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Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Center for the Global Liberal Arts Program, Rikkyo University

Degree: PhD in political science(SciencesPo Paris)

Contact information: melletrikkyo.ac.jp
J-GLOBAL ID: 201801002385827041
researchmap Member ID: 7000022194

Research Interests

7

Research Areas

4

Research History

4

Apr, 2023 - Present

Center for the Global Liberal Arts Program, Rikkyo University
Sep, 2020 - Mar, 2023

Associate Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University
Sep, 2017 - Aug, 2020

Assistant Professor, Waseda University, School of International Liberal Studies (SILS)
Sep, 2010 - Dec, 2016

PhD candidate & lecturer, SciencesPo Paris, Center of international research (Centre de recherches internationales, CERI)

Education

1

Sep, 2005 - Jun, 2010

Research in Comparative Politics (Asia), SciencesPo Paris

Papers

6

“The rise of populism in the 21st century: ambiguities and specificities of the Japanese situation” (in French: “La montée des populismes au XXIe siècle : ambiguïtés et spécificités de la situation japonaise”)

MELLET, Xavier

Nouvelles Perspectives en Sciences Sociales, 19(1) 357-397, Jan, 2024 Peer-reviewed
"CLIL courses beyond English in Japan: the case of political discussion in France” (in French: “Enseigner le CLIL au-delà de l’anglais : le cas de la discussion politique en France”)

MELLET, Xavier

Waseda Global Forum, 19 51-79, Jan, 2024 Invited
“The ‘Bayrou moment’ as a mediatic bubble during the 2007 presidential election” (in French: “Le ‘moment Bayrou’ comme bulle médiatique lors de l’élection présidentielle de 2007”)

MELLET, Xavier

Mots. Les langages du politique, 3(121), Nov, 2019 Peer-reviewed
“Youth and Politics in Japan” (in French : “Jeunes et politique au Japon”)

MELLET, Xavier

Etudes. Revue de culture contemporaine, Nov, 2019
“Abe Shinzō, Prime minister of a sick democracy” (in French: “Shinzō Abe, Premier ministre d’une démocratie malade”)

MELLET, Xavier

(198), Jan, 2018
The mediatic composition of populisms. A Japan-France comparison (in French: La composition médiatique des populismes. Une comparaison France-Japon).

MELLET, Xavier

SciencesPo Paris, Dec, 2016

Books and Other Publications

8

Public Behavioural Responses to Policy Making during the Pandemic

SUZUKI Noriko, MELLET Xavier, ANNAKA Susumu, ENDO Masahisa (Role: Joint editor)

Routledge, Dec, 2022 (ISBN: 9781032154275)
“Youth Civic Engagement”, in DESJARDINS Richard and WIKSTEN Susan (eds), Handbook of Civic Engagement and Education

(Role: Contributor)

Edward Elgar Publishing, Dec, 2022 (ISBN: 9781800376946)
“Global Citizenship Education in Japanese Higher Education: from French political training to a plurilingual and multicultural approach to social justice in a CLIL setting”, with DETEY Sylvain, in WIKSTEN Susan (ed.), Centering Global Citizenship Education in the Public Sphere. International Enactments of GCED for Social Justice and Common Good

(Role: Contributor)

Routledge, 2021
“Insularity and universalism in Japanese politics” (in French: “Insularité et universalisme politique japonais”), with GRIVAUD Arnaud, in DELAMOTTE Guibourg (ed.), Japan in the world (Le Japon dans le monde)

MELLET, Xavier (Role: Contributor)

CNRS Editions, Oct, 2019
“Abe Shinzō, the new strong man of Japan. Political stabilization and ambiguous populism in Japanese politics since 2012” (in French: “Abe Shinzō, nouvel homme fort du Japon. Stabilisation politique et populisme ambigu depuis 2012”), in JAFFRELOT Christop

MELLET, Xavier (Role: Contributor)

Presses de SciencesPo, Sep, 2019
“The relationship between religion and nationalism in Japan, in the context of a potential constitutional amendment concerning military forces” (in French: “Le rapport entre religion et nationalisme dans le contexte de l’amendement possible de la Constitu

MELLET, Xavier

International observatory of religious phenomena (Observatoire international du religieux),, Feb, 2018
Asian Yearbook 2015-2016 (in French: Annuaire Asie 2015-2016)

MELLET, Xavier (Role: Contributor)

La documentation française, May, 2016
Asian Yearbook 2014-2015 (in French: Annuaire Asie 2014-2015)

MELLET, Xavier (Role: Contributor)

La documentation française, Apr, 2015

Presentations

16

“CLIL courses beyond English in Japan: the case of political discussion in contemporary France”

APM workshop, Waseda University, Jul 15, 2022 Invited
“Political participation of Japanese youth from its obstacles: an inquiry on the forms of socialization and political perceptions” (in French : “La participation politique des jeunes japonais à travers ses obstacles : enquête sur les formes de socialisation et les perceptions politiques”)

Congress of the French Association of Political Science (AFSP), Jul 6, 2022
“Political participation of the Japanese youth in regard with the French situation: elements for a comparative analysis” (in French: “La participation politique des jeunes japonais au regard de la situation française : éléments d’analyse comparative”)

Maison franco-japonaise, doctoral seminar, Jun 28, 2022
“Thinking about the links between democracy and populism thanks to contemporary France and Japan” (in French: “Penser les liens entre démocratie et populisme à partir de la France et du Japon contemporains”; and Japanese “現代フランスと日本の事例からポピュリズムと民主主義の関係を考える”)

Round-table “Populism in France and Japan” (“Le Populisme en France et au Japon”; “フランスと日本におけるポピュリズム”), Waseda Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies, Jun, 2021
“GCE in Japanese Higher Education: A plurilingual and multicultural approach in a CLIL setting” (with Sylvain Detey), in the panel “Centering Global Citizenship Education in the public sphere”

65th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, “Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts”, Apr 26, 2021
“The mask as a political quasi-object in the Covid-19 epidemics. A qualitative analysis on French news media controversies” (In French : Le masque comme quasi-objet politique face au Covid-19. Une analyse qualitative des controverses dans la presse française), in the panel “Wearing mask in times of Covid-19” (in French : Le port du masque en période de COVID-19)

POSOC seminar, Mar 18, 2021
Populism and political distrust since the 1990s (in French: Populisme et défiance politique depuis les années 1990)

メレグザヴィエ

Society, politics and economy of contemporary Japan (in French: Société, politique et économie dans le Japon contemporain), Feb 6, 2020 Invited
Invective communication in contemporary French politics: the populist reason in time of distrust

メレグザヴィエ

Insults, Hate Speech, and Denigration, Feb 4, 2020
Comparative analysis of CLIL courses in a plurilingual and multicultural environment. Lessons from the APM programme

MELLET, Xavier

Methods and Roles of Plurilingual and Multicultural Education, School of International Liberal Studies (Waseda University), Nov 25, 2019
Populism and Negative Messages in French Politics Since 2017: How to Take Advantage of Political Distrust

メレグザヴィエ

Workshop at Waseda University on “Invectivity: A New Paradigm in Cultural Studies?”, Apr 1, 2019
Abe Shinzō, the new strong man of Japan. Political stabilization and ambiguous populism in Japanese politics since 2012” (in French: Abe Shinzō, nouvel homme fort du Japon. Stabilisation politique et populisme ambigu depuis 2012)

メレグザヴィエ

Symposium of the SciencesPo Paris research group on “new demagogues”, Nov 28, 2018
Teaching methods and academic personality, from SciencesPo Paris to Waseda SILS

MELLET, Xavier

APM Symposium “International identities, plurilinguism and comparatism in higher education: an interdisciplinary perspective”, School of International Liberal Studies (Waseda University), Jun 18, 2018
Nationalism and communication style in France and Japan

MELLET, Xavier

EU-Japan Forum (Free University of Brussels), Mar 12, 2018
Populism and the Crisis of Democracy in France and Japan

MELLET, Xavier

Maison franco-japonaise, Lunch Seminar, Tōkyō, Feb 9, 2018
Populism against populism: Emmanuel Macron’s centrist victory in the 2017 French Presidential election

MELLET, Xavier

Waseda University international conference, “West-European politics in 2017”, Jan 11, 2018
“Role and efficiency of political communication under the second Abe government: lessons from the Koizumi moment” (in French: “Rôle et efficacité de la communication politique sous le second mandat d'Abe Shinzō : les leçons du moment Koizumi”)

MELLET, Xavier

”), 6th French Network for Asian Studies International Conference (Paris), Jun, 2017

Teaching Experience

15

Apr, 2024 - Present

Principles of Sociology (Rikkyo University)
Apr, 2024 - Present

Citizenship First Seminar (Rikkyo University)
Apr, 2024 - Present

Cross-Fields Research (Rikkyo University)
Apr, 2024 - Present

Tutorial (Rikkyo University)
Apr, 2024 - Present

Political Sociology (Rikkyo University)
Apr, 2024 - Present

Citizenship Education (Rikkyo University)
Oct, 2019 - Present

Understanding French Culture (Waseda University)
Sep, 2017 - Present

Understanding French Politics (Waseda University - SILS)
Japanese Politics and Society (Rennes Institute of Management (France))
Introduction to Japanese Politics (SciencesPo Paris)
Introduction to Political Science (SciencesPo Paris)
Populism and the Crisis of Democracy (Waseda University - SILS)
Political Science: A French Perspective (Waseda University - SILS)
Populism in France and Japan (Waseda University - SILS)
Introduction to French Studies (Waseda University - SILS)

Research Projects

1

Research Fellowship

Canon Foundation in Europe, Sep, 2011 - Dec, 2012

MELLET, Xavier