Takumi Shibaike

• 2024 Fall
  • MAX 132 Global Community
  • PSC 600 Selected Topics - Global Env Governance
• 2024 Spring
  • PSC 318 Technology, Politics, and Environment

Takumi Shibaike, assistant professor of political science, will teach classes in global environmental politics, non-governmental organizations and global governance. Previously, Shibaike was an assistant professor of international relations at Duke Kunshan University. He also served as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy and as a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.

He investigates how civil society activism shapes the public understanding of environmental issues, such as species conservation and climate change. His peer-reviewed articles have been featured in International Studies Quarterly, Global Environmental Politics, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and other publications. His research has been supported by the Canon Foundation-EUI Research Fellowship and the Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation Research Grant. Shibaike earned a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2020.

• Journal Articles
  • Shibaike, T., Wong, W. H., Stroup, S. S. and Oduro, A., "The stories they tell: What INGO mission statements reveal about their authority." Global Society, 2023.
  • Bloodgood, E. A., Bourns, J., Lenczner, M., Shibaike, T., Tabet, J., Melvin, A. and Wong, W. H., "Understanding National Nonprofit Data Environments." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2023.
  • Shibaike, T., "The Power of Specialization: NGO Advocacy in Global Conservation Governance." International Studies Quarterly, 2023.
  • DeMattee, A., Gertler, N., Shibaike, T. and Bloodgood, E., "Laws in translation: Comparing techniques to translate legal texts." Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, 2022.
  • Shibaike, T., "Legitimacy and legitimation practices: An analysis of TSMO networks." Complexity, Governance, & Networks, 2022.
  • Shibaike, T., "Small NGOs and Agenda-Setting in Global Conservation Governance: The Case of Pangolin Conservation." Global Environmental Politics, 2022.