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This class is designed for graduate students and undergraduates who wish to pursue graduate studies, and aims to provide students with the theoretical and systematic knowledge related to IT and organizations at a level that will enable them to write research papers in graduate school. The class will be taught entirely in English, with the assumption that students will become researchers. Following an introduction at the beginning of the course, we will be reading literature such as Galliers, R. and W. Currie (2011). The Oxford handbook of management information systems critical perspectives and new directions. Oxford, Oxford University Press (Electronic version available in KOSMOS)

Undergraduate students are expected to read and summarize the literature by the next week's class to deepen their understanding of the subject matter. Graduate students will present in the first class a presentation in which they will search for literature related to their own research and solve the problem. By repeating this cycle, the goal is to deepen their systematic understanding of the literature on the relationship between IT and organizations and to be able to link it to their own research.

This study group will further research the theme of the book "The Industrious City - Urban Industry in the digital age" published in 2021.

“Cities have always been places where production and commerce, working and living are physically and functionally integrated. Only with the rise of modern industry have zoning regulations been introduced to separate these functions in space. However, what is the role of such regulations when industry is digitized increasingly emission-free, and based on innovation more than mass production? How should working and living be combined to make mobility and energy consumption become more sustainable? And what are the opportunities in creating urban areas based on social equity and resilience, in a volatile world characterized by digital disruption, migration and demographic shifts?” (The Industrious City, Edited by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer, 2021, Lars Müller Publisher).

"The Industrious City" explored how new synergies can be found between production, services, leisure, and living, using the polycentric urban landscape of Switzerland as an example. In this study group, we will conduct similar research on the Japanese case, i.e., not in urban centers, but in rural towns and depopulated areas.

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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.

Understanding communication is to think about when, where, and with whom we get together and what and how we talk to each other. And to organize time and space for our communication, we need to understand the notion of "movement" (mobility) from various aspects. What insights would John Urry (1946-2016), who advocated a "sociology of mobility," have added had he experienced daily life under the influence of COVID-19? In this kenkyukai, we will re-read "Mobilities" and reconsider the future of human communication.

Demography is a wide-ranging academic field that examines the relationship between population dynamics, such as births, deaths, and migration, and various aspects of society, culture, and the economy. It is intimately linked with disciplines such as sociology, economics, political science, epidemiology, anthropology, and more. In this class, the focus will be on the field of social demography, which closely aligns with sociology.

Students will be introduced to the key indicators (e.g., life expectancy, total fertility rate), concepts (e.g., cohort), and theories (e.g., demographic transition theory) that define demography. They will also explore significant findings from research within social demography. To enhance understanding of the materials, the course will include not only lectures but also group analysis exercises.

Challenging Stereotypes:
Course Description: In this class, we will discuss various stereotypes that exist in cultures around the world focusing on those most familiar to us. The goal of this class is to help you see people as individuals rather than only as members of a group, and to challenge the way you think about social interaction.This is an active participation class: students will need to join in the discussion every day for participation credit. Use of PCs or smartphones is not allowed unless specific permission is given. Paper and electronic dictionaries are allowed, but smartphone-based dictionaries are prohibited.

Nowadays the problems related to the functions of family and their solutions are widely discussed in Japan. As a background of such a situation, we may point out that the traditional gender division of labour, 'men work, while women stay at home', still exists. When and how was it established? Such family form is called the 'modern family'. What kind of influence has the 'modern family' had on not only the institutions and policies but also behavioural norms and lives of the people? This seminar is targeted at those who want to explore the answers of these questions by relating the declining birthrate and aging population in methods for historical or sociological research.

Proteins are important molecules involved in many biological phenomena. Proteomics, which measures the types and amounts of proteins expressed in cells, is an important method for advancing life science. In this lecture, I will give an overview of proteomics from basic techniques to state-of-the-art topics by discussing research cases.

This course provides a broad overview of history and phenomena of NPOs and NGOs in Japan. We consider the possibilities and challenges of NPOs/NGOs through the various perspectives and actual cases. The activities of NPOs/NGOs have pioneered new social business and have played key roles in various fields of environment, international aid, social welfare, and education. We have understood that the emergence of NPOs has been significant since the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake in Kobe. However, the history and the reality have not been fully well known, even though NPOs in private sector have taken roles historically in public-interest activities in Japan.

The objective of this class is to understand the history, the current situation and the characteristics of NPOs/NGOs in Japan from actual cases and various data. The goal is not to understand “know-how” of establishment and management of NPOs, but to be able to explain significance of existence, effectiveness and potentiality of such activities and organizations based on objective facts and your own ideas.

In FY2023, we would like to deepen our consideration of human security using the "Corona Crisis" and the "Ukraine Crisis" as clues.

Proteins are important molecules involved in many biological phenomena. Proteomics, which measures the types and amounts of proteins expressed in cells, is an important method for advancing life science. The goal of this practical training is to learn and understand proteomics techniques. For this purpose, the course will cover sample preparation, measurement by LC-MS/MS, and data analysis.

Geography is the study of natural and human activities on the earth, and consists of systematic geography and geographical descriptions. Systematic geography is classified into physical geography and human geography. In this lecture, you will learn urban geography, a field of human geography.

Este seminario presenta los principales conceptos de la educación bilingüe, así como los tipos, factores y variables. Analizaremos las políticas y prácticas educativas de la educación bilingüe.
Los estudiantes profundizarán sobre la educación bilingüe y analizarán las políticas y prácticas que fomentan el mantenimiento y revitalización de las lenguas de herencia en las comunidades étnicas.

“Advanced Biosciences” seminars (Tomita, Naito, Kuroda, Kanai, Soga, Arakawa, Suzuki, Tsujimoto, and Hirayama) are operated along with “Systems Biology Project” for graduate students. All members, including faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduate students are involved in research projects.
In the first semester when you join the "Advanced Biosciences" seminars (Kenkyukai), you should take "SEMINAR B (1) Masaru Tomita."
Please check our website for more details. http://www.iab.keio.ac.jp/en

We conduct ecological research on the organisms living in the Antarctic and the Arctic ecosystems which are currently under the pressure of environmental changes.

“Advanced Biosciences” seminars (Tomita, Naito, Kuroda, Kanai, Soga, Arakawa, Suzuki, Tsujimoto and Hirayama) are operated along with “Systems Biology Project” for graduate students. All members, including faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduate students are involved to research projects.
At the first semester when you join the "Advanced Biosciences" seminars (Kenkyukai), you should take "SEMINAR B (1) Masaru Tomita."
Please check our website for more details. http://www.iab.keio.ac.jp/en

We conduct ecological research on the organisms living in the extreme environments such as those of the Antarctic and the Arctic.

This seminar is targeted at those who are learning and have learnt German and are interested in the society, culture and history of the German-speaking areas.