About the Professor
Associate Professor of Faculty of Policy Management and Member of Graduate school of Media and Governance, Keio University
Ph.D. (Public Administration)
Born in 1977 and spent his childhood in Ibaraki Pref. in Japan. When he was an officer of the MInistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism, he decided to study again. After working for a consulting company, he entered Maxwell School and got an MPA. While working at the Embassy of Japan in Uganda, he took entrance examinations of graduate schools. He entered Rutgers University and took a Ph.D. in 2016. After serving as an assistant professor of International University of Japan, he is now an associate professor of Keio SFC from 2021.
HIs areas of expertise are Local Governance, Behavioral Public Administration, Public Management, and Research Methodology. He studies with an international viewpoint as can be seen from his single author paper, which was published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, the top journal of Public Administration for the first time as a Japanese.
SHINOHARA Shugo
Bad government performance and citizens' perceptions: A quasi-experimental study of local fiscal crisis
Shinohara, Shugo. (2023). Bad government performance and citizens' perceptions: A quasi-experimental study of local fiscal crisis. International Review of Administrative Sciences. doi.org/10.1177/00208523211067085
Methodological rigor and pluralistic coexistence in public administration
Shinohara, Shugo, Kobayashi, Yuta, and Shiratori, Koichi (2021) "Strict methodology and pluralistic coexistence in public administration studies." Annual Report of Administrative Studies 56. 145-164. https://doi.org/10.11290/jspa.56.0_145
Using Large-Scale Social Media Experiments in Public Administration: Assessing Charitable Consequences of Government Funding of Nonprofits
Jike, Sebastian, Jiahuan Lu, Chengxin Xu, and Shugo Shinohara. (2019). Using large-scale social media experiments in public administration: Assessing charitable consequences of government funding of nonprofits. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29(4): 627-639. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muy021
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty under Municipal Decline: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis in Japan
Shinohara, Shugo. (2018). Exit, voice, and loyalty under municipal decline: A difference-in-differences analysis in Japan. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 28(1): 50-66. https://doi. org/10.1093/jopart/mux035
What prevents public and private workers in Japan from recognizing gender inequality?
Shinohara, Shugo, Yahong Zhang, and Norma M. Riccucci. (2018). What prevents public and private workers in Japan from recognizing gender inequality? International Review of Administrative Sciences 84(4): 711-728. https://doi. org/10.1177/0020852316660624
Trump and the Affordable Care Act: Congressional Repeal Efforts, Executive Federalism, and Program Durability
Thompson, Frank J. , Michael K. Gusmano, and Shugo Shinohara. (2018). Trump and the Affordable Care Act: Congressional repeal efforts, executive federalism, and program durability. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 48(3): 396- 424. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjy007
Research Papers
Methodological development of policy management
Shinohara, Shugo (2023) "Methodology of Interdisciplinary Research" in Takeo Kuwahara and Yuichiro Shimizu (eds.), Methodological Developments in Policy Management Studies, Keio University Press
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Shinohara, Shugo. (2020). The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. George Ritzer and Chris Rojek (edt.). Shushin Koyo. John Wiley & Sons
Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance
Shinohara, Shugo. (2018). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Ali Farazmand (edt.). Gender in Japanese public administration. Springer
Shinohara, Shugo. (2016). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Ali Farazmand (edt.). History of organizations. Springer
Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges
Shinohara, Shugo. (2017). Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges. Norma M. Riccucci (edt.). Paying the shadow workforce: The case of health care. Routledge