Roger Goodman (anthropologist)
Roger Goodman | |
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Roger Goodman speaking at St Antony's College | |
| Born | Roger Goodman 26 May 1960 |
| Alma mater | Durham University (BA) Oxford University (DPhil) |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, social scientist |
| Notable work | Japan's International Youth (1990) Children of the Japanese State (2000) |
Roger James Goodman CBE (born 26 May 1960) is a British social scientist and academic, specialising in Japanese studies. He is the Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford, and the sixth Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford.
Goodman became president of the Academy of Social Sciences in January 2020. He was also head of the Social Sciences Division of Oxford from 2008 to 2017.