Human Information Science Major
| Research area | degree | Faculty name | Research topic | doctoral course First Semester Research guidance |
doctoral course Advanced course Research guidance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial and organizational psychology, social psychology | doctor (Academic) |
IGAWA, Junichi | The impact of social media use and online communication on employees' mental health and motivation. | ○ | ○ |
| algebraic geometry | doctor (Science) |
ISHIDA, Hirotaka | Study of the structure and invariants of algebraic surfaces | ○ | |
| human geography | doctor (geography) |
ISURUGI, Shinobu | Research on the regional structure of cities and industries | ○ | ○ |
| geomorphology | doctor (Science) |
ITO, Akifumi | Topographic development history over the past approximately 20,000 years, and topographic change analysis using high-resolution topographic information. | ○ | ○ |
| Information Engineering | doctor (engineering) |
ITO, Noriyuki | Software research to support computer design and other related fields. | ○ | |
| educational technology | doctor (Information Science) |
INAGAKI, Tadashi | Research on designing lessons and learning environments using information technology. | ○ | ○ |
| mathematics | doctor (Science) |
IWATA, Yukiko | Ergodic theory and stochastic processes | ○ | ○ |
| Developmental clinical psychology, emotion and personality psychology | doctor (psychology) |
Hitomi Usukura | Evaluation concerns, emotional regulation, disaster and mental health | ○ | |
| human geography | doctor (Science) |
ENDO, Nao | Research on rural livelihoods and natural resource management in Southeast Asia, particularly in rural Java. | ○ | ○ |
| Social welfare studies, disability welfare, NPO/volunteer activities | doctor (Agriculture) |
OSAWA, Shinobu | Current Status and Challenges of Welfare Citizen Activities in Japan | ○ | ○ |
| Applied health sciences, growth and development sciences | doctor (School education) |
OKAZAKI, Kanzo | Research on the evaluation of children's lifestyle habits and their health promotion | ○ | ○ |
| ecology | doctor (Academic) |
OGAWA, Shigeyuki | Research on the diversity of deciduous broad-leaved forests in the Pacific coastal region of eastern Japan, and research on the dissemination of native crops. | ○ | ○ |
| mathematics | doctor (Science) |
KATAGATA, Kou | Complex Dynamical Systems | ○ | |
| cognitive psychology | Master of Arts | KATO, Kenji | Cognitive psychological analysis of everyday behavior | ○ | ○ |
| clinical psychology | doctor (Clinical Psychology) |
KANAI, Yoshihiro | Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders and depression | ○ | ○ |
| quantitative sociology | doctor (literature) |
KANBAYASHI, Hiroshi | Quantitative research on inequality and social stratification | ○ | ○ |
| theoretical linguistics | doctor (Information Science) |
KISHI, Kohsuke | Syntax and semantics of natural language based on generative grammar theory | ○ | ○ |
| clinical psychology | master's degree (Clinical Psychology) |
Yumiko Kiyan | Research on psychological crises and mentality in adolescence and young adulthood, and psychological support for stress-related disorders. | — | — |
| cultural sociology | doctor (Academic) |
KOBAYASHI, Nobushige | Research on media culture and industry | ○ | ○ |
| educational philosophy | doctor (pedagogy) |
KONNO, Yu | Anthropological research on the meaning and origins of education | ○ | ○ |
| information science | doctor (Academic) |
SAKAMOTO, Yasunobu | Network Distributed System | ○ | ○ |
| exercise immunology | doctor (Disability Science) |
SAKAMOTO, Yuzuru | The effects of exercise and stress on immune function and health | ○ | ○ |
| Rural sociology, theoretical sociology | Master of Arts | SAKUMA, Masahiro |
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| Visual psychology | doctor (literature) |
SAKURAI, Kenzo | Unraveling the Mystery of Human Depth Perception | ○ | ○ |
| mathematics | doctor (Science) |
SATO, Atsushi | The number of elliptic curves is theoretical | ○ | |
| Japanese Language Education | doctor (Humanities) |
SATO, Maki | Research on language education for children with foreign connections and multilingual/multicultural coexistence. | ○ | |
| Human geography, rural geography | doctor (Science) |
SHOJI, Gen | Transformation of urban-rural relations | ○ | |
| clinical health psychology | doctor (pedagogy) |
SHOJI, Wataru | Research on the psychology of people with chronic illnesses | ○ | ○ |
| information science | doctor (Information Science) |
SUGAWARA, Ken | Autonomous distributed systems theory, swarm robot systems | ○ | ○ |
| welfare sociology | doctor (literature) |
SUGAWARA, Sanae | Research on the caregiving work and community life of foreign care workers in Japan | ○ | ○ |
| mathematical sociology | doctor (sociology) |
SUZUKI, Tsutomu | Network analysis of collective behavior and media communication | ○ | ○ |
| family sociology | master's degree (sociology) |
SENDA, Yukiko | Married women's birth and employment behavior | ○ | ○ |
| Clinical psychology, psycho-oncology | master's degree (pedagogy) |
Keiko Takahashi | The growth process of medical communication and psychology professionals | — | — |
| Sports Science | doctor (Physical Education Science) |
TAKAHASHI, Shinji | Research on health and fitness statistics, and methods for measuring and evaluating physical activity and exercise performance. | ○ | ○ |
| information science | doctor (Information Science) |
TAKAHASHI, Hideyuki | Research on agent-oriented IoT (Internet of Things) systems | ○ | |
| Information science/Geophysics | doctor (Science) |
TADOKORO, Hiroyasu | Research on planets and auroras using numerical simulations and data analysis methods | ○ | |
| Sports Science | Master of Physical Education | CHIBA, Tomonori | Exercise physiology, research on respiratory and circulatory function during exercise under special environmental conditions | ○ | ○ |
| Bioinformatics, sensory reception | doctor (Science) |
TSUCHIHARA, Kazuko | Elucidating the mechanisms of information reception in living organisms | ○ | |
| Subject pedagogy | master's degree (pedagogy) |
TSUBOTA, Masumi | A theoretical study on citizenship education aimed at multicultural coexistence. | ○ | ○ |
| Developmental psychology | doctor (psychology) |
HAGIWARA, Toshihiko | The role of motivation in university students' career choices | ○ | ○ |
| social pedagogy | doctor (Academic) |
HARA, Yoshihiko | Research on diagnostic techniques for community center management | ○ | ○ |
| Japanese language education and linguistics | doctor (Humanities) |
BANG, Hyeonhee | Research on Japanese phonetics education | ○ | |
| Clinical Developmental Psychology | doctor (pedagogy) |
HIRANO, Mikio | Understanding developmental characteristics such as aggression and impulsivity, and support for caregivers. | ○ | ○ |
| social psychology | doctor (literature) |
FUKUNO, Mitsuteru | The role of cognition and emotion in negotiations | ○ | ○ |
| mathematics | doctor (Science) |
HOSHINO, Masaki | Elucidating the behavior and structure of solutions to differential equations. | ○ | |
| bioinformatics | doctor (engineering) |
MAKINO, Yoshinari | Information processing and representation by neural networks | ○ | ○ |
| Community Welfare Studies | master's degree (Economics) |
MASUKO, Tadashi | Measuring the effects of municipal mergers, focusing on welfare expenses, through financial analysis. | ○ | ○ |
| Bioinformatics | doctor (engineering) |
MATSUO, Ikuo | bioacoustics | ○ | ○ |
| information science | doctor (Information Science) |
MATSUMOTO, Akiyo | Application of Natural Language Processing Technology to Web Services | ○ | |
| astronomy | doctor (Science) |
MURAKAMI, Hiroshi | Observation of high-energy celestial objects such as black holes using X-ray astronomy satellites | ○ | |
| physical geography | doctor (Science) |
MOKUDAI, Kuniyasu | Protection and preservation of the natural environment | ○ | ○ |
| Economic Geography | Master of Geography | YANAI, Masaya | Research on the regional location of advanced technology industries | ○ | ○ |
| Tsunami engineering, coastal engineering | doctor (engineering) |
YANAGISAWA, Hideaki | Research on tsunami risk and regional vulnerability assessment | ○ | ○ |
| Asian economics | master's degree (Economics) |
YANG, Shiying | Research on job creation in Asian countries | ○ | ○ |