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

Topic-Setting research

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

Topic-Setting research

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）