2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Lifestyle migrant clusters in rural Japan: implications for rural entrepreneurship, quality of life and community resilience
| Project/Area Number |
21K20068
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
ZOLLET SIMONA 広島大学, 学術・社会連携室, 助教 (60910297)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-08-30 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | rural entrepreneurship / lifestyle migration / organic farming / quality of life / rural revitalization / sustainability |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
1) Fieldwork and research: fieldwork was conducted in a lifestyle migrant cluster target of this study. Data processing and analysis also continued. The PI, as a USASBE (US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) Rural Research Fellow, also led the very first USASBE ‘Rural Entrepreneurship Education Certificate’ program as an instructor. This involved research in a rural Italian town to learn novel approaches and frameworks to research rural entrepreneurship, experience a rural ecosystem, and learn new techniques for teaching entrepreneurship.
2) publications: work on literature connecting lifestyle migration and lifestyle entrepreneurship with rural revitalization and sustainability transitions. This has led to 1 book chapter and 5 peer-reviewed journal publications. With USASBE, the PI has also engaged an international collaboration leading to a systematic literature review on rural entrepreneurship, to be submitted as a review paper in 2023. The PI has also served as editor for a special issue on Rural Entrepreneurship Education in the journal of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy and in an ongoing special issue in the Journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
3) academic symposiums: attended 2 international conferences (1 of which as an invited speaker) and 1 domestic conference (invited speaker).
4) Work to bridge research and society: participation in Hiroshima University’s Bridging Community Development Project, which included a research component and practical activities to support socially engaged entrepreneurs and local organizations.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
The implementation has been slightly delayed due to the remaining consequences of the covid-19 pandemic, which continued to made fieldwork in rural communities in Japan difficult despite the fact that in other parts of the world the situation has returned to normal. Other aspects of research have been delayed for other reasons (e.g. delays in paper publication due to slow response time of academic journals)
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The third year, as the final year of this project, will be focused on conducting the fieldwork that couldn't be completed in year 2, focusing not only on Japan but overseas as well. The PI will organize and lead a Working Group at the 2023 ESRS conference in Rennes, France. Ongoing academic publications at the writing and review stage will also be finalized. Two (2) academic journal papers are scheduled to be submitted for peer review over the next two months. Other two (2) academic publications (one book chapter, one journal publication, both peer reviewed) have been accepted for publication and are expected to be published by the end of the current academic year.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The difference is due to reduced travel due to COVID. The amount will be used for funding international research travel and conference attendance, including the organization of a conference working group.
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