Phillip Lipscy
@lipscy.bsky.social
Polisci professor, University of Toronto & 東京大学 (prev. Stanford, Harvard). IPE, IOs, climate, Japan; website: https://www.lipscy.org Director: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj Book: http://amazon.com/dp/1316604284/
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Phillip Lipscy
@lipscy.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
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Tomorrow, 8-9 pm ET: Join us for #JPOSS #57 to discuss Erik Wang's @erik-h-wang.bsky.social paper, “Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan,” w/ Emily Sellars, Jun Yamasaki, & Christina Davis. Paper & registration: shorturl.at/HQsg1
Erik Wang (New York University), “Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan” – JPOSS
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tomorrow, 8-9 pm ET: Join us for #JPOSS #57 to discuss Erik Wang's @erik-h-wang.bsky.social paper, “Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan,” w/ Emily Sellars, Jun Yamasaki, & Christina Davis. Paper & registration: shorturl.at/HQsg1
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congratulations to Dr. Lawther for successfully defending his dissertation today. very happy to have supervised this excellent work
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
congratulations to Dr. Lawther for successfully defending his dissertation today. very happy to have supervised this excellent work
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Tuesday, 11/4, 8-9PM ET: Join Director Christina Davis and our Faculty Associates Amy Catalinac, Saori Katada, @adampliff.bsky.social, @lipscy.bsky.social, @profdansmith.bsky.social online to discuss "Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi: What Can We Expect?"
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Japan's New Prime Minister Takaichi: What Can We Expect?
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Tuesday, 11/4, 8-9PM ET: Join Director Christina Davis and our Faculty Associates Amy Catalinac, Saori Katada, @adampliff.bsky.social, @lipscy.bsky.social, @profdansmith.bsky.social online to discuss "Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi: What Can We Expect?"
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/japans...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/japans...
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You can find out how to prepare your materials for submission to the Japanese Journal of Political Science, the publication process, and more here -
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#OpenAccess #jjps
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#OpenAccess #jjps
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
You can find out how to prepare your materials for submission to the Japanese Journal of Political Science, the publication process, and more here -
cup.org/4lzndHq
#OpenAccess #jjps
cup.org/4lzndHq
#OpenAccess #jjps
We have posted an event report for the Japan Conference hosted at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan ealier this year. Thanks to all the participants for a great conference!
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munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj/news/ev...
Event Report: Japan Conference: University of Toronto 2025
Japan conference 2025, university of toronto
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October 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We have posted an event report for the Japan Conference hosted at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan ealier this year. Thanks to all the participants for a great conference!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj/news/ev...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj/news/ev...
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Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
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Tensions between the LDP and Komeito have been building over recent years, but Japan's ruling coalition has hit a crucial stage. The combo of Takaichi at the helm, plummeting election results for Komeito, a Soka Gakkai base that's facing its own existential crises after Ikeda Daisaku...a new era.
With the LDP and Kōmeitō at odds, sharing my conversation with @levimclaughlin.bsky.social from after the upper house elections.
observingjapan.substack.com/p/the-past-p...
observingjapan.substack.com/p/the-past-p...
The past, present, and future of Kōmeitō
A conversation with Levi McLaughlin
observingjapan.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tensions between the LDP and Komeito have been building over recent years, but Japan's ruling coalition has hit a crucial stage. The combo of Takaichi at the helm, plummeting election results for Komeito, a Soka Gakkai base that's facing its own existential crises after Ikeda Daisaku...a new era.
I was interviewed by @scmpnews.bsky.social regarding the LDP leadership contest in Japan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzY...
Who will be Japan’s next prime minister?
YouTube video by South China Morning Post
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October 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I was interviewed by @scmpnews.bsky.social regarding the LDP leadership contest in Japan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzY...
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Wed., 9/3, 8-9 pm ET: Join next #JPOSS to discuss Jacques Hymans's paper, “Official historical memory discourse and public opinion: The case of Japan’s new banknote designs” with Charles Crabtree, @yoshiono.bsky.social, and @lipscy.bsky.social. Paper and registration: jposs.org/event/hymans...
Jacques Hymans (University of Southern California), “Official historical memory discourse and public opinion: The case of Japan’s new banknote designs” – JPOSS
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August 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Wed., 9/3, 8-9 pm ET: Join next #JPOSS to discuss Jacques Hymans's paper, “Official historical memory discourse and public opinion: The case of Japan’s new banknote designs” with Charles Crabtree, @yoshiono.bsky.social, and @lipscy.bsky.social. Paper and registration: jposs.org/event/hymans...
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#OpenAccess from our new issue -
Beyond #COVID19 vaccine acceptance: survey evidence from Taiwan - cup.org/4kD6qBy
"partisan fights on the vaccination against COVID-19 in Taiwan centred on its brand choice rather than acceptance"
- Yun-Yeh Chiang & Jason Kuo
Beyond #COVID19 vaccine acceptance: survey evidence from Taiwan - cup.org/4kD6qBy
"partisan fights on the vaccination against COVID-19 in Taiwan centred on its brand choice rather than acceptance"
- Yun-Yeh Chiang & Jason Kuo
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#OpenAccess from our new issue -
Beyond #COVID19 vaccine acceptance: survey evidence from Taiwan - cup.org/4kD6qBy
"partisan fights on the vaccination against COVID-19 in Taiwan centred on its brand choice rather than acceptance"
- Yun-Yeh Chiang & Jason Kuo
Beyond #COVID19 vaccine acceptance: survey evidence from Taiwan - cup.org/4kD6qBy
"partisan fights on the vaccination against COVID-19 in Taiwan centred on its brand choice rather than acceptance"
- Yun-Yeh Chiang & Jason Kuo
I wrote a piece about Japan's recent upper house election in @eastasiaforum.bsky.social
eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/27/j...
eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/27/j...
Japan’s upper house election delivers political uncertainty with big implications
Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist undercurrents in a political moment demanding clarity and strength.
eastasiaforum.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I wrote a piece about Japan's recent upper house election in @eastasiaforum.bsky.social
eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/27/j...
eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/27/j...
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Thurs., 6/19, 8-9 pm ET: Join next #JPOSS to discuss Shusuke Ioku's paper, “Weapons of the Weak: Population Mobility and the Construction of the State in Early Modern Japan, with Francisco Garfias @fgarfias.bsky.social, Chiaki Moriguchi, and Amy Catalinac (Chair). Info: jposs.org/event/ioku-0...
June 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thurs., 6/19, 8-9 pm ET: Join next #JPOSS to discuss Shusuke Ioku's paper, “Weapons of the Weak: Population Mobility and the Construction of the State in Early Modern Japan, with Francisco Garfias @fgarfias.bsky.social, Chiaki Moriguchi, and Amy Catalinac (Chair). Info: jposs.org/event/ioku-0...
The Japan Conference at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan @uoft.bsky.social was a great success. It was wonderful to see exciting work from the next generation of Japan scholars and exchange views on the future of Japan studies.
May 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Japan Conference at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan @uoft.bsky.social was a great success. It was wonderful to see exciting work from the next generation of Japan scholars and exchange views on the future of Japan studies.
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#JPOSS is organized by Amy Catalinac, Christina Davis,
@sfujihira.bsky.social, @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, Saori Katada, @lipscy.bsky.social, and @profdansmith.bsky.social. Please check out Sangyong Son's website. We look forward to your participation! sangyongson.com
@sfujihira.bsky.social, @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, Saori Katada, @lipscy.bsky.social, and @profdansmith.bsky.social. Please check out Sangyong Son's website. We look forward to your participation! sangyongson.com
Sangyong Son
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May 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#JPOSS is organized by Amy Catalinac, Christina Davis,
@sfujihira.bsky.social, @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, Saori Katada, @lipscy.bsky.social, and @profdansmith.bsky.social. Please check out Sangyong Son's website. We look forward to your participation! sangyongson.com
@sfujihira.bsky.social, @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, Saori Katada, @lipscy.bsky.social, and @profdansmith.bsky.social. Please check out Sangyong Son's website. We look forward to your participation! sangyongson.com
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📣 Job opening alert: CSIS Japan Chair is now accepting applications for a Fellow/Senior Fellow and a Research Assistant! More information: careers.csis.org/opportunities
Careers | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📣 Job opening alert: CSIS Japan Chair is now accepting applications for a Fellow/Senior Fellow and a Research Assistant! More information: careers.csis.org/opportunities
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Read "The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions," forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social, co-authored by Faculty Associate @lipscy.bsky.social. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
March 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Read "The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions," forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social, co-authored by Faculty Associate @lipscy.bsky.social. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
I am the co-editor-in-chief of @jjps.bsky.social. We welcome manuscripts from the full range of subfields and methods. We are a @cambridgeup.bsky.social open-access journal (OA is free if you don't have funding to cover it). Please consider submitting your work!
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Japanese Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Japanese Journal of Political Science - Professor Rieko Kage, Professor Shuhei Kurizaki, Professor Phillip Lipscy
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March 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I am the co-editor-in-chief of @jjps.bsky.social. We welcome manuscripts from the full range of subfields and methods. We are a @cambridgeup.bsky.social open-access journal (OA is free if you don't have funding to cover it). Please consider submitting your work!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
February 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
The three campuses of University of Toronto responded completely differently to overnight snowfall.
February 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The three campuses of University of Toronto responded completely differently to overnight snowfall.
Our webinar event on the Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency is coming up tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
We will be hosting a webinar on the Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency on 2/11. Featuring Michael Beeman (USTR under Trump 1.0) and expert comments from Jonathan Miller, @profvekasi.bsky.social, and Yves Tiberghien. Hope you can join us!
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munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/geoeco...
The Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency
munkschool.utoronto.ca
February 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our webinar event on the Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency is coming up tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
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The US-Japan Foundation & leading scholars announced an award for best doctoral dissertation in social sciences on Japan. They hope it will give an early boost to the winner's career and deepen our knowledge.Details here: us-jf.org/en/news/usjf... (Please let folks on your distribution lists know.)
USJF announces new dissertation award
USJF announces new dissertation award
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February 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The US-Japan Foundation & leading scholars announced an award for best doctoral dissertation in social sciences on Japan. They hope it will give an early boost to the winner's career and deepen our knowledge.Details here: us-jf.org/en/news/usjf... (Please let folks on your distribution lists know.)
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This should be a great event!
We will be hosting a webinar on the Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency on 2/11. Featuring Michael Beeman (USTR under Trump 1.0) and expert comments from Jonathan Miller, @profvekasi.bsky.social, and Yves Tiberghien. Hope you can join us!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/geoeco...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/geoeco...
The Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency
munkschool.utoronto.ca
February 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This should be a great event!
We will be hosting a webinar on the Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency on 2/11. Featuring Michael Beeman (USTR under Trump 1.0) and expert comments from Jonathan Miller, @profvekasi.bsky.social, and Yves Tiberghien. Hope you can join us!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/geoeco...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/geoeco...
The Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency
munkschool.utoronto.ca
February 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We will be hosting a webinar on the Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency on 2/11. Featuring Michael Beeman (USTR under Trump 1.0) and expert comments from Jonathan Miller, @profvekasi.bsky.social, and Yves Tiberghien. Hope you can join us!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/geoeco...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/geoeco...
We are very excited to welcome Kay Shimizu to the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Munk School to talk about her book, "The Digital Transformation and Japan's Political Economy" (co-authored with Ulrike Shaede). We hope you can join us!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/digita...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/digita...
The Digital Transformation and Japan's Political Economy
munkschool.utoronto.ca
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We are very excited to welcome Kay Shimizu to the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Munk School to talk about her book, "The Digital Transformation and Japan's Political Economy" (co-authored with Ulrike Shaede). We hope you can join us!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/digita...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/digita...
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From our new issue -
Do pandemics reduce support for democracy? A survey experiment in Myanmar - cup.org/4hirqw9
- Swe Oo Mon & Kyohei Yamada
#jjps
Do pandemics reduce support for democracy? A survey experiment in Myanmar - cup.org/4hirqw9
- Swe Oo Mon & Kyohei Yamada
#jjps
January 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From our new issue -
Do pandemics reduce support for democracy? A survey experiment in Myanmar - cup.org/4hirqw9
- Swe Oo Mon & Kyohei Yamada
#jjps
Do pandemics reduce support for democracy? A survey experiment in Myanmar - cup.org/4hirqw9
- Swe Oo Mon & Kyohei Yamada
#jjps