YASUDA Chinatsu

Biography

Chinatsu YASUDA graduated from Sophia University in March 2016. During her undergraduate studies, she studied at Sciences Po Paris. She subsequently obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Tokyo.
She has since gained professional and research experience through an internship at the Delegation of the European Union to Japan, work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, a Research Assistant position at the University of Tokyo, and a period as a Visiting Researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), before assuming her current position.
She is expected to complete her doctoral program at the University of Tokyo in March 2026 and to be conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Selected Research Papers

Papers

• Chinatsu Yasuda, “EU Cultural Policy: Its Evolution and Significance from the 1970s to the 2010s,” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Tokyo, 2025.
• Chinatsu Yasuda, “EU Cultural Policy: Divided institutional interrelationships and strategic changes in policy development,” Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 15(1), pp. 64-73, 2023.

Books

• Chinatsu Yasuda, “Emmanuel Macron” in EU Hyakka Jiten (EU Encyclopedia) by Kumiko Haba et al. eds, pp. 76-77.

Current Research Projects

Influence of domestic factors in major countries surrounding Japan on international order transition
Russia

Professional Memberships

• European Union Studies Association Japan
•  Japan Association of International Relations
•  Japan Association for Cultural Policy Research

Awards and Grants

• Scholarship from “Tobitate! Study Abroad Initiative” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
• “Special Jury Award,” Winner of speech contest for Academic Achievement Report Meeting after the MEXT Fellowship program “Tobitate! Study Abroad Initiative”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
• “Excellent Student Award,” Chinese Bridge Online Program, Zhejiang University.
• Sponsored by “Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers” from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
• Sponsored by “Research Grant” from K. MATSUSHITA Foundation.

Completed Programs

• UTokyo Future Faculty Program (FFP), The University of Tokyo Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, 2022.
• Chinese Bridge Online Program, Zhejiang University, 2022.
• European Summer Academy 2016, European Academy of Otzenhausen (Germany),2016.

Presentations at International Conferences and Other Events

• Chinatsu Yasuda, “Interrelationships between the two major institutions in EU Cultural Policy: From the Analysis of the 2010s,” European Union Studies Association-Japan (EUSA-Japan) the 44th Annual Conference, 2023, Aichi.
• Chinatsu Yasuda, “Contemporary EU Cultural Policy: From the Analysis of Institutional Interrelationships between the European Commission and the European Parliament,” Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR) Annual Convention 2023, Fukuoka.
• Masafumi Fujita, Ahram Han (non-attending co-author), Chinatsu Yasuda (non-attending co-author), “Understanding the Emergence of the Vienna Initiative: Governing States through IMF-Private Cooperation,” Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR) Annual Convention 2023, Fukuoka.
• Chinatsu Yasuda, “EU Cultural Policy: the case of House of European History,” International Studies Association (ISA) Asia Pacific Conference 2023, Tokyo.
• Chinatsu Yasuda, “Relationship between the EU institutions regarding cultural policies,” European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference 2022, Seoul.
• Chinatsu Yasuda, “Comparing changes and trends in EU cultural policy in ‘European Cultural Agenda in a Globalizing World’ and “The New European Cultural Agenda (Gurobaruka suru sekai ni okeru oushuno bunka ajenda to aratana oushuno bunka ajenda karamiru iyubunkaseisaku no hensen to keiko),” Japan Association for Cultural Policy Research 15th Annual Conference, Tokyo(Online).
• Chinatsu Yasuda, “Cultural policy of the EU in the age of challenge,” Online, International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Young Researcher’s Workshop, Kyoto.
• Chinatsu Yasuda, “Cultural policy of the EU after Maastricht: one of the pillars for the future of the EU,” European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference 2018, Taipei.