Profile
Yuki Inoue Nakata
Associate Professor (fixed-term), College of Comprehensive Psychology, Ritsumeikan University
History of psychologyCultural psychologySocial psychologyLaw and psychologyAI in qualitative research
Associate Professor at the College of Comprehensive Psychology, Ritsumeikan University. I examine how psychology shapes and is received by society—and how society in turn shapes psychology—revisiting its history to consider its future. My work also covers law and psychology (interrogation, the lay-judge system) and the use of AI in qualitative research.
Career
| Jun 2025–present | Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University |
| Apr 2025–present | Associate Professor (fixed-term), College of Comprehensive Psychology, Ritsumeikan University |
| Sep 2024–Mar 2025 | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University |
| Apr 2022–Aug 2024 | Senior Researcher, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) |
| Apr 2020–Mar 2022 | Senior Researcher, OIC Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University |
| Apr 2018–Mar 2020 | Research Assistant, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) |
| Apr 2016–Mar 2018 | JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
Education
| Apr 2015–Mar 2020 | Completed the Doctoral Program (Humanities), Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University |
| Apr 2013–Mar 2015 | Completed the Master's Program (Humanities), Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University |
| Apr 2009–Mar 2013 | B.A., Department of Humanities (Psychology), College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University |
| Ph.D. in Literature, Ritsumeikan University (Mar 2020) |
Teaching
| Apr 2025–present | Graduate School of Human Science, Ritsumeikan University Graduate Seminars; Practicum in Human Services |
| Sep 2024–present | Faculty of Law, Otemon Gakuin University Law and Psychology |
| AY2023 & 2024 (Fall) | Graduate School of Law (Law School), Ritsumeikan University Law and Psychology |
| Apr 2020–present | College of Comprehensive Psychology, Ritsumeikan University History of Psychology (2020–); Forensic & Criminal Psychology (2020); Liberal-Arts Seminar (2021, 2022, 2024); Psychology in Society, Advanced Seminars, Overseas Field Study, Special Lectures, Graduation Research (2025–); Basic Seminar & Domestic Field Study (2026–) |
| Apr 2020–present | Dept. of Clinical Psychology and Child Studies, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of East Asia Forensic & Criminal Psychology (intensive course) |
| Apr 2019–Mar 2024 | Osaka International College of Social Welfare Criminal Psychology |
| Sep 2018–Mar 2020 | Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Kobe Shoin Women's University Research Methods in Psychology (2018); Psychology Experiments (2019) |
| Apr 2018–Sep 2024 | Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (now Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University) Basic Psychology |
| Sep 2017–Mar 2024 | Faculty of Contemporary Society, Kyoto Women's University Social Psychology |
Awards
| Oct 2022 | Presentation Award, 22nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Law and Psychology (Sugimoto, N., Nakata, Y. I., & Sato, T.) |
| Jul 2017 | Letter of Appreciation, Kyoto Prefecture Juvenile Guidance Liaison Council |
| Jun 2016 | Scholarship Repayment Exemption for Outstanding Achievement, JASSO |
| Mar 2016 | Letter of Appreciation, Director of Community Safety, Kyoto Prefectural Police |
Committees
| Oct 2024–present | Member, Public Relations Committee, Japanese Society for Law and Psychology |
| Apr 2023–Mar 2024 | Deputy Secretary-General, Organizing Committee, 20th Conference of the Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology |
| Apr–Jun 2023 | Organizing Committee Member, 2nd Conference of the Society for TEA and Qualitative Inquiry |
| Feb–Mar 2023 | Organizing Committee, 34th Conference of the Japanese Society of Developmental Psychology |
| Jan 2023 | Committee Member, The 5th Transnational Meeting on TEA |
Academic societies
| Japanese Psychological Association | |
| Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology | |
| Japanese Association of Criminal Psychology | |
| Japanese Society for Law and Psychology | |
| Japan Society of Personality Psychology | |
| Japanese Society of Health and Welfare | |
| Society for TEA and Qualitative Inquiry | |
| Japanese Society for Computational Social Science |
Grants
| Apr 2022 | SECOM Science and Technology / JCPF Young Researcher Grant, "Effects of victim interviewing using investigative interview techniques on lay judges' decisions" |
| Apr 2016–Mar 2018 | JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, "Empirical examination of new systems in interrogation" (No. 16J08508) |