September 1, 2023
A paper by Sho Takagi, Project Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance (and a third-year student in the Ph.D. program at the same graduate school, affiliated with Professor Norichika Kanie's laboratory), titled "Policy Process Analysis of Leading Municipalities for Mainstreaming SDGs: A Case Study of the Comprehensive Plan Formulation in Shimokawa, Hokkaido," received the "Jichitai Gakkai Research Encouragement Award" at the 37th Annual Conference of the Jichitai Gakkai (The Japan Association for Local Government Studies), held in Kawasaki City on August 25.
The Jichitai Gakkai, established in 1986, is an academic society for research and exchange aimed at promoting autonomous policy-making by local governments, creating the study of local government, and developing local autonomy.
The "Jichitai Gakkai Research Encouragement Award" is selected from research papers published in "Jichitai-gaku," the academic journal of the Jichitai Gakkai.
Comment from Project Assistant Professor Sho Takagi
I am greatly honored to receive such a wonderful award from the long-established Jichitai Gakkai. This paper analyzes the policy process of how the "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," an international goal adopted in 2015, were reflected in the comprehensive plans of leading domestic municipalities. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the people of Shimokawa, Hokkaido, who cooperated with the research for this paper, to the reviewers of this paper, to my supervising professors, and to my colleagues in the laboratory.
Source: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office