April 13, 2017
[For Prospective Graduate Students, Current SFC Students, and Local Government Officials]
An information session for the Keio University SFC "Community Revitalization Researcher" program will be held on Tuesday, April 25.
The Social Innovator Course (Chairperson: Hiroshi Suzuki) at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, located at Keio University's Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), is promoting projects in collaboration with local governments throughout Japan. These projects pursue synergistic effects between the practice of regional revitalization rooted in local communities and research and development.
As part of this initiative, with the cooperation of local governments, graduate students are appointed as "Community Revitalization Researchers" to promote practical research for regional revitalization. Through research supervision and learning support (both remote and in-person) and in-person graduate school projects, we are working to promote the jitsugaku (science) of regional revitalization and foster human resources.
The "Community Revitalization Researcher" program utilizes the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' "Local Vitalization Cooperator" system (e.g., remuneration of 2 million yen/year, activity expenses of 2 million yen/year, for a maximum of 3 years). Graduate students who conduct practical, field-based research activities that provide real social impact are appointed through a selection process by local governments. We plan to promote this in collaboration with multiple local governments, starting with Nagashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, with which Keio University SFC has a cooperation agreement.
Once appointed, researchers can set their own themes to engage in research and practice. However, collaboration with local governments is also planned on common themes such as "Sports-Driven Community Development," "Regional Trading Companies," and "Enhancing High School Appeal."
We will be holding an information session for the "Community Revitalization Researcher" program on the following schedule. The session will explain the concept and system of the program, the supervision structure at Keio University's graduate school, and the common themes and proposing local governments.
We encourage anyone to attend, including those considering graduate school, current graduate and undergraduate students, local government officials, those interested in the hands-on practice of regional revitalization, and those who wish to conduct research activities on the front lines of local communities.
["Community Revitalization Researcher" Information Session]
1. Date and Time: Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
2. Venue: G-Lab, 6th Floor, East Building, Keio University Mita Campus (2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
3. Program (Tentative) *Subject to change
- About the regional revitalization promotion program by Keio University SFC in collaboration with local governments
- About the "Social Innovator Course" at the Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance
- About the system and appointment of "Community Revitalization Researchers"
- About common themes and partner local governments
4. Attendees (Tentative)
Masatoshi Tamamura (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
Takashi Doi (Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University; Nagashima Town: in charge of the Regional Trading Company Project)
Takashi Matsuhashi and Motohiro Iwatsuki (senior researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University: in charge of the Sports-Driven Community Development Project)
Shinji Fujioka (proxy) (senior researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University: in charge of the Enhancing High School Appeal Project), and others
5. Registration for the Information Session
To register for the information session, please contact tama-lab[at]sfc.keio.ac.jp.
(Please change [at] to @.)
*If you are unable to attend on the day or have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
SFC undergraduate students who are interested in implementing any projects are also welcome to inquire.
Source: Academic and Research Support Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office