Research Projects are groups that offer collaborative academic advisories in Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University(GSPS-RU) in Japan. We manage a Resarch Project on Regional Planning, Community and Housing with four professos on every Thursday from 5th and 6th periods at GSPS-RU. Please visit professors' own web sites.
Key words: City Planning, Community and Regional Policy Studies, Land Policies, Land Use, Housing Policy, Architectural Planning, Legal Systems, Sociology of Law, Poverty and Settlement, GIS.


Kazuhiko Ishihara: 石原一彦

He is interested in urban structure in the shrinking process of families and decline of suburban areas from the viewpoint of the sustainable urban formation. 
Frequent visit: Thai

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Kimiko Shiki: 式 王美子 

She is interested in housing problems from the viewpoint of poverty alleviation. She attaches importance to human behavior and social relations to improve the human settlement and housing problems.
Frequent visit: U.S.A.

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Gakuto Takamura: 高村学人

He studies on Comparative Land Policy in Asia and Europe, focusing on the function of Property Rights and Institution for the Sustainable Development of Urban and Rural Area.
Frequent visit: France

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Tomohiko Yoshida: 吉田友彦

He analyzes development process of infrastructure in the metropolitan areas mainly by Geographic Information System(GIS) and attaches importance to evidenc-based planning with the quantitative methods.
Frequent visit: Indonesia

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