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GCOE Research Fellows

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) 公営住宅住戸コンバージョンによる団地再生の研究
MASUDA, Aki B-1 OCU (Life) / Osaka University of Human Sciences Research on Comparative Urban Histories Centering on Osaka.
MITA, Satoko B-1 OCU (Literature) On the Distribution of Setta in the Early Modern Osaka.
Mark SCHNEIDER B-1 OCU (Literature) 2007/10-2010/3, leaving since 2008/4
UENO, Nobuko B-1 OCU (GSCC) A Study on Formation and Management in the Creative Place for Artists and Creators.
SAITO, Hiroko B-1 OCU (Literature) 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.
YASUDA, Kanae B-1 OCU (Business) A Survey on Unused Land for Understanding the Brownfield Land Problems: From the Perspective of the Urban Renaissance in Osaka.
SHIMIZU, Maho A-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / Ritsumeikan University (Policy Science) A Comparative Study of Urban Regeneration and Sustainability Based on Arts/Culture.
MURAKAMI, Motoki A-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / Tokyo Metropolitan University (Human Science) Formation of a Monastery in the Northern Spain in the Early Medieval Age.
SHIBATA, Kuniko A-3 (research funds) Ph.D / London School of Economics (LSE) Sustainability, Cities and Gender : Comparative Studies of Gender and Urban Regeneration in the European Union.
KIM, Sunsik B-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / Ritsumeikan University (Policy Science) A Comparative Study of Local Industrial Clusters in the Creative Industry.
YAMASHITA, Soichi B-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / OCU (Literature) A Basic Research to Investigate Shrine Communities in the Early Modern Osaka.
FUKADA, Chieko B-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / OCU (Life) Rethinking the Social and Historical Significance of Rental Housing in the Early Modern and Modern Osaka and of the Preservation and Practical Use of the Modern Nagaya (Row Houses).
OKAI, Yuka B-3 (research funds) Ph.D / Paris X University Nanterre フランスの郊外大規模住宅団地の再生に関する一連の取り組みの意義と課題
John PORTER B-4 Researcher University of Hawaii (History) 近代大阪に於ける都市貧困・疾病・ローカルガバナンス
Dylan ELLEFSON A-4 (research funds) University of Southern California (History) / FLAS Fellowship Scales of Identity: The Place of Kishiwada City and the Danjiri Festival in the National-Local Nexus of Japanese Popular Culture, 1703-2003.
FUJITA, Takayoshi C-3 Seoul National University (Environmental Studies) A Study on Urban Transportation Policy in Creative Cities.
FURUNO, Mitsugi C-3 Ph.D / OCU (Literature) Clarification of the Urban Character in the Medieval Age as a Local Hubs and a Parallel Practices on Re-organization of Local Community.
NAKAYA, So C-3 Ph.D / OCU (Literature) Nara Women's University /JSPS Fellow A Dynamical City and Justice in Late Medieval Italy.
KUBO, Yoichi C-4 Kyoto University (Human and Environmental Studies) Burial Grounds in the Cities in Nineteenth Century Britain.

The 2nd Unit: Cultural creativity

name category original major or graduate from research topic
Karuna RAKSAWIN A-1 OCU (Engineering) Urban Designing and Planning for Cultural Creativity in Chiang Mai through the Comparative Research of Chiang Mai and Osaka, Kyoto.
OKADO, Kaori B-1 OCU (Literature) Diversity of the Traditional Performing Arts as Urban Culture and its Possibility in the Community of Jawa.
OKABE, Masami B-1 Gadjah Mada University / OCU (Literature) Cultural Policy and Tourism : The Case of Entertainment in Jawa Tengh.
SATO, Ryo B-2 Ritsumeikan University (Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences) Cultural Creativity among the Urban Redevelopment: Applications and the Method of the Colonial Remains at the Urban Redevelopment of Dalian, China.
Jacob KREUTZFELDT A-4 (research funds) University of Copenhagen (Arts and Cultural Studies) Acoustic Design in Japanese Shoutengai (Shop Streets).
YAMAMOTO, Yuuki C-3 Kyoto University (Human and Environmental Studies) History of Visual Arts Inter-exchange in the First Half of the 20th Century.
NOBUTO, Hiroyuki OCU (Literature) ジョグ・ジャカルタサブセンター事業の推進および『プーケットの中・高等学校におけるアートを軸とした地域コミュニティの再生』に関する研究

The 3rd Unit: Social Inclusion

name category original major or graduate from research topic
JEON, Changmi A-1 OCU (Life) Research on the Program of Social Mixied in Korean Redevelopment Housing.
BANG, Hyemi B-1 OCU (Business) 情報化による商店街の活性化と街づくりについての考察
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.
Geerhardt KORNATOWSKI B-1 OCU (Literature) Homelessness in East Asia: Conceptualization, Homeless Assistance and the Role of Socially Disadvantaged Areas.
KUMAGAI, Mika B-2 OCU (Literature) A Geographical Investigation of Catgraphic Practices in Research on Metoropolitan Areas.
AKIKAZE, Chie B-2 OCU (Literature) 都市における障害者の社会的包摂を考える
KOH, Syohken B-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / Kyoto University (Engineering) Research on Support Systems for the Elder People Living at Home in the Cities.
KUZUNISHI, Lisa B-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / Kobe University (Science and Technology) Research on the Support Policies Responding to Unstable Living Conditions Caused by Family Breakdowns.
MOTOOKA, Takuya B-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / OCU (Literature) Geographical Study on Social Exclusion/Inclusion of the Poor Living in the Urban Areas after the World War II.
INADA, Nanami B-4 Researcher Ochanomizu University (Humanities and Sciences) Geographical Study on the Practices of Community Inclusion and Welfare for the Low-income Elders Living Alone.
MIYASHITA, Ryoko A-4 Researcher Kyushu University (Human Environment) Deconstruction of Ethnicity: Focusing on Overseas Korean Communities from the Ethnographic Perspective.
SHIRAHASE, Tatsuya B-4 (research funds) Kwansei Gakuin University (Sociology) Dynamics of Exclusion and Inclusion: the Homeless Assistance among the Religious Groups.
YAGI, Hiroyuki C-1 OCU (Literature) Sociological Research on the Role of Urban Self-employed in the Process of Forming Commercial Spaces.
WATANABE, Takuya C-2 OCU (Literature) A Sociological Research to Clarify Mechanisms for Organizing Underclass Labor.
TSUTSUMI, Keishiro C-3 OCU (Literature) ホームレス対策に関する都市間比較社会学的研究―現代社会における排除/包摂の位相のゆらぎ
FUKUMOTO, Taku C-4 Kyoto University (Letters) 大阪市における在日朝鮮人集住地区の歴史的形成過程に関する都市社会地理学研究
IZUMITANI, Yohe C-4 Kyoto University (Letters) Political Geo-philosophy on Place Names and Relationships in Place.
WAKAMATSU, Tsukasa C-4 OCU (Literature) Theories of Networks and Regional Organizations aiming at Social Inclusion: a New Phase of the Burakumin Liberation Movement.
NAKANISHI, Yuji C-4 Kwansei Gakuin University (Humanities / JSPS Fellow) Cultural and Social Geographical Study on Communities of Immigrants in Japanese Urban Areas.

The 4th Unit: International Promotion

name category original major or graduate from research topic
Julia OBINGER A-1 Japan Center (LMU) Working Poor in Urban Areas of Japan
IMANO, Taizo A-1 OCU (Literature) Spatial Representation of Zionist Ideology in Palestine.
MATSUMOTO, Hirokazu B-1 OCU (Engineering) 公的情報の共有化とそれに伴う市民・行政職員の意識変化
Hannu KURUNSAARI A-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / OCU (Business) Towards a Sustainable City through Recycling: Hubs for the Recycling Capability Formation.
KITAGAWA, Shinya A-3 Post-doc Researcher Ph.D / Kwansei Gakuin University (Humanities) On the Possibility to Create Citizenship in Urban Spaces: Viewing Issues to Include Undocumented Immigrants Socially and Politically in Italy.
KIM, Keum-hyang C-2 OCU (Literature) Korean exhibition 1929 and the Japanese tourism: Materials on Ueda Teijiro Photo Collection.

* 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.