About
My research focus on understanding policy development and implementation in different sectors, as well as their political consequences. My main regional expertise is on Latin America, particularly Brazil. I am also particularly fond of applying different methods on my projects. Recently, I have been applying data science methods and machine learning in projects analyzing large amounts of text data.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Business Comparative politics Public and private administration
Subject areas
Administration policy Elections/democratisation/transitional justice Management Research Methodolgy
Research groups
Research projects
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CENSU - Climate Change Energy Sustainability
CENSU is a Norwegian-Tanzanian-Mozambican university collaboration within education and research which focuses on sustainable gas extraction and governance in the context of vulnerable communities and climate change.
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GreenLeAP: Environmental policy change in Latin America
Most countries have hard-to-abate “Achilles heel” sectors for domestic environmental action. In Latin America these are large export-oriented primary industries, like fossil-fuel extraction, mining, and industrial agriculture.
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Mapping hateful utterances about Muslims on Norwegian Social Media
Based on analyses of big data from Norwegian social media the project aims to map hate speech about Muslims. The project will also conduct a meta-analysis of existing knowledge about hate speech about Muslims.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Boas, Taylor C.; Hidalgo, F. Daniel;
Kasahara, Yuri
; Menezes, Monique
(2024).
Policies Make Politicians: Intermediaries, State Benefits, and Political Entrepreneurship in Brazil.
13 p.
Journal of Politics.
Vol. 86.
https://doi.org/10.1086/729951
de Figueiredo, Miguel F. P.; Hidalgo, Fernando Daniel;
Kasahara, Yuri
(2022).
When Do Voters Punish Corrupt Politicians? Experimental Evidence from a Field and Survey Experiment.
11 p.
British Journal of Political Science.
Vol. 53.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123421000727
Løland, Ole Jakob;
Kasahara, Yuri
(2021).
Bolsonaro og hans evangelikale støttespillere i Brasil. Sekularisme under nytt press?.
Kirke og kultur.
Vol. 126.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3002-2021-01-07
Kasahara, Yuri
; Sobral, Maria do Carmo; Melo, Maiara Gabrielle de Souza
(2020).
THE LOCAL DIMENSION IN WATER RESOURCES GOVERNANCE: THE EXPERIENCE OF INTER-MUNICIPAL CONSORTIA AND COMMITTEES ON RIVER BASINS.
Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais (RBCIAMB).
Vol. 55.
https://doi.org/10.5327/Z2176-947820200711
Kasahara, Yuri
; Botelho, Antonio Jose Junqueira
(2019).
Ideas and leadership in the crafting of alternative industrial policies: Local content requirements for the Brazilian oil and gas sector.
Comparative politics.
Vol. 51.
https://doi.org/10.5129/001041519x15647434969993
Kasahara, Yuri
; Marsteintredet, Leiv
(2018).
Presidencialismo em crise ou parlamentarismo por outros meios? Impeachments presidenciais no Brasil e na América Latina.
Revista de Ciências Sociais.
Vol. 49.
http://hdl.handle.net/1956/20241
Bull, Benedicte;
Kasahara, Yuri
(2017).
La transnacionalización de los grupos empresariales diversificados y el rostro cambiante de las élites centroamericanas.
Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos.
Vol. 43.
https://doi.org/10.15517/aeca.v43i0.31549
Kasahara, Yuri
; Botelho, Antonio Jose Junqueira
(2016).
Catching up and falling behind: An appraisal of Brazilian industrial policy in the twenty-first century.
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Vol. 101.
https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.10141
Braathen, Einar ; Kasahara, Yuri (2015). Brazil, land of the future? Conservative development strategy and the urban challenge. Hansen, Arve; Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn (Ed.). Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability: Theories, strategies, local realities. p. 135-148. Routledge.
Bull, Benedicte; Castellacci, Fulvio;
Kasahara, Yuri
(2014).
Business Groups and Transnational Capitalism in Central America: Economic and Political Strategies (International Political Economy Series).
ISBN: 978-1-137-35939-1.
240 p.
Palgrave Macmillan.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2480543
