Job title：
Professor
Research theme for competitive and other funds (2)：
2014 - 2017 Comparative Energy Discourse in Japan and Germany
2013 - 2017 Politician and Citizen Use of Social Media
Papers (16)：
Tkach Kawasaki, Leslie. A Gendered Social Media Approach? Similarities and Differences in Female and Male Candidate Twitter Use in the 2019 Upper House Election. European Association of Japanese Studies (EAJS) 16th International Conference. 2021
Vergeer, Maurice, Tkach-Kawasaki, Leslie, Lee, Junku. Individual and contextual determinants of adoption of online media services in the 2017 lower house election campaign in Japan. TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS. 2020. 50
Hartwig, Manuela, Tkach Kawasaki, Leslie. Correction to: Identifying the ‘Fukushima Effect’ in Germany through policy actors’ responses: evidence from the G-GEPON 2 survey. QUALITY & QUANTITY. 2020. 54. 2020. 213-234
Lee, Junku, h.D. Candidate, Tkach Kawasaki, Leslie. The Relationship Between Information-Sharing and Resource-Sharing Networks in Environmental Policy Governance: Focusing on Germany and Japan. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia. 2018. 17. 2. 176-199
Okura, Sae, Tkach Kawasaki, Leslie, Kobashi, Yohei, Hartwig, Manuela, Tsujinaka, Yutaka. Analysis of the Policy Network for the ‘Feed-in Tariff Law’ in Japan: Evidence from the GEPON survey. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia. 2016. 15. 1. 41-63
Manufacturing Government Communication on COVID-19: A Comparative Perspective
Springer 2022 ISBN:9783031092299
Political Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis
Routledge 2021 ISBN:9780367636791
Research Results Compilation: Comparative Energy Policy and Discourse in Japan and Germany, October 2014 - March 2018
University of Tsukuba 2018 ISBN:9784902869347
Global Environmental Policy Network Survey, Germany (G-GEPON 2) November 2016 to February 2017 Codebook
University of Tsukuba 2017 ISBN:9784902869330
Social Media and Civil Society in Japan
Palgrave Macmillan 2017 ISBN:9789811050947
Same or Different? Post-COVID Policy Communication in Japan
(IAMCR 2024 Otautahi Christchurch)
Online Media and Campaigning in Local Elections: A Case Study of the Ibaraki Councilors Election 2022
(17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS))
Japan’s Digital Transformation (DX) and Trends in Public Policy Communication
(IAMCR 2023 (International Association of Media and Communciations Research Conference, Lyon, 2023))
Translating Views into Votes: Trends in Engaging Young Japanese Voters
(Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) Conference 2022)
New Political Actors in the Electoral Process: Japan’s Election Management Boards Online
(8Th Annual Conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics)
2010 - 現在 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Reviewer, IEEE Journal
- 現在 Association of Internet Researchers Member, AOIR Ethics Committee
2009/02 - 2013/12 Journal of Information Technology and Politics Senior Book Review Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics
2009/02 - 2013/12 Journal of Information Technology and Politics Senior Book Review Editor
2005/02 - 2013/12 Journal of Information Technology and Politics Editorial Board Member, Journal of Information Technology and Politics
2005/02 - 2013/12 Journal of Information Technology and Politics Editorial Board Member
2010 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Reviewer, IEEE Journal
2003 - 2005 Association of Internet Researchers Graduate Student Representative
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Association Membership(s) (8)：
European Association of Japanese Studies
, International Network for Social Network Analysis
, Japanese Studies Association of Canada
, International Communication Association
, Association of Internet Researchers
, The Japan Society of Socio-Information Studies
, Japan Society for Information and Media Studies
, JAPANSE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTION STUDIES
