Digital Transformation and Public Acceptance in Japan Legal, Institutional, and Civic Perspectives

Muneo Kaigo is a professor of communication and media at Meiji University, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokyo, Japan and Professor Emeritus of the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

He served as the dean of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba and vice-dean for the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba until 2026. Prior to his appointment as dean, he had been the chair of the Master's and Doctoral Program of International and Advanced Japanese Studies at the University of Tsukuba for six consecutive years and has also been the Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences for two years. He was also appointed as the Director of the Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences of Tsukuba and served as the Director for the University of Tsukuba offices in Bordeaux and in Grenoble France until 2025. His research focuses on e-democracy, social media and civil society in Japan and the network society.

Muneo Kaigo is currently the Asian Media Information Centre country representative for Japan and has also been one of the main acting faculty members that represents the University of Tsukuba in the Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD) of the International Association of Universities, headquartered in UNESCO.

His work has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Telematics and Informatics, Quality and Quantity, and other journals in Japan and around the world. He has also participated in numerous book projects and edited  Social Media and Civil Society in Japan  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).