Research Laboratories
and Subjects

• Honjo Laboratory

  

  Exploring branding and social innovation

  We study how to link organisms' complexity to value by examining consumers, companies, and social phenomena from a cybernetics perspective.

  • Consumer research
  • Marketing research
  • Complex systems
  • Cybernetics
• Kimura Laboratory
  

  Accelerating Innovation for Implementation of Well-Being

  We will research on social implementation to bring well-being with food and wellness, through cutting-edge technology and innovation management.
  • Entrepreneurship / New business development
  • Innovation management / Open innovation
  • Food, wellness and healthcare industry
  • R&D management
  Detailed Site
• Sasahara Laboratory
  

  Computational social science for innovation

  We study computational social science to understand human society and use the knowledge we gain to create value and innovation.
  • Computational social science
  • Complexity science
  • Social data science
  Detailed Site
• Sugihara Laboratory

  

  For harmonizing co-evolution of technologies, users and organizations

  We pursue harmonized environments by exploring the relationships, with the qualitative and quantitative approach, in the wild.

  • User research
  • Assitance for healthcare professionals
  • Technology management
• Saito Laboratory
  

  Design by physcis, biomimetics, or human insight

  Our ultimate goal is to deliver our fundamental engineering knowledge to the society by developing bio-inspired funcational materials and the method of human-centered engineering design.
  • Robotics based on micro-mechanics
  • Functional material by bio-inspired structure
  • Creativity in engineering design
  Detailed Site
• Inaba Laboratory
  

  Design innovative machines by mechanical modeling

  We design various scale machines and structures from viewpoints of mechanics and material sciences; eg. flat panel display, automobile, power plant.
  • Mechanics of materials
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Computational mechancis
  • Engineering design
  Detailed Site
• Tsujimoto Laboratory
  

  Change the society by the Ecosystem Concept

  The Ecosystem strategy is the main topic of Tsujimoto Lab. The Ecosystem Strategy is the one of the strategic management perspective.
  • Strategic Management
  • Organizational Management
  • Ecosystem Strategy
  Detailed Site
• Ikegami Laboratory
  

  To research security issues through science & technology for exploring the cause of peace and human welfare

  "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men" (Martin Luther King) expresses the fundamental agenda of science, technology and human being. Ikegami Lab. examines hard security issues such as military technology, nuclear security and technology transfer, while being sincerely committed to the cause of peace, conflict prevention, and confidence building. We are actively developing academic collaboration with Uppsala University Department of Earth Science in both research and education to explore the security issue of energy and resources.
  • Science, technology and international security
  • Science & technology policy and decision-making
  • Arms control & nuclear non-proliferation
  • Nuclear security, technology transfer and defence
  Detailed Site
• Nakamaru Laboratory
  

  Simulate our society from the perspective of evolution!

  Our research goal is to understand our human society from the perspective of evolution by means of mathematical models and computer simulations.
  • Social simulation
  • Human behavior and evolution
  • Mathematical biology
  • Evolutionary game theory
  Detailed Site
• Saijo Laboratory
  

  Diffusion of innovation by communication design

  User-innovation in communites, Scientific literacy and communication for risk management, Communication design among people with different background
  • Communication design
  • User centered design
  • Knowledge management
  • Applied lingusitics and social interaction
  Detailed Site
• Sengoku Laboratory
  

  Interdisciplinary Circulation across Theory and Practice

  Theory and practice to develop a standard approach of innovation management with a particular focus on the biotechnology and healthcare industry
  • Technology management
  • Innovation management
  • Studies on the biohealthcare industry
  Detailed Site
• Hidaka Laboratory

  

  Growth through Service Science and Service Innovation

  We pursue the Service Science to improve the quality and productivity of service.

  • Consumer behavior change
  • Service innovation
  • Servitizattion
  • Measuring the value
• Goto Laboratory

  

  Exploring Sustainable Society from Energy and Enviroment

  • Business economics
  • Energy economics
  • Production efficiency analysis