Annika Clasen
Contact info
Lecturer and Research Associate
40225 Düsseldorf Building: 24.21
Floor/Room: 05.69
Office Hours
Thursdays, 10:00-12:00 am
online/in person
Profile
Spring 2022 l PhD student and Research Associate at the Heinrich-Heine-University at the Chair of Modern Japan II
2023 - 2024 l Doctoral Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo (5 month research stay)
2021 l Internship at the DAAD and DWIH Tokyo
2020 – 2022 l Master of Arts, Institute for Modern Japanese Studies (HHU)
2020 - 2022 l Research Assistant at the Institute for Modern Japanese Studies (HHU)
2019 l Internship at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo
2017 – 2018 l Chiba University, Research project: The Communist Party of Japan (awarded with the MEXT-Scholarship)
2014 – 2019 l Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (1st major) and East Asian Studies (2nd major), Heidelberg University
Research interests:
• Norms and values in international relations
• Foreign Policy Analysis
• Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
• Feminist Foreign Policy
Winter 2022/23:
- (BA) The political system of Japan
Summer 2023:
- (BA) Japan in the Asia-Pacific region
Summer 2024:
- (BA) The political system of Japan
Winter 2024/25:
- (BA) China-Japan relations in the 21st century
(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