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We promote basic studies about the human brain by measuring and analyzing neural information and apply the findings to computing, VR/AR, media, health, and so on. Recent advances in non-invasive brain measurement techniques enable us to see the human brain objectively. We study how to clarify the brain mechanism using EEG (electroencephalography), tES (transcranial electrical stimulation), and so on, and promote research to achieve not only good graduation project but also conference presentation and journal publication.

Apply the knowledge of clinical psychology and psychoanalysis to various psychological themes and work on them in a practical and experiential manner.

Basically this course is a continuation of Kanie-lab which was held during Spring 2021 semester.

The main purpose of this seminar is to study perceptual and cognitive functions relating to the mind and body. We focus on experimental psychology, mathematical psychology, and cognitive science research on the five topics (Space, Socialization, Embodiment, Shitsukan / Kansei, and Individual differences). These studies aim to contribute to the investigation of the mechanism of real-world information recognition, the mechanism of visual information processing, the development of psychological assessment, the evaluation and improvement of motor performance, the technical development of virtual reality, etc.

Value Design in the Age of Human Survival

You learn the basis of Meteorology and Climate science and discuss their application to various industrial fields in our laboratory. You determine your research theme by yourself.

Based on broad range of knowledge on the Middle East, the laboratory will examine and discuss multiple issues of today.

This seminar covers Japan’s forests/timberland, forestry operations, lumber production and wooden architecture. Current issues will be approached from innovative angles and new solutions will be proposed.

This seminar will focus on different issues of environment, disaster and development in Asia

This Seminar consists of two projects: (1) Comparative Media Studies and (2) Learning Environment Design. Participants are required to choose either project depending on their individual research theme, however a later change is also possible. In this group work based seminar the students are expected to participate and contribute actively. They will also receive feedback on the content of their own projects. In addition to this seminar’s group work, participants are expected to work with resources not related to their own native language.

Social Produce in the Society5.0

This research project corresponds to research on any of the following (1) and (2).

(1) China study
(2) Study on civil society, intermediate organizations such as NGOs, and religions.

This is because my research is targeting on religious NGOs in China. If you think you have interests related to these areas, you are welcome to contact us.

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Alasdair MacIntyre said the modern world lacks a moral foundation. To be precise, I suspect that the system of politics and markets, not the whole modern world, lacks a moral foundation. Modern liberalists believe that reason freed humans from the "prejudice" of customs and beliefs. Therefore, the system that liberalism envisions must be value-neutral, not bound by customs or beliefs. On the other hand, they also believe that the system should not intervene in the choices of individuals in the lifeworld. Therefore, in principle, liberal nations such as the United States and Japan maintain the separation of church and state in the system and protect the freedom of religion and thought in the lifeworld. As a result, in the liberal system, monetary value becomes the de facto standard, not the morals of customs and beliefs. Economic growth, materially affluent life, and maintaining security and national defense so as not to threaten them are top priorities.
Therefore, there is no moral foundation. In fact, even if someone say that "liberalism ends up in utilitarianism," I believe, "realists" like T. Hobbs would not object it. On the other hand, idealistic liberalists like I. Kant, J. Rolls and J. Habermas were trying to say, "Morality can be derived from the reason." Habermas is seriously thinking how to derive morals explicitly verbalized by reason from the customs and beliefs that are freely spoken in the lifeworld, how to reflect them in the system, and what kind of communication is possible for that purpose ,and he insists that "those who have religious beliefs should translate and send out rational expressions unrelated to their beliefs."
On the other hand, authoritarian systems based on nationalism or/and socialism have emerged while denying liberalism as egoism. Authoritarianism does not drive customs and beliefs out of the system, but determines the only correct belief with its own authority. The origins of their "justice" are idols like ethnic community or revolutionary classes.
Then, we are in a dire situation. In liberalism, we are subordinate to the idol of money, and in authoritarianism, we are subordinate to the national idol. So, back to McIntyre, the question is, "Where is morality?"
Personally, I don't think we are hopeless. From a Habermas perspective, there is a living morality in the lifeworld. However, I also think, "Is there really a communication process that changes it into an explicit language?" "Is there a need to reflect it in the system?" If the lifeworld has the strength to compete with the monetary idols and state-owned idols of the system, we can resist with fortifying our lifeworld, and I think that resistance means our freedom and independence. R. Bellah said we have unverbalized moral consciousness in the lifeworld.
So, I am doing this kind of research, focusing on how far religious practices can continue to create new moral consciousness in the lifeworld. I believe it is possible even in a country like China.

Our brain and body are always interacting each other by sending information named "neural signals", and being essentials for our movements and sensations. In this seminar, by considering the brain and body as a system, we are trying to learn the control and learning mechanisms of our bodily movements and to understand the secrets and essentials of humans from physiological and/or psychological points of view.

　We look at specific measures related to how effective platforms are designed in the context of community innovation. The platform is defined as, “tool and mechanism that serve as the basis for communication, which promotes cooperation when various constituents are cooperating.” If the design is carried out effectively, the platform has potential power to form connections between diverse constituents such as people and groups and bring about emergence based on interaction.
　Action Research and Project Based Learning are partially incorporated in order to create practical wisdom.

This seminar will provide the academic training to write individual research paper by using microdata and the methods of applied econometrics. Research topic will be chosen by each student.

The Algorithmic Design Lab. (ADL), as its name suggests, is a research group that conducts research and practice on the architectural design process called "algorithmic design.



At ADL, we are exploring the computability of architecture by writing down every design process related to architecture into computer algorithms. By doing so thoroughly, we will reveal what only humans can do and what designers should do, in other words, the (in)computability of architecture.



For more specific information about the activities, please see the following two lecture videos.

Algorithmic Design --- Growing architecture like plants ---(00:12:16)

Framework for Algorithmic Design(01:29:47)



If you are at all interested in ADL after watching these videos, please come to our lab.

Even if you are a beginner in architectural design or have no experience in programming, you are welcome. If you are interested but worried, please talk to the current ADL members first. We welcome motivated students who are willing to explore the (in)computability of architecture with us.

The purpose of this seminar is to examine various policy issues from a bottom-up approach known as “case studies”. By looking into each individual within his/her “everyday life” context, one can see how that individual life is constructed in a large whole, a community and/or society, where s/he belongs, which in return helps generate feedbacks to the existing policies. The concepts that the seminar focuses on include “risk,” "choice" and “everyday life”. While “risk” as a concept has received considerable attention from different disciplines, “everyday life” is usually taken for granted and treated more as a descriptive term, rather than an operational concept. However, without understanding what constitutes one’s “everyday life”, we fail to see that people’s thoughts and behaviors are in fact subject to changes, if and when there is a change in their physical and social environment. However, these changes may not necessarily alter the consistency in the way people live, and reflect the values s/he attaches to his/her life, for which s/he may change his/her behaviors upon situations. Case Study, with aides from different tools from cognitive sciences, psychology, behavioral theories, and narratives, would provide a “thick” description of people’s actual living in his/her everyday life in order to understand why s/he behaves the way s/he does and where s/he needs facilitation from the environment in order to act efficiently in the face of risks. Throughout the semester, 1) the students will be provided with “concept” reading materials for discussions on Risks, decision making (behavioral economics) theories, field approaches, and research-problem definition; 2) the students will have opportunities to “get their hand dirty” by participating in two ongoing projects: School Space for Handicapped children in Vietnam and Communities under Volcanic Risk (Fuji-san area, Japan); 3) the students are required to examine their everyday life through "blogging" as an intellectual exercise; and 4) The students are encouraged to develop their own topics on “risks in life.” Given this overall topic, the seminar will draw on advice from Dr. Michio Umegaki, Professor Emeritus, a Political Scientist and the former President of Human Security Association of Japan.
Keywords: Risks, Everyday Life, Policy Analysis, Decision Making theories, Narratives, Case Study

Marketing Communication / Regional Design
This research group explores communication strategies for consumers and organizations on various themes, mainly in [Marketing Communication] and [Regional Design]. Our activities include (1) research projects based on the students' problem consciousness and (2) original business contests in collaboration with companies and organizations. In addition, we conduct the following types of research.

(1) Research projects based on the students' awareness of problems
We continue to develop projects that use cutting-edge, large-scale marketing data provided by companies and organizations with which we have partnerships.
Marketing and Communication
a) Marketing at SFC
b) Digital marketing
c) Corporate branding
d) Diffusion of innovation
d) SNS marketing
e) Social listening and mining

Regional Design
a) Regional development
b) Tourism business
c) Advertising business

Students will be assigned to one of the above projects and spend a significant amount of time designing plans, conducting and managing surveys, and struggling with data. Students are expected to take an active role in the management of the research group and are expected to speak and act proactively.

(2) Unique business contests in collaboration with companies and organizations
We will hold our business contest in collaboration with companies and organizations and propose measures to address the issues.
Examples of past contests
a) Marketing strategy for a museum
b) Product sales strategy for a chemical manufacturer
c) Marketing strategy for a cosmetics manufacturer
d) Growth strategy for a beverage manufacturer
e) New route development for an airline company
f) Proposal for local development measures utilizing local resources

The lab endeavors to make a critical shift away from the industrial paradigm of Product-in Trash-out (PiTo), to a Data-in Data-out (DiDo) model through digital design and locally-based manufacturing. We embrace strategies in circular systems in economy and supply-chain, and digital innovation in 3D+ design and manufacturing. We foster collaboration between the global fab-city network and many actors, sectors and creators, in Japan and beyond.

http://fab.sfc.keio.ac.jp/
https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lhqC6QQ=/?invite_link_id=586151903718

After the end of the Cold War, it became possible to proceed the real regional studies and the regional studies has been done actively in the academic society, because now we can visit many areas where we could not visit easily during the Cold War period and the ideology and bias have been already declined. However, the position of regional studies has never secured its academic position in the academic society. One of the reasons is that many regional researchers claim that their areas are special and unique; and the regional studies tend to remain unilateral information dissemination. Certainly, the more you study a certain area, the clearer the distinctiveness of the area become, so it is natural that such a tendency has been strengthen. However, it will end with self-satisfaction of the local researchers, and we cannot expect the development of regional studies.

Therefore, this seminar will try to apply regional studies to more general academic context seeking dialogue and fusion of regional studies and academic disciplines. To give an example, in the case of that you choose regional conflict as the research theme, it would be needed study whole problems such as history, political problems, economics, religion, ethnic problem, social problems, geopolitical problems and so on, in the area, because the reasons of conflicts are really complicated. In addition, trying to generalize by comparing with other cases or regions, applying some disciplines, making general theories and so on would be also important. I would like to stress not to complete regional research by regional research alone, but make it available in a wider academic context, enable dialogue with experts from other regions and researchers of other disciplines, and make academic contributions.

For this aim, we will study general theories or discussions by reading books, and hear and discuss about each students’ research. All students must participate to the reading, make presentation and write term paper or graduate thesis on individual research.

Hirose's regional field is the former USSR, so I can make give the good comments on the regional studies on the former USSR or Yugoslavia, however all students who want to study everywhere are welcome.

In this seminar, students will discuss and explore the process of second language learning and teaching through studying textbooks and research articles. Students will learn how to conduct research such as how to develop research themes and research questions, how to design research, and data analysis, as well as how to write a research paper. Students will work on their individual studies, giving each other feedback in weekly discussions.

This lab usually has 20-25 students including graduate students, and many of them have had experience living or studying abroad and are proficient speakers of English.

Discussions can be conducted in both English and Japanese, and I am hopeful that both Japanese and international students can improve English and Japanese proficiency respectively by being in this seminar. We have guest speakers.

I normally do not accept students who are already in the second semester of the third year since it takes a long time to understand the field of second language acquisition unless students have taken my 'Introduction to SLA and foreign language teaching' lecture.

New students will be expected to find out what they want to investigate by the end of the semester. They need to submit the research proposal including the purpose of the study, research questions and the research design at the end of the semester. Continuing students should submit the paper that includes the results and discussion of their pilot study at the end of the semester.

Previous students' thesis themes include the followings:
* English learning and teaching at primary school level
* CLIL teaching at primary school
* Effectiveness of group work on English learning within the framework of Socio Cultural Theory
*Conversation analysis of Japanese/English bilingual speakers
* Code-switching of bilingual speakers and multilingual speakers
* Pragmatic investigations of failure in making the audience laugh: 'Owarai' in Japanese
* Motivation in English language learning
* Comparative analysis of sarcasm between Japanese and Americans
* Lost in translation? Humour translated in Japanese subtitle in American movie
* Responses to compliment in Japanese
* Differing perspective setting between Japanese and English in storytelling
And many more!

If needed, reference books will be recommended for the new students prior to the beginning of the semester.

Research topic include Visual media, UAV(Drone), VR/AR/XR, Web technologies and application of advanced technologies.

Visual Media
Goal: application of visual media in various field and develop new methods of visual representations.
Topic: analysis of visual representation and methods, visual media with new technologies and marketing with visual contents etc.

UAV(Drone)Development and Application
Goal: Conduct research on control over physical devices by developing racing drone, drone flight test, flight characteristics analysis, operation practice, software development for flight controller/ESC/OSD etc., attending competition such as FPV drone racing or FPV freestyle, video processing with low latency, development automated flight system and flight support system.

VR/AR/XR
Goal: Develop applications of VR
Topic: Utilization of VR chat to education, integration of VR to UAV, integration of VR to the Web.

Web Application
Goal: This group conduct research on advanced web application and related technologies.
Topic: web marketing, web design, data analysis, Web UI/UX, disaster information system, advanced web application (e.g. SFC Hack)

Students who join the seminar for the first time are given new student assignments. By completing the assignments those new students are allowed to enroll actual research projects. Completion of the assignments is mandatory to continue enrolling this seminar after 2nd semester.
Assignments for visual media, VR/AR/XR are creation of a content.
Assignments for Cyber Security, Web Application involves basic knowledge on information technology and their skills. Students in UAV Development would be required to pass official examination for Amateur Fourth-Class Radio Operator and basic operation of UAV.

exploration and designing of one's own body from the viewpoint of cognitive science

In recent years, we have not only read in detail textbooks dealing with the social choice theory and the application of game theory to public choice, but also examined the decision analysis beyond "rational choice", for example, the Gilboa's decision theory. In this semester, we will read a research book on social choice theory.

I hope to encourage competition among the participants of my seminar and build a tense relationship to work hard together.

We are always in communication. Understanding the notion of communication is to think about when, where, and with whom we get together, and what and how we talk to each other. In other words, an interest in communication inevitably leads to an interest in "place" and "place-making. In this Kenkyukai, we are conducting practical research on the "movement (mobility)" of people, the nature of "places" where people gather, and "place-making" from the perspective of communication and media studies.