2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Global study of happiness
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18K01645
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
小野 浩 一橋大学, 大学院経営管理研究科, 教授 (80747981)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | happiness / subjective well-being / life satisfaction / COVID-19 / parenting |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Our project was significantly affected by COVID-19 in 2020. We requested a one-year extension, which was recently approved. We look forward to getting our project back on track this year.
In order to maintain a productive and constructive year, I pivoted the research project by studying how COVID-19 affects well-being. I teamed up with Takeshi Mori, one of my doctoral students at Hitotsubashi University Business School, who is collecting a large-scale survey of COVID-19-related social issues in Japan, and in other countries. We are currently working on research which examines the effect of COVID-19 on life satisfaction, perceived productivity, and other work-related outcomes. COVID-19 has had life-changing effects on our everyday lives. Scholarly research and analyses in this area is direly needed, to systematically assess its true impact.
I also presented our work at various events, both online and in-person, such as the American Sociological Association meeting, Austrian Academy of Sciences online meeting, and the Deutsche Institute of Japan forum. There is growing interest in happiness, life satisfaction and well-being in academia and in the general public. I believe that our research will have broad appeal and social impact.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Our project was significantly affected by COVID-19 in 2020. We had set aside time and budget for in-person meetings, brainstorming, academic and seminar presentations, etc. but most were either cancelled or postponed. We thus requested a one-year extension, which was recently approved.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We look forward to getting our project back on track this year. I would also like to continue exploring the relationship between COVID-19 and subjective well-being, as this is a very important development in our lives going forward. We are currently collecting more data on this topic, and will be able to better assess how COVID-19 has affected life satisfaction, and other qualitative outcomes.
Currently, I have three papers in this area that have been invited for resubmission. (1) Covid-19, telework and life satisfaction (with Takeshi Mori), (2) Covid-19, telework and the future of work in Japan, and (3) Economic growth and well-being (with Francesco Sarracino and Kelsey O'Connor). I plan to focus on getting these papers successfully published in 2021.
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| Causes of Carryover |
We were unable to use our budget for travel and meetings as planned in 2020 because of COVID-19. For example, I was planning to welcome our project collaborator, Jordi Quoidbach, to Tokyo in May 2020, but this plan has been postponed. I would like to welcome him to Tokyo during the new fiscal year.
If travel restrictions are lifted, I would also like to attend academic conferences and seminars in-person. I presented our research project online several times in 2020. I was able to communicate the main points of the research, but online presentations are less effective than are in-person presentations.
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[Journal Article] Digital inequalities 2.0: Legacy inequalities in the information age2020
Author(s)
Robinson, L., J. Schulz, G. Blank, M. Ragnedda, H. Ono, B. Hogan, G. S. Mesch, S. R. Cotten, S. B. Kretchmer, T. M. Hale, T. Drabowicz, P. Yan, B. Wellman, M-G. Harper, A. Quan-Haase, H. S. Dunn, A. A. Casilli, P. Tubaro, R. Carvath, W. Chen, J. B. Wiest, M. Dodel, M. J. Stern, C. Ball, K-T. Huang and A. Khilnani.
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Journal Title
First Monday
Volume: 25
Pages: 1-29
DOI
Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
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[Journal Article] Digital inequalities 3.0: Emergent inequalities in the information age2020
Author(s)
Robinson, L., J. Schulz, H. S. Dunn, A. A. Casilli, P. Tubaro, R. Carvath, W. Chen, J. B. Wiest, M. Dodel, M. J. Stern, C. Ball, K-T. Huang, G. Blank, M. Ragnedda, H. Ono, B. Hogan, G. S. Mesch, S. R. Cotten, S. B. Kretchmer, T. M. Hale, T. Drabowicz, P. Yan, B. Wellman, M-G. Harper, A. Quan-Haase and A. Khilnani
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Journal Title
First Monday
Volume: 25
Pages: 1-27
DOI
Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
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