Phillip Y. Lipscy is associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto. He is also Chair in Japanese Politics and Global Affairs and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. His research addresses substantive topics such as international cooperation, international organizations, the politics of energy and climate change, international relations of East Asia, and the politics of financial crises. Before arriving at the University of Toronto, Lipscy was an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University and obtained his Ph.D. in political science at Harvard University.
Lipscy’s research explores the politics of energy and climate change with a focus on the role of international cooperation and political institutions in advanced industrialized countries. His book manuscript examines how globalization and electoral institutions constrain energy conservation and emissions mitigation policies. He has also written extensively on the politics of energy in Japan. His research has been published in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, Annual Review of Political Science, Asian Survey, Journal of East Asian Studies, Energy Policy, and Environmental Science and Technology. His first book, Renegotiating the World Order: Institutional Change in International Relations, was published from Cambridge University Press.
As an ISEP fellow, Phillip looks forward to contributing policy-relevant research on energy and climate change and exchanging ideas with other fellows.