Conduct research on various issues on social sciences related to the fields of economic policy.
| Economic analysis using theoretical models in the field of companies and organizations | Yuki Amemiya |   |
| Economic analysis in the fields of industrial organization and intellectual property rights | Yasuhiro Arai | |
| Research on local public finance and regional sustainability | Hirofumi Shimoda | |
| An economic approach to environmental issues, economic valuation of environmental assets |
Teruyuki Shinbo | |
| Research related to the transmission mechanism of monetary policy financial market integration | Juanjuan Zhuo | |
| Research on industrial location and regional economics | Koichi Tanaka | |
| Sociological research on rural agricultural, mountainous, and fishing villages and their inhabitants | Ryo Narita |
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| Research on the provision of social security and social welfare and policy challenges | Fumika Nishijima |  |
| Research related to fisheries policy, resource management, fishing village societies | Mina Hori | |
Research social science issues related to the field of corporate management.
| Research related to production management and supply chain | Ryuichi Matoba | |
| Research on the impact of international accounting standards and the nature of the modern accounting system | Kotaro Yamauchi | |
Research social science issues related to the field of law and politics
| Research related to the current status and challenges of local government legislation | Satoshi Akama | |
| Research on criminal law theory and the realities of criminal law litigation | Akiko Inada | |
| Research on constitutional issues (fundamental human rights and political institutions) | Kenichiro Okada | |
| Sociological research related to civil property law, agricultural land legislation and fisheries legislation | Kenichi Ogata | |
| Empirical research on political process, including elections and legislatures | Hiroki Ogawa | |
| Research related to issues in commercial law and the payment services act | Kazumasa Kirizume | |
*For more information on each faculty member's research area, please see the Researcher Directory on the Kochi University website.
Kochi University Researcher Directory: https://researchers.kochi-u.ac.jp/
