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Saijo Lab
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A lab that designs communication to spread innovation.
AboutAbout the lab
Spreading innovation through communication design.
The Saijo Lab studies the process by which new technologies and systems spread through society, by designing the interactions between people.
Building on discourse analysis from sociolinguistics, it investigates how discussions proceed and how they can be made easier to understand.
The lab also addresses user innovation in local communities and science and technology literacy for risk management.
It explores how to create dialogue that can trigger changes in perception among people with different knowledge backgrounds.
Key terms
- Discourse analysis
- A method that uses actual conversations and texts as data to examine how talk proceeds and how meaning is exchanged
- Human-centered design
- A design approach that starts from the standpoint and behavior of the people who will use something, and builds tools and systems around them
- Resilience
- The ability to recover or adapt in the face of difficulty or change
NewsLab news
An undergraduate student won the Best Presentation Award and the Outstanding Student Award
An undergraduate student won the Institute of Science Tokyo Student Leadership Award
A doctoral student won the Excellent Presentation Award from the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science
An undergraduate student won the Best Presentation Award
A student team won the triple crown at Challenge!! Open Governance 2024
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the process by which innovation spreads through society by designing communication. Building on discourse analysis from sociolinguistics, knowledge management, diffusion of innovations theory, and human-centered design, it addresses local communities and interactions among people with different knowledge backgrounds.
*Illustrative imageWorkplaces Where Humans and Machines Support Each Other
The lab targets workplaces that are short-staffed and rely heavily on human labor. It studies how collective resilience develops through interaction between humans and machines.
*Illustrative imageWhat Makes an Explanation Easy to Understand
The lab investigates what makes spoken explanations easy to understand. It aims to clarify which elements of a talk help listeners understand.
*Illustrative imageDialogue Between People in Different Positions
The lab investigates how discussions unfold among participants with different knowledge and experience. It studies how dialogue that can trigger changes in each other's perceptions can be achieved.
*Illustrative imageBetween New Technology and Society
The lab studies what kind of communication is needed, and with whom, when new technologies become products and go out into society.
MembersFaculty
The Saijo Lab consists of faculty, researchers, doctoral, master's, and bachelor's students, and technical staff.As of 2026
- ProfessorMiki SaijoPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorTakumi OhashiPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “TechnicalWishlist Workshop Search 16-18 Munich StickyNotesWall1” Jan Dittrich (WMDE) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Workplaces Where Humans and Machines Support Each Other: “Harrison 10 (1)” Jeff Green/Rethink Robotics / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- What Makes an Explanation Easy to Understand: “'Got Your Back' presentation 131211-A-ZZ999-046” Staff Sgt. Carlos Campos / Public domain (cropped)
- Dialogue Between People in Different Positions: “Team workshop” UCT MOOCs / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Between New Technology and Society: “Public in science museum Hongkong” Barbara Fischer (WMDE) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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