Public-Sector Innovation Laboratory, University of Tsukuba

PUBLIC-SECTOR INNOVATION LABORATORY Univ. of Tsukuba PUBLIC-SECTOR INNOVATION LABORATORY Univ. of Tsukuba

What is the Public-Sector Innovation Laboratory?

We work on solving local problems using data.
Although students are interested in a variety of topics, we try to approach them from multiple angles and write papers on them.
In particular, we focus on approaches to solving problems by combining data owned by local authorities and regional companies but not yet utilized. We welcome the participation of students and working people who want to analyze their own local area and familiar problems from a new angle and create novel solutions.

Seminars Introduction

Bachelor’ thesis and master’s thesis seminars

Thesis seminars are held every Monday and Thursday morning. You can participate either face-to-face or online.

Joint Seminar

This seminar is held by the Arita, Fujii and Kawashima Labs, this seminar is held twice a year: a joint seminar in July and a summer seminar in August. Each gives a presentation.

Research topics
in 2023.

Individual evacuation plans, Disaster prevention stockpiles, Healthcare mobility, Participatory budgeting, Abolition of schools, Shared cycle, EBPM, etc.

Main employers of graduates

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Shizuoka Prefecture, Kawagoe City, NTT East, NTT Urban Development, Kajima Corporation, Nippon Koei, etc.

Supervisor Introduction

Professor, Department of Social Engineering KAWASHIMA Hiroichi

He has worked for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), the Indonesian Ministry of Housing, Kitakyushu City, the World Bank, the CIO of Saga Prefecture, and Public-Sector Innovation Co.
He has been a Professor of Systems and Information Science at the University of Tsukuba (Department of Social Engineering) since 2015.
During his tenure 2010 as CIO of Saga Prefecture, he led the "Collaborative Test", which promoted public-private partnerships by making all budget information public and received United Nations Public Service Awards for the first time in Japan.
He is appointed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications regional informatization advisor and is also an advisor to Tsukuba City.
He specialises in creating public value through data sharing.

For biographies, social activities, lectures, research achievements, etc., please see TRIOS (Researchers Information at the University of Tsukuba).