Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization

R-GIRO is a research organization under the direct control of the University President, and was established in 2008 with the goal of “forming a research hub specifically for policy-driven research topics” and “strengthening the development of young researchers who will lead the next generation. “The organization’s goal is to contribute to the next generation of society by producing valuable research findings and actively disseminating them through the promotion of interdisciplinary research activity which aims to integrate the natural science fields with those in the humanities and social sciences toward the realization of a symbiotic society that the 21st century demands.

For details, refer to the list of selected projects in each research area.