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 Mar. 2008 Mar. 2006 Ph. D. in Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University M. A. in Policy Science, Doshisha University 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 Apr. 2014 Mar. 2016 Apr. 2013 Mar. 2014 Associate Professor, School of Law and Politics, Kwansei Gakuin University Assistant Professor, School of Law and Politics, Kwansei Gakuin University 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 Institute Part-time Sep. 2015 present. Apr. 2014 Mar. 2015 Oct. 2011 present Sep. 2011 Mar. 2013 Sep. 2011 Mar. 2012 Part-time Lecturer, Kansai University, Japan Part-time Lecturer, Kyoto Women's University, Japan Part-time Lecturer, Kobe University, Japan Part-time Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Part-time Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Research Interests Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Japanese Local Politics, Party Politics, Survey Methodology. 1
Publications (in Japanese) Books Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2018(forthcoming). An Empirical Analysis of Support for Ishin-no-Kai: Is it Populism, or Rational 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. 61-76. 2
Invited Journal Articles Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2016. Does Party Support Explain Voting Behavior? Examining the conditional effects of partisanship 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 Based on 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 of Law 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 Wipe out 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. 3
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 of Bureaucrats? 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 and Japan, 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. Presented at Japan Association for Comparative Politics, Tohoku University, Japan. Zenkyo, Masahiro and Takeshi Hieda. 2018. Do People Prefer Populist Messages? Evidence from Survey Experiments 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 the Kansai 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. 4
Zenkyo, Masahiro. 2013. The Third Poll: An Analysis of the Voting Behavior in the Upper House election in 1989, Presented at Annual Conference of the Japan Public Choice Society, Tohoku University, Japan. 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: from the 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 of Electoral 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 Apr. 2018 present Apr. 2018 present Apr. 2015 Mar. 2018 Apr. 2015 Mar.2017 Apr. 2014 Mar. 2017 Apr. 2013 Mar. 2016 Apr. 2013 Mar. 2016 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI: Masahiro Zenkyo), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #18K01428 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI: Masaru Nishikawa), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #10567390 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Akira Inoue), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #18H00602 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Kazunori Kawamura), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #60306868 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (PI: Masahiro Zenkyo), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #15K16995 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Masahiro Yamada), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #40260468 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Yositeru Murosaki), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #90026261 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Makoto Iokibe), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #25285049 5
Apr. 2012 Mar. 2014 Sep. 2009 Aug. 2010 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (PI: Masahiro Zenkyo) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, #24730131 Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation Research Grants (PI: Masahiro Zenkyo), Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation Awards June 2018 June 2018 June 2014 June 2010 The Award for Best Article, Public Policy Studies Association Japan The Hayashi Yujiro Award, The Japan NPO Research Association Incentive Award, Public Policy Studies Association Japan Competition Winner, Japan General Social Survey Paper Competition Professional Membership 2018 American Political Science Association 2014 International Political Science Association 2013 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 of Behaviormetrics, 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 September 12, 2018 6