Curriculum Vitae
MASAHIRO ZENKYO
Associate Professor
School of Law and Politics, Kwansei Gakuin University
1-1-155, Uegahara, Nishinomiya-shi,

Phone: (+81)798-54-6308

Hyogo, 662-8501

E-mail: masahirozenkyo@kwansei.ac.jp

Education
Mar. 2011

Ph. D. in Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University

Mar. 2008

M. A. in Policy Science, Doshisha University

Mar. 2006

B. A. in Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University

Employment
Primary Affiliations
Sep. 2017 – present

Visiting Research Fellows, The Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of
Democracy, University of California, Irvine

Apr. 2016 – present

Associate Professor, School of Law and Politics, Kwansei Gakuin University

Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2016

Assistant Professor, School of Law and Politics, Kwansei Gakuin University

Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014

Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences,Tohoku University

Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2013

Researcher, Research and Investigation Center, Hyogo Earthquake Memorial
21st Century Research InstitutePart-time
Sep. 2015 – present.

Part-time Lecturer, Kansai University, Japan

Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2015

Part-time Lecturer, Kyoto Women's University, Japan

Oct. 2011 – present

Part-time Lecturer, Kobe University, Japan

Sep. 2011 – Mar. 2013

Part-time Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Sep. 2011 – Mar. 2012

Part-time Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

Research Interests
Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Japanese Local Politics, Party Politics, Survey Methodology.

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Publications (in Japanese)
BooksZenkyo, Masahiro. 2018(forthcoming). An Empirical Analysis of Support for Ishin-no-Kai: Is it Populism, orRational Choice as Citizen? Yuhikaku.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2018. “What does the declining trust in electoral management result in?” Ohnishi Yutka ed.
Electoral Governance in Japan. Minerva -shobo.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2017. “Chapter 8: Political Value and Culture.” Sakamoto Haruya ed. Civil Society Studies.
Horitsu-bunka-sha.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2017. “Did Agreement for Mutual Cooperations at the Time of Disaster Work?” Ohnishi
Yutaka ed. The Cooperation among Local Governments against Natural Disaster. Minerva -shobo.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2016. “A Faded Memory of Disasters in Japan: A comparative analysis of Hanshin and East
Japan Earthquake memories through the content analysis using newspapers.” Mikuriya Takashi ed.
Comparative Policy Analysis of the Reconstruction Process of Big Earthquake in Japan. Keiso-Shobo, pp.
201-222.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2013. Political Trust and Distrust in Japan. Bokutakusya.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Zenkyo, Masahiro and Haruya Sakamoto. 2017. “What Promotes Charitable Giving to Disaster Relief
Organizations in Japan? Evidence from a Randomized Factorial Survey Experiment.” Journal of Public
Policy Studies, Vol. 17.
Zenkyo, Masahiro and Masaki Hata. 2017. “Why Do Respondents Answer “Don’t Know” in Political Surveys?
Examining the Causal Effects of Giving Policy and Political Party Information on “Don’t Know” Answers
through a Survey Experiment.” The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, Vol. 68.
Zenkyo, Masahiro and Hideki Kido. 2012. “The Attitude of Local Officials in the Era of Decentralization:
Empirical Analysis of the Work Motivation.” Journal of Public Policy Studies, Vol. 12, pp. 141-154.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2012. “The Acceptance of Political Decision and Political Trust: Secondary Analysis of
JABISS and JSS-GLOPE.” Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 135-149.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2011. “The Logic of Non-Respondents: An Analysis of the Effect of Generalized Trust on“Degree of Cooperation” Based on JGSS.” JGSS Research Series, No.8, pp. 259-271.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2010. “The Paradox of Political Trust: Conditioning Effect of Trust and System Feedback.”
Policy Science, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 57-73.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2010. “Trust in Government and Voter Turnout: Continuing and Reflected Effect in Trust.”
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 127-148.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2009. “The Change in Public Trust in Japan from 1982 to 2008: Quantitative and Qualitative
Analysis of the Causal Relation between Politics and Public Trust.” Policy Science, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 6176.
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Invited Journal Articles
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2016. “Does Party Support Explain Voting Behavior? Examining the conditional effects ofpartisanship through survey experiments.” The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, Vol. 67,
No. 2, pp.163-184.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2016. “Why was the Osaka Metropolis Plan rejected by Osaka city’s citizens?” Leviathan,Vol. 59m pp. 59-79.
Zenkyo, Masahiro and Haruya Sakamoto. 2013. “Explaining Public Support for the Japan Restoration Party.”
Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 74-89.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2013. “Public Opinion on Nuclear Power after the Accident of Fukushima Nuclear Plant:
An Empirical Analysis.” Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 73-86.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2017. “What Are the Determinants of Public Support for Ishin? Empirical Analysis Basedon Survey Experiments.” Law and Politics, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 1-33.
Song Jaehyun and Masahiro Zenkyo. 2016. “On Conjoint Survey Experiment: A Methodological Investigation”
Law and Politics, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 67-108.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2016. “Social Desirability Bias and Voting Turnout: A trial to Reduce Social Desirability
Bias using List Experiment in Japan.” Law and Politics, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 1-26.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2015. “Is Japan “Alienated” Society? An Examination of Validity of Political Alienation
Scale Based Survey Experiment.” Law and Politics, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 109-136
Zenkyo, Masahiro, Haruya Sakamoto and Shoichiro Ishibashi. 2012. “An Analysis of Osaka Double Election in
2011: Examining Voter Choice and Support Bases for Osaka Ishin no Kai.” Kansai University Review ofLaw and Politics, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp.247-344.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2012. “Democracy and Publicness” Policy Science, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 367-382.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2009. “Delegation to Private Sector in Local Governance: The Empirical Analysis Used
Sample Survey of Local Officials” Policy Science, Vol. 16, Special Issues, pp. 55-73.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2009. “Political Distrust, Institutional Reforms and Civil Services: Can Government Wipeout Political Distrust by Institutional Reforms?” Policy Science, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 65-82.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2008. “The Empirical Analysis of Participants to Neighborhood Association as Political
Participants: Why Do Participants to Neighborhood Association Increase?” Policy Science, Vol. 16, No. 1,pp. 45-60.

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Conference Presentations
Presentations in English
Masaru Nishikawa, Takeshi Hieda and Masahiro Zenkyo. 2018. “Do Populists Support Populism? An
Examination Through an Online Survey Following the 2017 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election.”
Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, U. S..
Kido, Hideki and Masahiro Zenkyo. 2015. “How do Macro Political Factors Matter in Motivating ofBureaucrats? A Case of Local Governments in Japan.” Presented at Annual General Conference of European
Political Science Association, Schloss Schönbrunn, Austria.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2014. “The Local Government Network in Japan.” Presented at International Political
Science Association, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2010. “Public Opinion and Administrative Reform: Change and Stability of the Cabinet
Approval in Koizumi’s term.” Presented at the Research Seminar on Administrative Reforms in Korea andJapan, Hanyang University, Korea.
Presentations in Japanese
Hieda, Takeshi, Masahiro Zenkyo and Masaru Nishikawa. 2018. “Do Populists Support Populism? An
Examination through an Online Survey after the 2017 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election.” Presentedat Japan Association for Comparative Politics, Tohoku University, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro and Takeshi Hieda. 2018. “Do People Prefer Populist Messages? Evidence from SurveyExperiments in Japan.” Presented at Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Electoral Studies,
Takushoku University, Japan.
Akira, Inoue, Haruya Sakamoto, and Masahiro Zenkyo. 2017. “Making the Veil of Ignorance Work: Evidence
from Survey Experiments.” Presented at Annual General Conference of the Japanese Political Science
Association, Hosei University, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro and Jaehyun Song. 2016. “What Do Osaka Citizens Prefer on Osaka Metropolitan Plan? The
Causal Inference Based on Conjoint Survey Experiment” Presented at Annual Conference of the Japanese
Association of Electoral Studies, Nihon University, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2015. “A Comparative Study of Political Attitudes in the Areas Affected by Great East Japan
Earthquakes,” Presented at Annual General Conference of the Japanese Political Science Association, Chiba
University, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2015. “Social Desirability Bias and Voting Turnout,” Presented at Annual Conference of theKansai Public Policy Studies Association, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2014. “An Empirical Analysis of Trust in Electoral Commission,” Presented at Annual
Conference of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan, Tohoku University, Japan.

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Zenkyo, Masahiro and Haruya Sakamoto. 2013. “Explaining Public Support for the Japan Restoration Party,”
Presented at Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Electoral Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.
Hata, Masaki and Masahiro Zenkyo. 2012. “The Psychological Bases for Osaka Restoration Association: fromthe Intensity and Direction Approach,” Presented at Annual Conference of the Kansai Public Policy Studies
Association, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2012. “An Image of “Local Politics” in Citizen’s Mind: Why Are Local Politics More
Trustful than National Politics in Japan?” Presented at Annual Conference of the Japanese Association ofElectoral Studies, Tsukuba University, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro and Hideki Kido. 2011. “An Empirical Analysis of the Motivation of Local Officials in Japan,”Presented at Annual Conference of the Kansai Public Policy Studies Association, Kyoto Sangyo University,Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2010. “The Logic of Non-Respondents: An Analysis of the Effect of Generalized Trust on“Degree of Cooperation” Based on JGSS,” The Japan General Social Survey (JGSS) Research Seminar,
Osaka University of Commerce, Japan.
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2009. “Values Change after the Rapid Economic Growth Era in Japan” Presented at Annual
Conference of the Japanese Association of Electoral Studies, Doshisha University, Japan.

Research Grants
Apr. 2018 – present

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI: Masahiro Zenkyo),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #18K01428

Apr. 2018 – present

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI: Masaru Nishikawa),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #10567390

Apr. 2018 – present

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Akira Inoue),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #18H00602

Apr. 2015 – Mar. 2018

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Kazunori Kawamura),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #60306868

Apr. 2015 – Mar.2017

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (PI: Masahiro Zenkyo),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #15K16995

Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2017

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Masahiro Yamada),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #40260468

Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2016Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Yositeru Murosaki),Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #90026261

Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2016

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Makoto Iokibe),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #25285049

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Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2014

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (PI: Masahiro Zenkyo)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #24730131

Sep. 2009 – Aug. 2010

Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation Research Grants(PI: Masahiro Zenkyo), Konosuke Matsushita Memorial FoundationAwardsJune 2018

The Award for Best Article, Public Policy Studies Association JapanJune 2018

The Hayashi Yujiro Award, The Japan NPO Research Association

June 2014

Incentive Award, Public Policy Studies Association Japan

June 2010

Competition Winner, Japan General Social Survey Paper Competition

Professional Membership2018 –American Political Science Association2014 –

International Political Science Association2013 –

Japan Public Choice Society

2011 –

Public Policy Studies Association Japan

2008 –

Japanese Political Science Association

2008 –Japanese Association of Electoral Studies

Journal Reviewer
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, Social Science Japan Journal, Japanese Journal ofBehaviormetrics, Journal of Public Policy Studies, Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies

Academic Skills
Language
Japanese (native), English (academic reading and elementary conversation)
Statistical Computing
SPSS, STATA, R

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