Books:

Wilhelm Vosse, 2000, The Environmental Movement in Contemporary Japan. Structure, Activities, Problems, and its Significance for the Broadening of Political Participation, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Hanover, Germany.

Co-Editor:
Wilhelm Vosse and Peter Shimokawa (eds.), 2010, Toward Theories and Policies of Peace, Security, and Conviviality (in Japanese), Fukosha Publshers, Tokyo, 2010.

Wilhelm Vosse, Detlef Thofern, Sonja Gabbani (eds.), 1994, Rationalität im Diskurs [Discourse concerning Rationality], Diagonal Verlag, Marburg.

Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
Comparing Japanese, Australian and European Responses to ‘out-of-area’ Security Challenges, in: William T. Tow and Rikki Kersten (eds.) Bilateral Perspectives on Regional Security. Australia, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific Region, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill, Basingstoke (forthcoming spring 2012).

From Non-militarism to Pragmatism: Japan's Public Opinion and the Political Reaction Concerning the Iraq War, in: Richard Sobel, Peter Furia, and Bethany Barrett (eds.), Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War, Potomac Books, May 2012.

Herausgefordert durch Wirtschaftskrise und Naturkatastrophe: Japanische Außenpolitik 2010/2011 [Challenged by an Economic Crisis and a Natural Catastrophe: Japanese Foreign Policy 2010/2011], in: Wieczorek, Iris and David Chiavacci (eds.), Japan 2011, Deutsche Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung Berlin, 2011, pp. 121-146.

European Lessons for East Asia Community Building (in Japanese), in: International and Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 20, March 2011, pp. 54-68.

Will Japan be the Britain or the Germany of Asia? Domestic Changes and Future Options for Japanese Foreign and Defense Policy, in: Wilhelm Vosse and Peter Shimokawa (eds.) Toward Theories and Policies of “Peace, Security, and Conviviality (in Japanese), Co-editor with Peter Shimokawa, Fukosha Publishers, Tokyo, 2010, , pp. 275-302.

The German Peace Movement and its Influence on German Politics and Political Culture in the 1970s and 1980s, in: Haba, Kumiko etl al. (ed.) The Cold War and the Regional Integration: Comparative Studies on the History of International Relations between Europe and Asia, Aoyama Gakuin University Press, Tokyo, 2010.

Auf der Suche nach einer neuen globalen Rolle: Japanische Außenpolitik 2009/2010 [In Search of New Global Role: Japanese Foreign Policy 2009/2010], in: Wieczorek, Iris and David Chiavacci (eds.), Japan 2010, Deutsche Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung Berlin, 2010, pp. 123-147.

Grundzüge und Tendenzen der japanischen Außenpolitik. Zwischen Weltwirtschaftskrise und nuklearer Bedrohung [Recent Developments and Trends in Japanese Foreign Policy. Between Global Economic Crisis and Nuclear Threat], in: Wieczorek, Iris (eds.), Japan 2009, Deutsche Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung Berlin, 2009, pp. 102-128.

Grundzüge und Tendenzen der japanischen Außenpolitik. Internationale Profilierung durch globale Herausforderungen [Recent Developments and Trends in Japanese Foreign Policy. Enhancing its International Profile by Addressing Global Challenges], in: Wieczorek, Iris (eds.), Japan 2008, Deutsche Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung Berlin, pp. 99-124.

Grundzüge und Tendenzen der japanischen Außenpolitik [Main features and tendencies of Japans foreign policy], in: GIGA, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (eds.), Japan 2006/7, Hamburg, 2007, pp. 101-124.

Are Americans from Mars and Japanese from Venus? New Approaches in Explaining Different Public Attitudes Towards Foreign Policy in Japan and the United States, in: Journal of Social Sciences, Special CoE Edition, 2006, No 16, Tokyo. pp. 305-330.

Need for a New Environmental Movement: A Fragmented Environmental Movement in Times of Global Environmental Problems, in: Vollmer, Klaus (ed.) Klaus Vollmer (ed.): Ökologie und Umweltpolitik in Japan und Ostasien. Transnationale Perspektiven [Environmental Policies and Ecological Issues in Japan and Eastern Asia]. Iudicium Verlag, Munich, 2006, pp. 107-122

Civil Society in Times of Depolitization, in: Foljanty-Jost, Gesine (ed.), Japan in the 1990s. Crisis as an impetus for change, Lit Verlag, Muenster, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, London, 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7346-3.

Japan - A Disaffected Democracy? On Political Trust, Political Dissatisfaction, Political Activity, and Environmental Issues, in: Institut für Asienkunde [Institute for Asian Studies] (eds.), Japan 2001/2002. Politik und Wirtschaft [Japan 2001/2002. Politics and Economy], Hamburg, 2002, pp. 254-277.

Doitsu ni okeru kankyou mondai ni kan suru giron no hatten to genjou ni tsuite [Historical Development and Present State of the Environmental Debate in Germany], in: Risou [Idea], Tokushuu (Special Issue): Seimei rinri to ningen no songen [Life ethics and Human Dignity], 2002, No 668, pp. 107-119.

The Long Protest for the Long River. The Protest Movement Against the Construction of the Estuary Dam in the Nagara River (Japan), in: Asian Cultural Studies, Special Issue : Grassroots Movements in Asia, 2001, No. 10, pp. 265-275.

The Emergence of a Civil Society in Japan, in: Deutsches Institut fuer Japanstudien (German Institute for Japanese Studies) (eds.), Japanstudien, 1999, Vol. 11, pp. 20-44.

Die Umweltbewegung im gegenwaertigen Japan. Strukturen, Probleme, Wirkungen, [The Environmental Movement in Contemporary Japan. Structures, Problems, Influences], in: Claudia Derichs und Anja Osiander (eds.), Soziale Bewegungen in Japan [Social Movements in Japan], Hamburg, 1998, pp. 233-279.

Doitsu ni okeru NGO kankyô kyôiku katsudô [Environmental Education Activities of German NGOs], in: Nihon kankyô kyôkai [Japanese Society of Environmental Education] (ed.), Kaigai senshin shokoku NGO no kankyô kyôiku katsudô ni kan suru jitai chôsa. Hokokusho, Tokyo, March 1997, pp. 78-82.

Past, Present and Future of the Environmental Movement in Japan, in: Taniguchi, Fumiaki (ed.), Environmental Ethics and Environmental Education. Living Together with Nature, Kobe, 1997, pp. 31-42.