2024 Working Group

The inaugural JPSA-APSA Working Group on “Civically Engaged Research for Critical Issues in Society” was held alongside the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, from September 4-7, in Philadelphia, PA. The program theme was Environmental Politics, and included topics such as climate change, disaster preparation and response, management and conflict over natural resources, and environmental politics in elections and legislative coalitions.

This year brought together 16 scholars, three co-leaders, and four guest speakers focusing on issues of environmental politics and civic engagement. The program was facilitated by Kenneth McElwain (University of Tokyo), Kristin Vekasi (University of Maine), and Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak (St. Olaf College).

Participants included:
– Ornicha Boonpanya – Waseda University
– Aparajita Datta – University of Houston
– Jeff Feng – Northwestern University
– Pei-Hsun Hsieh – University of Pennsylvania
– Colin Moreshead – Yale University
– Ikuma Ogura – Hitotsubashi University
– Yuto Ota – University of California, Los Angeles
– Dai Sasaki – University of Tokyo
– Sayaka Sogabe – University of Tokyo
– Tomoko Takahashi – Kyoto University
– Pinar Temocin – University of Tokyo
– Rahardhika Utama – Northwestern University
– Hanjie Wang – Boston University
– Joseph Warren – University of Alaska Anchorage
– Toshiaki Yoshida – Northeastern University
– Shan Zhou – Purdue University