准教授
ウルヴ ハンセン
ULV HANSSEN
Profile
| 専門分野 | International relations in East Asia, particularly Japan-North Korea relations; Japanese security policy; Japanese national identity; North Korean politics and society; discourse analysis. |
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| 研究テーマ | International relations, security policy, identity politics, othering, the abduction issue, discourse analysis. |
| 研究概要 | I explore how postwar Japanese identity is constructed in relation to various other countries, and how this identity, in turn, has effects on Japanese security policy. I am also interested in the apparent decline of pacifism/anti-militarism in Japan since the end of the Cold War. Finally, I analyze how North Korea’s abductions of Japanese citizens have influenced the national security debate in Japan. |
| 担当科目 | Special lectures 1 (Border studies); Special lectures 3 (Law and politics in Japan); Special studies in general education 1 (North Korean politics and society); GLP English A. |
| 主な経歴・職歴・学歴 | 2011: M.A. in Asian and African studies at the University of Oslo. 2011-2012: Trainee and political affairs officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo. 2012-2013: Trainee and research assistant at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. 2017: Ph.D. in Japanese studies at the Graduate School of East Asia Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. 2017: Research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. 2017-2018: Research fellow at the European Institute of Japanese Studies. 2018-: Lecturer at Soka University. |
| 所属学会・団体 | Associated research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. |
| 主な論文･著書 | Hagström, Linus and Ulv Hanssen (2016) ‘War is peace: the rearticulation of “peace” in Japan’s China discourse’, Review of International Studies 42 (2): 266 – 286.
Hagström, Linus and Ulv Hanssen (2015) ‘The North Korean abduction issue: emotions, securitisation and the reconstruction of Japanese identity from “aggressor” to “victim” and from “pacifist” to “normal”’, The Pacific Review 28 (1): 71 – 93. |
| メッセージ・ひとこと | My advice to the students is to try to broaden your field of interest as much as possible. Being interested in a topic makes it much easier to learn. So the bigger your field of interest, the greater the potential for learning. One important step on the way to learning is therefore identifying how the topic can be of interest for you. How can you link it to topics you are already interested in? Once you have found that connection, learning becomes much easier and more fun. Stay curious! |
| 専門分野 | International Relations |
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| 研究テーマ | Japan-North Korea relations, Sweden-North Korea relations, Japanese security policy, international relations in East Asia |
| 研究内容 | My research mainly deals with Japan's relations with the outside world, especially the other North East Asian countries. I began my career focusing on Japan's relations with North Korea and I have come back to this topic many times since. I am also interested in the global power shifts taking place in the world today where the hegemony that the US has enjoyed in the postwar period is weakening and other actors, especially China, are aiming to strengthen their position in the world. This shift from unipolarity toward multipolarity is fraught with danger but it also presents possibilities for much-needed change in global governance. This has constituted - and will continue to do so - a recurring theme in my research. |
| 研究・教育方針 | The important point is to find something that interests you and use that as the starting point for your research. Once you find that starting point, the rest follows naturally. |
| 取得学位 | 2018: Started teaching at Soka University's Faculty of Law |
| メッセージ・ひとこと | The current moment in world history where the US' hegemonic power is diluted and new power centers are appearing makes me worried and hopeful at the same time. Worried because power shifts often lead to war and disorder, but hopeful because this shift could bring about much-needed change in global governance. The shift could potentially give a bigger voice to countries that have been sidelined under the old US-led order, especially countries in the Global South. Together with my students, it is my intention and desire to work toward a future where this epoch-making power shift results in justice and peace rather than intimidation and war. |