Academic CV

Ryan HARTLEY

PhD, Lecturer

International Relations

Political Economy

Academic English

British born and living in Tokyo. I am a university educator interested in the international relations of East and Southeast Asia.

When not in Japan I spend a lot of time researching in the Mekong countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar.

When not teaching and researching, the goal is to live well. Carpentry, food, onsens, and music help to keep the train on the tracks.

POSITIONS

2024, Senshu University

2023, Oberlin University, Global Program

2021, Otemon Gakuin (Osaka), Japan Program - Social Issues in Japan

2020, Toyo Gakuen, International Career Program - International Relations, Academic Skills

2017, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Economics and Management - Public Policy, International Relations

2016, Post-doctoral researcher, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Law (Leverhulme Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow), Area Studies/Political Economy

2015, Meiji Gakuin University (Yokohama Campus) - International Relations, Economics, Political Economy, Peace Studies

2015, Nihon University, Faculty of Law - English, Social and Political Issues

2013 , Temple University (Japan Campus) - International Relations, Academic Skills

2012 , University of Bath (UK), Academic Skills Centre - Academic English

2007, Chuo University, Law Department - English, Social and Political Issues

2007, Tokyo Womens Christian University (TWCU) - English, Social and Political Issues

2005, British Education Office (BEO), Tokyo, Japan - International Relations, Research Methods, Academic English

COURSES TAUGHT

• [Politics] Public Policy, International Relations, Political Philosophy, Peace and Conflict Studies

• [Economics] Economic Theory, Political Economy, International Development

• [Academic Skills] Research Methods, Academic English, IELTS, TOEFL

EDUCATION

PhD (Double Doctorate)

2013-2016, Sheffield University, UK (School of East Asian Studies) & Tohoku University, Japan (Graduate School of Law)

Topic: Japan - Mekong Politico-Economic Relations

Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)

2010, International House, Thailand

Topic: Teaching

Master of Arts (MA)

2003 - 2004, University of Kent (UK)

Topic: International Relations, Human Security

Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Honours)

2000 - 2003, University of Kent (UK)

Topic: Social and Clinical Psychology

FUNDING

2018, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research <KAKENHI>

2016, Leverhulme Foundation, Study Abroad Studentship

2015, British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS), John Crump Studentship

2014, British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS), Postgraduate Studentship

2014, Nippon Foundation/Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Postgraduate Studentship

2014, Japan Foundation Endowment Committee (JFEC), Field Research Grant

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

* East and Southeast Asian International Relations

* Japan`s foreign policy

* Economic Security

* Mekong Sub-region

* Indo-Pacific

* Burma/Myanmar

CURRENT PROJECTS

* (in preparation, monograph) Economic Power in Southeast Asia: Japan's Politico-Economic Relations with the Mekong Sub-region

* (in preparation, monograph) The Indo-Pacific: Transformations in Regional Order

* (in preparation, edited) From the Mekong to The Indo-Pacific: Transformations from Sub-Regionalism to Inter-Regionalism

* (in preparation, edited) From Election to Coup D’etat: The Failure Of Myanmar’s First Period of Democracy

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

Hartley, Ryan. (2023) `Japan-Myanmar Relations: A Quarter-Century of Risk Mitigation, Management, and Consolidation`. In Yamahata, Chosein. (ed.) ASEAN and Regional Actors in the Indo-Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan

Hartley, Ryan. & Newman, Edward. (2020) ‘Global and Regional Organisations in East Asia’. In Inoguchi Takashi. (ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy (2 vol.)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526436078.n15

Hartley, Ryan. (2018) ‘The Evolution of Japan-Myanmar Relations since 1988’. In Kingston, Jeffrey. & Brown, James. (eds.) Japan’s Foreign Relations in Asia. London & New York: Routledge

Journals

Hartley, Ryan. (2019) ‘Nightclubs, Dancing, and Reforms to Japan’s Sex-Industry Laws (fueihō): Lessons in Shifting Global Politico-Economic Trends from the ‘No Dancing’ Country’. Japan Forum, Vol. 32, Issue 1, p126-155

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2018.1504110

Hartley, Ryan. (2018) ‘Japan’s Rush to Rejuvenate Burma Relations: A Critical Reading of Post-2011 Efforts to Create “New Old Friends”’. Southeast Asia Research, Vol. 26, No. 4, 367–415

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0967828X18813504

Hartley, Ryan. (2018) ‘Japan’s Early Twentieth Century Entry into Burma and British Perceptions (and Misperceptions) of the Friend that Became a Foe, 1903-1943: A Case Study in the Global Blindspot’. Journal of Burma Studies, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 71-120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2018.0002

Hartley, Ryan (2017) `Junta reforms doing nothing to assuage Thai investment flight`. East Asia Forum, November 14th 2017

Available at https://tinyurl.com/y8a9kky3

Hartley, Ryan. (2017) `Contemporary Thailand–Japan Economic Relations: What Falling Japanese Investment Reveals About Thailand's Deep, Global Competition, State in the Context of Shifting Regional Orders`. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 569–585, September 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.194

Hartley, Ryan. (2017) ‘Japan Studies at a Distance: Conducting Primary Research in Third-Party Countries’. Journal of International and Advanced Japanese Studies, Vol. 9, pp115-128

DOI: http://doi.org/10.15068/00146782

Hartley, Ryan. (2016) ‘Off a cliff: the collapse of Japanese investment in Thailand’. Policy Forum/Mandalay, June 2016

Available at http://tinyurl.com/thailandjapan

Hartley, Ryan. (2015) ‘The Politics of Dancing in Japan’. International Institute for Asian Studies: The Newsletter, No. 70, Spring 2015, p4-5

Available at https://issuu.com/iias/docs/iias_nl70_full

Hartley, Ryan. (2014) ‘Taking the Fear out of Statistics in the EAP classroom: The Case for Gapminder and Learner Autonomy’. Independence, Issue 60 (February March), p22-29

Available at: https://www.academia.edu/37644943/Taking_the_Fear_out_of_Statistics_in_the_EAP_classroom_The_Case_for_Gapminder_and_Learner_Autonomy

Doctoral Thesis

Hartley, Ryan. (2015) Japan and the Greater Mekong Sub-region: Hegemony in the Making or Hegemony Already Established? Doctoral thesis, University of Sheffield, October 2015.

Available at http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9638/

Book Reviews

[2022] Japan between China and Russia in Central Asia: Balancing, pragmatism, and cooperation.

Book review: Japan and the New Silk Road: Diplomacy, Development and Connectivity (2020)

Author: Nikolay Murashkin

Vestniks, Saint Petersburg University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2021.408

[2016] East Asian Integration Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4

Title: Power Transition and International Order in Asia: Issues and Challenges. (2014)

Author: Shearman, Peter.

Publisher: London and New York: Routledge (Asian Security Studies series)

[2016] East Asian Integration Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3

Title: Regionalism in China-Vietnam Relations: Institution Building in the Greater Mekong Subregion (2010)

Author: Oliver Hensengerth

Publisher: London and New York: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

[2015] East Asian Integration Studies, Vol. 7, No. 35

Title: The Economics of East Asian Integration: A comprehensive Introduction to Regional Issues

Editors: Masahisa Fujita, Ikuo Kuroiwa, Satoru Kumagai

Publisher: IDE: JETRO (Tokyo)