Mitsuhiko Ishikawa
Research field:Social Neuroscience, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Mitsuhiko Ishikawa
Research field:Social Neuroscience, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
●What are your current research interests?
How do humans execute appropriate social behaviours in response to various contexts?
How do humans acquire sociality throughout development?
●What do you enjoy most about research?
Eureka moment—such as when a groundbreaking experimental design, task, or theory emerges after long hours of contemplation.
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Everyday life
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
My grandfather was a university professor, so I was familiar with academia from a young age.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
Research has no final destination, so I aspire to be a researcher who continues exploring until the very end of my life.
Kim Honjik
Research field:Built environment and human behavior
Kim Honjik
Research field:Built environment and human behavior
●What are your current research interests?
Social sustainability, including health promotion, aging in place, well-being, and social participation
●What do you enjoy most about research?
When I was able to add a brick to the foundation of studies
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Adventure for a better future/life
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
I am interested in the topic of “where we prefer to live.” As East Asian countries are facing rapid population aging, I have focused my research on the types of neighborhoods that older adults are most satisfied with.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I hope my research will help create living environments where people of all ages can feel happy.
Davide Luigi Totaro
Research field:Comparative Private Law
Davide Luigi Totaro
Research field:Comparative Private Law
●What are your current research interests?
Contracts, Insurance, Fintech/Insurtech, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Protection
●What do you enjoy most about research?
Providing solutions and insights on practical legal issues while advancing the theoretical framework, bridging the gap between industry and academia
● What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Advance human knowledge-understanding and problem-solving capability
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
The freedom to research, express yourself, and pursue knowledge, privileges that only academia can grant.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
Furthering my knowledge and expertise in academia while engaging with private and public entities in the hope of working together toward common standards for trade and governance, especially in areas such as Artificial Intelligence.
Julia Mariko Jacoby
Research field:Early modern Japanese environmental and economic history
Julia Mariko Jacoby
Research field:Early modern Japanese environmental and economic history
●What are your current research interests?
I currently research the complex natural resource networks of early modern Japanese villages and how they continued into the Meiji period.
●What do you enjoy most about research?
I love to connect with people from the past through reading sources and to connect with colleagues about research.
●What does research mean to you?(In a nutshell)
Research, for me, is an opportunity to never stop learning.
●What inspired you to become a researcher?
I’ve always been curious and loved analyzing things.
●What are your future goals as a researcher?
I want to be a researcher who brings people together internationally.