60–74 (2014). [link]“External Threats, US Bases, and Prudent Voters in Okinawa” (with Koji Kagotani). International
Relations of the Asia-Paciﬁc 14(1): 91–115 (2014). [link]

B OOKSBeizutōkeibunseki Nyūmon: Jisshōshakaikagaku no Tōkei Moderingu [Introduction to Bayesian Data
Analysis: Statistical Modeling for Empirical Social Sciences] (with Kensuke Okada). (to be published in 2021) Tokyo: Yuhikaku.
Seijikeizaigaku: Grurōbarukajidai no Kokka to Shijō [Political Economy: States and Markets in an Eraof Globalization] (with Takuji Tanaka, Maski Kondo, and Ryunoshin Kamikawa). (in press)
Tokyo: Yuhikaku.
R ni yoru Keiryōseijigaku [Quantitative Methods in Political Science Using R] (with Masahiko Asano).
(2018) Tokyo: Ohmsha.
Stata ni yoru Keiryōseijigaku [Quantitative Methods in Political Science Using Stata] (with Masahiko
Asano). (2013) Tokyo: Ohmsha.

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B OOK C HAPTERS“E! Socchini Irerundesuka? Shinshukusuru Seisakukūkan ni okeru Yūkensha no TohyōkōdōModeringu [Will You Vote for ... What? Modeling Voting Behavior in an Elastic PolicySpace]” (with Jaehyun Song). Hideko Toyoda, ed. Exciting Bayes Modeling 2: Frontiers ofResearch Opened by Cases. (2019) Kyoto: Kitaojishobo.
“Political Reformation of Social Coalitions for Elections.” In Hideko Magara and Bruno Amable,eds. Growth, Crisis, Democracy: The Political Economy of Social Coalitions and Policy Regime
Change. (2017) Routledge.
“How Do Economic Crises Affect Electoral Choices? Analysing Voting Behavior in the British
General Election of 2010.” In Hideko Magara, ed. Economic Crises and Policy Regimes: The
Dynamics of Policy Innovation and Paradigmatic Change. (2014) Edward Elgar.
“Governance with a Twist: How Bicameralism Affects Japanese Lawmaking” (with Michael F.
Thies). In Robert Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, and Ethan Scheiner, eds. Japan Decides 2012: TheJapanese General Election. (2013) Palgrave Macmillan.

B OOK R EVIEW“Darega, Naniwo, Itsu, Donoyōni Hikakusuruka? [Who Compares What, When and How? A
Review of Comparative Politics by Yuko Kasuya (Minerva Shobō, 2014).]” Leviathan 57: 138–141. (2015)

C ONFERENCE P RESENTATIONS• American Political Science Association: 2012, 2019, 2020
• American Political Science Association, Teaching and Learning Conference: 2016
• European Consortium for Political Research: 2016, 2018
• European Political Science Association: 2019
• International Political Science Association: 2018, 2021
• Midwest Political Science Association: 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
• Political Studies Association: 2011
• Southern Political Science Association: 2012, 2016, 2018
• Japan Association for Comparative Politics: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Japanese Association of Area Studies: 2012
• Japanese Association of Electoral Studies: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021
• Japanese Political Science Association: 2015, 2020

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AWARDS , G RANTS , AND F ELLOWSHIPS• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Reserach (KEKEN)
No. 19H01447, 2019–2022 [PI]• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Reserach (KEKEN)
No. 19K21682, 2019–2021 [PI]• Walter Beach Award, Southern Political Science Association, 2018
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research (KAKEN)
No. 16K17051, 2016–2019 [PI]• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research (KAKEN)
No. 25780102, 2013–2016 [PI]• Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects (2012B-062), 2012 [PI]• Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects [PI] (2012A-025), 2012
• Prestage-Cook Award, Southern Political Science Association, 2012
• Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects (2011A-026), 2011 [PI]• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research (KAKEN)
No. 22830099, 2010–2012 [PI]• Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects (2010A-841), 2010 [PI]• George and Sakaye Aratani Fellowship, Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for JapaneseStudies, UCLA, 2009
• UCLA, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Research Grant, 2009
• UCLA, Summer Study Funding, 2008.
• Ishizaka Foundation Scholarship, Keidanren Ishizaka Memorial Foundation, 2006–2008.

T EACHING E XPERIENCES
Econometrics (undergraduate), Kochi University of Technology, Kochi
Applied Econometrics (undergraduate), Kochi University of Technology, Kochi
Statistics (undergraduate), Kochi University of Technology, Kochi
Information Science (undergraduate), Kochi University of Technology, Kochi
Public Administration (graduate), International University of Japan, Niigata
Research Methodology (graduate), International University of Japan, Niigata
Local Government and Public Services (graduate), International University of Japan, Niigata
Research Methods in Political Science I, II, III (undergraduate & graduate), Kobe University, Hyogo

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Political Economy I, II (undergraduate & graduate), Kobe University, Hyogo
Comparative Politics (undergraduate & graduate), Kobe University, Hyogo
Political Processes (undergraduate), Konan University, Hyogo
Reading Political Science Research in English (undergraduate), Waseda University, Tokyo
Principles of Political Science (undergraduate), Takushoku University, Tokyo
Quantitative Methods in Political Science (undergraduate), Takushoku University, Tokyo
Introduction to Statistics (undergraduate), Takushoku University, Tokyo

A CADEMIC E XPERIENCES
Graduate Student Researcher Winter 2008 – Winter 2010
for Prof. Miriam A. Golden, Political Science, UCLA
Graduate Student Researcher Fall 2008
for Prof. Michael F. Thies, Political Science, UCLA
Teaching & Computer Assistant Spring 2006
Media Network Center, WASEDA U NIVERSITY
Teaching Assistant Spring 2005
Introduction to Politics (Prof. Hideko Magara)
School of Political Science and Economics, WASEDA U NIVERSITY

R ESEARCH I NTERESTS
Comparative Politics & Political Economy Bicameral Parliaments, Coalition Theories, Distributive Politics, Economic Inequality, Election Timing, Electoral Systems, Political Parties, Redistribution, European Politics, Japanese Politics
Quantitative Methods Bayesian Modeling, Statistical Causal Inference, Survey Methods

W ORKS IN P ROGRESS“Election Timing in Autocracies” (with Masaaki Higashijima).
“Fed up with Elections? A Natural Experiment Using By-elections Caused by Legislators’ Deaths.”(with Sohei Shigemura).
“Perceived Inequality and Support for Redistribution.” An earlier version was presented at theAnnual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, January, 2012.
Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2937637.
“Underestimation of Inequality in Japan.”Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2938840.
“Electoral Systems and the Redistributive Politics of Coalition.”Yuki Yanai (CV)6“Economic Inequality and Electoral Participation: Resource Theory and Motivational Factors.”
Earlier versions were presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, April, 2010 and the Japanese Association of Electoral Studies, Hyogo,
May, 2011.
“Redistributive Consequences of Economic Inequality and Individuals’ Attitudes toward Inequality,” Earlier version was presented at the Annual Conference of Political Studies Association, London, April, 2011.
“Japan’s Distributive Politics after the Electoral Reform: Differentiation of Voters under theMixed-Member Electoral System,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, April, 2009.

P UBLISHED T RANSLATIONS (English into Japanese)
Boix, Carles, and Alicia Adsera. 2007. “Kempo to Demokurashi no Hokai [Constitutions andDemocratic Breakdown],” in Hideko Magara and Masanobu Ido, eds. Kyohiken Purēyā toSēsaku Tenkan [Veto Players and Policy Change]. Tokyo: Waseda University Press: pp.82–117.
Tsebelis, George. 2009. Kyohiken Purēya: Sējisēdo ha Ikani Sadō Suruka. Tokyo: Waseda University
Press. [originally published in 2002 as Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work. Princeton:Princeton University Press.] (in charge of ch.2)

A CADEMIC S KILLS
Languages Japanese (native), English (ﬂuent)Computer
Programming: C++, HTML, JavaScript, Python
Statistical Computing: JAGS, R, Stan, Stata
Others: LATEX, LibreOfﬁce (Calc, Writer)

P ROFESSIONAL A FFILIATIONS• American Political Science Association (2006 – )• International Political Science Association (2018–)• Japanese Association of Electoral Studies (2005 – )• Japanese Political Science Association (2010–)• The Japan Statistical Society (2021–)

Updated: August 1, 2021