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GCOE Research Fellows

Updated: 1st Oct. 2011

The 1st unit: Urban theory

name category original major or graduate from research topic
FUJII, Shota B-1 OCU (Literature) / GCOE JSPS Fellow A Study on Urban Social Structure and Historical Development in the Modern Kyoto.
YAMADA, Nobuhiro B-1 OCU (Life) Regenerating Housing Complex by Conversion of Public Housing.
Runestad, Pamera Lynn A-2 University of Hawaii (Anthropology) Medical Anthropology Perspectives of HIV/AIDS in Japan: Comparing Rural and Urban Histories.
OGI, Chihiro B-2 OCU (Life) Collaborative System on Community Landscape.
HaeOk CHOI A-3 Ph.D / University of Tokyo (Engineering) / (URP research fund) Agents' Roles and Functions in the Strategy Making Process of Green Policy: Focusing on Low-Carbon Urban Policies and Creative Industries.
John PORTER B-3 Ph.D / University of Hawaii (History) / URP Post-doc Researcher Urban Pauperism, Relief, and Social Integration in Modern Osaka.
KIM, Sunsik B-3 Ph.D / Ritsumeikan University (Policy Science) / URP Post-doc Researcher Local Financial Support of Social Enterprise for Inclusive Urbanity.
YAMASHITA, Soichi B-3 Ph.D / OCU (Literature) / URP Post-doc Researcher A Basic Research to Investigate Shrine Communities in the Early Modern Osaka.
OKAI, Yuka B-3 Ph.D / University of Tokyo / (URP research fund) Regenarating Challenges of Suburban Housing Complex in France.
UENO, Nobuko B-3 Ph.D / OCU (GSCC) / URP Post-doc Researcher Environmental Conditions for Creative Spaces.
TAKAYANAGI, Naoya C-1 OCU (Business) Possibilities of Local Corporate Museum as a Dispositive for Urban Cultural Creativity.
SAITO, Hiroko C-3 Ph.D / OCU (Literature) / JSPS Fellow, OCU On Urbanity and Local Community of the Early Castle Town: A Case of an Administrative Headquarter Called Jinya in the Feudal Domain of Hakata in the Early Modern Izumi Province.
MITA, Satoko C-3 Ph.D / OCU (Literature) / JSPS Fellow, OCU On Urbanity and Local Community of Minamioji-mura in Izumi Province.

The 2nd Unit: Cultural creativity

name category original major or graduate from research topic
Daniel De Fazio A-1 Newcastle University The ineffable encounter with Bijin.
JEON, EunHwee B-1 OCU (Literature) Minority Fusion from Local Spaces: Perspectives from Cultural Practices in East Asia.
ISHIKAWA, Yu A-2 OCU (Literature) Female Cultural Practices in Contemporary Japan: Creativity emerging from Consumer Culture.
MA, Ran B-3 Ph.D / University of Hong Kong (Philosophy) / URP Post-doc Researcher Engaging with the Public Space Creatively: Art Projects and Urban Regeneration in Greater Chine Region.
OKADO, Kaori B-1 / JSPS 'Brain Circulation' Researcher / OCU (Literature) Inclusive Activities and Arts Management of the Traditional Performing Cultures in Modern Jawa.
TOMIOKA, Michi A-4 / JSPS 'Brain Circulation' Researcher / OCU (Literature) Mapping Cultural Dispositives in a Community: the Case of Yogyakarta.
OKABE, Masami B-4 / JSPS 'Brain Circulation' Researcher / OCU (Literature) Backgrounds and Nowadays Challenging: Laisser-faire Cultural Policies of the Basic Traditional Dance in Yogyakarta.
NOBUTO, Hiroyuki JSPS 'Brain Circulation' Researcher / OCU (Literature) Regenerating Local Community by Art Projects at Schools in Phuket islands.

The 3rd Unit: Social Inclusion

name category original major or graduate from research topic
BANG, Hyemi B-1 OCU (Business) Regenerating Shopping Streets and Community by Informatization.
HIRAKAWA, Takaaki B-1 OCU (Literature) Research on Social Capital and Citizen Activities in Producing Social Inclusion: Analyzing Urban Composition in Nishinari Ward in Osaka City.
KAWAMOTO, Aya B-1 OCU (Literature) Becoming Residents and Inclusion of Migrant Female Workers in East Asia.
MATSUBARA, Hitomi A-3 Ph.D / OCU (Economics) / Post-doc Researcher Community Employment and Accompanying Supports in France.
KUZUNISHI, Lisa B-3 Ph.D / Kobe University (Science and Technology) / Post-doc Researcher Research on the Support Policies Responding to Unstable Living Conditions Caused by Family Breakdowns.
SHIRAHASE, Tatsuya B-3 Ph.D / Kwansei Gakuin University (Sociology) / Post-doc Researcher Geographical Study on the Practices of Community Inclusion and Welfare for the Low-income Elders Living Alone.
NAKANISHI, Yuji B-4 Kwansei Gakuin University (Humanities) / URP Researcher Cultural and Social Geographical Study on Communities of Immigrants in Japanese Urban Areas.
Geerhardt KORNATOWSKI B-4 OCU (Literature) / URP Researcher Homelessness in East Asia: Conceptualization, Homeless Assistance and the Role of Socially Disadvantaged Areas.
TAKASAKI, Akihiro C-1 JSPS Fellow, OCU (Literature) Inclusive Resource Mobilization of Ecological Movements in River-basin Cities.

The 4th Unit: International Promotion

name category original major or graduate from research topic
SUGIYAMA, Takeshi A-1 OCU (GSCC) Local Identities innovating Industrial Culsters.
KITAGAWA, Shinya A-3 Ph.D / Kwansei Gakuin University (Humanities) / Post-doc Researcher On the Possibility to Create Citizenship in Urban Spaces: Viewing Issues to Include Undocumented Immigrants Socially and Politically in Italy.
CUI, Yu A-3 Ph.D / OCU (Businness) / Post-doc Researcher Global SCM and Potencial DCM for Social Sustainability.
SASAJIMA, Hideaki A-3 Ph.D / Tohoku University (Literature) / Post-doc Researcher A Genealogical and Comparative Sociological Study of 'Aesthetics of Urbanity' between Japan and the US since '70s.
Lin Mei-hwa A-3 Ph.D / OCU (Businness) / (URP research fund) Multinational Corporations and Industrial Cluster in East Asia.
MAKIYA, Miki B-4 / JSPS 'Brain Circulation' Researcher / Waseda University (Asia-Pacific) Re-development of ex-Military Bases for Sustainable Inclusive Sociaty.
IMANO, Taizo C-1 OCU (Literature) / JSPS Fellow Spatial Analysis of Palestinian Indentity: Location and Positioning.

* Category Reference

course classification division detail additional notes
A: Global Course
researcher conducts research activities such as field work and presentations at international conferences under the general supervision of a host research advisor
A-1 DC(a): DC1-3 Research funds (mainly for travelling)
A-2 DC(b): DC4-6 Research Assistant pay and Research funds (mainly for travelling)
A-3 PD: Post-doc Post-doc researcher pay (hourly) and Research funds (mainly for travelling)
A-4 Ph.D Candidate Researcher pay (hourly) and Research funds(mainly for travelling)
B: Meister Course
researcher pursues an independent research project that is closely linked to the host researcher's own project
B-1 DC(a): DC1-3 Research funds
B-2 DC(b): DC4-6 Research Assistant pay and Research funds
B-3 PD: Post-doc Post-doc researcher pay (hourly) and Research funds
B-4 Ph.D Candidate Researcher pay (hourly) and Research funds
C: OtherFellows researching without funds.