Haruko Satoh is Co-Director of the IAFOR Research Centre set up with the International Academic Forum (IAFOR) at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University, where she also teaches. She currently runs the international collaboration project, “Peace and Human Security in Asia: Toward a Meaningful Japan-Korea Partnership” supported by the Korea Foundation. She is also member of the ESG-Integration Research and Education Center at OSIPP. She previously ran the OSIPP student exchange project, “Peace and Human Security in Asia (PAHSA)” with six Southeast Asian. She has worked at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Chatham House, and Gaiko Forum. She -studied at Mount Holyoke College, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) – Bologna Center, and University of Cambridge. Her interests are primarily in state theory, Japanese nationalism and identity politics. Recent publications include: “Rethinking Human Security: Securing Safe International Cruises Through A Human Security Lens”, Asian International Studies Review, Vol. 22, No. 1 (July 2021); “Much Ado about a Constitution” in Lam Peng Er & Purnendra Jain (eds), Japan’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change (Lexington Book, 2020); and, “China in Japan’s Nation-state Identity” in Brown & Kingston (eds), Japan’s Foreign Relations in Asia (Routledge, 2018). She is on the international advisory board of the Leiden AsiaCentre, member of the Executive Council of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) and on the board of the International Academic Forum (IAFOR).