In Nagashima Town (Kagoshima Prefecture), research and development, etc., related to regional revitalization has been underway since 2015 with Professor Masatoshi Tamamura of the Faculty of Policy Management and his research group at the core. Furthermore, Nagashima Town and SFC concluded an agreement in 2017, and a total of 4 graduate students and researchers at the Keio Research Institute at SFC have been conducting research and development while living in Nagashima Town. Keio has been supporting in an advisory capacity as “Nagashima Town Regional Revitalization Advisor” and assisted in the development and promotion of projects such as “Buri Scholarship Program” and formulation of the Comprehensive Strategy.
Applicable regions
Kagoshima Prefecture Nagashima Town
Implementation period
February 13, 2017 - present
Community and Regional Affairs category
Regional collaboration as research targets and implementation sites/research that aims to popularize region-specific issues
Social collaboration through advanced research
Education of students/human resource development for the next generation
Advisory role for the authorities, etc.
Two-way recycling-oriented collaboration with local communities and societies
Environmental initiatives
Related websites
Related agreements, etc.
Collaboration and cooperation agreement for regional revitalization between Nagashima Town and Keio University
Campus
SFC
Person in charge
Faculty of Policy Management Professor Masatoshi Tamamura
Inquiries
si-lab@sfc.keio.ac.jp