Doreen Mueller is a historian of Japanese art focusing on the long nineteenth century. Her research investigates how artists responded in their works to social and environmental challenges as well as political changes in the nineteenth century. This includes responses to civil war as well as historical disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and famines. Her research investigates how artists‘ responses to these challenges reveal changes in how Japanese society and culture have engaged with and conceptualised nature and the environment. She has a further interest in the work of female artists and the representation of Japanese women in and outside Japan.