| Position | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) |
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| Degree | Ph.D. |
| Specialty | Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STI); International Relations Theory; Japanese foreign and security policy |
| Current Research Interests | The political determinants of STI; Threat perception in international relations; Japanese military innovation; Emerging 21st century technology, especially the “Battery Wars” |
Professional Appointments:
2024-present: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), GRIPS
2022-2024: Assistant Professor, GRIPS
2020-2022: Lecturer, GRIPS
2015-2023: Consultant, METI
2017-2019: Lecturer, Hosei University
2016-2019: Contributor, The Economist
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Recent Publications:
?Kamikawa, Y. and Brummer, M. (2024). “Cross-national and cross-sectoral dynamics of innovation policies: The case of lithium-ion battery technology for electric vehicles in the U.S. and China,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 201. Elsevier.
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?Brummer, M. and Bamkin, S. (2024). “The early emergence of ombuds systems in Japanese science universities,” Science and Public Policy. Oxford.
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?Brummer, M. and Ueno, H. (2024). “Crisis and choice in digital transformation: COVID-19 and the punctuated politics of government DX in Japan,” Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. Routledge.
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?Brummer, M. and Oren, E. (2023) “Beyond Power, Before Interdependence,” in Nakamura and Wright ed. Japan-Middle East Relations. Palgrave.
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?Brummer, M. and Yennie Lindgren, W. (2023). “Anarchy is a Bridge: Russia and China and pushing NATO and Japan together,” War on the Rocks.
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?Go, C. and Brummer, M. (2023) “Power, governance, and global value chains,” Asian Journal of Technology Innovation. Routledge.
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?Brummer, M. (2022). “Innovation and Threats,” Defence and Peace Economics. 33:5. Routledge.
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?Brummer, M. and Oren, E. (2022). “We must protect this peace with our hands: Strategic culture and Japan’s use of force in international disputes,” Journal of Advanced Military Studies.
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?Oren, E. and Brummer, M. (2020). “Reexamining Threat Perception in Early Cold War Japan,” Journal of Cold War Studies. 22:4. MIT.
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?Oren, E. and Brummer, M. (2020). “Threat Perception, Government Centralization, and Political Instrumentality in Abe Shinzo’s Japan,” Australian Journal of International Affairs. 74:6. Routledge.
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?Brummer, M. (2019). “Bridges over Troubled History: Japan’s Foreign Policy in Asia,” International Studies Review. 21:1. Oxford.
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?Schmid, J.,Brummer, M. & Taylor, M.Z. (2017). “Innovation and Alliances,” Review of Policy Research. 34:5. Wiley.
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?Brummer, M. and Oren, E. (2017). “Israel and Japan’s Rising Sun Relations,” Foreign Affairs. CFR.
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?Brummer, M. (2017). “Tangoing with Schumpeter: The Security Politics of Science & Technology,” International Studies Review. 19:2. Oxford.
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