📚 Assistant Professor of Political Science @Yale 👦🏻👨🏻👴🏻 Politics of Age 🇯🇵 Japanese Politics
New Haven, CT
Joined March 2009
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Happy to share two pieces of good news: first, my job market paper is online @The_JOP
I find that younger mayors increase spending on child welfare for young families, especially through long-term investments, but do not cut elderly welfare spending
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
Delighted to serve again on the selection committee for the @usjf_ Young Mayors of Japan Award alongside @kumagai_chiba and @linkobayashi!
Applications are now open for the 2026 award.
2026年度「若手首長賞」の応募受付が始まりました！若手首長の皆さま、ぜひご応募ください。
Details and how to apply / 詳細・応募方法はこちら：
English: us-jf.org/en/young-mayors-aw…
日本語: us-jf.org/ja/young-mayors-aw…
Second piece of good news: my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer is now forthcoming @BJPolS
We find that including younger representatives in decision-making bodies can boost perceptions of fairness and trust, even among older adults
charlesmcclean.com/s/Youth-R…
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JSQPS 2027年冬季研究集会の報告募集が公開されました。1月5−6日、大阪大学中之島センターでの開催です。企画委員長として、多くの皆さまのご応募をお待ちしております。詳細は下記URLをご覧ください。
sites.google.com/view/jsqps/…
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The Watson School and the Dept of Political Science at Brown are searching for a postdoc in comparative politics. The search is broadly defined with respect to region, substantive focus, and methodological approach. Please spread the word!
apply.interfolio.com/191974
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The Yale Population Studies Workshop 2026–27 schedule is up! We have a fantastic interdisciplinary lineup this year!
The workshop brings together scholars working across demography, population health, economics, sociology, and related fields. If you’re at Yale—or passing through New Haven—we hope you’ll join us for some great conversations this year.
See the full schedule here: isps.yale.edu/calendar/works…
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📢Call for Papers!
NYU Politics will host the fifth "Frontiers in Empirical Research on East Asia" conference on Jan. 14–15, co-organized by @EHWpolisci, @amycatalinac, and me. Please submit your application by Aug. 17: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…. Look forward to your submissions!
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Yale Political Science has 3 open-rank searches this year: 1) Quantitative Political Science (scholars who might teach a course in quant methods and who uses quant methods in their applied research); 2) International Political Economy; (3) IR/CP/PE. Links in thread
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Applications are open for the CSIS Japan Chair fall internship. For priority considerations, applications should be submitted by August 2 at 11:59pm.
For more information, visit bit.ly/4yncC8F
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Excited to announce that jpmap + jpmapdata are now ready on CRAN! 🇯🇵🗺️📦
From initial idea to CRAN submission took less than 24 hours with OpenAI Codex running GPT-5.5 in Extra High Intelligence mode. 🤖⚡
yhoriuchi.github.io/jpmap/
I spoke with @thedispatch for this story on why U.S. politicians tend to be older than those in other democracies thedispatch.com/newsletter/m…
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Pleased that my paper “Paper Pusher or President’s Guard: Contentious Action in Syria’s Revolution” has been conditionally accepted at the Journal of Peace Research
The latest version is online here: osf.io/preprints/osf/9c5vu_v…
A @usnews story yesterday, "U.S. Lawmakers Are Oldest of Any Democracy. Here's Why," cited my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer (both quoted) on youth representation and democratic legitimacy.
Paper: charlesmcclean.com/s/Youth-R…
usnews.com/news/best-countri…
Now underway: Anna Yorozuya and I are delighted to kick off the Japan Conference for Social Scientists @YaleMacMillan.
The conference brings together 23 participants for two days of discussion.
More details here: macmillan.yale.edu/eastasia/…
Excited to share my new article with Don Lee @ElectoralStdies
Using a conjoint experiment during an electoral reform debate in Korea, we show that women and young people favor reforms that strengthen representation—but not at any cost to accountability.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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今年初の論文が公刊されました。若者は投票に行かないと言われますが、人生初の選挙では投票に行く確率が10%高くなることを示しました。投票率を1割も上げる要因は他に中々ないと思います。 (1/4) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
On Thursday, I'll be @georgetownsfs for a conference, where I'll discuss why young voters have backed Takaichi and what this tells us about social change and politics in Japan. If you're in DC, hope you can join us!
📅 events.georgetown.edu/event/…
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Coming to @MPSAnet - wondering what you will do? Attend 2 AWESOME events. The first is a one-of-a-kind "Featured Books event" featuring books by Kate Baldwin @amycatalinac @lschiume @KuipersNicholas Christina Wolbrecht and Dave Campbell👇
Happy to share my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer has won the @SPPQJournal Best Paper Award from @APSA_SPP
We find that including younger representatives in decision-making bodies can boost perceptions of fairness and institutional trust
charlesmcclean.com/s/Youth-R…
