Research Laboratories
and Subjects

• Akiyoshi Shioura Laboratory
  

  Providing solutions through discrete math and algorithms

  Our research interests include the theory of discrete optimization and its application to operations research and economics.
  • Theory of combinatorial optimization
  • Mathematical optimization
  • Operations research
  • Algorithm theory
  Detailed Site
• Gu Laboratory
  

  Creating a safer society

  We focus on safety issues in various fields such as health care and transportation, with broad interests on healthcare management and human factors.
  • Healthcare management
  • Safety engineering
  • Human factors
  Detailed Site
• Inoue-Kimura Laboratory (Finance and Corporate Governance Systems)
  

  Optimizing financial decisions and governance of corporations

  We empirically study optimal investment strategy and governance of corporations from the financial perspective while considering law, culture, and individual behaviors.
  • Corporate finance and governance
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Law, culture, and market
  • Empirical study approach
  Detailed Site
• Fukuda Laboratory
  

  Designing mechanisms that improve social welfare

  We try to make our society better by using game theory, experimental economics, and computer experiment.
  • Game theory
  • Industrial economics
  • Experimental economics
  • Numerical calculation
  Detailed Site
• Nagata Laboratory
  

  We aim to answer unanswered capital market issues

  Our laboratory studies issues in capital markets by analyzing a variety of corporate data.
  • Corporate disclosure and capital market
  • Earnings management
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate finance
  Detailed Site
• Global Environmental Research Laboratory
  

  Your life, Japan, Asia, and the world in 2050

  We develop various types of models focusing on the relationship between the environment, human activities, society, and the economy, and based on these developed models, assess future scenarios and environmental policies to achieve a sustainable society.
  • Environmental economics
  • Policy assessment
  • Modeling
  • Environmental systems
  Detailed Site
• Nakata Laboratory
  

  Optimize your life

  We focus on operations research, machine learning, and optimization.
  • Social science
  • Industrial engineering
  • Optimization
  • Machine learning
  Detailed Site
• Yuki Inoue Laboratory
  

  Unraveling mechanisms of innovation ecosystems

  We aim to unravel the mechanisms of business ecosystems generating innovation by data analysis and simulation approaches.
  • Innovation management
  • Strategic management
  • Platform business
  • Business ecosystem
  Detailed Site
• Morita Laboratory
  

  Identify the propagation of macroeconomic shocks

  We investigate the transmission channel of structural shocks triggering business cycle fluctuations from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
  • Macroeconomics
  • Time series analysis
  • DSGE model
  • Structural break
  Detailed Site
• Uozumi Laboratory
  

  Contribute to medical improvement through biostatistics

  • Biostatistics
  • Statistical science
  • Medical research
  • Data science
  Detailed Site
• Ichise Laboratory
  

  Artificial Intelligence: Building intelligent machines

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Machine learning
  • Data mining
  • Semantic web
  Detailed Site
• Aoki Laboratory
  

  Unveil invisible cognitive processes for effective systems design

  We are tackling challenging issues relating to human, behavior and cognition in various domains such as medicine, marketing and UX.
  • Cognitive ergonomics
  • Consumer behavior
  • Usability/UX
  • Eye tracking analysis
  Detailed Site
• Suzuki Laboratory
  

  To make management more effective and efficient

  We try to investigete how can we make management effective and efficient through operations perspective and customer perspective.
  • Operations management
  • Production management
  • Supply chain management
  • Customer value creation
  Detailed Site
• Aspirational Computing Laboratory
  

  Designing to provoke, motivate, and inspire

  We explore innovative research on attitude and behavior change methods realized through interactive agents, interfaces, and experiences.
  • Human factors and ergonomics
  • Design
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Aging
  Detailed Site
• Hori Laboratory
  

  Explore the mechanisms of economic growth

  We study the mechanisms of economic growth focusing on technological progress.
  • Economic growth
  • Technological Progress
  • fiscal and monetary policies
  Detailed Site
• Ogasawara Laboratory
  

  Mechanism of historical human capital formation

  This laboratory pursues mechanisms of human capital formation during industrialization. Our research interests include cliometric research, utilizing both unique long-term socioeconomic data and properly designed empirical strategy.
  • Historical statistics
  • Human capital formation
  • Empirical economics
  • Natural experiment
  Detailed Site
• Yamato Laboratory
  

  Mechanism Design: Economic Theory and Experiments

  How can we design economic mechanisms to achieve efficient and fair resource allocation? We investigate this difficult question by using methods in microeconomic theory, game theory, and experimental economics, fields in which economists have recently won the Nobel Prize for Economics.
  • Microeconomic theory
  • Experimental economics
  • Mechanism design
  • Game theory
  Detailed Site
• Matsui Laboratory
  

  Mathematics and informatics for a smart life

  We engage in research of algorithms and combinatorics and create a smart life for humans.
  • Optimization
  • Algorithms
  • Combinatorics
  Detailed Site
• Affective Laboratory
  

  Let's make the world affective!

  When do people experience affects? How can we provide affective experiences? Is a negative affect really bad? We are trying to make the world affective.
  • Affect/emotion
  • Design
  • Management
  • Aging
  Detailed Site
• Kawasaki Laboratory

  

  Using game theory to solve problems in society

  Our research interests include theoretical research on economics using game theory, including various applications to problems that we face in life.

  • Game theory
  • Stability
  • Matching theory
• Chung Laboratory
  

  Gain market by understanding your customer

  Our research focuses on marketing and distribution strategies. We welcome students with spirit of challenge and independence.
  • Marketing
  • Distribution strategies
  • Retail internationalization
  • Marketing
  Detailed Site
• Senoo Laboratory
  

  Surprising the world

  Our research includes the investigation of knowledge creation and relevant management processes, and the provision of tools to support these activities.
  • Knowledge creation support
  • Knowledge resource management
  • Management by belief
  Detailed Site