Annika Clasen
Contact info
40225 Düsseldorf Building: 24.21.
Floor/room: 05.69
Profile
Research interests:
• Norms and values in international relations
• Foreign Policy Analysis
• Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
• Feminist Foreign Policy
| Since 2022 | Research Associate & PhD Candidate at the Institute for Modern Japanese Studies, HHU |
| Summer 2025 | JSPS Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Summer 2024 | Guest Researcher at the University of California San Diego, USA |
| 2023 – 2024 | Doctoral Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo, Japan |
| 2021 | Internship, DAAD & DWIH Tokyo Office, Japan |
| 2020 – 2022 | Master's Degree, Modern Japanese Studies, HHU |
| 2020 – 2022 | Research assistant, Institute for Modern Japanese Studies, HHU |
| 2019 | Internship, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017-2018 | Chiba University |
| 2014-2019 | Bachelor's Degree, Political Science & East Asian Studies (Japanese Studies), Heidelberg University |
| Winter 2025/26 | (BA) The political system of Japan |
| Summer 2025 | (BA) Recherchemethoden und Präsentationstechniken/ Techniken des wissenschaftlichen Schreibens |
| Winter 2024/25: | (BA) China-Japan relations in the 21. century |
| Summer 2024: | (BA) The political system of Japan |
| Summer 2023: | (BA) Japan in the Asia-Pacific region |
(2024) Beyond Militarisation. Japan's Path to Civilian Power. Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/23477970241250098
(2024) [With: Harald Conrad] Rainbows and Ratings: Assessing Indices of LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in the Japanese Workplace, Contemporay Japan. https://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2024.2346363
2025: “Kishida Fumio: Architect of a new Japanese civilian power?”, Japanologentag, Frankfurt, Germany.
2025: “Gender Equality in Japan's foreign policy”, AAS Conference, Ohio, Columbus, USA.
2024: “Assuming civilian power: Kishida’s foreign policy”, Japan Innovation and Technology Forum, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
2024: “Current trends of pro-gender norms in Japan’s foreign policy”, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
2024: “Feminist foreign policy for Japan? Localizing feminist trends in Japan’s foreign policy”, DIJ Study Group for Social Science, Tokyo, Japan.
2024: “Feminist foreign policy for Japan?”, Osaka Graduate Conference 2024, Osaka, Japan.
2021: “LGBTQ+ in the Japanese workplace: Between rainbow-washing and LGBTQ+ advocacy – An analysis of indices of LGBTQ+ friendliness in Japanese companies”, VSJF Annual Conference, Focus Group on Economics, online.