{"id":4225,"date":"2026-05-28T11:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/?page_id=4225"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:11:38","slug":"sdc-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/sdc\/sdc-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"SDC Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Social Design Center is staffed by faculty members specializing in solving social issues and creating regional value, who are engaged in projects and research in collaboration with companies, local governments, and other partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details on the faculty members\u2019 areas of expertise and research topics, please visit their individual profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director, Center for Partnership and Research Promotion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

SODA Yoshinobu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Professor
Doctor of System Design and Management (Keio University)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

He assumed his current position after gaining practical experience at IT companies and in government. He is a Certified Regional Revitalization Evangelist (certified by the Cabinet Office).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Field \/ Expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Regional Revitalization \/ Business Administration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Faculty Members, Center for Partnership and Research Promotion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

KAWAMURA Tsutomu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Professor
Doctor of engineering(Kyushu University)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After engaging in research and development in the energy field of general electronics manufacturer, engaged in current job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Field \/ Expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Data science, Artificial intelligence (AI), Energy management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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SADAKANE Motoi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After working as an engineer at a food manufacturing plant, I began to study and work in project advance support as an escort runner and consultant which brings me here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Field \/ Expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Project Management \/ Project Enablement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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OKAMURA Masashi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Associate Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the current position, they gained experience at an electrical equipment manufacturer, an automobile manufacturer, and a consulting firm.
B.A. in Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Field \/ Expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

New Business Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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YAMANAKA Yuta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Associate Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After working for a comprehensive real estate developer, a town management organization (TMO), a special ward in Tokyo, and a local construction consulting firm, I established my own company and currently serve in my present position.
Bachelor\u2019s degree in Social Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Field \/ Expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Area Management; Industry\u2013Academia\u2013Government Partnership<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The Social Design Center is staffed by faculty members specializing in solving social issues and creating regional value, who are engaged in projects and research in collaboration with companies, local governments, and other partners. For more details on the faculty members\u2019 areas of expertise and research topics, please visit their individual profiles. Director, Center for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4623,"parent":453,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4225","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-10 06:00:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"pp_notify_user"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4225"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5202,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4225\/revisions\/5202"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}