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Ioan Trifu is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center for East Asian Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from both the University of Lyon (France) and Tohoku University (Japan), awarded in 2013.
His research focuses on Japanese politics and public policy, with particular emphasis on local revitalization, multilevel governance, and cultural heritage policy. He has a long-standing interest in the comparative approach within heritage studies and explores how heritage functions as an agent of change in social and political contexts.
As part of the research project "Protecting the Weak: Entangled Processes of Framing, Mobilization and Institutionalization in East Asia", he leads the case study on cultural heritage protection in Japan. His recent work engages with UNESCO’s impact on domestic cultural governance, culinary nationalism (e.g., Washoku), and the use of heritage to address social marginalization, particularly in post-industrial and colonial contexts.
He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo and Kyushu University, reflecting strong academic collaborations in Japan. His presentations at ACHS 2016 highlight his active contribution to critical heritage studies, especially in East Asia.
He has participated in multiple conference sessions related to heritage diplomacy, foodways, difficult heritage, and identity construction, demonstrating a broad and interdisciplinary research profile.
