Find out what research projects you can participate in!

The composition of the faculty members of each research project and the topics they are working on that you can participate in are as follows.

Ⅰ．”Resilience and Sustainability” Research Project

Faculty Members: Prof. KANEGAE Hidehiko, Associate Prof. SAKURAI Ryo, Prof. TAKAO Katsuki, Associate Prof. TOYODA Yusuke

Representative Works in recent years:

• 鐘ヶ江秀彦（2022）「第III部 サステイナブルな社会の構築　第９章 災害・安全とサステイナビリティ (pp94 - pp104)」法律文化社 『SDGs時代のサステイナビリティ学』
• 桜井良 (2023)「新装版 大学教員を目指す若者へ～幸せな教員/研究生活を送るために」. 日本橋出版. 東京.
•  桜井良（2024）．「環境教育プログラムの評価入門」．毎日新聞出版．東京
• Sakurai.R , T.Uehara, H.Tsunoda, H.Enari, R.C.Stedman, & A.Onuma(2024) "Developing a system model for atticulateing the social-ecological impacts of species reintroduction." Ecology and Society, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14952-290209
• Sakurai, R., Tsunoda, H., Enari, H., & Stedman, R. C. (2023). Public attitudes and intentions toward engaging in reintroduction of wolves to Japan. Conservation Biology, e14130.
• Toyoda, Y. & Tanwattana, P. (2023). Extracting Local Disaster Knowledge through Gamification in a Flood Management Model Community in Thailand. Progress in Disaster Science, 20, 100294.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2023.100294 

Ⅱ．“Local Management and Public Policy” Research Project

Faculty Members: Prof. KOSUGI Takanobu, Prof. MORI Hiroyuki, Prof. ISHIKAWA Ibuki, Prof. HIRAOKA Kazuhisa

Representative Works in recent years:

•  平岡和久(2020)『人口減少と危機のなかでの地方行財政』自治体研究社
•  岡田知弘・中山徹・本多滝夫・平岡和久（2023）『デジタル化と地方自治』自治体研究社

• 石川伊吹（2019）「AIの台頭において企業家は不要になるのか」『経営哲学』16巻2号

• Sugiyama, M., Asayama, S., Kosugi, T., Ishii, A., Watanabe, S. (2024) “Public attitude toward solar radiation modification: results of a two-scenario online survey on perception in four Asia–Pacific countries” Sustainability Science

• Hiroyuki Mori, Tomohiko Yoshida, and Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko eds. (2021), City, Public Value, and Capitalism, Northwestern University Libraries
• Masahiro Sugiyama, Shinichiro Asayama, Takanobu Kosugi, Atsushi Ishii (2023)　“Public attitudes to solar radiation modification: Preliminary results of a two-scenario online survey on perception in four Asia-Pacific countries” Working Paper of the Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo (14)
• 石川伊吹（2019）「AIの台頭において企業家は不要になるのか：シュムペーターの『企業家陳腐化命題』に関連づけて」『経営哲学』16(2)
• Mori H., Yoshida, T. Anttiroiko, A. V. (2022) City, Public Value, and Capitalism, Northwestern University Libraries 

Ⅳ．“Policy System in Pluralistic Welfare Society” Research Project

Faculty Members: Prof. HICKS Kimberley Anne, Prof. IIDA Miki, Prof. KAMIKUBO Masato, Prof. SAKURAI Masanari, Prof. OTSUKA Yoko, Prof. SAKANISHI Akiko, Prof. Saucedo Segami Daniel Dante

Representative Works in recent years:

• 桜井政成『コミュニティの幸福論：助け合うことの社会学』明石書店、2020年
• 桜井政成『福祉NPO・社会的企業の経済社会学：商業主義化の実証的検討』明石書店、2021年
• Masanari Sakurai "(Co-author) Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-european Dialogue. Edward Elgar, 2019."
• Masanari Sakurai "(Co-author) Social Economy in Asia: Realities and Perspectives” Lexington Books, 2021.
• 上久保誠人『逆説の地政学』晃洋書房、2018
• Masato Kamikubo ”Japan as a Developmental State: The Need for a New Approach”, in Stein Kuhnle and Sven E.O. Hort eds., Globalizing Welfare. Edward Elgar, 2019
• Masato Kamikubo "Age of eligibility to run election in Japan: a barrier to political careers?"JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY EAST ASIA STUDIES2019, VOL. 8, NO. 1, 14-29
• Yoko OTSUKA　"Yoko Otsuka and Lingyan Chen, “Who Are the Caregivers for the Elderly? The Role of Women in the Welfare State in the Nordic Countries and in East Asia”, Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle and Sven E.O. Hort(eds), Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue, Edward Elgar, 2019, pp. 106-124."
• 大塚陽子「北欧諸国におけるジェンダー平等政策のあゆみ―統一性と多様性の共存」『月報司法書士』No.583日本司法書士会連合会2021年9月pp.13-21(招待論文)
• 大塚陽子「グローバル時代の海外福祉事情(Vol.28) アイスランドのジェンダー平等とケア労働① ジェンダー平等の最先進国となった背景」『月刊福祉』106 (9) 全国社会福祉協議会2023年8月pp. 92-95（招待論文）
• 大塚陽子「グローバル時代の海外福祉事情(Vol.29) アイスランドのジェンダー平等とケア労働② ケアの担い手が抱えるジェンダー・パラドックス」『月刊福祉』107(10) 全国社会福祉協議会2023年9月pp. 92-95(招待論文）
• 飯田未希『非国民な女たち』中央公論新社、2020年
• HICKS, Kimberley Anne (Salem) 2023 Critical thinking about policy: Intersectional feminist policy analysis, Ritsumeikan Journal of Policy Science, 31(1), 16pages.
• HICKS, Kimberley Anne (Salem) 2023· Impending student usage of Artificial intelligence and the sustainability of tertiary education: Preparing for the future, Ritsumeikan Journal of Policy Science, 31,(1), 10pages.
• HICKS, Kimberley Anne (Salem) 2019 International Student Mobility: Stay Factors and Challenges in Japan, International Journal of Research in Teaching, Learning, Creativity & Technology, 2(1), 133-153.

Ⅴ．”Law and Politics”

Faculty Members: Prof. MORI Michiya, Prof. TSAY Shiow-Ching, Associate Prof. FUJII Tadasuke, Associate prof. NARITA Hiroki, Prof. MABUCHI Masaru

Representative Works in recent years:

• 蔡秀卿（2023）「台湾におけるCOVID-19感染症対応法制とその実態」石村修ほか編著『世界と日本のCOVID-19対応－立憲主義の視点から考える―』（敬文堂）。
• Shiow-Ching TSAY(2011), The Education of Anglo-American Law in Japan, Soongsil Law Review Vol.26.
• 藤井禎介（2020）「地方財政と都市政治――京都市を事例に」佐藤満編『京都市政治の分析』慈学社。
• 森道哉（2020）「中央地方関係のなかの政令指定都市京都――文献レビュー」佐藤満編『京都市政治の分析』慈学社。

Ⅵ. “Public Policy in East Asia” Research Project

Faculty Members: Prof. NISHIMURA Yozo, Prof. KISHI Michio, Prof. KAMIKO Akio, Prof. ODA Hisaya,　Associate Prof. FUNAHASHI Toyoko, Associate Prof. TAKASHINO Nina

Representative Works in recent years:

• Oda, H., Tsujita, Y., & Rajan, S.I. (2022) An Analysis of Nurses’ Intention not to Migrate: Evidence from Nurses in Tamil Nadu,In Rajan, S. I. (ed.). Indian Migration Report 2022: Health Professionals' Migration, Routledge.
• Parvin, G. A., Takashino, N., Islam, S., Rahman, H., Abedin, A., & Ahsan, R. (2022) Disaster-induced damage to primary schools and subsequent knowledge gain: Case study of the Cyclone Aila-Affected community in Bangladesh, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 102838.
• 舟橋 豊子（2021）『フィリピンのサリサリストア―流通構造と人々のくらし―』五絃舎.
• 岸 道雄（2019）「地方自治体の公共調達における社会的価値を考慮した総合評価方式に関する一考察－障害者雇用に焦点を当てて－」『地域情報研究』第8号、立命館大学地域情報研究所.

Ⅶ. “Global Governance and Energy / Environmental Policy” Research Project

Faculty Members: Prof. ZHOU Weisheng, Prof. MIYAWAKI Noboru, Associate Prof. NAKANO Katsuyuki

Representative Works in recent years:

• Zhou, W., et al, “East Asian Low-Carbon Community”, Springer, Feb. 2021.
• Noboru Miyawaki et al, “Border Closures in Mongolia in the Era of Hybrid Warfare: Did the COVID-19 hit democratic regimes?” Journal of Policy Science, Vol.14, 2021, pp.111-143.
• 宮脇昇編『ウクライナ侵攻はなぜ起きたのか』早稲田大学出版部、2022年
• 中野勝行（2023）企業におけるライフサイクルアセスメントの高度化,日本包装学会誌 , 32(1), pp.55-61

Ⅷ. “Housing, Community, and Urban Planning” Research Project

Faculty Members: Prof. SHIKI Kimiko Prof. ISHIHARA Kazuhiko, Prof. TAKAMURA Gakuto, Prof. YOSHIDA Tomohiko

Representative Works in recent years:

• 石原一彦 (2021)「分譲マンション空家におけるアスベスト暴露のリスクと課題－特定空家分譲マンションにおける吹付アスベスト問題事例を通じて－」『地域情報研究：立命館大学地域情報研究所紀要』10, pp. 15-37.
• 式王美子他(2022)「ひとり親世帯の公営住宅団地の地域選択における傾向: 地理的限定と子供の成育環境に着目して」『都市住宅学』116, pp.125-136.
• TAKAMURA, Gakuto, et al. (2021) “Bundle of Rights Reversed: Anticommons in a Japanese Common Property Forest Due to Legalization.” International Journal of the Commons, 15(1), pp. 259–275
• Hiroyuki Mori, Tomohiko Yoshida, and Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko(eds.) (2022) City, Public Value, and Capitalism: New Urban Visions and Public Strategies. Northwestern University Libraries.

* The composition of research projects will change by Academic Year.
* This composition is for the fall semester of the 2024 academic year.