Research

PUBLICATIONS

Ueda, M., Nordström, R., & Matsubayashi, T. (2021). Suicide and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Journal of public health (Oxford, England), fdab113. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab113

Badman, R.P., Nordström, R., Ueda, M. et al. (2022) Perceptions of social rigidity predict loneliness across the Japanese population. Scientific Reports 12, 16073 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20561-5

Nordström, R. (2024). The effects of uncontested elections on legislative speechmaking: An analysis of legislative performance in japan’s prefectural assemblies. Electoral Studies, 87, 102732. doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102732

RESEARCH PROJECTS

The Effect Uncontested local elections has on the Quality of Democracy

Populism and the international liberal order: Implications for Japan

PRE-PRINTS

Nordström, Robert and Shinomoto, Sou and Benasaglio Berlucchi, Antonio, From the Courtroom to the Public: Judicial Influence on People’s Attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage in Japan (May 08, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5246510 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5246510

OTHER WRITING

Nordström, Robert. (September 17, 2025). More women, multipartism, and far-right populism — is Japan becoming more ‘European’? The Loop – ECPR’s Political Science Blog. https://theloop.ecpr.eu/more-women-multipartism-and-far-right-populism-is-japan-becoming-more-european/

Nordström, Robert. (February 10, 2025). Limited shift in public opinion on same-sex marriage in Japan. The Loop – ECPR’s Political Science Blog. https://theloop.ecpr.eu/limited-shift-in-public-opinion-on-same-sex-marriage-in-japan/