Professor Kristi Govella
Associate Professor in the Politics and International Relations of Japan
Kristi Govella is Associate Professor in the Politics and International Relations of Japan in the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies and the School of Global and Area Studies at the University of Oxford and a Governing Body Fellow of St. Antony's College.
She specializes in the intersection of economics, security, and governance, with a particular focus on the Indo-Pacific region and Japan. Her research has examined topics such as economic statecraft, government-business relations, regional institutional architecture, military alliances, and the governance of the global commons. She also serves as Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Asia Policy.
Prior to joining the University of Oxford, Dr. Govella was Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Director of the Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Asia Program at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, and Associate Professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. She has also been a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Political Science and Japanese from the University of Washington, Seattle.
Research Disciplines:
- Political Science
- International Relations
- Political Economy
- Politics
- Comparative Politics
- Diplomacy
Research Keywords:
- Foreign policy
- Economics
- Security
- Governance
- Economic statecraft
- Government-business relations
- Regional institutional architecture
- Military alliances
- Global commons
- Maritime security
- Cybersecurity
- Outer space
Countries:
- Japan
- South Korea
- China
- Indo-Pacific
Research Cluster: