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Future Design Lab
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A lab that researches and puts into practice social systems that incorporate the perspective of future generations.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing social systems from the perspective of future generations.
Keishiro Hara's lab studies Future Design, which designs and puts into practice social systems for passing a sustainable society on to future generations.
Combining engineering with social psychology and economics, the lab investigates how mechanisms such as "imaginary future generations" change human decision-making and consensus building.
The lab works with stakeholders such as local governments, government agencies, and industry, and also carries out practical projects in urban development, carbon neutrality, and disaster prevention.
A defining feature of the lab is that it pursues theoretical research and real-world practice in tandem.
Key terms
- Future Design
- The design and practice of social systems for passing a sustainable society on to future generations
- Imaginary future generations
- A mechanism for thinking about present-day decisions from the standpoint of future generations
- Stakeholder
- Organizations and people involved in an issue, such as government agencies, local governments, industry, and research institutions
NewsLab news
A paper evaluating the effects of the spread of renewable energy technologies (PV, EV, V2H) at the municipal level was published in Urban Science
A paper examining the possibility that discussions of environmental policy that incorporate a future-generation perspective may encourage pro-environmental behavior was published in Futures & Foresight Science
Joint research on Future Design with Panasonic Holdings begins
Prof. Hara and colleagues receive the Paper Award for FY2024 from the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management
Press release on a paper, based on collaboration with Suita City, that examines changes in awareness of water infrastructure policy
ResearchResearch themes
Many of today's problems, such as climate change and resource and energy issues, are long-term challenges that span generations, yet current social systems do not allow decisions to be made with the interests of future generations in mind. The lab studies social systems that enable decision-making that considers the interests of both the present and future generations, and puts them into practice together with local governments and industry.
*Illustrative imageTheory and Social Technology of Future Design
The lab works to clarify the methodologies and mechanisms that guide sustainable decision-making and behavior that take future generations into account, and to develop methods for intergenerational consensus building. It is considering how to build the foundations of a new social engineering that incorporates the concept of the "future."
*Illustrative imageDesigning the Transition to a Carbon-Neutral Society
From scenarios that introduce electric vehicles (EVs), distributed power sources such as solar power generation, and biomass use into cities, the lab derives a vision of a carbon-neutral society in 2050. It designs the process of social transition through consensus building among local governments, residents, and industry.
*Illustrative imageMaintenance and Management of Resilient Social Infrastructure
Targeting water and sewer systems and public facilities, the lab presents visions and models for sustainable maintenance and management that can cope with disasters and population decline. It incorporates consensus building that applies imaginary future generations, and creates prototypes of methods that other local governments can also use.
*Illustrative imageDesigning R&D Strategy and Technology Innovation
The lab applies the "future" perspective to companies' technology development, R&D strategy, and management strategy, and shows directions for new innovation. Through experiments and practice with industry, it is developing new methodologies for generating industrial technology innovation.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorKeishiro Hara
- Assistant ProfessorHitomi Sekine
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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: “Renewable Energy ( )” mypubliclands / Public domain (cropped)
- Theory and Social Technology of Future Design: “Future of Film - Design Day ( )” Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Designing the Transition to a Carbon-Neutral Society: “Phillips Chevrolet’s Solar Charging Station for Electric Vehicles” Phillipschevy / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Maintenance and Management of Resilient Social Infrastructure: “Laying sewer pipes” Нижегородский Водоканал / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Designing R&D Strategy and Technology Innovation: “Richard Childress Racing Museum October 2022 29 (Research and Development exhibit)” Michael Barera / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Future Design Lab): “Car2Go Charging Station Stuttgart 2013 01” Julian Herzog (Website) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Photonics Center (Photonics Area)): “POLARIS 4th Amplifier” Dr. Marco Hornung / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Urban Regeneration Management Lab (Kaga Lab)): “Manhattan New York City 2009 PD” Sterilgutassistentin / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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