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Collaboration with five local authorities in the Shonan region to realize “Future Cities for Well-being in Shonan area”

Keio University’s Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) has, over the around 30 years since its opening in April 1990, conducted various research, education, and development alongside diverse local actors to lead the way into the future while respecting the communities and culture of Shonan. In 2020, which marked the 30th anniversary of SFC, the Keio Research Institute at SFC and five local authorities in the Shonan region, pledging to continue to collaborate in various initiatives founded in their accumulated experience and achievements, concluded a partnership agreement for the realization of “Future Cities for Well-being in Shonan area”. To coincide with this, the “SHONAN FUTURE CITY” research project was launched based on the research consortium system at the Keio Research Institute at SFC. This calls on various actors in industry, government, academia, and the financial and private sector, to strengthen mutual cooperation and endeavor to build frameworks to promote research development which co-creates the future.
In AY 2023, Keio University collaborated with Fujisawa City to increase exchange opportunities there between students and residents at “chiiki no engawa” (literally “local veranda”) sites, which serve as local spaces providing a sense of community and belonging. This initiative originally had one location providing interaction opportunities with senior citizens. However, the number of sites was expanded to four, and participating Keio students now hold exchanges with not only the elderly but also elementary school students and infants along with their parents. Keio additionally collaborated on a project hosted at the community center in Fujisawa City’s Endo ward that gave elementary school students the opportunity to interact with nature. Keio faculty members and undergraduate students participated in this project as volunteers ten times over the course of the year. Besides these projects, various surveys and research studies were conducted in the districts of Fujisawa and Chigasaki cities.

Applicable regions

Fujisawa city, Kamakura City, Zushi City, Chigasaki City, Samukawa Town, Kanagawa Prefecture

Implementation period

December 4, 2020 - present

Community and Regional Affairs category

• Social collaboration through advanced research
• Education of students/human resource development for the next generation
• Two-way recycling-oriented collaboration with local communities and societies

Related agreements, etc.

Research and Development of Shonan Future Cities for Well-being Partnership Agreement

Campus

SFC

Person in charge

Masatoshi Tamamura, Professor, Faculty of Policy Management Hiroya Tanaka, Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Yoshinori Isagai, Professor, Faculty of Policy Management

Inquiries

shonan@sfc.keio.ac.jp