Charles McClean

Research Project: Silver Democracy: Youth Representation in an Aging Japan
Dr. McClean earned his B.A. in International Relations and Japanese from Tufts University, M.A. in Regional Studies-East Asia (RSEA) from Harvard, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr. McClean’s research interests include comparative politics in advanced democracies with a focus on political institutions, elite behavior, and Japan. He is also interested in age and representation, the age orientation of social welfare programs, and how societies confront the challenges of aging populations. His work has most recently appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Political Psychology. His research project for the 2020–21 year is titled “Silver Democracy: Youth Representation in an Aging Japan.”