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KATSUMATA, Hiroto
| Division | Department of Comparative Contemporary Politics |
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| Research Fields | Political methodology (causal inference); Comparative politics |
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iss.u-tokyo.ac.jpTeaching and Research Appointments
| April 2024- | Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2023-
March 2024 |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Data Science, Hitotsubashi University |
| April 2020-
March 2023 |
Project Lecturer, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
| September 2019-
March 2020 |
Project Assistant Professor, Department of Data Science, Yokohama City University |
| September 2017-
July 2019 |
Post-doctoral Researcher, Political Methodology Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| September 2017- July 2019 |
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| April 2017-
August 2019 |
Research Fellow (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| April 2014-
March 2017 |
Research Fellow (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| March 2017 | PhD, The University of Tokyo |
| March 2014 | MA, The University of Tokyo |
| March 2012 | BA, The University of Tokyo |
Topics of Research
- 1Unifying machine learning predictions into statistical analysis
- 2Causal inference integrating real-world complexities
- 3Institutional design through understanding human behavior
Selected Publications
- "How Should We Estimate Inverse Probability Weights with Possibly Misspecified Propensity Score Models?" Conditionally accepted at Political Science Research and Methods.
- "'Kick Them Out' as a Voting Strategy: Theory and Evidence from Multi-member District Elections." (with Shunya Noda) Conditionally accepted at Journal of Politics.
- "Young Citizens' Civic Engagement and Civic Attitudes: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis." (with Yusaku Horiuchi and Ethan Woodard) 2023. Political Behavior 45: 265--284.
- "Mobile Health Technology as a Solution to Self-Control Problems: The Behavioral Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in Japan." (with Masahiro Shoji, Susumu Cato, Takashi Iida, Kenji Ishida, Asei Ito, and Kenneth Mori McElwain) 2022. Social Science and Medicine 306: 115142.
- "Vaccination and Altruism under the COVID-19 Pandemic." (with Susumu Cato, Takashi Iida, Kenji Ishida, Asei Ito, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Masahiro Shoji) 2022. Public Health in Practice 3: 100225.
- "Nomination Strategies under the Single Non-transferable Vote System." 2021. Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies. 37(1): 72--85.
- "Social Media Infodemics and Social Distancing under the COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Good Provisions under Uncertainty." (with Susumu Cato, Takashi Iida, Kenji Ishida, Asei Ito, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Masahiro Shoji) 2021. Global Health Action 14(1): 1995958.
- "Prosociality and the Uptake of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Survey Analysis of Intergenerational Differences in Japan." (with Masahiro Shoji, Asei Ito, Susumu Cato, Takashi Iida, Kenji Ishida, and Kenneth Mori McElwain) 2021. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 9(8).
- "The Bright and Dark Sides of Social Media Usage during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Evidence from Japan." (with Susumu Cato, Takashi Iida, Kenji Ishida, Asei Ito, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Masahiro Shoji) 2021. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 54.
- "Party Competition under the Single Non-transferable Vote System." 2020. The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association 2020 (1): 368--392.
- "Quantifying the Discrepancy between Real-world Data and Theoretical Predictions in a Theory of Strategic Voting." 2020. Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies 36 (1): 91--103.
- "Analysis of Candidate-level Proximity Voting with Comparable Positions of Voters, Politicians, and Parties." 2016. The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association 2016 (1): 208--232.
Educational Activities
| Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo | Causal Inference |