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Andreas Eder-Ramsauer , BA MA
Andreas Eder-Ramsauer
Department of East Asian Studies
Spitalgasse 2
1090 Wien
Room: 2K-O1-26
T: +43-1-4277-43811

Research interests

Conservatism and its hegemony in Japan

Populism as political discourse logic

Post-structuralist discourse theory and (radical democracy theory)

Japanese political history of ideas

Employment

Student assistant

Department of East Asian Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

1 Oct 2012 → 31 Jul 2015

Independent contractor/trainee

Department of East Asian Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

14 Nov 2014 → 12 Aug 2016

Predoc

Department of East Asian Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

21 Aug 2023 → present

Prä Doc

Freie Universität Berlin (FU)

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

1 Oct 2016 → 31 Jul 2023

Publications

  1. Democratic Futures Now! / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas.
    Vienna, 2025. (Minikomi: Austrian Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 90).
  2. Introduction to the Special Issue: Democratic Futures Now! / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas.
    In: Minikomi: Austrian Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 90, 09.11.2025, p. 4-10.
  3. Varieties of Populism in Japan: Reiwa Shinsengumi, the Japan Restoration Party and the Ambiguities in Classifying Populism. / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas; Matsutani, Mitsuru.
    Three Faces of Populism in Asia : Populism as a Multifaceted Political Practice. ed. / Shiru Wang. London, New York, 2024. p. 129-156.
  4. Populism, Protest, and New Forms of Political Organisation. / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas (Editor); Kim, Seongscheol (Editor); Knott, Andy (Editor) et al.
    Nomos Verlag, 2022.
  5. Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Love, Populism, and Radical Democracy for a Neoliberal Japan. / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas.
    In: Journal for the Study of Radicalism, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2022, p. 95–112.
  6. Review: Ishin shiji no bunseki: Popyurizumu ka yūkensha no gōrisei ka (Support for the Ishin: Is it a Consequence of Populism, or Rational Choice?). / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas.
    In: Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 68, No. 1, 2021, p. 141-144.
  7. Stabilität trotz Populismus? Hashimoto Tōrus Verhältnis zur Regierung Abe Shinzōs. / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas.
    Wie weiter mit der Populismusforschung?. ed. / Seongcheol Kim; Veith Selk. Nomos Verlag, 2021. p. 217-244.
  8. How to understand discourse: Qualitative discourse analysis. / Eder-Ramsauer, Andreas; Reiher, Cornelia.
    Studying Japan: Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods. ed. / Cornelia Reiher; Nora Kottmann. 2020. p. 377-388.
  9. Institutsprojekt Aso 2.0: Studentische Projektarbeiten. / Eder, Andreas; Miserka, Antonia; Pickl-Kolaczia, Brigitte et al.
    Aso: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft eines Wiener Forschungsprojekts zum ländlichen Japan. ed. / Ralph Lützeler; Wolfram Manzenreiter. Abteilung Japanologie des Instituts für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Wien, 2016. p. 168-198 (Beiträge zur Japanologie. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Japanologie der Universität Wien, Vol. 45).

Activities

  1. Japanese migrants’ transnational political engagement: the case of Reiwa Shinsengumi’s overseas supporters

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    16 Nov 2024

  2. Anti-Populism and Conservatism: How Japanese Conservatives Stabilize their Hegemonic Status

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    19 Sept 2024

  3. Anti-Populism, Depoliticization, and Post-Politics: Contingencies in Japanese Conservative Hegemony From Group 1984 to the Long Reign of Abe Shinzō

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    18 Mar 2024

  4. Anti-Populism and the Long History of Post-Politics in Japan

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    12 Dec 2023

  5. Varieties of Populism in Japan: Reiwa Shinsengumi, the Japan Restoration Party, and the Ambiguities in Classifying Populism

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker) & Matsutani, M. (Contributor)

    4 Nov 2023

  6. Krise, Anti-Populismus, Demokratie: Kulturalistisch-elitäre Logiken in Krisendiskursen der japanischen Politik und deren Relation zum Post-Politischen

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    13 Sept 2023

  7. Anti-Populism and the Long History of Post-Politics in Japan

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    3 Mar 2023

  8. Testing the Left-Wing Populist Hypothesis in Japan

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    20 May 2022

  9. Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Love, Populism and Radical Democracy

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    24 Mar 2022 → 27 Mar 2022

  10. Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Love, Populism and Radical Democracy

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    25 Feb 2022

  11. Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Testing the left-wing populist hypothesis in Japan

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    12 Jan 2022

  12. Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Reinventing radical politics and testing the left-wing populist hypothesis in Japan

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    17 Dec 2021

  13. „Challenging Japanese Conservatism’s new legitimacy discourse: Analyzing the (un-)successful left-wing populism of Yamamoto Tarō in a context of hegemonic ‚compassionate paternalism’”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    10 Sept 2021

  14. „Populismus als Anti-Establishment-Elitismus: Der populistische Diskurs Hashimoto Tōrus im Kontext konservativer Hegemonie in Japans Demokratie“

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    23 Sept 2020

  15. “Populism as anti-establishment elitism: The non-disruptive nature of Japan’s neo-liberal populism”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    15 Sept 2020

  16. „Populismus, Nationalismus und unterschiedliche Auswirkungen auf Demokratie: Eine diskurstheoretische Analyse von Hashimoto Tōru und Koike Yuriko”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    30 Aug 2018

  17. „When local populists go national: Issues of data collection and comparability of data sources in studying political discourse in Japan”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    14 Mar 2018

  18. „Populists, Nationalists, Friends or Foes of Democracy? The Politics of Hashimoto Tôru and Koike Yuriko”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    11 Dec 2017

  19. „Populists, Nationalists, Friends or foes of democracy? The Effects, Compositions and Changes of Populist and Nationalist Elements in the Discourses of Hashimoto Tōru and Koike Yuriko”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    3 Dec 2017

  20. „The populism of former Osaka Governor and Mayor Hashimoto Tōru and its effects on democracy in Japan”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    2 Sept 2017

  21. „The populism of former Osaka Governor and Mayor Hashimoto Tōru and its effects on democracy in Japan: An inquiry into narrative structure and its success”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    6 Jul 2017

  22. „Kommunalpolitik im Raum Aso: Lokale Identität, Politische Partizipation und lokale Demokratie”

    Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

    27 Aug 2015

  23. Rückmigration ins Aso-Gebiet

    Miserka, A. (Speaker), Eder, A. (Speaker), Pickl-Kolaczia, B. (Speaker) & Raab, H. (Speaker)

    27 Aug 2015

Konferenzorganisation

2023(Workshop) DEMOCRACY, Violence, Populism - Situating Japanese Politics in Turbulent Times (Freie Universität Berlin, 3. März 2023)
2021(Internationale Konferenz) Populism, Protest, and New Forms of Political Organization: Ten Years after the Movements of the Squares (Freie Universität Berlin, 8.-10. September 2021)
2018(Internationale Konferenz) 17. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag (Freie Universität Berlin, 29.-31. August 2018)
2018(Workshop) Local politics in Japan: Significance, challenges and opportunities (Freie Universität Berlin, 14. März 2018)

Mitgliedschaften in wissenschaftlichen Organisationen

- Akademischer Arbeitskreis Japan
- Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung
- International Political Science Association
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft - Themengruppe "Populismus"
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Eder-Ramsauer, A. (2025). Democratic Futures Now!. Minikomi: Austrian Journal of Japanese Studies Vol. 90
Eder-Ramsauer, A. (2025). Introduction to the Special Issue: Democratic Futures Now! Minikomi: Austrian Journal of Japanese Studies, 90, 4-10.
Suzuki, A., Chau, A., (Trans.), Urban, N., (Trans.), Wieser, J., (Trans.), Wollinger, J., (Trans.), Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Ed.), & Linder, A. (Ed.) (2025). An Examination of the Concept of 'Honorary Male': Why are Female Leaders Criticized? Minikomi: Austrian Journal of Japanese Studies, 90(1), 48-63. https://doi.org/10.25365/aaj-2025-90-06
Eder-Ramsauer, A., & Matsutani, M. (2024). Varieties of Populism in Japan: Reiwa Shinsengumi, the Japan Restoration Party and the Ambiguities in Classifying Populism. In S. Wang (Ed.), Three Faces of Populism in Asia : Populism as a Multifaceted Political Practice (pp. 129-156). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003399780-7
Eder-Ramsauer, A., Kim, S., Knott, A., & Prentoulis, M. (Eds.) (2022). Populism, Protest, and New Forms of Political Organisation. Nomos Verlag.
Eder-Ramsauer, A. (2022). Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Love, Populism, and Radical Democracy for a Neoliberal Japan. Journal for the Study of Radicalism, 16(2), 95–112.
Eder-Ramsauer, A. (2021). Review: Ishin shiji no bunseki: Popyurizumu ka yūkensha no gōrisei ka (Support for the Ishin: Is it a Consequence of Populism, or Rational Choice?). Social Science Japan Journal, 68(1), 141-144.
Eder-Ramsauer, A. (2021). Stabilität trotz Populismus? Hashimoto Tōrus Verhältnis zur Regierung Abe Shinzōs. In S. Kim, & V. Selk (Eds.), Wie weiter mit der Populismusforschung? (pp. 217-244). Nomos Verlag.
Eder-Ramsauer, A., & Reiher, C. (2020). How to understand discourse: Qualitative discourse analysis. In C. Reiher, & N. Kottmann (Eds.), Studying Japan: Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods (pp. 377-388)
Purkarthofer, F., Mühleder, P., & Eder, A. (2017). Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (SEALDs): Innenansicht politischen Engagements, dessen Erfolg und Ende. Minikomi Informationen des Akademischen Arbeitskreises Japan, (86), 5 - 10. https://doi.org/https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/aaj/article/view/086_005-010_ART_EDER2017
Eder, A., Miserka, A., Pickl-Kolaczia, B., & Raab, H. (2016). Institutsprojekt Aso 2.0: Studentische Projektarbeiten. In R. Lützeler, & W. Manzenreiter (Eds.), Aso: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft eines Wiener Forschungsprojekts zum ländlichen Japan (pp. 168-198). Abteilung Japanologie des Instituts für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Wien.
1 - 11 out of 11

Japanese migrants’ transnational political engagement: the case of Reiwa Shinsengumi’s overseas supporters

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

16 Nov 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Anti-Populism and Conservatism: How Japanese Conservatives Stabilize their Hegemonic Status

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

19 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Anti-Populism, Depoliticization, and Post-Politics: Contingencies in Japanese Conservative Hegemony From Group 1984 to the Long Reign of Abe Shinzō

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

18 Mar 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Anti-Populism and the Long History of Post-Politics in Japan

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

12 Dec 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Varieties of Populism in Japan: Reiwa Shinsengumi, the Japan Restoration Party, and the Ambiguities in Classifying Populism

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker) & Matsutani, M. (Contributor)

4 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Krise, Anti-Populismus, Demokratie: Kulturalistisch-elitäre Logiken in Krisendiskursen der japanischen Politik und deren Relation zum Post-Politischen

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

13 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Anti-Populism and the Long History of Post-Politics in Japan

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

3 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Testing the Left-Wing Populist Hypothesis in Japan

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

20 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Love, Populism and Radical Democracy

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

24 Mar 2022 → 27 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Love, Populism and Radical Democracy

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

25 Feb 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Testing the left-wing populist hypothesis in Japan

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

12 Jan 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Reinventing radical politics and testing the left-wing populist hypothesis in Japan

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

17 Dec 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Challenging Japanese Conservatism’s new legitimacy discourse: Analyzing the (un-)successful left-wing populism of Yamamoto Tarō in a context of hegemonic ‚compassionate paternalism’”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

10 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Populismus als Anti-Establishment-Elitismus: Der populistische Diskurs Hashimoto Tōrus im Kontext konservativer Hegemonie in Japans Demokratie“

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

23 Sept 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

“Populism as anti-establishment elitism: The non-disruptive nature of Japan’s neo-liberal populism”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

15 Sept 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Populismus, Nationalismus und unterschiedliche Auswirkungen auf Demokratie: Eine diskurstheoretische Analyse von Hashimoto Tōru und Koike Yuriko”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

30 Aug 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„When local populists go national: Issues of data collection and comparability of data sources in studying political discourse in Japan”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

14 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Populists, Nationalists, Friends or Foes of Democracy? The Politics of Hashimoto Tôru and Koike Yuriko”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

11 Dec 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Populists, Nationalists, Friends or foes of democracy? The Effects, Compositions and Changes of Populist and Nationalist Elements in the Discourses of Hashimoto Tōru and Koike Yuriko”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

3 Dec 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„The populism of former Osaka Governor and Mayor Hashimoto Tōru and its effects on democracy in Japan”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

2 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„The populism of former Osaka Governor and Mayor Hashimoto Tōru and its effects on democracy in Japan: An inquiry into narrative structure and its success”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

6 Jul 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Kommunalpolitik im Raum Aso: Lokale Identität, Politische Partizipation und lokale Demokratie”

Eder-Ramsauer, A. (Speaker)

27 Aug 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Rückmigration ins Aso-Gebiet

Miserka, A. (Speaker), Eder, A. (Speaker), Pickl-Kolaczia, B. (Speaker) & Raab, H. (Speaker)

27 Aug 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Department of East Asian Studies

Spitalgasse 2
1090 Wien
Room: 2K-O1-26

T: +43-1-4277-43811

andreas.eder-ramsauer@univie.ac.at