Project Seminars - 『ガバナンスを問い直す』(英語)　|　Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, Institute-waide Joint Project

In our monthly seminars, speakers from inside and outside of the institute gives lectures on various social science issues related to the concept of "governance."

For seminar abstracts, click the titles.

(Academic Year 2013)
Nov. 19, 2013	Capital Market in the Early Twentieth Century Masaki NAKABAYASHI (Institute of Social Science)
Oct. 15, 2013	Local Governance and Care-needs Certification in Long-term Care Insurance: A Case in Fukui Prefecture Reiko ARAMI (Institute of Social Science)
Sep. 17, 2013	Women's Need for Equal Division of Household Labor: Their Perception and Expression Makiko FUWA (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
July 16, 2013	Reconsidering Governance: Based on the Insights Obtained from the International Symposium Mari OSAWA (Institute of Social Science)
June 18, 2013	Publicly-held Joint Stock Companies: Its Genius and Paradox Wataru TANAKA (Institute of Social Science)
May 21, 2013	Symposium: Reconsidering Governance
April, 2013	Local Governance in Modern Japan Kaoru IOKIBE (Institute of Social Science)

(Academic Year 2012)
Mar 19, 2013	Aspects of "Legitimacy" Issues in the Governance Discourse Takeshi FUJITANI (Institute of Social Science)
Feb. 19, 2013	Urban Governance and Commons: From the Perspectives of Legal Sociology Gakuto TAKAMURA (College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University)
Jan. 15 2013	Federation, Governance, and Democracy: Based on the Perspective of Constitutional Jurisprudence Tomonobu HAYASHI (Institute of Social Science)
Dec. 18, 2012	Issues in the Governance of Science and Technology Hideaki SHIROYAMA (Graduate School for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo)
Dec. 8-9, 2012	Special Seminar: Concluding the First Year of Disaster Reconstruction: Conditions for a Sustainable Society (co-organized by GCOE)
Nov. 20, 2012	The Political Choice of the Opposition at the Time of Institutional Change: the Birth of Blair Government Revisited Takako IMAI (Seikei University)
Oct. 16, 2012	Inequality, Market and Pareto Susumu CATO (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Sep. 18, 2012	Regional variations in labor force behavior of women in Japan Yukiko ABE (Hokkaido University)
July 17, 2012	The Interpersonal Comparison of Utility and Group Decision Making Dan SASAKI (Institute of Social Science)
June 19, 2012	The Inductive Game Theory and its Application Akihiko MATSUI (Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
May 15, 2012	Why Governance is at Issue: A View from the Perspective of Political Thought History Shigeki UNO (Institute of Social Science)
April 17, 2012	Questioning Governance Today Mari OSAWA (Institute of Social Science)

(Academic Year 2011)
Mar 22, 2012	Title Corporate Governance Reforms in Japan Kazuhiro TAKEI (Nishimura & Asahi)
Feb. 23, 2012	Should a Megacity be Free From the Control of the Nation-state?: An Analysis of Megacity Governance from the Experience of Osaka City Yosuke SUNAHARA (Osaka City University)
Feb. 21, 2012	Special Seminar: The Governance of Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Jan. 17,2012	EU Studies Based on Governance Approaches Kenji HIRASHIMA (Institute of Social Science)
Dec. 20, 2011	Governance of Supply Chains Tomoo MARUKAWA (Institute of Social Science)
Nov. 15, 2011	Economics of Income Disparity and Education Investment Ryuichi TANAKA (The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Oct. 18, 2011	"Reproduction" Governance and Restructuring Daily Life: the Case of Japan Hiroko TAKEDA (The University of Tokyo)
Sep. 29, 2011	Institutional Structures and Governance of Local Governments: Examinations from the Perspective of Comparative Politics Satoshi MACHIDORI (Kyoto University)
July 28, 2011	Special Seminar: Corporate Governance and Industrial Policies: Governance for Determining the Future Course of TEPCO
July 19, 2011	Financial Governance of Japan: Its Achievements and Challenges Gregory W. NOBLE (Institute of Social Science)
June 21, 2011	Large-scale Natural Disasters and the Role of the Third Sector with a Focus on the Relief Efforts of Consumer Cooperatives after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Akira KURIMOTO (Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan)
May 17, 2011	Asking One Too Many? Why a Leader Needs to be Decisive Junichiro ISHIDA (Osaka University)
April 28, 2011	Post-March 11 Governance Atsushi SUGITA (Hosei University)
April 19, 2011	The Governance of Modern Japan and Judicial System Reform Iwao SATO (Institute of Social Science)

(Academic Year 2010)
Feb. 15, 2011	The Fiscal Sociology of Finance Ministry Control: Japan’s Finances Facing Crisis in Governance Eisaku IDE (Keio University)
Jan. 18, 2011	Causes and Prescriptions for Deflation from the Perspective of Characteristics of the Labor Market: An International Comparison focusing on Sweden Hisashi YAMADA (Economic Research Center, Economic Research Center, the Japan Research Institute, Limited)
Dec. 21, 2010	Effects of the Introduction of a Universal Health Insurance System Ayako KONDO (Osaka University)
Nov. 9, 2010	Women's Paid Employment and Outsourcing of Unpaid Domestic Work Margarita Estevez-Abe (Maxwell School of Syracuse University)
Oct. 19, 2010	Civil Society and Governance in Japan in a Global Context: The Methodologies and Scope of a 13-country Survey and of a Survey of Neighborhood Community Associations, Social Associations, NPOs, and Local Governments in Japan Yutaka TSUJINAKA (University of Tsukuba)
Sep. 30, 2010	Food system Theory and Food Issues in Contemporary Japan Shinichi SHOGENJI (The University of Tokyo)
July 12, 2010	Why had Managers Disregarded Shareholders' Interests in the Postwar Japan? Masako EGAWA (The University of Tokyo)
June 15, 2010	Several Research Projects on Individual Local Governments Toshiyuki KANAI (The University of Tokyo)
May 18, 2010	Theoretical Issues of Governance: Welfare, Norms, and Morals Susumu CATO (Institute of Social Science)
April 27, 2010	Reconsidering Governance: Welfare Regimes, Varieties of Capitalism, and Livelihood Security Governance Mari OSAWA (Institute of Social Science)