Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Global Initiatives
FY2019 Project period：2 and a half years（October 2019 to March 2022）
Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
Openly recruited research（49 applications, 6 adopted）
Research Area A：Conducting research on societal analyses conducted within the context of a globalized world
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| International Comparison on Neighborhood Effects of Urban Fragmentation and Social Ties in Globalization |
KAWANO Eiji |
Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University |
Progress Report（PDF/453KB） |
Research Area B：Developing new genres of humanities and social sciences that address head-on technological innovation such as rapid IT and AI advances and environmental issues
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Private international law in the AI era |
SATOH Ken |
Professor, Principles of Informatics Research Division, National institute of informatics |
Progress Report（PDF/588KB） |
| Have innovation and environmental chemicals increased infertility? |
KONISHI Shoko |
Associate professor,Graduate school of medicine,The University of Tokyo |
Progress Report（PDF/285KB） |
Research Area D：Advancing international joint research on the preservation of humanity’s cultural inheritances
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Japan-Euro-Asian Cooperation for Preservation,Restoration,and Application of Information about the Cultural Heritages on the Verge of Being Lost |
INABA Minoru |
Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University |
Progress Report（PDF/413KB） |
| Creating New Values with Cultural Heritage through Engaging Users and Community Development |
KAWASHIMA Nobuko |
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University |
Progress Report（PDF/350KB） |
| International research project to develop methodologies to develop integrated governance policies to protect cultural heritage |
KONO Toshiyuki |
Professor, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University |
Progress Report（PDF/72KB） |
FY2016 Project period：3 years（February 2017 to September 2019）
Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
*1 Extend the research period until December 31, 2019
*2 Extend the research period until March 31, 2020
Research Area：Interdisciplinary research on the exclusivism and democracy in the globalized society
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Interdisciplinary research on the function of national histories and collective memories for the democrarcy in the globalized society *1 |
HASHIMOTO Nobuya |
Professor, School of Humanities, Kwansei Gakuin University |
Progress Report（PDF/330KB） |
Openly recruited research（38 applications, 6 adopted）
Research Area A：Interdisciplinary research on the exclusivism and democracy in the globalized society
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Designing Social Infrastructure for Multicultural Democracy: International Joint Research for Institutions, Structures, and Norms *2 |
OGA Toru |
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University |
Progress Report（PDF/379KB） |
| Can democratic states adequately respond to the challenges of racism in the age of refugee crisis?: A comparative research *2 |
IIDA Fumio |
Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University |
Progress Report（PDF/207KB） |
Research Area B：Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences Education Corresponding to Globalization
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Comparative Research on the Innovation of Humanities and Social Sciences Education in the Era of Globalization *2 |
SATO Manabu |
Professor, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University |
Progress Report（PDF/405KB） |
| International Comparative Research on How to Adapt Nation-State Oriented University History Education to the Era of Globalization |
TSUTSUMI Kazuaki |
Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University |
Progress Report（PDF/289KB） |
Research Area C：Global Humanities: Exploring the Universality of Japanese Literature, Art, and Thought
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| The Universal Values of E-monogatari (Illustrated Tales) Media Designated as Cultural Heritage: from the perspective of International Research |
ABE Yasuro |
Chair, Professor, Research Center for Cultural Heritage＆Texts, Nagoya University |
Progress Report（PDF/212KB） |
| The Cosmos of Dōgen: From Perspectives of Analytic Asian Philosophy |
DEGUCHI Yasuo |
Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University |
Progress Report（PDF/448KB） |
FY2013 Project period：3 years（February 2014 to January 2017）
Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
*1 Extend the research period until March 31, 2017
Research Area：Global Humanities
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| GIS-based Global History from Asian Perspectives *1 |
MIZUSHIMA Tsukasa |
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Progress Report（PDF/125KB） |
Research Area：Empirical Studies on International Publicity and Transmission in Japan
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Collaborative Research On Political Information Transmission (CROP-IT) *1 |
TAGO Atsushi |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University |
Progress Report（PDF/282KB） |
Openly recruited research（27 applications, 3 adopted）
Research Area A：Relevant Development on Scientific Communication and Decision-Making
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Policy decision-making and public participation on energy, chemicals and water issues: an international comparative study *1 |
OKUBO Noriko |
Professor, Graduate School of Law, Osaka University |
Progress Report（PDF/128KB） |
Research Area B：International Comparison on the Family System and Gender Equality
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Multi-Dimensional Dynamic Analysis of Gender Equality and the Role of the Family in Internationally Comparable Data *1 |
HIGUCHI Yoshio |
Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University |
Progress Report（PDF/149KB） |
Research Area C：Global Transmission on Corporate Governance of Japanese Companies
| Research Themes |
Core-Researcher |
Affiliation |
Progress Report |
| Empirical Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance in Japan: Ownership, Strategic Choice and Performance *1 |
MIYAJIMA Hideaki |
Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University Director, Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University |
Progress Report（PDF/205KB） |
