Keishiro Hara

(Profile)
Keishiro Hara is a professor and the vice director at Center for Open Innovation Research and Education, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. He is also consulting fellow at Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), and is the member of Science Council of Japan. He was appointed as senior officer for technology policy and strategy at Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the government of Japan, between October 2016 and March 2018. His primary research interest is “Future Design” which applies a new and innovative approach to incorporate the perspectives of future generations in policy and institutional design aiming to reconcile intergenerational conflicts and to realize transformation to a sustainable and low-carbon society. He holds Ph.D. in environmental studies and bachelor of urban engineering, both from The University of Tokyo. (Research Keywords: Future Design, Sustainability science, Environmental policy, Technology innovation and policy)

(Research)
At Hara Laboratory, we study the design of social systems to address complex and long term issues related to the future and create a sustainable society. We apply these systems and methodologies to policy design and the development of social and technological systems, and through co-creation among industry, academia, and government, we will implement various practices related to solving social issues and creating a sustainable society. Specifically, we aim to build a new foundation for social engineering that explicitly incorporates the "future" by using academic and engineering approaches to deepen "Future Design" which refers to the design and implementation of social systems to pass on a sustainable society and environmental resources to future generations. Hara Lab is also designated as "Hara Research Base for Future Design" under Center of Excellence in Advanced Research (TechnoArena), Graduate Schoof of Engineering, Osaka U since 2021.

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- Hara Laboratory (Future Design Lab.), Home page

- Hara Research Base for Future Design at Osaka U, Home Page

- List of Publications

- Examples of Future Design practices