About Kevin Placek

Kevin is a Policy Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra, Australia. Prior to that, he was Senior Program Assistant at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in Tokyo. He has completed internships with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC and with Kono Taro, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations/Japanese) and a Master of International Relations from the University of Melbourne.