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Julie Gilson

Reader in Asian Studies, University of Birmingham

Reader in Asian Studies, University of Birmingham Julie Gilson has been a member of Polsis since 2003. Her main interests at present focus on interpreting ‘civil society’ in Asia, with a particular focus on transnational advocacy groups. Previously she has written work on East Asian regionalism, Asia-Europe inter-regional relations and Japanese foreign policy. Research interests: – Civil Society in Asia – Asian Regionalism – Japanese Foreign Policy – Asia-Europe Relations Current and recent projects: – The spatiality of transnational advocacy: examples from Asia – Transnational governance & legitimacy – Resource nationalism: Russia and Japan – Social learning and NGOs in Asia – Japanese foreign policy