Reviews

Political Science

• Civic and Uncivic Values in Hungary: Value Transformation, Politics, and Religion. European Political Science, June 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1682098326100484

• Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics. Italian Political Science Review, August 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2026.10096

• Global Governance under Fire: How International Organizations resist the Populist Wave. Political Studies Review, July 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299261463967

• State Identity Politics and the Making of East Asia: Perspectives From China and Japan, Asian Politics & Policy, July 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.70094

• Football Presidents: Towards a Typology of Political Cultures. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, June 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902261453649

Japan

• The Integration of Immigrant-origin Youth in Japan: Theoretical Insights from Narratives on School Experiences. Journal of Contemporary Asia, May 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2026.2663119

• Alternative Histories of Development in Japan and East Asia: Unthinking Modernization, Recreating Lifeworlds. Asian Affairs, May 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2026.2667933

• Global Japanese History and Culture: De-Isolating Japan from Past to Present. Japanese Studies, July 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2026.2706617

Gender

• Queer intimacies and cultural dissent in Japanese life: quiet subversion. Journal of Gender Studies, June 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2026.2683854

• Youth, masculinity and the labour market: precarious transitions in post-industrial Britain. Labor History, April 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2026.2666557

• Decolonial feminisms, decolonising feminisms: Transnational perspectives. Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, May 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099261451879

Media

• Governance models in public service media: participation, reputation, and sustainability in the era of platformization. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, April 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2026.2655859

• Generative AI in African news media: opportunities and challenges; Critiquing generative AI in Africa’s media ecosystems (with Wenzhou Shu and Shiwei Wang). African Journalism Studies, July 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2026.2698680

• Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power. Environment and History, May 2026

Sociology

• Plots and Deeds: Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine, Middle East Critique, August 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2026.2712065

• Child Protection in India: Assessing Multi-Disciplinary Response Mechanisms, Child Abuse Review, July 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70151

• School as a secular space in contemporary India: everyday practice in Azad Bharat Vidyalaya. British Journal of Religious Education, June 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2026.2693102

• Universities and the purpose of higher education: expansion and development in post-war Britain. Paedagogica Historica, June 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2026.2686160

• End of Life Care in Hong Kong, Sociological Research Online, July 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804261466456

• Encountering disability and citizenship through contemporary dance in Africa. Disability & Society, April 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2026.2659541

• Renewable Energy and International Law: Communitarian Approaches to Energy Justice. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, May 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2026.2659139

Law

• Lawyer Evaluation in Chinese Courtroom: A Social-Semiotic Perspective (with Wenzhou Shu and Na Yang). International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, May 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-026-10498-7

• Chinese Legal Family and Chinese Modernization of Rule of Law (with Wenzhou Shu and Fang Chen). Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis, April 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/27706869.2026.2655046

• The Coercive Power of the Law: Vulnerable Bodies and Boundaries of Perception (with Wenzhou Shu and Fang Chen). Monash Bioethics Review. August 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-026-00304-2