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Ikkatai Lab
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A lab that explores citizen science and the gender gap in entering science and engineering fields.

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Citizen science and the gender gap in entering science and engineering fields
The Ikkatai Lab studies citizen science and the gender gap in entering science and engineering fields of study.
The listed research fields are sociology of science and history of science and technology (citizen science, civic science, open science) and gender (entering science and engineering fields, gender gap).
Professor Yuko Ikkatai earned a PhD in Psychology at Keio University, and has also been engaged in research on birds and in practical research on science communication.
Key terms
- Citizen science
- Ordinary citizens taking part in scientific research and activities. Also called civic science.
- Gender gap
- Differences that arise according to gender. This lab deals with differences in the context of entering science and engineering fields.
- Sociology of science and history of science and technology
- A field that studies science from social and historical perspectives. Citizen science is included in this lab's listing of its research field.
NewsLab news
Professor Ikkatai received the Kanazawa University Diversity Award, Haazami Award for Women Researchers (Wakaba Award)
Professor Ikkatai received the Practice Award of the Kakiuchi Kenshin Memorial Award in Science and Technology Studies
ResearchResearch themes
The Ikkatai Lab's research centers on citizen science and the gender gap in entering science and engineering fields. Its current research project is "Citizen Science Opened Up by AI: Redefining the Roles of Experts and Citizens and Verifying Social Effects."
*Illustrative imageCitizen Science Opened Up by AI
The research project "Citizen Science Opened Up by AI" reconsiders the roles of experts and citizens and verifies the social effects of this change. Research on citizen science has continued since 2021.
*Illustrative imageThe Gender Gap in Entering Science and Engineering Fields
The lab has worked on research on the gender gap in entering science and engineering fields from 2018 to the present. The research field is listed as gender (entering science and engineering fields, gender gap).
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYuko Ikkatai
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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.
- Top image: “Scanning the cliffs near Logan Pass for mountain goats (Citizen Science) ( )” GlacierNPS / Public domain (cropped)
- Citizen Science Opened Up by AI: “Citizen scientists counting birds during GBBC 2018 IMG 3989” PJeganathan / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- The Gender Gap in Entering Science and Engineering Fields: “A science classroom at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States 04” Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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