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Annika Clasen

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Research Associate and Lecturer
Annika Clasen
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Building: 24.21.
Floor/room: 05.69
0211-81-11976
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Thursdays, 10:00-12:00
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Research interests:
•    Norms and values in international relations
•    Foreign Policy Analysis
•    Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
•    Feminist Foreign Policy

 

Since 2022Research Associate & PhD Candidate at the Institute for Modern Japanese Studies, HHU
Summer 2025JSPS Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan
Summer 2024Guest Researcher at the University of California San Diego, USA
2023 – 2024Doctoral Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo, Japan
2021Internship, DAAD & DWIH Tokyo Office, Japan
2020 – 2022Master's Degree, Modern Japanese Studies, HHU
2020 – 2022Research assistant, Institute for Modern Japanese Studies, HHU
2019Internship, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo, Japan
2017-2018Chiba University 
2014-2019Bachelor'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 Japanhttps://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2024.2346363

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.