Dr Saori Shibata
School of East Asian Studies
Lecturer in East Asian Studies


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School of East Asian Studies
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- Profile
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Dr Saori Shibata joined SEAS in 2021 after working as lecturer in Political Economy of Japan at Leiden University (2014-2021).
She completed a PhD in Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK (2015).
- Qualifications
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2015
Ph.D., University of Birmingham, Department of Political Science and International Studies (UK)Thesis: Consensus-based to a Disorganized Model of Japanese Capitalism: The emergence of new forms of labour activism
2007
M.A., University of Birmingham, Department of Political Science and International Studies (UK)
- Research interests
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Saori’s research focuses on Japan’s political economy, including the changing nature of work, the digital economy and how Japan’s model of capitalism is transforming. This draws on institutionalist approaches to capitalism and critical political economy. She has published on these topics in journals such as New Political Economy, Review of International Political Economy and British Journal of Political Science. She is the author of Contesting Precarity in Japan: The Rise of Nonregular Workers and the New Policy Dissensus published by Cornell University Press.
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
Chapters
Book reviews
- Teaching interests
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Saori constantly strives in her teaching to engage the interest and enthusiasm of students and aim to inspire them in their learning, in particularly through the adoption of a range of innovative teaching methods that are designed to ensure participation within the classroom and a depth of learning.
- Teaching activities
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For academic year 2021/22 I am teaching the following modules:
EAS10XXX – Thinking Transnationally
EAS2031 – Postwar Japanese Politics
EAS683 – Global Governance and Japan
EAS6236 – Postwar Japanese Politics