Senior Advisers and Executive Committee

Research interests: Modern history of rural China; and Chinese social and economic history, fifteenth-century to the present.

Research interests: The politics, cultures, and ethics of hacking.

Research interests: Critical legal theories; international law; localization; cultural heritage protection; and conflict resolution.

Research interests: The social history of Japan in the Tokugawa (1603–1868) and Meiji (1868–1912) periods. 

Research interests: Politics of international trade; foreign policy of East Asia and Japan; and geopolitics and international organizations.

Research interests: Political sociology; law and society; economic sociology; sociology of media and information technologies; sociology of work, labor, and labor movements; science and technology studies; development; and China studies.

Research interests: The political determinants and consequences of infrastructure projects in Latin America; migration; crime control; and subnational governance.