Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  takahashi.tomoko.5vkyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• From Nov. 2023, To Present

  International Studies Association
• From Jun. 2022, To Present

  Japanese Political Science Association
• From May 2022, To Present

  Japan Association of Global Governance
• From May 2021, To Present

  American Political Science Association
• From Dec. 2019, To Present

  Midwest Political Science Association
• From Jun. 2018, To Present

  Japan Association for Modern China Studies
• From Jun. 2018, To Present

  Japan Association for Asian Studies
• From Jun. 2018, To Present

  Japan Association of International Relations

Academic Degree

• 22 Mar. 2018

  東京大学修士（学術）
• 13 Jun. 2020

  M.A.（University of Chicago）
• 22 Jun. 2023

  東京大学博士（学術）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 東京大学, 法学部第２類（公法コース）, 卒業

Research History

• From Oct. 2023, To Present

  Kyoto University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Assistant Professor
• From Sep. 2023, To Oct. 2023

  WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Global Governance Unit, Visiting Researcher
• From Apr. 2023, To Sep. 2023

  Kyoto University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Postdoctoral Researcher
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2023

  Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• From Apr. 2022, To Aug. 2022

  The University of Tokyo, Seminar for Freshmen (Humanities/ Social Sciences), Teaching Assistant
• From Apr. 2021, To Aug. 2021

  The University of Tokyo, Seminar for Freshmen (Humanities/Social Sciences), Teaching Assistant
• From Apr. 2021, To Aug. 2021

  The University of Tokyo, History of International Relations（Lecture for Undergraduates）, Teaching Assistant
• From Sep. 2020, To Jan. 2021

  The University of Tokyo, International Politics (Undergraduate Class for Juniors), Teaching Assistant
• From Sep. 2017, To Sep. 2017

  Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva, Delegation to the 36th Human Rights Council, Intern
• From Apr. 2017, To Sep. 2017

  United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Asia Pacific Team, Intern
• From Mar. 2017, To Mar. 2017

  United Nations Human Rights Committee (ICCPR) 119th Session, Intern
• From Oct. 2016, To Jan. 2017

  UNICEF Tokyo Office, Communications Team, Intern
• From Oct. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Human Rights Now (Non-profit Organization), Research Intern

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0002-4173-9763

• J-Global ID

  202001002371247059

• Researcher number

  90983875

• External link

  https://tomokotakahashiut.wixsite.com/mysite

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/tomokotakahashi

Research

Research Interests

• China
• United Nations General Assembly
• authoritarian regimes
• international institutions
• multilateralism

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, International relations, Multilateralism, International Institutions and the Diplomacy of the Third World and Authoritarian States

Papers

• Making and Breaking Global Order across the Twentieth Century (Conference at Leiden University in October 2022)

  Maha Ali; Yusra Abdullahi; Poorvi Bellur; Alessandro Iandolo; Ria Kapoor; Emma Kluge; Ismay Milford; Brooks Marmon; Alanna O'Malley; Raphaël Orange-Leroy; Tomoko Takahashi; Pasuth Thothaveesansuk; Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid

  H-Diplo, 06 Jul. 2023, Invited

  
• Power Gap-Driven Draft Resolutions: Sponsorship Behavior of China as a Major Power in the United Nations General Assembly

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  Doctoral Dissertation, University of Tokyo, Jun. 2023, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Analaysis of International Organizations with a Personal Biography Approach: Dataset Creation on Individual Attributes of the Executive Heads

  TAKAHASHI Tomoko; Taku Yukawa; Sanae Suzuki

  Advanced Social and International Studies, 2023, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Inconspicuousness in International Institutions: Analyses of the United Nations General Assembly Roll Call Votes

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Master's Thesis (with Honors), University of Chicago, Jun. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• China’s Interest Seen at the Crossroad of International Institutions: Case Studies on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  International Relations, Sep. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• China and the Multilateral Environmental Regime: Reflections on Theories of International Organizations and Regimes

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Master's Thesis, University of Tokyo, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  

Misc.

• Smitten with the Theories on International Institutions: From Dialogues with Scholars from around the Globe (Interview with Tomoko Takahashi)

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  Nov. 2023

  
• (Book Introduction Essay) When the World Designs Antarctica

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  Newsletter, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University (October 2023, Letter from the Kamogawa River), 11 Oct. 2023

  
• (Book Review) Cooperating for the Climate: Learning from International Partnerships in China’s Clean Energy Sector (Joanna I. Lewis, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2023, $45.00, 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0-26-254482-5)

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2023, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• "(Book Review) Niu, Jun. Translated by Masui, Yasuki. A Study of the Decision Making of China’s Foreign Policy. Chikura Shobo, July 2021."

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Monthly Journal of Chinese Affairs, Oct. 2022, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Shifting Gears: Rising China’s Conception of State Autonomy in the United Nations

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Mar. 2022, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Measuring the Influence of Executive Heads in International Organizations —Illustrative Analysis on the Effects of Democratic Density—

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI; Sanae Suzuki; Taku Yukawa

  IDE Discussion Paper, Mar. 2022

  
• Rising and Leading: China with the G77 at the United Nations General Assembly

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Social Science Research Network (SSRN), 01 Oct. 2021, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Harnessing the Power Gap: Sponsorship Behavior of the Rising BRICS in the United Nations General Assembly

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Social Science Research Network (SSRN), 27 Jul. 2021, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• " (Book Review) Cheng, Fangting. The Formation of Complementary Relationships among Overlapping Regimes: Negotiations on Climate Change, U.S.-China Relations, and the Paris Agreement-”

  Tomoko TAKAHASHi

  Asian Studies, Apr. 2019, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  

Presentations

• Departing from the Majority: Case Study of China and the Global South in the United Nations

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  The 2023 Annual Convention of the Japanese Association of International Relations (JAIR), 10 Nov. 2023, Japanese Association of International Relations (JAIR)

  
• Power-Gap Driven Draft Resolutions: China’s Sponsorship Behavior on Economic Deregulation at the United Nations General Assembly

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  Regime Competition Research Group, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), 18 Oct. 2023, Invited

  
• Power-Gap Driven Draft Resolutions: China’s Sponsorship Behavior on Economic Deregulation at the United Nations General Assembly

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  Global Governance Unit Colloquium, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, 05 Oct. 2023, Invited

  
• Whose Agent? UN Bureaucrats and Their Domestic Network

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference 2023, 06 Sep. 2023

  
• Embracing the Washington Consensus: Beijing’s "Seamless" Developmental Strategy

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  2023 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 31 Aug. 2023

  
• Embracing the Washington Consensus: Beijing’s Seamless Developmental Strategy from its Domestic Politics to UN Diplomacy

  TAKAHASHI Tomoko

  ISA Asia-Pacific Region Conference 2023, Tokyo, 10 Aug. 2023

  
• Reciprocity versus Unconditionality: The Coalition of China and the Global South at the United Nations General Assembly

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  Pacific International Politics Conference 2023, 07 Jul. 2023, National University of Singapore

  
• Cooperating under Tension: The ASEAN-China Coalition in the UN General Assembly

  TAKAHASHI, Tomoko

  CSEAS- KASEAS Joint Conference 2023: Engaging Southeast Asian Studies in an Age of Uncertainties, 26 May 2023, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

  
• Two Questions of Sovereignty: China and the Global South in the United Nations General Assembly (1971-1990)

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Making and Breaking Global Order in the Twentieth Century (INVISIHIST Conference), 15 Oct. 2022

  
• Harnessing Economic Relative Power: China at the United Nations

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Inaugural Joint International Political Economy Conference of the Austrian, German and Swiss Political Science Associations, 21 Jun. 2022

  
• Pursuing Power and Trust: Cases from China Sponsoring United Nations Resolutions on Security

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS) （2022 Spring Convention), 11 Jun. 2022

  
• Shifting Gears: Rising China’s Conception of State Autonomy in the United Nations

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  63rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), 28 Mar. 2022, International Studies Association

  
• Measuring the Influence of Executive Heads in International Organizations -Illustrative Analysis on the Effects of Democratic Density-

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI; Sanae SUZUKI; Taku YUKAWA

  IDE Discussion Papers Review Session, 09 Mar. 2022, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)

  
• Rising and Leading: China with the G77 at the United Nations General Assembly

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  2021 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, 01 Oct. 2021

  
• State Autonomy of Rising Powers in International Institutions: China in the United Nations General Assembly

  The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR, General Conference 2021), 01 Sep. 2021

  
• Power and Influential Gap in International Institutions: Evidence from the United Nations General Assembly

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 2021 Conference, 14 Apr. 2021

  
• Inconspicuousness in International Institutions

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Workshop on International Politics (WIP), University of Chicago, 30 Jul. 2020, Political Science Department, University of Chicago

  
• Inconspicuousness in International Institutions: Analyses of the United Nations General Assembly Roll Call Votes

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 2020 Conference, 19 Apr. 2020, Midwest Political Science Association

  
• Reputation in International Norm Agreements: Case Study from China

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Japan Association of International Relations Annual Convention 2019, 19 Oct. 2019, Japan Association of International Relations

  
• China and an International Institution Goes Hand in Hand: A Case Study from the Norms on Green Finance

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  60th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), 30 Mar. 2019, International Studies Association

  
• China and the Multilateral Environmental Regime: Cases from the UN Conference on the Human Environment and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Japan Association for Asian Studies 2018 Convention, 09 Jun. 2018, Japan Association for Asian Studies

  
• China and the Multilateral Environmental Regime -Reflections on Theories of International Organizations and Regimes-

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Master's Thesis Panel (2018 Spring), Japan Association for Modern China Studies (Kanto Region Division), 12 May 2018, Japan Association for Modern China Studies

  
• China and Multilateralism: A Way of Coordination Observed in Diplomatic Discourse

  Tomoko TAKAHASHI

  Taiwan Ministry of Education: Japanese Graduate Students (East Asia Major) 2016 Taiwan Visiting Program, Dec. 2016, Taiwan Ministry of Education

  

Awards

• 01 Oct. 2019

  Master of Arts Specialization Program Award at the Committee on International Relations
• 13 Jun. 2020

  Honors Distinction for the Master of Arts Degree