Yusuke Kawamura

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Affiliation: Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University

Degree: PhD in Political Science(Jan, 2017, University of Durham)
MA in International Relations (Middle East)(Jan, 2012, University of Durham)
MA in Political Science(Mar, 2009, Kyoto University)

Researcher number: 00784125
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9154-6193
J-GLOBAL ID: 201601019709434256
researchmap Member ID: 7000015454

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Politics / Coｍparative Politics

Research History

Oct, 2023 - Present

Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University
Mar, 2023 - Sep, 2023

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath
Apr, 2019 - Sep, 2023

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
Oct, 2018 - Mar, 2019

Research Associate, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
Apr, 2017 - Sep, 2018

Postdoctoral Fellow, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumaikan University
Apr, 2017 - Sep, 2018

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2017

Research Associate, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University

Education

Oct, 2011 - Aug, 2016

PhD Programme, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham
Oct, 2010 - Sep, 2011

Master Programme, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2009

Master Programme in Political Science, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2007

Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

Awards

Jul, 2022

Maenosono Best Research Awards, Kobe University

Major Papers

Public Sector Employment as a Social Welfare Policy: The “Social Contract” and Failed Job Creation for Youth in Egypt

Yusuke Kawamura

Contemporary Review of the Middle East, 9(1) 31-50, Mar, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Pension Reform in an Authoritarian State: A Case Study of Egypt

Yusuke Kawamura

Public Administration Issues, 2021(5) 89-106, Jun, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Social Welfare under Authoritarian Rule: Change and Path Dependence in the Social Welfare System in Mubarak's Egypt

Yusuke Kawamura

Aug, 2016
Structural Adjustment and Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa: Food Subsidies in Jordan

Yusuke Kawamura

Contemporary Arab Studies, 8(1) 81-95, Jan, 2015 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

Transformation of Egypt's Authoritarian Welfare Regime: From the Arab Socialist Model to the Neoliberal Model?

Yusuke Kawamura

Durham University, Jan, 2020
The Politics of National Reintegration: Between Welfare Statism and Liberal Nationalism

Yusuke Kawamura (Role: Contributor, Chapter 10: International Labour Movements in the Arab World)

Nakanishiya, Aug, 2017 (ISBN: 9784779511905)
Redistributive Politics in the Arab Authoritarian Countries: Change and Path Dependence in the Egyptian Welfare Regime

Yusuke Kawamura

Minerva, Apr, 2017 (ISBN: 9784623080687)
New Social Risks and Reconstruction of the Public Spheres: Comparative Analysis of Japan, South Korea, Canada and Egypt

Yusuke Kawamura, Hideki Kido, Yuki Tsuji, Juyoung An, Masaki Kondo

Kyoto University, Global Center of Excellence for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia, Sep, 2010

Misc.

Book Review: Takuro Kikkawa, Politics, Military Affairss and Social Movements in Jordan (Koyo Shobo, 2020)

Yusuke Kawamura

The Book Review Press, 3501 4, Jun 26, 2021
Book Review: M. Kisaichi, S. Hamanaka and T. Yokota eds., Handbook on Middle East and Islamic Studies (Akashi Shoten, 2017).

Yusuke Kawamura

Journal of Islamic Area Studies, 10 137, Mar, 2018
Book Review: Clement Moore Henry and Robert Springborg, Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East, 2nd edition

Yusuke Kawamura

New Middle Eastern Studies, Jan, 2014
Social Protection and Structural Adjustment Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa: The Case of Jordanian Food Subsidies

Yusuke Kawamura

Bulletin for the Council for British Research in the Levant, 8(1) 70-72, Oct, 2013

Major Presentations

Theoretical Implications of Social Inclusion Programmes under Authoritarian Rule: Analysing Social Investment in Contemporary Egypt

Yusuke Kawamura

10th Anniversary Conference of the MENA Social Policy Network, Jul, 2023, Mohammed V University
Effects of Bilateral Aid from China on Social Development in the Middle East and North Africa: A Case Study of Egypt

Yusuke Kawamura

Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Jul, 2023, University of Exeter
Social Protection and the COVID-19 Crisis

Yusuke Kawamura

Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Comparative Politics, Jun, 2021, Keio University
Transformation of the Egyptian Welfare Regime: From the Arab Socialist Model to the Neoliberal Model?

Yusuke Kawamura

Research Lecture, Dec, 2019, Dr. Seaker Chan Center for Comparative Political Development, Fudan University Invited
The Outsourcing of Social Welfare Programmes and Islamic Charity in Egypt

Yusuke Kawamura

Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Jun, 2019, University of Leeds

Major Teaching Experience

Sep, 2023 - Present

Politics in the Islamic World (Kansai University, Faculty of Law)
Oct, 2022 - Present

Contemporary Issues (Kyoto University, School of Government)
Oct, 2019 - Present

Principles of Political Research (Kobe University, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies)
Apr, 2019 - Present

Research Methods in Political Science (Kobe University, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies)
Apr, 2024 - Dec, 2024

Politics (Kobe University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Analyzing Effects of China's Foreign Aid on Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa: A Case Study of Egypt

Inamori Research Grant, Inamori Foundation, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Yusuke Kawamura
Social Protection after the "Arab Spring": Comparative Analysis of Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

Yusuke Kawamura
Welfare Retrenchment and the Outsourcing Strategies of Political Leaders in Egypt

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Yusuke Kawamura
Welfare Retrenchment and the Strategies of Political Leaders in the MENA Region

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,, Aug, 2016 - Mar, 2017

Yusuke Kawamura
Social Protection and the Survival Strategies of Political Leaders under Authoritarian Rule: Food Subsidies and the Social Fund for Development (SFD) in the Mubarak Era

Research Grant, The Murata Science Foundation,, Sep, 2013 - Aug, 2014

Yusuke Kawamura
Social Protection and the Survival Strategies of Political Leaders under Authoritarian Rule: Public Employment in the Mubarak Era

Research Grant, The Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation,, Oct, 2013 - Jul, 2014

Yusuke Kawamura
Social Welfare Programmes under Authoritarian Rule: Comparative Analysis of the Jordanian and Egyptian Food Subsidy Programmes

Research Scholarships, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL),, Sep, 2012 - Feb, 2013

Yusuke Kawamura

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