Keio University

Center for Design of Future Symbiosis

Published: June 01, 2026
KGRI

Summary

The center aims to achieve future symbiosis with diverse others (minorities, animals, and non-biological entities like AI). To accomplish this, it conducts research based on integrating knowledge from the humanities and social sciences, focusing on in-depth micro and macro-level foundational studies on the human mind. Furthermore, it seeks to generate and implement values for social expansion with these research findings.

Center Original Website

Operational Period

April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2027

Members

Principal Investigator

Yasuyo Minagawa

ProfessorFaculty of LettersCognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics

Satoshi Umeda

ProfessorFaculty of LettersCognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience

Koji Mineshima

Associate ProfessorFaculty of LettersPhilosophy of Language, Logic, Semantics, Pragmatics, Computational Linguistics