GCOE Research Units
Updated: 1st April 2017

The 1st unit: Urban theory

name in charge occupation
ABE, Masaki Chief of the 1st unit / Research Advisor URP Director / Professor, Graduate School of Law
SASAKI, Masayuki Vice-chief of the 1st unit / Research Advisor URP Research Fellow Emeritus / Special Visiting Professor, Doshisha University
TSUKADA, Takashi Vice-chief of the 1st Unit / Research Advisor URP Research Fellow / Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
KOIKE, Shihoko Research Fellow URP Steering Committee member / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human Life Science
NIKI, Hiroshi Research Fellow URP Research Fellow / Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
FUKUDA, Miho Research Fellow URP Research Fellow / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human Life Science
TATEMI, Junya Research Fellow URP Research Fellow / Associate Professor, Graduate School for Creative Cities

The 2nd Unit: Cultural creativity

name in charge occupation
KANA, Koichi Chief of the 2nd unit / Research Advisor URP Affiliated Researcher / Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
NAKAGAWA, Shin Vice-chief of the 2nd unit / Research Advisor URP Affiliated Researcher / Specially Appointed Professor
HIRATA, Oriza Research Advisor URP Research Fellow / Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts
HASHIZUME, Shinnya Research Advisor URP Visiting Fellow / Professor, Osaka Prefectural University
MIYAMOTO, Katsuhiro Research Advisor URP Dedicated Researcher / Professor, Graduate School of Engineering & URP
TAKAOKA, Shinichi Specially Appointed Lecturer URP

The 3rd Unit: Social Inclusion

name in charge occupation
MIZUUCHI, Toshio Chief of the 3rd unit / Research Advisor URP Vice-director / Professor, URP / Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
JEON, Hong Gyu Vice-chief of the 3rd unit / Research Advisor URP Dedicated Researcher / Professor, URP / Graduate School for Creative Cities
TANI, Tomio Research Advisor URP Research Fellow / Professor, Konan University
MIURA, Ken Research Advisor URP Research Fellow / Professor, Kyoto University

The 4th Unit: International Promotion

name in charge occupation
OKANO, Hiroshi Chief of the 4th Unit / Research Advisor URP Dedicated Researcher / Professor, URP / Graduate School of Business
NAGAO, Kenkichi Vice-chief of the 4th Unit / Research Advisor Professor, Senshu University
KIMURA, Yoshinari Research Advisor URP Research Fellow /Associate Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
YAMAZAKI, Takashi Research Advisor URP Research Fellow / Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
UCHIDA, Takashi Research Advisor URP Affiliated Researcher / Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
PANG, Shan-hai Specially Appointed Associate Professor URP