Shibata, Saori, Dr

Dr Saori Shibata

School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Lecturer in East Asian Studies

S.Shibata@sheffield.ac.uk

Jessop West

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Dr Saori Shibata
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield
S3 7RA

Profile

Dr Saori Shibata joined SEAS in 2021 after working as lecturer in Political Economy of Japan at Leiden �־�� (2014-2021).

She completed a PhD in Political Science and International Studies at the �־�� of Birmingham, UK (2015).

Qualifications

2015
Ph.D., �־�� of Birmingham, Department of Political Science and International Studies (UK)

Thesis: Consensus-based to a Disorganized Model of Japanese Capitalism: The emergence of new forms of labour activism

2007
M.A., �־�� of Birmingham, Department of Political Science and International Studies (UK)

Research interests: Saori’s research focuses on Japan’s political economy, including the changing nature of work, the digital economy and how Japan’s model of capitalism is transforming. This draws on institutionalist approaches to capitalism and critical political economy. She has published on these topics in journals such as New Political Economy, Review of International Political Economy and British Journal of Political Science. She is the author of Contesting Precarity in Japan: The Rise of Nonregular Workers and the New Policy Dissensus published by Cornell �־�� Press.

Publications

Shibata S (2020) Contesting Precarity in Japan The Rise of Nonregular Workers and the New Policy Dissensus. Cornell �־�� Press.

Lechevalier S & Shibata S (2024) . Competition & Change.
Shibata S & Bailey DJ (2024) . Economy and Society.
Shibata S (2022) . Global Political Economy, 1(1), 173-187.
Bailey DJ, Lewis PC & Shibata S (2022) . Capital & Class, 46(3), 331-491.
Shibata S (2021) . Review of International Political Economy, 29(5), 1549-1576.
Bailey D, Huke N, Lewis P & Shibata S (2021) . Social Policy and Society, 20(1), 158-171.
Shibata S (2020) . New Political Economy, 25(4), 535-551.