伊藤 文人

略歴：1984年北海道生まれ。北海道大学医学部保健学科作業療法学専攻卒業（作業療法士免許取得）。東北大学大学院医学系研究科博士後期課程修了（博士（障害科学））。京都大学こころの未来研究センター（現・人と社会の未来研究院）JSPS特別研究員PD、東北福祉大学感性福祉研究所特任講師、英国ヨーク大学心理学部およびサウサンプトン大学心理学部JSPS海外特別研究員、高知工科大学フューチャー・デザイン研究所講師を経て、2023年より現職。専門は社会神経科学・社会心理学。リアルワールド・パラダイムを用いたヒトのコミュニケーションに関わる認知・神経メカニズムの研究を基盤に、近年は地域における居場所づくり（「コミュニティー・シェッド」「メンズ・シェッド」など）を中心とした社会的孤立・孤独の一次予防に関する実践・効果検証・基礎研究に取り組む（JST-RISTEX「シチズンサポートプロジェクトによる社会的孤立・孤独の一次予防」（内閣府第3回総合知活用事例採択）、JSPS海外連携研究「コミュニティーを基盤とした孤独・孤立予防の国際研究拠点 」など）。日本コミュニティー・シェッド協会創立者・代表理事、国際コンソーシアムInternational Centre for Community-based Loneliness Prevention (ICCLP) Founder, Executive Director。 これまでに第22回（令和7年度）日本学術振興会賞、令和6年度科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰若手科学者賞などを受賞。

伊藤研究室HP　

JST-RISTEX「シチズンサポートプロジェクトによる社会的孤立・孤独の一次予防」

日本コミュニティー・シェッド協会

International Centre for Community-based Loneliness Prevention (ICCLP)

Biography: Ayahito Ito was born in Hokkaido, Japan, in 1984. He received his B.S. from the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, where he qualified as a licensed occupational therapist, and earned his Ph.D. in Disability Science from the Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University.

He subsequently held positions as a JSPS Research Fellow (PD) at the Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University (now the Institute for the Future of Human Society), and as a Specially Appointed Lecturer at the Kansei Fukushi Research Institute, Tohoku Fukushi University. As a JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, he conducted research at the Department of Psychology, University of York, and the Department of Psychology, University of Southampton. He then served as a Lecturer at the Research Institute for Future Design, Kochi University of Technology, before joining the Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, where he is currently Senior Assistant Perofessor.

He specializes in social neuroscience and social psychology. Building on studies of the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying human communication, his recent work focuses on the creation of inclusive community spaces ("Community Sheds" and "Men's Sheds") and the primary prevention of social isolation and loneliness. His work bridges practical initiatives, evaluation studies, and basic research, including the JST-RISTEX project "Citizen Support Project for Preventing Social Isolation and Loneliness" (selected as a Cabinet Office Sōgōchi Best Practice Case, 3rd cohort), and the JSPS Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research, "An International Research Hub for Community-based Prevention of Loneliness and Social Isolation."

He is the founder and president of the Japan Community Shed Association (JCSA), and the founder and executive director of the International Centre for Community-based Loneliness Prevention (ICCLP). His awards include the JSPS Prize (2025) and the MEXT Young Scientists' Prize (2024), among others.

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Japan Community Sheds Association (JCSA)

International Centre for Community-based Loneliness Prevention (ICCLP)