• FY2020 Project
• FY2017 Project
• FY2014 Project

FY2020 Project period：3 years

Openly recruited research

Research Area A ：Exploring new methodologies for research in the humanities and social sciences

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Reexamination of qualitative approach through interdisciplinary comparison	IGASHIRA Masahiko	Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University
Regional Science for Small Islands based on Creation of New ‘Island Wisdom’ by means of Communicative Archives	ＨATANO So	Professor, Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability, University of the Ryukyus

Research Area B ：Issues of rules and publicness in AI-enhanced IT society

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Rules and regulations of using AI as an alternative to the administration of long-term care insurance －from the viewpoint of community management and social capital	KAWASHIMA Noriko	Professor, School of community management, department of health & welfare, The University of Fukuchiyama

Research Area C ：Cross-disciplinary investigation of disparity and equal opportunity in globalizing society

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
An empirical study on the origin of the literacy gap, the impact of the gap on decision-making, and how to narrow it	OGAWA Kazuhito	Professor, Research Institute for Socionetwork Strategies（RISS）/ Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University

Research Area D ：Research on the relationship between science & technology and “humans”

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Theory and Practice of Creating “Myself” as Natural Born Intelligence	GUNJI Yukio	Professor, School of Fundamental Sciencs and Engineering, Waseda University

Research Area E ：Society’s responses and challenges with regard to global disasters such as pandemics

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Designing Legal Institutions to Deal with the Coronavirus Pandemic	YOSHIDA Kunihiko	Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University
Phenomenological analysis of corpus of subjective reports about COVID-19 pandemic based on natural language processing	FROESE Tom	Assistant Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
New Socio-Environmental Theories for the Post-Pandemic World: Learning from the History of Pandemics	FUJIWARA Tatsushi	Associate Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
Examinations of counter-disaster policies based on large scale simulations on exhaustive trade network data	INOUE Hiroyasu	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo
Comprehensive research on communication after a nuclear disaster from a global perspective	SEKIYA Naoya	Associate Professor, The Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research, the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo,
Evidence-based Economic and epidemiological analysis of the spread of infectious diseases and its policy applications	NISHIYAMA Yoshihiko	Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University

Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.

FY2017 Project period：3 years

Openly recruited research

Research Area A ："Cognitive turn" and the transformation of identities

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Internally superimposed selves: Developing a new research in collaboration between philosophy and empirical science ※1	TAKEZAWA  Masanori	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University
Exploration of "humanities and social science for symbiotic society" driven by neuropsychology of hyper brain functions ※1	KOYAMA  Shinichi	Professor, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba
Understanding of individual mental identity using the multidimensional and multidisciplinary cognitive behavior analysis ※1	ICHIKAWA  Makoto	Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University
Emergence and sharing of mentality based on principle of predictive coding: An integrated study of cognitive science, humanities, and informatics ※2	OHIRA  Hideki	Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University
Wisdom of crowds as emergent intelligence: Social and personal innovation by group decision making	SAIKI  Jun	Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

Research Area B ：The concept of the 'responsible research and inovation', and theoritical and practical deepning of 'science for society'

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Advanced and integrated research about social implementation of bio and environmental technologies―the vision and trial for the participation in 21th century ※1	MATSUDA  Tsuyoshi	Professor, Graduate school of Humanities, Kobe University
Theoretical and Practical Study for new RRI Framework: a study series of education, evaluation, and politics	SHINEHA Ryuma	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literatures, Seijo University

Research Area C ：Technological innovation based on Japanese aesthetics and sensibilities

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Interdisciplinary Research on the Collaborative Constructions between Arts and Audiences: Analyzing Resonance of Light, Sound, and Embodiment in Sociology, Aesthetics, and Engineering ※1	YAMAZAKI  Keiichi	Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University
Resonating space, appearing aesthetics	FURUKAWA Kiyoshi	Professor, Fine-Art Department Inter-Media Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
The Study of UX Design for Advanced Robotics by using Methods and Contents of Japanese Traditional Performing Arts ※1	NAKAGAWA Shinobu	Professor, Osaka University of Arts

Research Area D ：The cultural and social role of SHIKOHIN

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Should we question today the last eating and drinking culture ※1	ITO  Nobuhiro	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University
What is Shikouhin? An interdiciplinal research and development of literature database on Shikouhin ※1	MATSUBARA Toyohiko	Professor, College of Economics,  Ritsumeikan University

Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
※1　Extend the research period until March 31,2021
※2　Extend the research period until March 31,2023

FY2014 Project period：3 years

Topic-Setting research

Research Area：New advances in humanities and social sciences using analytical methods incorporating praxeology, cognitive science, and neural science

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Exploring cognitive and neural foundations of normative and ethical judgments about social values	KAMEDA  Tatsuya	Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

Research Area：Shifts in social capital accompanying media advances

Development of Media and the Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere in the Risk Society: Theory Construction, Empirical Research and Simulation Analysis based on Comparative Ethology of Network Model ※1

ENDO  Kaoru

Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University

Research Area A：Dialogue between narrative theory and empirical analysis

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Legal Pragmatics as Normative Theory: On Nullification of Hate Speech ※1	OZAKI  Ichiro	Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University
Constraction of Sustainability Studies through the devepoment of Community Power ※1	NISHIKIDO  Makoto	Professor, Department of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University

Research Area B：New regional research spurred by information media advances

Chinese Studies under the New Chinese-language Information Environment: A Suggestion for the Next-generation Regional Research ※1	SUZUKI  Ken	Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University
Comparative Energy Policy and Discourse in Japan and Germany ※1	TKACH-KAWASAKI  Leslie	Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Strengthening Disaster Resilience of Local Communities through Interactive Real-Time Area Studies over SNS and Cloud GIS	FURUSAWA Takuro	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University

Research Area C：Humanities and social science research on relationship between academic research changes and misconduct

Organizations and Society for Responsible Research and Innovation

YOSHIZAWA Go

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

Research Area D： New advances in humanities and social sciences using analytical methods incorporating praxeology, cognitive science, and neural science

Cognitive-neuroscience approach to power to live and creation of its educational-application research	SUGIURA Motoaki	Associate Professor, Institute of Development,Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
Reflective Learning for the seniors through database creation and visualization of their life activities ※1	MIZOUE Chieko	Professor, Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science, University of Tsukuba
Synthesizing historical sciences: New perspectives to cultural evolutionary studies	IHARA Yasuo	Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Understanding the genetic foundations of cultural variation in cooperation with evidence from social psychology, neuroscience, and endocrinology ※2	ISHII Keiko	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University

Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
※1　Extend the research period until March 31,2018
※2　Extend the research period until September 30,2020