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Knowledge Co-Creation - Profiles of researchers

(Mar. 14)Establishing a new field called Environmental Law in the Japanese society

Tadashi Otsuka
Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University

(Jan. 18)Contributing to Japan's petroleum engineering technologies through expert knowledge obtained through global experience

Nobuo Morita
Professor of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

(Nov. 9)Taking a hard look at actual economics Linking the past and present with economic history

Masazumi Wakatabe, Professor of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

(Aug. 10)Grasping the Key to the Evolution of Living Organisms Searching for “Structure,” “Context,” and “Systems”

Kiyohiko Ikeda, Professor of School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University

(Jun. 8)From Space to the Human Body-- Challenging the Frontiers of High-Energy Radiation Physics

Jun Kataoka, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

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(Feb. 8)Opening a new area into consumer behavior research with a new approach called construal level theory

People never, as assumed by conventional economics, make rational or efficient choices. Far from that, the choices made are irrational and emotional. [More...]

(Dec. 9)Suitable To Be the Century of the Brain and the Century of the Mind Investigating the Return of Science to Society

On the occasion of reaching the 125th anniversary of its founding in 2007, Waseda University drew up plans for important research promotion areas into which the university will put organizational and strategic effort [More...]

(Oct. 12)Building an international network as a base for Japanese literature and Japanese culture research

In order to solve the energy issues of the 21st century, it is essential to achieve a harmony of the “three Es”; namely, energy security, environmental protection and economic growth. How is it possible to simultaneously achieve these three Es which seem to be mutual exclusive? [More...]

(Jul. 6)Leading a national project for the construction of a next-generation smart grid

In order to solve the energy issues of the 21st century, it is essential to achieve a harmony of the “three Es”; namely, energy security, environmental protection and economic growth. How is it possible to simultaneously achieve these three Es which seem to be mutual exclusive? Since the start of real concern regarding the issue of global warming, an answer to this question has been sought in various ways. [More...]

(May. 18)From Sports Medicine to Sports Business Formation of a multiple academic research base

Providing support predominantly for the introduction of educational research bases excelling internationally, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology's "Global COE (Center of Excellence) Program," promoting universities which can compete on an international level, approached its final year in 2009.[More...]

(Apr. 7)Toward a Global “Research University” The Think-Tank Behind Waseda's Challenge

“What kind of strategy is required to make a private Japanese university a global research university?” - In order to turn this idea into reality, in April 2009 Waseda University opened the new “Center for Research Strategy.”[More...]