Researcher Information - WATANABE Rie |

（Last updated : 2025-06-05 01:15:49）

WATANABE Rie

Department / Course

Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Politics

Job Professor

Specialization and related fields
Theories of Policy Process, Climate Politics (Japan, Germany), Energy Politics (Japan, Germany), Comparative Politics

Business career
1.	2021/04/01 ～	Professor Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Politics
2.	2022/04 ～	Senior Research Fellow Earth System Governance
3.	2017/04/01 ～ 2021/03/31	Associate Professor Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Politics

Winning science prize
1.	2019	Social Science Research Council 安倍フェローシップ

Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1.	2018/04 ～	A Comparative Analysis of Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan: The Interaction between Actors' Beliefs and Paradigm Shift
2.	～	A study examining a hypothetical model explaining paradigmatic policy change Individual Research
3.	～	A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Scientists and Scientific Knowledge in Climate Policy Changes in Main Industrialized Countries Individual Research

Activity in society
1.	2018/01 ～ 2018/06	Reviewer (Policy Studies Journal)
2.	2017/11 ～ 2018/03	Reviewer (Review of Policy Analysis)
3.	2007/10	Member of the German delegates to Japan on Emissions Trading, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, Federal Republic of Germany.

Book and thesis
1.	Books	“A Comparative Analysis of Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan: Multi-level governance, governing coalition change, and policy entrepreneurs”（査読あり） in: Niizawa Hidenori and Toru Morotomi (eds.) Governing Low Carbon Development and the Economy,,pp.217-232 (Sole-authored) 2014/09
2.	Books	Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan - A Path to Paradigmatic Policy Change. Oxford:Rutledge（査読あり） (Sole-authored) 2011/06
3.	Papers	Northeast Asia: Japan Yearbook of International Environmental Law 34 (1) (Sole-authored) 2024/12
4.	Papers	Northeast Asia: Japan Yearbook of International Environmental Law (2023) (Sole-authored) 2023/11
5.	Papers	Change Agents in Germany’s Energy Transition: Role of the State of Schleswig-Holstein in Wind Electricity Development from the 1970s to 2009 (Journal of European Policy Analysis)（査読つき） Journal of European Policy Analysis 9 (3),pp.244-270 (Sole-authored) 2023/06
Display All（38）

Lecturer and lecture
1.	2023/11/22	Japan's Climate and Energy Policies
2.	2020/02/29	Japan's Renewable Energy Policy Change - Analysis of Interplay of Multiple Catalysts (Kyoto)
3.	2019/11/08	US-Japan Relationships in Challenging the Climate Change Issue (Bloomington)
4.	2018/09/26	Japan's Renewable Policy Change from RPS to FIT; Crossroads or Tipping Points?
5.	2015/11/21	“A Comparative Analysis of Climate and Energy Actors’ Beliefs in Germany and Japan, the Results of Interviews in 2006/2007 and 2012/2013”
Display All（8）

Academic conference presentation
1.	2023/09/30	Energy Transition and 3E+S: Analysis of Proceedings of Advisory Board on Natural Resources and Energy
2.	2017/09	The Role of Scientific Knowledge and Scientists in Climate Policy Change Learning: Building Research Questions and Hypotheses based on a Theoretical and Empirical Literature Survey
3.	2015	“Who Decides on Japan’s Energy Policy: The Impact of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on Power Distribution of Local and National Governments: Case of Re-commissioning the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant” (The Conference “Entsorgungsoptionen für radioaktive Reststoffe: Interdisziplinäre Analysen und Entwicklung von Bewertungsgrundlagen (ENTRIA)”)
4.	2013/08/27	“Nuclear Policy Changes in Japan after Fukushima, Salzburg 2013 – Climate Policy Strategies and Energy Transition” (The 18th Reform group meeting)
5.	2011/10	“Climate risks and changes in Japan’s climate policies and institutions – real or superficial?” (The conference “Risk and East Asia” organized by the Duisburg University)
Display All（15）