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Hideaki Shinoda

しのだ ひであき

Shinoda Hideaki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1968-01-01 (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English
Residence History
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan → Hiroshima, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
international relations scholar, peace studies scholar, university professor
Active Years
1993-
Affiliations
Hiroshima University, Peace Science Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of Global Studies
Memberships
Japan Association of International Law, Japanese Association of International Relations, Japan Association for Peace Studies

Education

Waseda University
Faculty of Political Science and Economics
Degree: 学士
Country: Japan
Bachelor's degree (year not specified)
Waseda University Graduate School of Political Science
Graduate School of Political Science
Degree: 修士
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: Japan
Completed master's in 1993; participated in Cambodia election monitoring as a volunteer
London School of Economics (LSE)
International Relations
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: United Kingdom
Ph.D. in International Relations (1998)

Awards

Osaragi Jiro Forum Prize
2003
Work: Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law
Result: 受賞
Suntory Academic Award
2012
Work: The Idea of 'State Sovereignty'
Result: 受賞
Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize
2017
Work: The Intellectual History of Collective Self-Defense
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Rising Sun and Volunteers: A 24-year-old in Cambodia PKO

1994 non-fiction

A memoir of early PKO participation, recounting election monitoring in Cambodia and offering perspectives on international peace operations.

peacebuildinginternational cooperationfield experience

Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law: Theoretical and Functional Analysis of International Peace Operations

2003 academic

A scholarly analysis of the relationship between international peace operations (such as PKO) and the rule of law from theoretical and functional perspectives.

rule of lawinternational peace operationspolicy analysis

The Idea of 'State Sovereignty'

2012 academic

Examines the historical development of the idea of state sovereignty and its meaning in the contemporary world.

sovereigntyinternational orderintellectual history

The Real Constitution: Critique of Postwar Japanese Constitutional Studies

2017 essays/criticism

A critical examination of postwar Japanese constitutional scholarship, introducing the notion of 'resistance constitutionalism' among other arguments.

constitutional critiqueinternational lawhistorical narratives

Bibliography

  • The Rising Sun and Volunteers: A 24-year-old in Cambodia PKO (1994)
  • Re-examining Sovereignty: from Classical Theory to the Global Age (2000)
  • Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law (2003)
  • The Idea of 'State Sovereignty' (2012)
  • Introduction to Peacebuilding: Reexamining Its Ideas and Methods (2013)
  • The Intellectual History of Collective Self-Defense: Article 9 and Japan-US Security (2016)
  • The Real Constitution: Critique of Postwar Japanese Constitutional Studies (2017)
  • The Illness of Constitutional Studies (2019)
  • The Geopolitics of War (2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
analytical and argumentative styleclear exposition linking policy and theory
Recurring Motifs
focus on international lawrelationship between peacebuilding and lawreexamination of sovereignty and international order

Legacy

A scholar who bridges theory and practice in international relations and peace studies. His critiques of constitutional studies and work on peacebuilding have stimulated debate domestically and internationally.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Association of International Law
  • Japanese Association of International Relations
  • Japan Association for Peace Studies

Quotes

  • The community of constitutional scholars, compared with other disciplines, shows a pronounced pyramid-shaped power structure centered on the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law.
    Source: Preface, The Real Constitution (2017)

Trivia

  • Participated as a volunteer in UN PKO election monitoring in Cambodia while a student.
  • Served as director of the Hiroshima Peacebuilding Capacity-building Center (HPC) for many years (2007–2024).
  • Active on X (formerly Twitter) for public commentary.