Short Biography |
I am currently Professor of Political Psychology & Behavior at the Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. In 1987, The University of Tokyo granted me my Ph.D. (the first Ph.D. in the Department of Social Psychology). Previously I held positions and served as faculty member at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1980~82), Keio University (1987~88), International Christian University (1987~88), Ibaraki University (1988~1992), the University of Tokyo (1989), Tokiwa University (1989~1993), the University of Tsukuba (1992~1995), Naruto University of Education (1995~2004), Tokushima University (1996), and Kyoto University (2001). In these universities I taught courses on political behavior and attitudes, social psychology, and communication. In addition, I held a visiting scholar positions at the University of British Columbia (Canada, 1996), Tel Aviv University (Israel, 1997~1998), York University (UK, 1999), the Mershon Center at the Ohio State University (USA, 2001~2002), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel, 2009~10), the University of Queensland (Australia, 2015~2016), and Leipzig University (German, 2016). |
Academic Activities |
I am the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters in the fields of political psychology/behavior, communication studies, and Japanese politics. My work has appeared in more than 90 publications in English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Russian, and Romanian, in such journals as Political Psychology, Political Communication and Persuasion, Comparative Political Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Language & Dialogue, Shimbungaku Hyoron, and Ribayasan; and in edited books including Political Psychology: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (edited by S.A. Renshon & J. Duckitt, published by Macmillan, London & New York University Press, New York, 2000 [pp. 73-78; 182-200]); Autoritarismus: Kontroversen und Ansatze der Aktuellen Autoritarismusforschung [Authoritarianism: Controversies and Approaches in Authoritarianism Research Today] (edited by S. Rippl, C. Seipel, & A. Kindervater, published by Leske & Budrich, Germany: Opladen, 2000 [pp. 147-171]) (with M.W. Watts; in German); Kokyo Seisakugaku [Public Policy] (edited by Y. Adachi & T. Moriwaki, published by Minerva Shobo, Kyoto, 2003 [pp. 209-224] (in Japanese); and in Handobukku Seiji Shinrigaku [Handbook of Political Psychology] (edited by J. Kawata & Y. Araki, published by Hokuju, Tokyo, 2003 [pp. 63-73] (in Japanese); Grounding Social Sciences in Cognitive Sciences (edited by R. Sun, published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012 [pp. 331-357] (with P. Bull); Culture and Political Psychology: A Societal Perspective (edited by T. Magioglou, published by Information Age Publishing, Advances in Cultural Psychology, Charlotte, NC, USA, Vol. 7., 2014 [pp. 149-169]; and Japan's Multilayered Democracy (edited by S. Ben-Rafael Galanti, N. Otmazgin, & A. Levkowitz, published by Lextington, Lanham, MD, 2015 [pp. 175-196]. |
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Information about these works can be found in http://www.directtextbook.com/search/ofer+feldman | |
Honors, Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Received | |
I am the 1993 Recipient of the Erik H. Erikson Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Political Psychology, from the International Society of Political Psychology. Other honors, awards, and grants received from the Japanese Government (Mombusho: Ministry of Education), 1982-87, 1990-2003; Japan Foundation (Kokusai Koryu Kikin), 1989,1993; Matsushita International Foundation (Matsushita Kokusai Zaidan), 1993-1994; Nomura Foundation (Gakujutsu Shinko Nomura Kikin), 1994; Kikkoman Foundation (Kikkomann Kikin), 1996; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkokai), 1999-2001; 2008-2010; 2012-2015; Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Fellowship (Daiwa Nichiei Kikin), 1999; Fulbright Research Grant Fellowship, 2001-2002; Mershon Center, Ohio State University, 2001-2002; Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Psychology & the Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland, 2006; El Colegio de Veracruz, Mexico, 2007; Lund University, Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, 2008; El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C. Mexico, 2008; Lady Davis Fellowship (Hebrew Univeristy of Jeruslem), 2009-2010; Louis Frieberg Fellowship, 2010; and Mercator Visiting Professorships (The DFG: German Research Foundation), 2010. | |
Current Research Interests |
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My current research projects focus on two topics: (1) The relationship between politicians (or candidates for political office) and their audiences. (2) The communicative patterns and responsiveness of national (and local) level politicians in Japan throughout broadcast talk shows. That is, on how Japanese politicians cope with the questions posed to them during televised political interviews. Details on these project were presented during recent (2009~2016) annual meetings of the International Society of Political Psychology, the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), and the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and in selected journals, as follows: Feldman, O., Kinoshita, K., & Bull, P. “Culture or Communicative Conflict? The Analysis of Equivocation in Broadcast Japanese Political Interviews.” Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 2015, 34 (1), pp. 65-89. Feldman, O., “Televised Political interviews: A Paradigm for Analysis.” Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 2016, 3(2), pp. 63-82. Feldman, O., Kinoshita, K., & Bull, P. “’Ducking and Diving:’ How Political Issues Affect Equivocation in Japanese Political Interviews.” Japanese Journal of Political Science, 2016, 17(2), pp. 141-167. Feldman, O., Kinoshita, K., & Bull, P. “Failures in Leadership: How and Why Wishy-Washy Politicians Equivocate on Japanese Political Interviews.” Journal of Language and Politics, 2017. Feldman, O., & Kinoshita, K., “Do Important Questions Demand Respectful Replies? Analyzing Televised Political Interviews in Japan.” Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 2017. |