Dr. Lauren Richardson

Biography

Lauren Richardson is a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University. She previously served as the Director of Studies and Lecturer at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy from 2018 to 2020, and also was the Director of the ANU Japan Institute from 2020 to 2022. Dr. Richardson has taught on Northeast Asian Relations at the University of Edinburgh and her research focuses on the role of non-state actors in shaping diplomatic interactions in Northeast Asia, particularly in Japan-Korea relations. Her publications have examined the South Korean anti-nuclear movement, the redress campaign for North Korean atomic bomb victims, and the role of Buddhists in Sino-Japanese rapprochement. She is currently completing a book manuscript entitled "Reshaping Japan-Korea Relations: Transnational Advocacy Networks and Politics of Redress." Dr. Richardson holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Asian Studies from Monash University and a Master’s in Political Science from Keio University in Tokyo, where she wrote her dissertation on Japan-ROK relations. Her PhD from ANU included a year of fieldwork in Japan and South Korea.

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