Jiajia Zhou

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto and Associate at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan. I specialize in the fields of comparative politics and public policy. My dissertation project seeks to clarify the populist threat to democracies through a comparative perspective of political parties and policy processes. My research is supported by the Japan Foundation and the Tan Kah Kee Foundation.

I graduated with an M.A. in Regional Studies: East Asia from Columbia University and a B.A. (Hons) in Japanese Studies and Economics from the National University of Singapore.

Born and raised in Singapore. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.

Working Papers
Clarifying the Threat of Populism: Place and Party Organizational Strength
Institutional Racism in International Relations (with Phillip Y. Lipscy)
Investigating the effects of populism in power on policy dynamics and democratic institutions

Publication
2019. “Supporting Variability in Women’s Lifestyles: A Study of Single-Motherhood Transition in South Korea and Japan.” Journal of Asian Public Policy 12(2): 125-143. (with Jennifer So) [peer-reviewed article]