KOBE DU Comprehensive Research Organization
Kobe DU Comprehensive Research Organization supports and promotes collaborative research and education within and outside the University, industryuniversity collaboration, international collaboration, funded research, activities surrounding Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, management of institutes of the Organization, intellectual properties in design, the Society for Design and Art Fusing with Science and Technology, and more, in order to further activate research in arts and design.
Since 2016, it has been promoting research on social issues, international collaboration and collaboration in education from the perspective of “Arts and Design”. and to this end, establishment of a flexible structure to conduct research activities that meet the needs of future society will be promoted.
Also, activities of the Research Organization are coordinated with the graduate school curriculum to reflect and utilize research topics and their results in education.
Greeting from the Research Institute President
The foundation of the fusion of arts and design resides in humanity. In this field, we promote research activities toward solving social problems, while valuing human life and emphasizing the uniqueness and commonality of cultures, lifestyles, and craftsmanship around the world. Featuring a flexible interdisciplinary research system, we conduct research into increasingly complex and diversifying issues, such as climate change, depopulation in rural areas, declining birthrates and an aging population, and natural disasters, and share knowledge and technology. We will continue to take on the challenge of creating new value from tangible and intangible design in order to contribute to social change and development.
Research Institute President:NAGANO Maki
Research Institutes
Each institute has a set of research subjects, and conducts interdisciplinary and comprehensive research investigations, academic exchanges with research organizations within and outside of Japan, gathers results, etc., as well as hosts events such as research presentations, exhibitions, seminars, and symposiums.
