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Developing Global Leadership in University Students: Through Facilitation of International Collaborative Learning in the JEARN Youth Project

Researcher: Eriko Katsumata

There is a growing interest in developing global leadership among university students in order to develop human resources who can play an active role in the international community. This study aims to clarify how to deepen learning and improve abilities through practice in developing facilitation skills and global leadership among university students.
The subjects of the research were university students who participated in the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN), which promotes online international collaborative learning based on projects that connect elementary school to high school students overseas to the SDGs. The students served as facilitators for a project themed on waste issues, and worked with children from around the world to come up with solutions to the problem of plastic waste, which has become a serious global issue.

Empirical research on the development of Japanese language educational resources for JSL children that contribute to a multicultural society

Researcher: Yusuke Tanaka

Currently, the number of foreign children with roots overseas and children who have returned from overseas are increasing, and school education is becoming more internationalized and diverse. In this research, in order to realize a symbiotic education where everyone can learn together, we will select the learning terms that are essential for children to learn at school and develop application-based Japanese language teaching materials to learn them, and aim to rectify the problem of educational disparities caused by children's lack of Japanese language ability, and to realize the ideals of the SDGs "Quality Education for All" and its subgoals "Ensure that all children receive a fair and quality education free of charge and graduate from primary and secondary schools," "Ensure that they can read, write and do arithmetic," and "Provide a learning environment in which no one is left behind" from the perspective of Japanese language education research at our university.

Changes in Japanese-style HR through sustainability management

Researcher: Toshiko Suda

Japan is facing many problems, including a declining birthrate and an aging population, as well as stagnant wages, and is in a situation that is the exact opposite of sustainable growth. The main cause of these problems is said to be the Japanese-style personnel system, which is centered on long-term employment and seniority-based promotion. In order to solve Japan's current problems and achieve sustainable growth, it is essential to achieve diversity and inclusion in various aspects, including gender, and to change from long-term employment to a society and labor market that allows labor mobility. The Japanese government has also set policies such as "reskilling and a shift from seniority-based skill-based pay to job-based pay." So what exactly should change in Japanese-style personnel management, and how? This research explores the specific direction of change in Japanese-style personnel management, which is a prerequisite for realizing sustainability management.

Environmentally friendly synthesis of useful organic compounds

Researcher: Ryo Takeuchi

In this research, we aim to synthesize useful organic compounds with more complex structures and various functions from easily available general-purpose chemical raw materials using environmentally friendly molecular transformations that do not place a burden on the environment. Specifically, we focus on 1) environmentally friendly carbon chain elongation reactions from unsaturated hydrocarbons, which are general-purpose chemical raw materials, and 2) environmentally friendly synthesis of optically active heterocyclic compounds, which are raw materials for optically active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Sustainable synthetic reactions using common metals as catalysts

Researcher: Takuhiro Sawano

Metal catalysts are used in various situations, such as synthesizing chemical products, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, and purifying automobile exhaust gases, by helping with material conversion. As metal catalysts are indispensable to modern life, there is a current demand for the development of a system that can supply them in a sustainable manner. Therefore, by developing a catalyst that combines "iron," which is abundant and inexpensive on Earth, with Metal-Organic Frameworks, we will realize a highly active and reusable catalyst. In addition, by using the catalyst we created, we will realize reactions that are useful for pharmaceutical and agrochemical synthesis and the chemical industry, such as hydrogenation reactions, boronization reactions, and coupling reactions. In addition, we will work on developing a flow synthesis method using the catalyst we created, and develop a more practical catalyst system.

A study on the effect of university physical education classes on physical activity levels for health promotion

Researcher: Tatsuya Tamura

Physical activity is recommended for health promotion. For example, exercise time can be met through one university physical education class per week. However, there are few studies that accurately grasp the amount of exercise and intensity in university physical education classes and examine the relationship with event, gender, sports experience, etc. In this study, we use activity monitors and heart rate sensors to estimate the amount of exercise and intensity of participants in university physical education classes, and also focus on and examine changing the rules of the game (changing the size of the court, number of participants, etc.) as a way to increase exercise intensity. This will make it possible to effectively promote health starting from university age.

SDGs Food Loss Regeneration Project through Industry-Academia-Government-Private Collaboration and Student-Participation Joint Research

Researcher: Kinya Tamaki

This study aims to promote the following activities in order to reduce and utilize food loss, such as post-harvest losses, which corresponds to the upstream supply chain (SC) of food services, and food loss at the retail and consumption levels, which corresponds to the downstream SC.
1) Survey on the causes of food waste in upstream and downstream SCs and the impeding factors that prevent it from being resolved
② Develop new strategies and tactics for reducing and reusing food waste from an SDGs perspective
3) Building a business model for CSV (Creating Shared Vale) that ensures the sustainability of the strategy and tactics
④ Establish an organizational structure for industry-academia-government-citizen collaboration and student-participation collaborative research to address these social issues
⑤ Empirical research at our university: event planning and implementation, public relations activities, research and development and implementation of SDGs food education programs
⑥ Demonstration experiment for social implementation business at our university
7) Raising awareness about the "SDGs Food Loss Regeneration Project" activities.