About Rikki Kersten

Rikki Kersten is currently an Honorary Professor at the Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University. She is a former Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific at the ANU, and of the School of Arts at Murdoch University. Her research interests include Japanese democracy, modern Japanese political thought, Australia-Japan relations and Japanese security policy. Prior to entering academia she was a diplomat in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and served in the political section of the Australian Embassy in Tokyo.