Bio

Henry Laurence is an associate professor of Government at Bowdoin College, Maine, U.S.A., where he has also served as director of the Asian Studies Progam. He received a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University and a BA from Oriel College, Oxford University.  In 2007-2008 he was a Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and a Senior Associate Member of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. He has also been affiliated with the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Tokyo, and the U.S – Japan Relations Program at Harvard University. Prior to his academic career he worked as a fund manager for the Bank of Tokyo International in London. Dr. Laurence studies comparative political economy with particular focus on Britain, Japan and the U.S. He has conducted research on financial market regulation, media and telecommunications policy, and the political economy of creative industries. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Digital Television.