Data-oriented Area Studies Unit (DASU), Kyoto University

Our unit aims to develop a “data science-based comprehensive area studies,” which attempts to reconstruct our understanding of contemporary social issues by integrating area studies and informatics. While area studies aim to understand a region as a whole from a pan-disciplinary standpoint, informatics has come to demonstrate its pan-disciplinary usefulness in the midst of recent developments in data science. Through the joint research and dialogue, we synthesize approaches from the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences to enhance policy effectiveness, risk evaluation, and simulation studies for the development of political, economic, and social systems in Japan, Asia, and the Pacific Region.

Center for Southeast Asian Studies: Fumiharu Mieno

Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kokoro Research Center, Institute for Research in Humanities, School of Government, Institute of Advanced Energy, Graduate School of Energy Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Agriculture, Field Science Education and Research Center