Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), implemented by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, is a competitive research fund aimed at promoting all types of academic research. Its social impact is strong, and the large number of selected projects reflects the high level of research capabilities of the universities.
The database of KAKENHI can be accessed here.
Eighteen Professors from SPSF, twenty-one projects have been adopted for KAKENHI in AY2023. As SPSF is the course consisting of multiple faculties, you can see a wide range of research themes.
| Name | Project Title |
| Faculty of Economics | |
| HIGUCHI, Yuki | Empirical study on capacity building of governments in developing countries using social experiments and administrative data |
| HORIE, Tetsuya | 農家への高精度な気象・作物生育予測情報技術導入の普及策と農家の参入退出と経済厚生 |
| 環境保全型農業促進補助金の効果に関する実証研究 | |
| NAKAMURA, Sayaka | Empirical study on health habits: policy effects, regional variation, and transition process |
| Empirical study on the effects of business cycle and health policies on health habits | |
| SCHLEGL, Matthias | Inequality dynamics, underemployment, and secular stagnation |
| Faculty of Education | |
| AIZAWA, Shinichi | A Historical Analysis of the Formation of Social Stratification in the Structure of the Ruling Class in Modern and Contemporary Japan: Focusing on Succession and Reproduction |
| The Structural and Dynamic Effects on Social Networks of the School-to-Work Transition in the Era of Globalization | |
| KOMATSU, Taro | Peace education in conflict-affected societies: analysis of global trends and issues through program mapping and case studies |
| SAWADA, Minoru | The theoretical and practical study on the “boundary-crossing” nature of school education for social jusitice |
| SUGIMURA, Miki | International Collaboration Research on Visualization of Learning Outcome in Higher Education |
| UENO, Masamichi | シティズンシップと公共性のための民主的教育－学校コミュニティの形成－ |
| Faculty of Global Studies | |
| KOBAYASHI, Ayako | The Peace Dividend: A Conflict Analysis after a Decade of the Independence of South Sudan |
| MARUYAMA, Hideki | Developing and Evaluating “Deep ESD” in Higher Education |
| Faculty of Journalism | |
| ABE, Ruri | イギリス・メディアにおけるダイバーシティ：ムスリムの視点からの批判的検討 |
| KUNIEDA, Tomoki | Public Affairs Training and Practice by the US Military in the Information Society |
| Faculty of Management | |
| KAPTURKIEWICZ, Agata | A comparative analysis of evolving models of work and careers in entrepreneurial ecosystem |
| TOGAWA, Taku | A Study on Building Brand Trust Through Visual Communication |
| Faculty of Sociology | |
| HOMMERICH, Carola | Understanding Attitudes Towards Wealth Inequality: The Role of Normative Ideas of Justice and Fairness |
| HOSOKI, Ralph Ittonen | The State Interest and International Norm Dialectic: A Cross-National Empirical Analysis of the Advent of an Opportunistic Humanitarian Protections Regime for Refuge Seekers |
| IMAI, Jun | 越境する労働市場の形成－アジアにおける人材業者の役割についての経済社会学的研究 |
