Kiichiro ARAI

Professor of Political Sience at Chuo University

I'm a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Policy Science at Chuo University. My research interests bridge the area of political behavior and experimental political Science with particular focus on political participation, public opinion, and voting behavior.

After receiving a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Waseda University following a B.A. in Policy Studies from Chuo University, I taught at Chuo University and Waseda University as an assistant professor, and Tokyo Metropolitan University as an Associate Professor.

My book, Mechanisms of Participation: Citizen Adaptation to a Democratic Dilemma (Bokutaku-sya, written in Japanese), explores the mechanisms of political participations in Japan.