Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez is an Associate Professor at the School of Human Sciences of The University of Osaka, where he holds the position of Director of its International Undergraduate Degree Program. He has a doctorate in political science from the University of Tsukuba.

He is the founder of the Japan Network of Anti-Corruption Researchers (JANAR) and the editor of The Politics of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America (Routledge, 2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice (Routledge, 2025).