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We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as generative AI based business models) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future. In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future. To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics. There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects. Intend to offer the class on-campus. Occasional teaching on-demand conceivable when the instructor has to be away. A few new students will be admitted for the Fall 2023 semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business or Network Industries will be given preferential consideration. Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

Please know that the instructor is retiring at the end of March, 2025 and will not be able to provide GP1 or GP2 classes after that.

This research group explores communication strategies for consumers and organizations on various topics, mainly in marketing/consumer studies and science and technology (policy).

Our activities include (1) research projects based on the students' problem awareness and (2) original business contests in collaboration with companies and organizations. The following are examples of research projects.

(1) Research projects based on students' problem consciousness

Examples of past projects:
Marketing Communication
a) SFC's marketing
b) Digital marketing strategy
c) Corporate branding
d) Diffusion of innovation
e) SNS marketing
f) Social listening & mining
Regional Design
a) Regional development
b) Tourism business
c) Advertising business

Students will be assigned to one of the above projects and spend considerable time designing plans, conducting and managing surveys, and struggling with data. Students will spend significant time developing the project, executing and managing the research, and working with the data. Since students are the main organizers of the research group, they are expected to speak and act proactively.

Projects to be implemented after next semester
Marketing Communications
a) Corporate branding
b) SNS marketing
c) Web marketing

(2) We will hold our business contest cooperating 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 of measures for regional development utilizing local resources

This Kenkyukai (seminar) focuses on people and communities. We integrate various social science approaches, and conducts research to solve problems surrounding healthcare. In this Kenkyukai "Theory and Research in Health Communication," you will learn about "health communication," which is the theory and practices of communication to enhance health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Communication as a means of helping people live healthier lives has been developing dynamically, incorporating new media and methods in response to social demands in each country. For example, many people today with serious health challenges often have multiple social, economic, and environmental challenges. In order to solve such health issues, it is not enough to simply convey the correct knowledge and/or evidence to the person concerned, but it is also necessary to encourage the people around the person concerned, and even develop policies to change the social environment. It is also necessary to emphasize the importance of the issue to stakeholders such as those in charge.
　
In the seminar, students will learn the basic theories and concepts for effective health and medical communication, as well as how to turn practice into research, along with practical examples. We also plan to have external instructors who are practicing outstanding health communication in society. We welcome those who are interested in medicine, public health, and health/medical policy, and who are willing to learn strategies, skills, methods, and approaches to understanding and collaborating with diverse actors to solve human health problems.

In our Kenkyukai, students will play leading roles in planning and facilitating each session. Students will be required to read materials and prepare for the discussion. Foreign students are welcome but need to have basic Japanese communication skills. We use a textbook written in Japanese but for those who need some assistance, the professor will introduce relevant reading materials written in English.

Please check our website to get some idea of Akiyama kenkyukai.
https://akiyama-lab.sfc.keio.ac.jp/index.html

　We takes on the challenge of creating practical knowledge on effective platform design in local communities through practice in various regions. A platform is a communication infrastructure that brings about social emergence through the interaction of diverse actors. Through action research, we will clarify concrete measures on how to design such platforms so that collaboration between various people can take place and new activities and values can be generated.
　In this study group, each person is asked to demonstrate their entrepreneurial spirit and either belong to an existing research project or set up their own research project to practise Project Based Learning. On top of this, theoretical research in various academic fields, particularly business administration and platform studies, will be conducted, incorporating ‘KAIDOKU', in which everyone discusses their positions thoroughly on an equal footing. As a final outcome, the students will present their findings at the Isagai-lab Research Forum (IRF), the unique research presentation meeting of our research lab. It is our wish to promote policy studies from the perspective of a platform.
　We hope that your studies and practices in the study group will cultivate your zest for life and provide you with an opportunity to think about how to live in a confusing society. We hope that your energy will lead to the vitality of society.

　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.

We examine the structure and challenges of the Japanese government and the Diet. In addition, we observe Japan society through the classical performing arts of Japan.

This study group is based on the psychoanalytic worldview discovered by Sigmund Freud. Although psychoanalysis is essentially a method of clinical practice, the SFC's curriculum does not aim to train for clinicians. Therefore, this study group aims at 'psychoanalysis as liberal arts.' One of the two study groups for psychoanalysis, the study group for Psychoanalysis and Culture―Applied psychoamalysis for cultural issues― deals with especially cultural topics such as society, subculture, education, art, literature etc. Students themselves actively present literature and research progress based on their own topics of interest and explore the nature of human nature through group discussions.

This study group is based on the psychoanalytic worldview discovered by Sigmund Freud. Although psychoanalysis is essentially a method of clinical practice, the SFC's curriculum does not aim to train for clinicians. Therefore, this study group aims at 'psychoanalysis as liberal arts.' One of the two study groups for psychoanalysis, the study group for Psychoanlysis and Mental Healthーapplied psychoanalysis for clinical issuesー deals with especially clinical topics such as dynamic psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, mental health, mental illness/ disorder, etc. Students themselves actively present literature and research progress based on their own topics of interest and explore the nature of human nature through group discussions.

This study group is based on the psychoanalytic worldview discovered by Sigmund Freud. Although psychoanalysis is essentially a method of clinical practice, the SFC's curriculum does not aim to train for clinicians. Therefore, this study group aims at 'psychoanalysis as a liberal arts.' One of the two study groups for psychoanalysis, the study group for Psychoanalysis and Culture (Applied psychoamalysis for cultural issues) deals with especially cultural topics such as society, subculture, education, cinema, literature, manners and customs, etc. Students themselves actively present literature and research progress based on their own topics of interest and explore the nature of human nature through group discussions.

This seminar will be centered on the Cyber　Workshop, a volunteer activity in which members of this seminar teach elementary, junior high and high school students on the safe use of Internet and SNS.
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in the workshops as well as regular seminar activities.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue. Given the research topic and progress, students will learn public administration thoeries and research methodologies.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the seminar will attend a policy comeptition organized by the Japanese Public Policy Studies Association. The competition will be held in Ueda city, Nagano Prefecture, this year. To win this competition, English and Japanse seminars will work together to present our policy idea.

This course is designed to assist students to understand Judicial Precedents.

Health communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and communication between doctor and patient.
In our Kenkyukai, students will play leading roles in planning and facilitating each session. Students will be required to read materials and prepare for the discussion. Foreign students are welcome but need to have basic Japanese communication skills. We use a textbook written in Japanese but for those who need some assistance, the professor will introduce relevant reading materials written in English.

We will be exploring fundamental mechanisms that are creating new trends (such as sharing services and trust based business models) in the economy and society. We believe that emerging information technologies are changing the foundations of today's society and thereby changing the way societies (including businesses) function. We might call it emergence of a new civilization. The way businesses are organized, the way we work, and how the wealth is distributed will all have to change. This seminar aspires to understand the nature of the new civilization and envision how businesses (act of sustainable creation of value) will look like in the future. In order to look into the future, we should also understand how and why the present systems came to be the way they are now. We also need to base our thinking on the realities, rather than fiction. This means we will have to study evidence in the history and the present to find for clues that may indicate our future. To this goal, the classes will consist of (1) basic training of business including fundamentals of accounting, (2) readings on basics of business, (3) readings/discussions on the emerging character of business in the digital age, and (4) case discussions on various topics. There will be reading assignments and discussion sessions using selected papers on the relationship between technology and business. In addition to the selected readings, there will be an accounting test each week based on Piper, Mike (2013), “Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less”, Simple Subjects. Intend to offer the class on-campus while making sure students can participate all classes on-line (live) as well. A few new students will be admitted for the Spring 2022semester. Students who received A or above in the Management of Emerging Business will be given preferential consideration. Occasional teaching on-demand conceivable for various reasons. Please note that Kenkyu-kai (2) is similar in topic but will be in Japanese and the majority of reading will be different. Students will be allowed to take both depending of the availability of open slots.

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.

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.

This seminar will be centered on the Cyber Workshop, a volunteer activity in which members of this seminar teach elementary, junior high and high school students on the safety use of Internet and SNS.
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in the workshops as well as regular seminar activities .

The purpose of this study group is the development of the coaching models which will be adapted to the communities. The coaching methods referred to here mean the ones not only being applied for specific sports events, but also done for the versatile communities. Therefore, we are aiming to develop the models for general needs, and the participants are required to practice the coaching methods which is capable to utilize to the society.
At the present time, we have already started the project based on the following themes

(1)” Laughter” and coaching
(2)Children and coaching
(3)Study on women’s sports/Gender and Society )
(4)Study on disabled sports
(5)Others (further discussion needed)

From the psychological perspective, this course will explore how to establish better relationships among athletes for the sake of performance-enhancing and seeking the victories. Sports enable people not only to motivate gaining the victories, but also to bring up their own humanities.
There are six themes that you can choose;(1) Study of conflicts among players / between players and coaches on sporting activities (2) Study on sports conditioning (3) Programing for cultivating self-motivateed players or Life skill programing for developing mental force based on own experiences (4) Study on women’s sports,Gender and Society (5) Study on disabled sports (6) Others (further discussion needed)

The purpose of this study group is the development of the coaching models which will be adapted to the communities. The coaching methods referred to here mean the ones not only being applied for specific sports events, but also done for the versatile communities. Therefore, we are aiming to develop the models for general needs, and the participants are required to practice the coaching methods which is capable to utilize to the society.
At the present time, we have already started the project based on the following themes

(1)” Laughter” and coaching
(2)Children and coaching
(3)Study on women’s sports/LGBTIQ )
(4) Body sensation
(5)Others (further discussion needed)

From the psychological perspective, this course will explore how to establish better relationships among athletes for the sake of performance-enhancing and seeking the victories. Sports enable people not only to motivate gaining the victories, but also to bring up their own humanities.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students will first learn what cutting-edge public administration research is. Given the literature review, students are asked to select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue under the supervision of the instructor.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the seminar engages in Fujisawa City Promotion Project in which the instructor serves as a committee member. It will also implement observations in Yamanashi, Niigata, or Aomori where the population declines.

Social Produce in the Society5.0

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.