• Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo

Sebastian Maslow is Associate Professor at the Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo. His research interests cover East Asian relations, Japanese foreign policy, and contemporary Japanese politics. He is the co-editor of Crisis Narratives, Institutional Change, and the Transformation of the Japanese State (SUNY Press, 2021), and Risk State: Japan’s Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty (Ashgate, 2015).

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Associate professor, The University of Tokyo
  • 2020–2024
    Senior lecturer, Sendai Shirayuri Women's College
  • 2017–2018
    Project assistant professor, Kobe University
  • 2015–2017
    Assistant Professor, Tohoku University
  • 2012–2014
    Assistant Professor, University of Heidelberg

Education

  • 2025 
    Tohoku University, Ph.D.
  • 2009 
    Tohoku University, M.A.

Professional Memberships

  • American Political Science Association
  • International Studies Association
  • Japanese Political Science Association
  • Japan Association of International Relations
  • Japan Association for Cooperative Politics

Contact Sebastian for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision