Yuki Shiraito
@ykshrt.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan. Affiliated with the Center for Political Studies, the Michigan Institute for Data Science, and the Center for Japanese Studies. Website: https://shiraito.github.io
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#jjps
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#jjps
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#jjps
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#jjps
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi
"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
#OpenAccess -
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - cup.org/4lV2PiL
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#FirstView
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - cup.org/4lV2PiL
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#FirstView
September 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
#OpenAccess -
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - cup.org/4lV2PiL
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#FirstView
Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - cup.org/4lV2PiL
- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social
#FirstView
Our results were successfully replicated. The paper is now forthcoming!
"IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io), Itsuki Umeyama, and @kmcelwain.bsky.social is now accepted (pending replication of empirical results) at
@isq-jrnl.bsky.social!
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
@isq-jrnl.bsky.social!
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Saki Kuzushima, Itsuki Umeyama, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito. “IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies.” Internatioanl Studies Quarterly (Accepted p...
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
shiraito.github.io
August 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our results were successfully replicated. The paper is now forthcoming!
"IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io), Itsuki Umeyama, and @kmcelwain.bsky.social is now accepted (pending replication of empirical results) at
@isq-jrnl.bsky.social!
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
@isq-jrnl.bsky.social!
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Saki Kuzushima, Itsuki Umeyama, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito. “IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies.” Internatioanl Studies Quarterly (Accepted p...
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
shiraito.github.io
July 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io), Itsuki Umeyama, and @kmcelwain.bsky.social is now accepted (pending replication of empirical results) at
@isq-jrnl.bsky.social!
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
@isq-jrnl.bsky.social!
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
New version of a paper, "The Impact of Elections on Civic Attitudes: Causal Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Staggered Local Elections," with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato is now available! We find that elections may not enhance civic political engagement.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Masaaki Higashijima, Gento Kato, and Yuki Shiraito. “The Impact of Elections on Civic Attitudes: Causal Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Staggered Local Elections.” Unpublished manuscript.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
shiraito.github.io
July 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
New version of a paper, "The Impact of Elections on Civic Attitudes: Causal Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Staggered Local Elections," with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato is now available! We find that elections may not enhance civic political engagement.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
My article with Melanie Sonntag and @ykshrt.bsky.social about how supportive the Japanese public was of COVID-era entry bans on foreigners (short answer: very supportive) was just publised in Social Science Japan Journal: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Attitudes on the entry ban in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract. Japan had one of the most restrictive entry bans between 2020 and 2023 to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While there was
urldefense.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My article with Melanie Sonntag and @ykshrt.bsky.social about how supportive the Japanese public was of COVID-era entry bans on foreigners (short answer: very supportive) was just publised in Social Science Japan Journal: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
The accepted version of "Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan's Diarchy" with @mhigashi.bsky.social is now available @thejop.bsky.social! See also shiraito.github.io/research/pag... for SI and code/data.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan's Diarchy | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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June 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The accepted version of "Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan's Diarchy" with @mhigashi.bsky.social is now available @thejop.bsky.social! See also shiraito.github.io/research/pag... for SI and code/data.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
From our new issue: "Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" by MITCHELL BOSLEY (@mitchellbosley), SAKI KUZUSHIMA, TED ENAMORADO (@TedEnamorado), and YUKI SHIRAITO (@yshiraito) #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning - Volume 119 Issue 2
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June 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
From our new issue: "Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" by MITCHELL BOSLEY (@mitchellbosley), SAKI KUZUSHIMA, TED ENAMORADO (@TedEnamorado), and YUKI SHIRAITO (@yshiraito) #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
"Improving Probabilistic Models in Text Classification via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and TedEnamorado has appeared @apsrjournal.bsky.social in print! Please visit doi.org/10.1017/S000....
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning - Volume 119 Issue 2
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May 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Improving Probabilistic Models in Text Classification via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and TedEnamorado has appeared @apsrjournal.bsky.social in print! Please visit doi.org/10.1017/S000....
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
As someone educated outside the elite doctoral programs, EITM was huge for me.
If you want to be good enough at finding stuff out (i.e., "research") to be paid to do it, there's no substitute for being around the best of the best and trying to learn from them.
If you want to be good enough at finding stuff out (i.e., "research") to be paid to do it, there's no substitute for being around the best of the best and trying to learn from them.
Applications for the 2025 EITM Summer Institute are now open! Program dates: Aug 4-15. Program location: University of Michigan. Deadline: April 15. eitminstitute.org/institute/20...
2025 – Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Institute
eitminstitute.org
April 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As someone educated outside the elite doctoral programs, EITM was huge for me.
If you want to be good enough at finding stuff out (i.e., "research") to be paid to do it, there's no substitute for being around the best of the best and trying to learn from them.
If you want to be good enough at finding stuff out (i.e., "research") to be paid to do it, there's no substitute for being around the best of the best and trying to learn from them.
I’m hosting lectures on February 20 by @kmcelwain.bsky.social (UTokyo/Columbia) and on March 27 by Prof. Junko Kato (UTokyo)! If you’re outside of Ann Arbor, please register for Zoom webinars at myumi.ch/XGpyJ and myumi.ch/qV4ZD, respectively.
January 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I’m hosting lectures on February 20 by @kmcelwain.bsky.social (UTokyo/Columbia) and on March 27 by Prof. Junko Kato (UTokyo)! If you’re outside of Ann Arbor, please register for Zoom webinars at myumi.ch/XGpyJ and myumi.ch/qV4ZD, respectively.
"Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Tutelage" with @mhigashi.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the JOP! We examine whether a de fact guardian boosts popular support for a de jure autocratic leader.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Masaaki Higashijima and Yuki Shiraito. “Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Tutelage.” The Journal of Politics (Conditionally accepted).
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
shiraito.github.io
November 28, 2024 at 12:16 AM
"Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Tutelage" with @mhigashi.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the JOP! We examine whether a de fact guardian boosts popular support for a de jure autocratic leader.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
#LAPolMeth2024 I presented a paper with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato, "Do Elections Change Political Attitudes in Autocracies? Identification through the Staggered Introduction of Local Elections in Kazakhstan". I appreciate the opportunity to receive helpful feedback!
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November 25, 2024 at 4:02 AM
#LAPolMeth2024 I presented a paper with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato, "Do Elections Change Political Attitudes in Autocracies? Identification through the Staggered Introduction of Local Elections in Kazakhstan". I appreciate the opportunity to receive helpful feedback!
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#LAPolMeth2024 has begun, after a long trip and a nice pre-conference dinner!
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
#LAPolMeth2024 has begun, after a long trip and a nice pre-conference dinner!
This paper is forthcoming in @jjps.bsky.social!
Gendered views may affect how voters evaluate candidates on education and national security, but they may be less salient on the issue of immigration, an experimental study in Japan shows. Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social @ykshrt.bsky.social shiraito.github.io/research/fil...
shiraito.github.io
November 20, 2024 at 3:39 PM
This paper is forthcoming in @jjps.bsky.social!
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
Gendered views may affect how voters evaluate candidates on education and national security, but they may be less salient on the issue of immigration, an experimental study in Japan shows. Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social @ykshrt.bsky.social shiraito.github.io/research/fil...
shiraito.github.io
November 19, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Gendered views may affect how voters evaluate candidates on education and national security, but they may be less salient on the issue of immigration, an experimental study in Japan shows. Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social @ykshrt.bsky.social shiraito.github.io/research/fil...
Working paper, "A Dynamic Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for the Partisan Realignment of Civil Rights Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives," is now available on my website. We develop a nonparametric Bayesian model for analyzing gradual structural changes.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Nuannuan Xiang and Yuki Shiraito. 2024. “A Dynamic Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for the Partisan Realignment of Civil Rights Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives” Unpublished manuscript.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
shiraito.github.io
October 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Working paper, "A Dynamic Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for the Partisan Realignment of Civil Rights Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives," is now available on my website. We develop a nonparametric Bayesian model for analyzing gradual structural changes.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
"Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and Ted Enamorado is now published as FirstView (doi.org/10.1017/S000...)! Our reproduction code and R package can be found at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning
doi.org
August 7, 2024 at 4:58 AM
"Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and Ted Enamorado is now published as FirstView (doi.org/10.1017/S000...)! Our reproduction code and R package can be found at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
New working paper, "When International Organizations Help Domestic Leaders Avoid Blame for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io, who just defended dissertation!), Itsuki Umeyama, and @mcelwain444 is available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Saki Kuzushima, Itsuki Umeyama, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito. 2024. “When International Organizations Help Domestic Leaders Avoid Blame for Unpopular Policies.” Unpublished manuscript.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
shiraito.github.io
June 28, 2024 at 7:43 AM
New working paper, "When International Organizations Help Domestic Leaders Avoid Blame for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io, who just defended dissertation!), Itsuki Umeyama, and @mcelwain444 is available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Our paper on the use of active learning for text classification is forthcoming at American Political Science Review! The author version of the accepted manuscript and the R package to implement our proposed approach are available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, Ted Enamorado, and Yuki Shiraito. “Improving Probabilistic Models in Text Classification via Active Learning” American Political Science Review (Forthcoming).
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
shiraito.github.io
April 28, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Our paper on the use of active learning for text classification is forthcoming at American Political Science Review! The author version of the accepted manuscript and the R package to implement our proposed approach are available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...
Reposted by Yuki Shiraito
As @ykshrt.bsky.social wrote, our paper (with Saki Kuzushima, now on the job market!) on how international law, backed by constitutional principles, can persuade citizens to support political reforms is now out (Open Access). A true pleasure to work with these fantastic colleagues and friends.
Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to c...
Despite significant debate about the ability of international law to constrain state behavior, recent research points to domestic mechanisms that deter non-compliance, most notably public disapproval ...
link.springer.com
January 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM
As @ykshrt.bsky.social wrote, our paper (with Saki Kuzushima, now on the job market!) on how international law, backed by constitutional principles, can persuade citizens to support political reforms is now out (Open Access). A true pleasure to work with these fantastic colleagues and friends.
Paper with @kmcelwain.bsky.social and Saki Kuzushima (U-M PhD candidate) titled "Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to common practices?" is now in print in the Review of International Organizations!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to c...
Despite significant debate about the ability of international law to constrain state behavior, recent research points to domestic mechanisms that deter non-compliance, most notably public disapproval ...
link.springer.com
January 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Paper with @kmcelwain.bsky.social and Saki Kuzushima (U-M PhD candidate) titled "Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to common practices?" is now in print in the Review of International Organizations!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
