Dr. Aurelia George Mulgan

Biography

Professor Aurelia George Mulgan is a Conjoint Professor at UNSW Canberra's School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Auckland University and her Bachelor of Arts with Honours and Master of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She pursued graduate studies as a Monbusho Scholar at Osaka University of Foreign Studies and Tokyo University, culminating in a PhD from the Australian National University (ANU) in Japanese politics. With extensive experience, Professor Mulgan was a Research Fellow at the Australia-Japan Research Centre at ANU before joining UNSW in 1985. Over the years, she has earned prestigious awards including the J.G. Crawford Award for outstanding work on Japanese political economy and the Ohira Memorial Prize for her book on Japanese agricultural politics. Her research focuses on Japanese politics, political economy, and regional security issues, and she has published numerous articles and books including "Abe Administration: Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive". Professor Mulgan also engages actively in government consultations and has held visiting research positions at various prestigious institutions in Japan and the UK. Her contributions to the understanding of Northeast Asian security and Japanese political dynamics are widely recognized in academic circles.

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