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Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska; Magdalena Marczuk-Karbownik; Karol Żakowski

doi:10.18778/1641-4233.23.01

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Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska University of Lodz, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Department of Asian Studies
Magdalena Marczuk-Karbownik University of Lodz, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Department of American Studies and Mass Media
Karol Żakowski University of Lodz, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Department of Asian Studies

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1641-4233.23.01

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Author Biography

Karol Żakowski, University of Lodz, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Department of Asian Studies

Karol Żakowski – PhD (2010) and habilitation (2016) in political science, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. He was a visiting scholar at the Kwansei Gakuin University (2008–2009), Keio University (2012–2013, Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship) and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo (2016), as well as a participant of a Japanese language course in the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Kansai (2006), and an internship in the Japanese Diet (2009). He is a member of Nihon Seiji Gakkai (Japanese Political Science Association), Association for Asian Studies, International Political Science Association, European Association for Japanese Studies, and British Association for Japanese Studies. His recent monographs include: Decision-Making Reform in Japan: The DPJ’s Failed Attempt at a Politician-Led Government (Routledge 2015) and Japan’s Foreign Policy Making: Central Government Reforms, Decision-Making Processes, and Diplomacy (co-authored with Beata Bochorodycz and Marcin Socha, Springer 2018).