DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE CREATIVE ECONOMY

OBJECTIVES OF THE CENTER

Our research is to investigate issues that help develop the creative economy. You might wonder what the ‘creative economy’ is; here is what we think.

Background to the emergence of the concept is the growth of the global economy that has intensified competition and concentration of wealth in certain segments of the population in advanced countries. The creative economy is an important solution for competitiveness and sustainable development to confront such problems. For us, the creative economy is an economy that is built on a good understanding into the essential nature of humanity and helps develop innovative products and services that make the most of this understanding. In such an economy, creativity with high market value is a key to economic competitiveness, which will then lead to the enrichment of lives for many and balanced development.

Based on such a belief, our research is structured in four major areas of investigation:

• - to consider what basis of Research and Development (R&D) would be necessary to encourage such creativity.
• - to examine issues related to creative cities as an incubator for such activities.
• - to analyze the economic structures of the creative industries that produce and distribute cultural products and services and their relationships to nation branding.
• - to consider how, ultimately, newly created wealth might be redistributed to improve the quality of life for many and - to mitigate the effects of wealth concentration.

Each of different research groups with more specific topics is attached to one of these areas. As you go through pages for four areas of research, you will find more about research activities of these groups and their members.

ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTER

RESEARCHER	AFFILIATION AND TITLE	RESEARCH THEMES
Nobuko Kawashima, Center Director	Professor, Graduate School of Economics	Structures and strategies for content industries
Tadashi Yagi, Director of the Center Office	Professor, Graduate School of Economics	Research on mechanisms for creativity and knowledge creation
Yoshio Itaba	Professor, Graduate School of Economics	Research on greater efficiency in fiscal functions based on analysis of the sense of well-being
Takeshi Iwatsubo	Professor, Graduate School of Letters	The Tale of Genji
Tomoko Ueki	Professor, Graduate School of Letters	Medieval poetry, especially the Ryojin Hisho
Iari Okuda	Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University	Research on contemporary utilization of the classics and the traditional performing arts
Fumiaki Ojima	Professor, Graduate School of Social Studies; Vice President	Comparative sociological research on the social inequality formation process
Shuji Kakimi	Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters	The Man’yoshu
Akihiko Kawaura	Professor, Graduate School of Policy and Management	The effects of opportunistic actions among policy makers during “the great merger of the Heisei period”
Akira Kawaguchi	Professor, Graduate School of Policy and Management	Research on actual disparities between men and women in the labor market, reasons for such disparities, and policies for addressing them
Masayuki Sasaki	Professor, Graduate School of Economics	Rebuilding cities for culture creation and social inclusion
Ryoji Takehiro	Professor, Graduate School of Economics	Corporate organization and actions; relations among companies
Toshiaki Tachibanaki	Visiting Professor, Life Risk Research Center	Policies for alleviating social inequality and reform of social security systems based on analysis of the sense of well-being
Masayo Fujimoto	Professor, Graduate School of Social Studies	Changes in the work environment, and job-switching and attitudes toward jobs among science and technology specialists: comparative study of the situations in Japan, the United States, and France
Takashi Nishimura	Professor, Graduate School of Economics	Basic research on machi as residents’ self-governing organizations in late 19th century and early 20th century Kyoto
Kazutoshi Miyazawa	Professor, Graduate School of Economics	Graying of the population and the industrial structures: transformation of industries to engender a service orientation, employment for the elderly, and reforms to the pension system
Hiroshi Yadohisa	Professor, Graduate School of Culture and Information Science	Statistical analysis methods for large and complex data
Katsuhiko Yokoyama	Professor, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science	Sociological Studies of Sports Policies： A Analysis of Social Capital and Happiness
Motoi Wada	Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering	Designing systems for promotion of R&D