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This special research project is comprised of the following three activities:
(i) Conduct one-day pre-fieldwork and 3 day/2 night main fieldwork at Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture,
(ii) Co-write an urban development proposal for the city using data analyses,
(iii) Submit the written proposal to the data analysis competition hosted by Wakayama Prefecture and prepare for the presentation.

This special research project conceptualizes a "walking course in the Endo area, including SFC," and creates and installs wooden benches.
Walking" is an essential part of the challenge to realize a "sustainable and inclusive community. Walking is praised from environmental perspectives such as carbon neutrality, preventive medicine, and public health perspectives, as well as from the perspective of fostering community and landscape. However, the lack of rest facilities surrounding SFC makes it challenging to take a walk, and there needs to be more pedestrian interaction between SFC and the surrounding community. In this special research project, we will conduct fieldwork on campus and the surrounding area to understand the current situation. With the advice of experts, we will design benches and chairs that create opportunities for interaction based on inclusive design and build several prototypes of benches. The completed prototypes will be installed inside and outside the campus as a social experiment.

This class addresses SDGs and their implementaiton. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), unanimously adopted by the UN member states in September 2015, are being worked on by not only governments but also local governments, companies, and civil society. About five years have passed since the adoption of the SDGs, and the UN has designated the period from 2020 to 2030, the deadline for achieving the SDGs, as the "Decade of Action," calling for the acceleration of actions toward achieving the goals around the world. In this special research project, we will collaborate with companies and other organizations to consider how to put the SDGs into practice.

In this project, you will further brush up your own research that has been accumulated in the first half of FY2024, clarify the significance of your own research from the investigation of profound related research, and collect and analyze more data during the summer vacation to make the background, methods, results, and discussion of your own research more profound. Finally, we will compile this into an abstract, 2-min short presentation and poster , which will be connected to the presentation at the 18th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society for Motor Control which will be held at the end of August 2024.

We will research rural landscape as a regional asset by surveying the landscape of rural villages, interviewing local residents, and talking to the local government in Kamiyama-cho, Nasai-gun, Tokushima Prefecture.
As the concept of "cultural landscape" suggests, a landscape is an expression of the overall system that includes the natural environment of the area and the livelihood of its inhabitants, and its preservation requires "dynamic conservation" to maintain and pass on the system that makes the landscape possible. However, the system itself has not been visualized in an easy-to-understand form, nor have methods and value criteria been established to determine what is to be preserved in the local landscape. Careful investigation, analysis, examination, and discussion are necessary to understand the local landscape.
Kamiyama is known for the beauty of its mountainous rural landscape of terraced rice paddies, terraced fields, and farmland along the Ayukuro River, but with plans to attract satellite offices of IT companies and a private technical college, rapid changes in the local landscape are expected. Currently, the town is considering formulating its first landscape plan.
In this project, with the cooperation of the Kamiyama Tsunagu Public Corporation, we will stay in Kamiyama to conduct a landscape survey of the area and prepare basic data for the study of the landscape plan. Through the survey, the participants will also learn fieldwork methods.

Students will create a piece of Digital Storytelling in Japanese. Digital Storytelling is a 3 or 4 minutes video that tells a story about themselves. Using the Japanese language according to each student's Japanese level, students will create a story with photos and videos. The aim is to improve their Japanese language skills through talking about themselves, writing scripts, and discussions. In the end, students will share their works, get to know each other, and share their thoughts.

Based on interviews with the SDGs plan and existing initiatives in Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, we will discuss what Hirosaki City should work on in the future.

　The aim of this class is to collaborate with Fujisawa City and the people of the Endo area to reaffirm the charms and resources of the Endo area and to explore concrete measures that can lead to solutions to local problems.

One of the most important characteristics of life is that it is active and continues to be active. By acting, living systems interact with the environment and maintain their own existence in the environment. In this project, we will use computer simulations to explore the dynamic behavior of living systems and to understand their operating principles.

This program is designed for beginners in electronics and programming, which are the elements of mechatronics, to acquire more advanced skills through practice.

Keio Research Institute at SFC and Kamakura City have concluded a “Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement on Creative Future City” in 2020, and are working on improving citizens' problem-solving abilities based on data and technology, and resource recycling design. Under the framework of this collaboration with Kamakura City, this year's theme will be “Smart City Policy Design Based on Well-being.

This is a week-long workshop to develop new policies to improve the city of Kamakura, the target municipality of this project, through social scientific analysis based on data from the “Liveable Well-Being City Indicator” conducted by the Digital Agency.

The location of the workshop will be at the Keio Kamakura Satellite Lab in Omachi, Kamakura. This workshop is open to students who do not belong to any research group, even first-year undergraduate students. Please take the course selection test below.

The lecturers will be Prof. Hiroya Tanaka of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, who is the director of the Keio Kamakura Lab, and Takehiko Nagumo, a specially invited professor who is a leading expert on policy design and urban planning based on regional well-being. We are looking for a wide range of students, both general and environmental, who wish to learn how to scientifically analyze the state of a town based on data, and to make new town planning proposals based on logical reasoning and creativity.

Currently, at SFC, Chinese language education is being conducted based on a unique teaching method (Direct Introduction Method). A crucial part of this approach is the use of video materials that adhere to the textbook content. This special research project aims to create video materials for use in Chinese language classes at SFC in the near future.

This program broadly covers the Usage of digital media and new technologies such as 5G, ChatGPT, and Metaverse, approaching them with an output-focused mindset.
Research methods planned include case study analysis, survey analysis, and social media data analysis. We welcome the participation of students who are capable of, or interested in learning, the aforementioned analytical methods.

In this project you will be put in a group to create a research question and discuss as well as research about a topic that has to do with Korea. The topics to choose from are, ①The preservation and education of culture and history ②Measures taken for multicultural coexistence, ③The current location of Hallyu (The Korean wave) and the making of a tourism oriented nation. Research will be done through both documents as well as field work. The aim is to get a better understanding of Korea and learn how to do humanities research first hand.

In this project, we will conduct research on the development of learning aids to identify the causes of children’s poor school performance. In reality, there is great diversity in children's learning. This project explores the learning aids for primary school or junior high school. The majority of activities will be conducted in person, but online classes will be used as needed and appropriate. The ultimate goal will be for groups to develop helpful and playful learning aids for upper elementary and middle school students. The final session will be presented in the classroom.

Disasters occur every year in Japan due to heavy rain caused by meiyu fronts, typhoons, and linear precipitation bands. In fact, data shows that the frequency of heavy rain has increased in the past few decades, and this is predicted to continue to increase in the future, due to global warming. Along with rain, wind, especially sudden strong winds (gusts), causes great damage. In addition to damaging moving cars and buildings, gusts can also overturn ship cargo and damage wind power generators, causing significant damage. Generally, there is a proportional relationship between wind strength and rainfall, and when strong winds blow, it often rains heavily. As the frequency of heavy rains is increasing due to global warming, there is a possibility that the frequency of gusts of wind is also increasing, which this project will examine. Topography plays a large role in determining the wind. Therefore, in order to analyze wind gusts, a location that is affected by both complex topography and the sea is desirable. Therefore, in this project, we will carry out observations on Awaji Island and collect data from the past several decades, as it has the characteristics of both the topography and islands of the Seto Inland Sea and has a wealth of observation data that is constantly being measured by radar.

In this research project, students who have learned the basic concepts, ideas, methods, and transition of social marketing will work on specific product development while conducting various surveys, research, and development activities with the support of government agencies, companies, and social welfare corporations with which they have cooperative relationships.

In the field of humanities, "dialogue" is an essential concept that dates back to ancient Greek philosophy. In modern times, "dialogue" is also regarded as a concept that allows us to critically reflect on "subjectivity." Moreover, in learning activities, "dialogue" is highly valued as a means to stimulate learners' reflection. In this seminar, we aim to theoretically examine "dialogue" across multiple domains of philosophy, language, and education, in order to deepen our understanding of the relationships between individuals and also between individuals and society in our contemporary world.

This course will provide a chance to acquire advanced skills for mechatronics.
The goal is to acquire basic skills in February and more advanced skills in March, and to make a prototype with acquired skills.

This class will be held at the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus and online.

Every year, Japan receives some of the heaviest snowfall in the world. The main reason for this is thought to be that seasonal winds from the continent pass through the relatively warm Sea of Japan, hit steep mountains and rise, forming clouds. However, the amount of snowfall at each location strongly depends on the local topography of the area. Snow-related accidents such as avalanches occur every year, and the influence of local topography is extremely important in determining whether such accidents occur. However, the topography is complex, and point observations such as AMeDAS are only made at intervals of several tens of kilometers, making it impossible to capture local fluctuations. Therefore, in this special project, we will focus on local fluctuations in snowfall, conduct observations at multiple locations within a range that correspond to the same AMeDAS location, and analyze the data obtained. As a result, we understand local variations in snowfall.

How to Revitalize An Abolished Primary School Buildings to Produee A New Value For the Promotion of The Hachinohe Local Area-
A Case Study How to Bring the New Wave of Educational Trend Based on The Uniqueness of the Area. We submit the plans to the city government to renovate the abandoned primary school building into a center of academia for the universities from all over the world. This project aims at not only establishing a center of academia in the local area but to innovate the mentality of both the local community and the newly joining academic community to achieve the sustainable, collaborative development of the area.
This project is a part of a series of courses for the students to pursue and realize their sustainable research project out of Kenkyukai . And this project aims at not only planning, realizing, modeling, managing to make a profit for the sustainability of the project. It is really a practical approach in reality.

Mainly from the fields of sports psychology and ergonomics, we will examine basic human behavioral characteristics through eye movement measurements, behavioral analysis, and subjective evaluation methods in various environments. In the class, we will analyze the current situation, construct the experimental environment, plan the research conditions, conduct and analyze the experiment, and present and critique the research.

This course, entitled "Exploration of Sports Equipment Development," is a hands-on study of how product development is carried out at the factories of companies that actually develop sports equipment, including not only visits to manufacturing sites but also dialogues and discussions with professional engineers. High performance is required for sports equipment used by top athletes, but safety performance is also essential in sports played by ordinary people. In this class, students learn not only about the scientific evidence that has been accumulated to realize such high performance, but also about how the highly skilled professionals who support this evidence have created product development.
This year, we will focus on Toyama Prefecture, which produces many wood products such as bats, rackets, and ski boards, and textile products such as sportswear, to explore the actual situation of sports equipment development supported by local industries.

The aim of this project is to propose new sensorimotor physiological/psychological studies. In the first half, we will review various types of articles and try to find the core methodologies of these studies. In the second half, we will construct analyzing programs using Matlab software. Finally, by reviewing the data from your preliminary experiments, we will prepare research proposal, and submit it to some research grant at KEIO.

In this project, we will conduct research on the development of learning aids to identify the causes of children’s poor school performance. In reality, there is great diversity in children's learning. This project explores the learning aids for primary school or junior high school. The majority of activities will be conducted in person, but online classes will be used as needed and appropriate. The ultimate goal will be for groups to develop helpful and playful learning aids for upper elementary and middle school students. The final session will be presented in the classroom.