2025-12-18

Session 1 Democratic Backsliding and Polarization 9:00-10:45
Marisa Kellam (Waseda U), Kana Inata (Tokyo Metropolitan U), Aya Watanabe (IDE-JETRO)
Hirofumi Miwa (Gakushuin U), Ikuma Ogura (Hitotsubashi U), Tetsuro Kobayashi (Waseda U), Han Il Chang (Kookmin U), Yi-ting Wang (National Cheng Kung U), Sherly Haristya (LSPR Institute of Communication and Business), Ling Liu (Waseda U), Yuko Kasuya (Keio U)
Daniele Caramani (University of Zurich and European University Institute)
Session 2 Gender and Polarization 11:00-12:45
Moohyung Cho (Ewha Womans University)
Hyun Su Kim and Hyeok Yong Kwon (Korea U)
Antonio Benasaglio Berlu
Session 3 Disinformation and Polarization 14:00-15:45
3-1 Political Polarization, Disinformation, and Correcting Misperception
Shinnosuke Kikuchi (UCSD), Daiki Kishishita (Hitotsubashi U), Yesola Kwon (Sungkyunkwan U), Yuko Kasuya (Keio U)
3-2 Fighting Fake News with Peer Feedback: Theory and Experiment
Yasushi Asako (Waseda U), Yoshio Kamijo (Waseda U), Daiki Kishishita (Hitotsubashi U), Masayuki Odora (Waseda U)
3-3 How Foreign Disinformation Strategies Shape Democracy Attitudes and Polarization
Joe Wright (Penn State U), YiMin Huang (Penn State U), Wonjun Song (Hanyang University)
Session 4 Causes and Consequences of Polarization 16:00-17:45
Junmo Song (Ewha Womans University)
Nick Lin (Academia Sinica) and Greg Sheen (Academia Sinica)
Ken Kato (VETA), Yasutomo Kimura (Otaru University of Commerce), Yuki Mikiya (Keio University), Kota Mori (Japan Data
Closing 17:45-18:00
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This workshop is sponsored by:
JSPS International Collaborative Research on Democratic Regress, Renewal, and Resilience (PI: Marisa Kellam); JSPS Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research on Disinformation and Democracy in East Asia (PI: Yuko Kasuya), the Asia Research Fund, and the Murata Foundation.