Faculty Members: Academic Areas and Research Topics
Institute for Solidarity-based Society
Kentaro Itami
Professor
Co-operative Studies, Public Philosophy
Intellectual History of Co-operative Movement, Digital Economy and Platform Cooperativism, Study of Non-profits Cooperation, Toyohiko Kagawa Studies
Jongwon Woo
Professor
Industrial Relations
Functions and Roles of Labor Unions, Comparative Studies of Labor-Management Relations, Dynamism of Labor-Management Relations
Hiroshi Kashiwagi
Professor
Theory of Nonprofit Organizations, Social Justice Movements in America
History and current situations of nonprofits organizations and their management focusing on those in Japan and America, History and current situations of social movements in America including civil rights activities
Toshimitsu Shinkawa
Professor
Comparative Politics
Comparative Labor and Welfare Politics
Akira Suzuki
Professor
Labor Sociology
Social Movement Unionism, the Relationship between Labor and Environmental Movements
Masayuki Numata
Professor
Laborlaw / Social Security Law
Legal Issues of Non-Regular Workers, Platform Economy and Social Law Issues
Hatsuki Fuchimoto
Professor
Comparative Public Policy
Theory of Local Community and Social Policy