The University of Tokyo

Post-Doc, Institute of Social Science

Other Affiliations: Temple University Japan, Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations

JSPS Research Fellow

St. Anne's College

Thesis Title: The Politics of Restructuring: Agendas and Uncertainty in Japan's Electricity Deregulation

About

Paul J. Scalise (D.Phil., Oxford, 2009) is JSPS Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, and Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University, Japan Campus.

His work focuses on public policy, agenda-setting, and interest groups in Japanese and comparative politics. His  doctoral dissertation is titled “The Politics of Restructuring: Agendas and Uncertainty in Japan's Electricity Deregulation." It deals with the rise and decline of deregulation fervor in Japan's electric power market in cross-national and historical context. He has conducted field research in Japan, UK, US, and Germany.

A contributing energy analyst to Oxford Analytica, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and Eurasia Group, Dr. Scalise spent several years with such financial institutions as Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Japan Ltd. and UBS Global Asset Management as a Tokyo-based research analyst of Japanese energy and transportation companies, having been ranked by institutional investors Greenwich Survey’s number one Japanese utilities analyst in 2001 among all UK financial institutions, 3rd for Euro zone. Among his professional activities, he served as professorial lecturer at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and Senior Associate at Cambridge Energy Research Associates.

Dr. Scalise has spoken on global electric power restructuring, energy policy, and Japanese political economy at numerous universities and organizations around the world, including Temple University (Japan), University of Oxford, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), and the University of Tokyo (among others). He has also made presentations at the Japan Delegation for the European Union, Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien, Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Française du Japon, Japan Society (NYC), and at numerous international conferences, foreign embassies, and consulates.

His forthcoming book Agendas and Uncertainty: Japan’s Electric Power Restructuring in a Neoliberal World is based on his doctoral dissertation. Grants, scholarships, and fellowships from the Toshiba International Foundation, the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee, the Social Science Research Council and elsewhere have generously supported his work.

Dr. Scalise’s articles have appeared in more than six languages in numerous publications, including Newsweek, Foreign Policy, Asian Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Asahi Evening News, World & I, The Oriental Economist, Japan Forum, and other scholarly journals and edited volumes.  He authored the chapter on Japan’s national energy policy in The Encyclopaedia of Energy (Elsevier Academic Press 2004).

He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, cum laude, from Marist College, a master’s degree in Japan Studies and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and a doctorate in Comparative Political Economy from the University of Oxford.  He is fluent in Italian, Spanish, and Japanese.

Professional memberships:

American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Association for Asian Studies, Association of Japanese Business Studies.

Feature interviews:

Yann Rousseau, "D'ici un an ou deux, le debat sur le nucleaire pourrait etre retombe au Japon," Les Echos, 6 June 2011. Available at: http://tinyurl.com/3bqaebj

David McNeill, "Does Japan need nuclear power? David McNeill talks to energy industry commentator Paul J. Scalise," Eurobiz Japan, The European Chamber of Commerce in Japan, June 2011. Available at: http://tinyurl.com/3wackgy

Victoria Song, "Energy & Economy: Energy economist Paul Scalise analyzes the challenges facing Japan when the lights go out," American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Journal, Volume 48, No. 6, June 2011, pp. 34-37. Available at: http://accjjournal.com/illuminating-the-dark/

Craig Dale, “Japan’s energy future: A Q&A with specialist Paul Scalise in Tokyo,” CBC News, 30 May 2011. Available at: http://tinyurl.com/CBC-News-interview

Misako Hida, "Seijika, kanryō, sangyōkai subete ni sekinin ga aru [Politicians, Bureaucrats, Industry—Everyone is Responsible]", The Economist Weekly, Vol. 89, No. 20, 26 April 2011, pg. 38 (Japanese language). Available at: http://tinyurl.com/The-Economist-Weekly-Interview

Misako Hida, "Bei denryoku senmonka ni kiku: samātaimu sei wa shōene ka zōene ka [Interview with US Electric Power Specialist: Will Daylight Savings Time Save Energy or Increase it?]", Economy, The Wall Street Journal, 22 April 2011 (Japanese language). Available at: http://tinyurl.com/Wall-Street-Journal-Interview

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