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Kikue Hamayotsu is an Associate Professor at the Northern Illinois University Department of Political Science and a faculty associate at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Originally from Japan, she has lived and worked across Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the UK. Her research intersects Comparative Politics, Democracy and Autocracy, Politics and Religion, Politics of Identity, and Southeast Asia with a focus on Qualitative Research Methods.
- Education:
- B.A., Sophia University (Tokyo)
- M.A., SOAS University of London
- M.A., University of Sydney
- Ph.D., Australian National University
Her scholarship examines state-religion relations, religious regime formation, and democratic consolidation in multi-ethnic Southeast Asia. She has held leadership roles in the American Political Science Association (APSA) and American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS), including chairing the Indonesia & Timor Leste Studies Committee.
Her recent publications include analyses of Islamic courts in Malaysia, political tolerance in Indonesia, and state enforcement of Syariah laws. She explores how electoral competitiveness and decentralized governance shape religious pluralism and minority rights in late-developing Muslim democracies.
Hamayotsu’s work spans journal articles, book chapters, and monographs, with a forthcoming focus on intolerant Islam in Southeast Asia. Her empirical studies draw on fieldwork, interviews with legal officials, and comparative analysis across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
