Yoojin Koo

International Christian University, Tokyo

koo.yoojin [at] icu.ac.jp

Yoojin Koo is an Assistant Professor at International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan. She received her Ph.D. in Liberal Arts from the University of Tokyo. Her research interests include Japanese conservative movements, political participation and processes, social movements, civil society, and state-society relations. Her published book and articles include Hoshushimin Shakai to Nihon Seiji – Nippon Kaigi no Dōin to Adobokashi: 1990-2012 (Conservative Civil Society and Japanese Politics – Mobilization and Advocacy of the Japan Conference: 1990-2012), Tokyo: Seikyusha, and “A Configurative Approach to Conservative Mobilization in Japan: The Effect of Combining Political Opportunities and Threats,” in Japanese Political Science Review, Vol. 5, 2020.