早田 宰

Professor Osamu SODA
Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University.
Director, Taiwan Research Institute, Institute for Advanced Social Sciences, Waseda University (2025–).
Former Dean, School of Social Sciences (2021–2024).
Former Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (2016–2023).

Research Interests:
His expertise lies in interdisciplinary social sciences, focusing on policy and planning for sustainable development, knowledge co-creation, social innovation, social and regional development, inter-civilizational dialogue in Asia, regional circular and ecological spheres, community resilience, and project management systems.

Education:
B.A. in Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
M.Eng. in Architecture, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Ph.D. in Engineering

Career:
Professor, Waseda University (since 2002)
Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, UK (2003–2004)
Visiting Researcher, School of Urban Planning, Peking University, China (2004–2005)
Visiting Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2022–2023)
Intensive Lecture, Wuhan University, China (2025)
Adjunct Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2025–)
Adjunct Lecturer, Vietnam Japan University, Vietnam (2025–)

Recent Activities:
Curriculum reform for the "Social Innovation Accelerate Program" at Waseda University (2021–2025)
Lecture on social innovation and sustainable development in Vietnam (Feb. 18, 2025)
Presentation on water resources and regional circular and ecological spheres at the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE) (Aug. 29, 2024)
Collaborative Research on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Social Innovation with the University of Hong Kong (2025-)
Co-hosting a Workshop on the Localization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in Brussels, Belgium (Sept. 18–19, 2024)