Okayama University and the Graduate School of Project Design, a school corporation, have signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement on education and research exchange and cooperation on December 2020, 12.
Okayama University and Graduate School of Project Design co-sponsored an online seminar on October 2020, 10 to consider sustainable community and human resource development in post-corona.Taking this opportunity, we repeatedly considered the collaboration between Okayama University and the Graduate School of Project Design, which has the philosophy of "creating advanced knowledge and passing on accurate knowledge," and concluded this agreement.
At the ceremony to conclude the comprehensive agreement held online, President Hiroshi Makino, Deputy Director Kaoru Takahashi, Director / Vice President Yasutomo Nasu, Vice President Hiroaki Funahashi, Vice President Atsufumi Yokoi from Okayama University, and Director Hideya Azuma from the Advanced Education Organization Dr. Risa Tanaka, Dean Yutaka Tanino, Dean Ryuji Kawayama (Graduate School of Social Information Studies), Norifumi Shirata, Senior Researcher of SDGs Research Institute attended.
President Makino of Okayama University said, "The World Economic Forum, which will celebrate its 2021th anniversary in 50, has the theme of" Great Reset. " We believe that it is a circular economy that promotes maximizing stakeholder engagement and an integrated understanding of the global system. We will also concretely promote this cooperation agreement based on the characteristics and needs of the region toward a sustainable society. I want to do it. "In response to this, President Tanaka of the Graduate School of Project Design said, "The whole of Japan will place importance on creating a place for deeper intellectual exchange due to the corona sickness, and this agreement will function effectively and organically as the device. , I want to produce value creation results with a sense of speed. "
Based on the Comprehensive Collaboration Agreement, the two universities plan to promote exchanges between faculty members and researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and promote joint research and research meetings.
