During a Meiji University trip to Ukraine and Belarus for research on Chernobyl, Yusuke first became interested in corruption studies. After speaking with researchers and locals there, he noticed systemic corruption in the area’s governance exacerbating negative impressions on people’s trust to the government. This led him to do his first MA in Corruption and Governance at the University of Sussex in the UK last year, utilizing of his experience in writing his dissertation on why anti-corruption reforms in Kenya so often fail.
