| Position | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Degree | Ph.D. |
| Specialty | Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STI); International Relations Theory; Japanese foreign and security policy |
| Current Research Interests | Critical and Emerging Technologies; Economic Security; Military Innovation; Science Diplomacy |
Professional Appointments:
2025-present: Associate Professor, GRIPS
2023-2024: Policy Innovations Fellow, Harvard
2021-2024: Assistant Professor, GRIPS
2015-2023: Consultant, METI
Recent Publications:
・Kamikawa, Y. and Brummer, M. (2024). “Cross-national and cross-sectoral dynamics of innovation policies: The case of lithium-ion battery technology for electric vehicles in the U.S. and China,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 201. Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123021
・Brummer, M. and Bamkin, S. (2024). “The early emergence of ombuds systems in Japanese science universities,” Science and Public Policy, 51:3. Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad079
・Brummer, M. and Ueno, H. (2024). “Crisis and choice in digital transformation: COVID-19 and the punctuated politics of government DX in Japan,” Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 46:4. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.1080/23276665.2023.2282472
・Go, C. and Brummer, M. (2024) “Power, governance, and global value chains,” Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 32:2. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19761597.2023.2225777
・Brummer, M. and Oren, E. (2023) “Beyond Power, Before Interdependence: Complex Synergy and Japan-Israel Relations,” in Nakamura and Wright ed. Japan-Middle East Relations. Palgrave.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3459-9_7
・Brummer, M. and Yennie Lindgren, W. (2023). “Anarchy is a Bridge: Russia and China and pushing NATO and Japan together,” War on the Rocks.
・Brummer, M. (2022). “Innovation and Threats,” Defence and Peace Economics. 33:5. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2020.1853984
・Brummer, M. and Oren, E. (2022). “We must protect this peace with our hands: Strategic culture and Japan’s use of force in international disputes,” Journal of Advanced Military Studies.
・Oren, E. and Brummer, M. (2020). “Reexamining Threat Perception in Early Cold War Japan,” Journal of Cold War Studies. 22:4. MIT.
https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_a_00948
・Oren, E. and Brummer, M. (2020). “Threat Perception, Government Centralization, and Political Instrumentality in Abe Shinzo’s Japan,” Australian Journal of International Affairs. 74:6. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2020.1782345
Personal Website:
www.matthewbrummer.com
