Shingo
HAMANAKA
Contact
Department of Law
Information Ryukoku
University
67
Tsukamoto-cho, Fukakusa,
Kyoto city
Kyoto
Prefecture, Japan
shingohamanaka[at]gmail.com
oshiro[at]law.ryukoku.ac.jp
Current Professor
of Middle East Politics (2016-Present)
Appointment
Associate
Professor of Political Science, Yamagata University (2005-2016)
Assistant
Professor of Political Science, Yamagata University (2002-2005)
Visiting
Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University (2000-2002)
Education 2000
Ph.D. Kobe University (Political Science)
1995
M.A. Kobe University (Political
Science)
1993
B.A. Wakayama University (Arts and
Sciences)
Research
Career Visiting
Associate Professor, Center for
Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University (April 2009-March 2011)
Visiting
Researcher, Truman Institute for
the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University (July-Dec.2009)
Visiting
Research Fellow, National Museum of Ethnology (1998-1999)
Graduate
Student Program, Hebrew University (1995-1996)
Publications Book
in English
Nishikida,
A., C. Ezaki, and T. Tsujita eds. (2025) “Fragile Stability” as a Political
background of October 7. Singapore: Springer, Chapter 6 “Anger, Anxiety,
and the Star of David: An Experimental Survey of the Rally Phenomenon.”
World Order from the People’s
Perspective in the Middle East. Springer. With
Hiroyuki Aoyama and Yutaka Takaoka.
Article
in English (Peer Review Journal)
“Military
policy preferences of a conflict-dependent country: A study of Israel’s
political use of force,” Annals of Japanese Association for Middle East
Studies 40:2
(2025). With Yuichiro Harada.
“Survey Experiment on Political Use
of Force: The Case of Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021,” Democracy and Security 2024.
Online First. free
copies from the publishers.
“State
Reconstruction, Political Actors, and Expectations of Syrians Regarding
Development Assistance from Foreign Countries” Annals of Japanese Association for Middle East Studies
39(1). (with Miyui Tani). 2023.
“Political
Mobilization and Its Impact on Voter Turnout: A Survey Experiment in Iraq.” Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. 6(4). (with
Dai Yamao). 2021. Dataset free
copies from the publishers
“‘Rallying
round the flag effect’ in Israel’s first COVID-19 wave” Dataset Code Israel Affairs.27(4). 2021. free copies from
the publishers
“The ground
operation sent citizens into a frenzy: the rally around the flag effect during
operation protective edge.” Global Security:
Health, Science and Policy 5(1). 2020. Replication
files.
“The
Role of Digital Media in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution” Democratization
27(5), 2020. free
copies from the publishers
“The
Inconvenient Facts Hindering a New Approach to Refugee Assistance Program.”
Annals of Japanese Association for Middle East Studies 35(1) 2019.
“Sensitivity
to Casualties in the Battlefield: The Case of Israel.” Asian Journal
of Comparative Politics, 3(1), 2018. Replication files.
"Demographic Change and Its Social and
Political Implications in the Middle East," Asian Jouranl of Comparative Politics 2(1), 2017. Replication files [Macro]
“Foreign
Affairs, the National Interest, and Secular-Religious Identities in Israel,”
Asian Journal of Public Opinion Research 3(4), 2016. Replication files.
“Military
Service as a Process of Political Socialization: The Case of Universal
Conscription in Israel,” Annals of Japanese Association for Middle
East Studies 32(1), 2016.
“Determinants of
attitude toward political parties in Palestine,” Asian Journal of
Public Opinion Research 1(1), 2013. Replication files.
“Palestinian
Migration under the Occupation,” Sociology Study 3(4), (2013
with Aiko Nishikida).
“A
Political Mental Map of the Palestinians,” Annals of Japan
Association for Middle East Studies 27-2 (2012).
“Public
Opinion and the Deterrence,” Journal of Political Science and
Sociology 15, (2011).
“Inequality and Authoritarianism in the
Developing Countries,” International Political Economy, 22
(2008).
“Polarization,
Policy Preferences, and Democratic Decay in Israel?” paper presented at the World Association for Public Opinion
Research 75th annual conferences, Dubai (November 2022)
“"The Circumstances and Challenges for Return Migration of
Syrian Migrants-Refugees.” (with Yutaka Takaoka and Aiko Nishikida)
Paper for the European Social Science History Conference, Leiden.
(March 2020)
“A comparative study of the dynamics of the Syrian refugees in
Jordan, Turkey, and Sweden” (with Aiko Nishikida, and Yutaka Takaoka)
Paper presented at the European Social Science History Conference,
Belfast, (April 2018).
“Political Socialization of Syrian Refugees in Turkey”
paper presented at the seminar of Poll Survey on Syrians in Turkey:
Findings and Implications.
Nafi Baba Seminar Room, Boğaziçi
University, Istanbul. (Feburary 2018)
“The
Role of Social Media in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution”
paper
presented at the Southern Political Science Association
2018 Conference, New Orleans. (January 2018)
“Sensitivity
to Casualties in the Battlefield: The Case of Israel.”
paper presented at the International Political Science Association
World Congress, Poznan, Poland.(July 2016)
paper presented at the Asian Network for Public Opinion Research
Conference, Niigata, Japan. (November 2014)
“Multidisciplinary Research on
Cross-Border Arab Migration: A Comparison between Sweden and Jordan,”
Asia and
Africa across Disciplinary and National Lines: Proceedings of the Papers. Columbia
University, (2014 with Aiko NISHIKIDA et.al.).
“Foreign Affairs, the
National Interest, and Secular-Religious Identities in Israel.”
paper
presented at the International Political Science Association World Congress,
Montreal, Canada.(July 2014)
“Book
Review: Public Opinion in the Middle East.” Developing Economies 50(4):
404-407.(2012)
“A
Political Mental Map of the Israelis: A System Approach to the Israel-Arab
Conflict.” Figures
paper presented at the conference of Japan and Israel. Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Israel. (May 2012)
Research Grant-in-Aid
for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), 22H00055,
2022-2027
Grant Grant-in-Aid
for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), 22K18520,
2022-2025
Grant-in-Aid
for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), 19KK0033,
2019-2022.
Grant-in-Aid
for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), 15H03308,
2015-2019.
Grant-in-Aid
for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), 23310173,
2011-2014.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi),
20730111,
2008-2011.
Grant-in-Aid
for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), 17730094, 2005-2008.
YU-Growing
Up Program, Yamagata University, 2009