Masaaki Higashijima

Masaaki Higashijima is an Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo. His research interests include comparative political economy, autocratic politics, democratization, and Central Asia. His articles appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Studies in Comparative International Development, and World Development. His first book, The Dictator’s Dilemma at the Ballot Box, is published by the University of Michigan Press in 2022. His research was funded by the US National Science Foundation, Fulbright Commission, and Suntory Foundation. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science at Michigan State University.