We would like to draw your attention to the 19th Biennial CIGAR Conference that will take place on June 29-30 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The theme of the 19th biennial CIGAR conference is ‘‘Public Accountability and Democracy in Times of Crisis: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue’.

The conference will take place in onsite and online hybrid format. The venue is the International Conference Center at Waseda University located in the center of Tokyo, and online participation is also set for the participants who cannot be at the venue. As usual, there will be the PhD symposium, on June 28, followed by a welcome reception at Waseda University

 Extended abstracts (2 A4 pages) or full papers should be submitted to www.cigar2023tokyo.jp by 31 January 2023 15 February 2023 (new date).

Following Academic Committee double-blind review, authors will be notified by the end of February 2023.

Full papers shall be submitted by the end of April 2023.

For further enquires please contact the Organizing Committee Chair, Dr. Mari Kobayashi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For the call for papers click here!