Keio University

FeED - Forge Ecosystems, through Education and Design

Published: June 08, 2026
KGRI

Summary

This research is an interdisciplinary initiative that aims to forge sustainable and creative regional communities by connecting agriculture, food, logistics, creative industries, and education under the philosophy of "building regional ecosystems through education and design." The FeED project focuses on data-driven agricultural education and community-based workforce development, transforming tacit knowledge of experienced farmers into structured, digitally accessible learning content that enables new entrants to acquire cultivation skills efficiently. In FY2026, the project will advance from the foundation-building phase to system development and proof-of-concept demonstration, accelerating the digital transformation of agricultural education and regional workforce development.

Members

Principal Investigator

Atsushi Shinjo

ProfessorFaculty of Environment and Information StudiesProject Management

Nanako Ishido

ProfessorGraduate School of Media DesignChildren and media

Hideyuki Kawashima

ProfessorFaculty of Environment and Information StudiesA Hyperscale Data Infrastructure for Interaction and Artificial Intelligence

Sub Members

Agricultural Platform

Principal Investigator

Atsushi Shinjo

ProfessorFaculty of Environment and Information StudiesInformation Science (Industrial Applications, Data Governance, Knowledge and Information Science), Information Policy, Agricultural Informatics, Service Science