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Political and Economic Coexistence Lab (Masaaki Okamoto, Director)
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A research division that compares and interprets changes in Southeast Asian politics and economies to inform regional development.

AboutAbout the lab
Understanding the dynamic transformation of politics and economies
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is a hub for area studies that emphasizes fieldwork and integrates the humanities and social sciences with the natural sciences.
The Political and Economic Coexistence research division analyzes the dynamic political and economic transformations taking place in Southeast Asia and its surrounding regions, and builds frameworks for comparing and examining them.
Key terms
- Comparative politics
- The study of the political systems and changes of multiple countries or regions by comparing them (comparative politics)
- Stakeholders
- People or organizations that are involved in an initiative and affect it or are affected by it (stakeholders)
ResearchResearch themes
Working in continuous collaboration with local stakeholders, the division seeks to understand political and economic transformation and conducts research that supports development strategies tailored to each region.
*Illustrative imageA framework for comparing political and economic transformation
The division analyzes political and economic change in Southeast Asia and its surrounding regions, and builds frameworks for comparing and examining it from perspectives such as comparative politics.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment strategies tailored to each region
Working in continuous collaboration with local stakeholders, the division seeks to understand transformation and conducts research that supports political and economic development strategies suited to each region.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMasaaki Okamoto
- ProfessorCHACHAVALPONGPUN Pavin
- ProfessorYoshihiro Nakanishi
- Associate ProfessorYalei Zhai
- Assistant ProfessorSOU Yaly
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “View of Jakarta skyline seen from Gambir Station” Sam Hidayat / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- A framework for comparing political and economic transformation: “Election Day of 2024 Indonesian general elections” EdhyRa / CC0 (cropped)
- Development strategies tailored to each region: “Singapore Cargo-Terminal-01” CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Global Survivability Studies Lab (Noboru Ishikawa)): “Bali- Jatiluwih rice terraces” Jorge Franganillo / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Social Coexistence Lab (Chika Obiya)): “Temple ceremony ( )” Christopher Michel / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Integrated Area Studies Division (Satoru Kobayashi)): “Vietnam, Panorama of Chau Doc” Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Environmental Coexistence Lab (Osamu Kozan)): “Riverbank area of Kapuas River” Achmad Rabin Taim from Jakarta, Indonesia / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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