(Last updated: 2022/4/1)

TAKASHI KOBAYASHI 

Ph.D (Media and Governance)

Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University

CONTACT INFORMATION:

4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka city, Kanagawa, 259-1292 Japan

Tel +81-463-58-1211 

Home: https://www.takashikobayashi.com/

Email: tk(at)takashikobayashi.com

Takashi kobayashi on Researchmap (about researchmap)

EDUCATION:

2005  Ph.D., Media and Governance, Graduate School of Media and Governance,  Keio University

1994 M.A., Environmental Science, Graduate School of Environmental Science,  University of Tsukuba

1985 B.A., Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai  University 

AREAS OF RESEARCH:

Social Informatics, Local Media and Governance, Urban Planning

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

2020-2021 Dean, Graduate School of Law, Tokai University

2020-2021 Chair, Course of Advanced Legal Studies (Doctoral and Masters Program)

2018-2019 Deputy Executive Director, University Administration Headquarters, Tokai University

2013-  Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University

2011  Academic Visitor, School of City and Regional Planning Cardiff University, United Kingdom 

2007-2012 Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai   University

2004-2006 Lecturer, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University

2002-2004 Part-Time Lecturer, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies,   Keio University

1996-2007 Senior Visiting Fellow, Research Institute of SFC (Shonan Fujisawa    Campus) , Keio University

1994-1996  Visiting Fellow, Research Institute of Environment and Information    Studies, Keio University

etc.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

Takashi Kobayashi, Yasuo Hibata, Bolormaa Battsogt "Smart Planning for Urban Renewal in City Planning and Community Development" DAI-ICHI-LIFE-FOUNDATION, May 2014

Takashi Kobayashihi "Local Assembly Reformation on the Information Society -Spurring  Creativity and Innovation by Social Networking" IMAGINE Publishing Co.,  Ltd, July 2011

Hajime Yamada, Takashi Kobayashi et.al "Compulsory Community with IT" NTT  publishing co., Ltd, December 2007

Takashi Kobayashi "Local Government Reform on the Internet -Citizen-Friendly  Information Policy" IMAGINE Publishing Co., Ltd, December 2006

Hajime Yamada, Takashi Kobayashi et.al "Accessibility and Disaster Information for  the Lives" NTT publishing co., Ltd, December 2007

Michiaki Yamaguchi, Takashi Kobayashi "Collaborative Working with Citizen"   GYOSEI Corporation, June 2006

Katsunori Shiba, Takashi Kobayashi et.al "Local Government Information Policy -  Municipal Academy series Vol.5" GYOSEI Corporation, March 2006

Hajime Yamada, Takashi Kobayashi et.al "Citizen-Friendly Website construction and  Operation " NTT publishing co., Ltd, December 2005

Masaru Nishio Takashi Kobayashi et.al "Information Devolution -Local Government  Reform Series Vol.10" GYOSEI Corporation, February 2005

etc.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS (*Refereed):

Takashi Kobayashi “The Significance and Role of Artificial Intelligence for Smart Self Governance” Journal of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Tokai  University, No.51, pp.1-20, 2019

Bolormaa Battsogt, Takashi Kobayashi"Rebuilding Social Capital In Japan: Local Governance, Information and Communications Technology, And Cultural Attributes" American Society for Public Administration, 79th Annual Conference, Denver, March 9 through Tuesday March 13, 2018

Takashi Kobayashi "Artificial Intelligence for Governance: Systematization of Ontology Concept in Information Science and Social Science" 14th Symposium of the German-Japanese Society for Integrative Science, Munich Institute of Technology, November 30 and December 1, 2017

*Bolormaa Battsogt, Takashi Kobayashi "A Study on Smart Self-Governance for a  Hyper Aged and  Depopulating Society" International Association for  Development of the Information Society (IADIS), 12th International  Conference e-Society 2014, pp.109-116, February 2014

*Hidekazu Tsuji, Yuta Matsuura, Takashi Kobayashi "Proposal of A Support System for  Activating Communities Using Point" Proceeding of the 4th AUN/SEED-Net  Regional Conference of Information and Communication Technology 2011  (RCICT2011), Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering HCMC(Ho Chi  Minh City) University of Technology, pp.3-10, October 18-19, 2011

Takashi Kobayashi, Battsogt Bolormaa, Erina Ito "A Study on Sustainability of Local  Communities by the Cooperation between Social System and Information  System" The fifteenth Inter-University Seminar on Asian Megacities,  session-B4-5 pp.1-10, University Tokyo, School of Engineering on 11-12 March  2010

Takashi Kobayashi "A Study on the Collaboration among Self-Governing Organizations  in Metropolitan and Country - Information Communication Technologies for  Promoting the Greater Independence Settlement Area Concept" Journal of the  Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University, No.41, 2009

*Yuya TADA, Yoshio KAKIZAKI, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Hidekazu TSUJIA "Proposal of  Local Currency System for the Cooperation between Students and Local  Community" International Symposium on Communications and Information  Technologies 2008 (ISCIT 2008), IEEE Computer Society, pp.D2-DM, Don  Chan Palace, Vientiane, Lao PDR, October 21-23, 2008

Gyohsuke Yamaguchi, Takashi Kobayashi, Yasuo Hibata "The Relation of Citizen  Participation Channels in Real and Virtual Meetings on the Planning Process"  8th International Conference on Design & Decision Support Systems in  Architecture and Urban Planning, pp.219-234, 4-7 July 2006 - Netherlands

*Takashi Kobayashi "Master Planning Concept Based on Network  Community - Through The Experiments in Yamato City,  Kanagawa, Japan" The 9th international conference on Computers in  Urban Planning and Urban Management (Poster), University College London  (UCL).2005.6

*Takashi Kobayashi, Yasuo Hibata "A Study on Possibility of Citizen Involvement  Expansion for Community Development Using the Electronic Cmmunity  Currency -Aiming at the Present Condition of the Internet Use and the  Integrated Circuit Card Use of Middle Aged and the Elderly " Journal of the  City Planning Institute of Japan No37, pp.289-294, October, 2002

*Takashi Kobayashi, Yasuo Hibata "A Study on Possibility of Citizen Opinion Making  by Multi-Functional Electronic Conference System" Journal of the City  Planning Institute of Japan No36, pp.49-54, October, 2001

*Takashi Kobayashi, Ayako Takahashi, Yasuo Hibata "A Study on the Internet Use  Environment for Promoting Citizen Involvement to Planning" Journal of the  City Planning Institute of Japan No35, pp931-936, October, 2000

*Takashi Kobayashi, Yasuo Hibata "The Possibility of the Internet Electronic  Conferences for Urban Master Planning" Journal of the City Planning Institute  of Japan No34, pp469-474, October, 1999

*Takashi Kobayashi, Yasuo Hibata "The Possibility of the Internet Electronic  Conferences for Urban Master Planning" Journal of the City Planning Institute  of Japan No34, pp469-474, October, 1999

*Takashi Kobayashi, Yasuo Hibata "A Study on Using the Internet in the Process of the  Urban Master Planning -Centering around the case of experiment in Yamato  City,Japan-",'City Planning' No. 215, The City Planning Institute of Japan,  pp77-85, October, 1998

etc.

Ph.D. DISSERTATION:

Takashi Kobayashi "Study on the General Planning Process with Citizen Participation  Facilitated by Electronic Media" Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate School of Media  and Governance, Keio University, 226p, March 2005

ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:

2021- Outside Director, Flight Holdings Inc., Japan

2020- Advisor, Institute for Creative Self Government, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

2019-2020 Chairman, Training Committee, Agency for Local Authority Information Systems, Japan

2018- Counselor, Nippon Omni-Management Association, Japan

2018- Member, Council for General Planning, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan 

2011-2017 Member, Policy Research on CIO and e-Government, The Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (WIAPS), Waseda University, Japan

2010  Member, International Comparison Study Committee on Super-Aged   Society  with ICT, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,   Japan and the Local Authorities Systems Development Center  (LASDEC)

2009-2010 Member, Information and Communications White Paper Editorial    Board, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

2007-2009 Reader Member, Scientific Committee on Housing Problems, Land    Use, Participation, Education and Administrative System, The City    Planning Institute of Japan

2007-2008 Chairperson, Research Committee on Urban Research Projects in    Peace and Secure Community with Ambient Intelligence,     Greater-Kanto Industrial Advancement Center, an  auxiliary organization of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (or METI)

2006-2007 Member, Research Committee on Regional Information Policy on    Web2.0, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

2005-2006 Adviser, Basic research for NPO Information Portal, Social Policy Bureau, Cabinet Office, Japan

etc.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

2016-2019 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2013-2014 The DAI-ICHI-LIFE Foundation

2010-2011 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2005-2006 The DAI-ICHI Housing Research & Advancement Foundation

2004-2005 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2002-2003 Recruit Scholarship from Ezoe Scholarship Foundation

1997-2000 The Asahi Glass Foundation

1992-1994 The Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship

1992-1994 Shinkenchiku-sha Yoshioka Scholarship

etc.

AWARDS:

2006  Paper Encouraging Award of The City Planning Institute of Japan

2003  Social Information Systems Contribution Awards of the Japan    Association for Social Informatics (Yamato City)

2002  Nikkei Internet Awards (Yamato City)

2000  Minister of Home Affairs Awards for Superior e-Local-Government    (Yamato City)

etc.