2022 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
The Role of Informal Learning Spaces in the Japanese University Context
| Project/Area Number |
19K03023
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
BERMAN NAOMI 東京大学, 大学総合教育研究センター, 特任講師 (60814407)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Revitalising / University / Campus Spaces / Symposium / UNESCO Journal |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Consistent with the original project scope and implementation plan, the combined data sets (field observations, sites visits & interviews with student-users of in research site) produced rich insights that have been presented across various conferences and publications. Additionally, the interruptions and limitations accompanying the COVID pandemic, led to the an unexpected and innovative new ethnographic method (digital walkthrough interviews) being used and presented on in subsequent conferences. The empirical work for this project led to a considerable amount of output. Over the project period there was a total of 8 conference/seminar presentations (international and local), 5 peer reviewed journal publications (incl 1 under review), 1 book chapter (in press), and invitations by three universities in Japan to discuss possible future collaborations.
Furthermore, the project culminated in a one-day symposium held at the University of Tokyo, November 2022. This hybrid event gathered academics, educators, and experts from Australia, Japan and other regions to discuss the future of higher education as universities navigate pathways out of the pandemic.
These papers were then collated to form a special issues of the UNESCO Observatory Multi-disciplinary Research in the Arts Journal (https://www.unescoejournal.com/volume-9/). These latter two achievements were unintended, but highly valued, by-products of this research project.
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| Remarks |
A special issue of an international journal based on the symposium held to share research on this topic
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