Ofer Feldman

Ofer Feldman (Japanese: オフェル・フェルドマン; Hebrew: עפר פלדמן) is an Israeli-Japanese Professor of Political Psychology and Political Behavior at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

Ofer Feldman was born in Israel and moved to Japan in 1982. In 1994 he became a Japanese citizen. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo (major: Social Psychology) in 1987. Since then he has published numerous academic papers in various international journals. In addition, he has published, edited and co-edited 23 books and monographs on Japanese political behavior and communication, political psychology, political discourse and political leadership and personality. He is the 1993 Recipient of the Erik H. Erikson Award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Political Psychology, from the International Society of Political Psychology. Other honors and awards include fellowships from Japan Foundation (1989, 1993), Japanese Ministry of Education (1990–2003, 2008–2011), Matsushita International Foundation (1993–94), Nomura Foundation (1994), Kikkoman Foundation (1996), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1999–2001, 2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2018, 2019–2022, 2023–2025 (always principal investigator), Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (1999), Fulbright (2001–2002), Mershon Center, Ohio State University (2001–2002), Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Psychology & the Warsaw School of Social Psychology (2006), El Colegio de Veracruz, Mexico, (2007) and Lady Davis Fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2009–2010). He also served as the Chair [President] of the Psycho-Politics Research Committee within the International Political Science Association (tenure 2000–2006; 2012–2015). In 2021 he was elected Honorary Chair of the Research Committee on Political Psychology, International Political Science Association. He currently lives in Kyoto.

Publications
(Selected Books):
 * Feldman, O. (1989) Ningen shinri to seiji (人間心理と政治：政治心理学入門[Human Psyche and Politics]). Tokyo: Waseda Daigaku Shuppanbu, 218p. (in Japanese).
 * Feldman, O. (1992) Imeji de yomu nagatacho: Seijiteki imeji no yakuwari to kozo ni kansuru jisshoteki kenkyu (イメージで読む「永田町」: 政治的イメージの役割と構造に関する実証的研究[Perceiving Japanese Politics Through Images: An Empirical Study on the Role and Structure of Political Image]. Tokyo: Miraisha, 270p.(in Japanese).
 * Feldman, O. (1993) Politics and the News Media in Japan. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 221p. (2nd and 3rd printings 1995).
 * Feldman, O. (1999) The Japanese Political Personality: Analyzing the Motivations and Culture of Freshmen Diet Members. London: Macmillan & New York: St. Martin's Press, 182p. (in association with International Political Science Association's Advances in Political Science: An International Series)
 * Feldman, O. (2004) Talking Politics in Japan Today. Brighton; UK, & Portland, Or; US: Sussex Academic Press, 214p. (paperback ed., May 2005).
 * Feldman, O. (2006) Seiji Shinrigaku (政治心理学[Political Psychology]). Kyoto: Mineruba Shobo, 340p. (in Japanese).
 * Kinoshita, K. & Feldman, O. (2018) Seijika wa naze shitsumon ni kotaenai ka (政治家はなぜ質問に答えないか:インタビューの心理分析[Why Politicians Don't Answer Questions?]). Kyoto: Mineruba Shobo, 293p. (in Japanese).
 * Feldman, O. & Zmerli, S. (Eds.) (2019) The Psychology of Political Communicators: How Politicians, Culture, and the Media Construct and Shape Public Discourse. NY & London: Routledge (Routledge Studies in Political Psychology), 240p.
 * Feldman, O. (Ed.) (2020) The Rhetoric of Political Leadership: Logic and Emotion in Public Discourse. Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, US: Edward Elgar, 250p.
 * Feldman, O. (Ed.) (2021) When Politicians Talk: The Cultural Dynamics of Public Speaking. Singapore, Springer, 300p.
 * Zmerli, S. & Feldman, O. (Eds.) (2022) Politische Psychologie: Handbuch für Studium und Wissenschaft. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2nd updated & extended edition, 475p. (in German).
 * Feldman, O. (Ed.) (2022) Adversarial Political Interviewing: Worldwide Perspectives During Polarized Times. Singapore, Springer, 397p.
 * Kinoshita, K. & Feldman, O. (2022) 政治家のレトリック: 言葉と表情が示す心理（Seijika no retorikku: Kotoba to hyōjō ga shimesu shinri [Politicians’ Rhetoric: The Psychology of Words and Facial Expressions]）. Tokyo: Keiso Shobo, 277p. (in Japanese).
 * Feldman, O. (Ed.) (2023)　Political Debasement:　Incivility, Contempt, and Humiliation in 	Parliamentary and Public Discourse. Singapore, Springer, 250p.
 * Feldman, O. (Ed.) (2023)　Debasing Political Rhetoric: Dissing Opponents, Journalists, and Minorities in Populist Leadership Communication. Singapore, Springer, 237p.