Collaborative project on regional revitalization with Iwate Prefecture Kamaishi City

Since 2017, under a collaboration between Iwate Prefecture Kamaishi City and the Keio Research Institute at SFC, Professor Masatoshi Tamamura of the Faculty of Policy Management and his research group are jointly promoting programs for researchers involved in regional revitalization with the aim of carrying out research and educational activities on regional revitalization and development using the local resources of Kamaishi City, and developing human resources that will be responsible for regional revitalization. Since the 2018 academic year, graduate students have been conducting research in-residence in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. Their activities focus on researching life-saving afterschool evacuation drills, as well as recruiting SI Researchers on an ongoing basis.

Applicable regions

Iwate Prefecture Kamaishi City

Implementation period

August 21, 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
Two-way recycling-oriented collaboration with local communities and societies
Collaboration and cooperation with alumni and alumni associations