Atsunobu Kimura's Research Activities

This page summarizes research activities of Living Labs, Living Labs, Co-Design, Community Creation, Social System Design, Social Design, UX Design, etc.

 Atsunobu Kimura  (Ph.D. in Engineering ) 

Co-Designing Institute for Polyphonic Society,　Polyphonic Partner

Visiting Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Science

Fellow, Design Innovation Consortium

former NTT Service Evolution Laboratories, Senior Researcher

kimura.atsunobu01 (a t ) is.naist.jp

Experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working with solving societal challenges, social changes, and technology development. Skilled in promoting Living Labs/Co Design projects, UX design, innovation management, business development, and research project promotion. Holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from NARA Institute of Science and Technology and published numerous articles on living labs and innovation. Publications include "Information and Communication Technology in 2030 - Future Lives of Citizens" (NTT Publishing, 2015).

Research

How can we overcome individuals' characteristics and organization's mission on Co-Creation?

How can we update Co-Creation environment (Social Systems)? 

Here are my research theme on Living Labs or Social Design, and I'm tackling on practice and research in specific local communities.

Research Content

Concrete research topics; 

-  Sustainable Co-Creation Model among regional stakeholders and private companies (A way not to exploit tangible and intangible intellectual property in regional stakeholders in a unilateral manner & A way to find new innovation insight for companies.)

- Atmosphere which occur citizen’s autonomic behavior (comfortable, flat, stimulative for creativity, adventuresome, motivative for learning, etc.)

- Conditions which allow professionals to co-create with each other overcoming their own professionalism

- Governance between stakeholders and their organizations to co-create (ex. A new way of social governance in community or city)

- Updating Co-Creation environment (Social-Systems)

Publications

My articles and books are related to Living Labs, Social Design, and UX Design, especially  on method and ICT practices.

Main Works

Social system design methodology to capture essential social issues

Atsunobu Kimura et al.(2022),Social System Design Methodology for Transitioning to a New Social Structure, In Proc.of OpenLivingLab Days 2022.[PDF]

*Related Contents:[Yu-riika]  a media for questioning and dialogue to rethink human beings and society

*Related Contents:  Poni-Poni, a local management organization oriented toward social system transformation (2022/3/14 renewal)

Basic Living Labs paper which describes Living Labs’ characteristics, effects and challenges

Kimura, Akasaka (2018) Potentials and Challenges of Living Lab for Social Issues, Servisology Vol.5, Isuue 3. Pp.4-11.

Living Labs for criticizing principle of social systems 

Kimura, Yamauchi, Haraguchi, Matsuura, Hayashi (2020) Local Pragmatic Organization transforms Living Labs' Structure　–Approach for social issues by PONIPONI （Centre for person-centred ningen, Omuta）-,  Proceedings of Human Interface Society, Vol.22, No.7.

【TOP SELECTED PAPERS】Atsunobu Kimura et al.(2022),Social System Design Methodology for Transitioning to a New Social Structure, In Proc. of Open Living Lab Days 2022.[PDF]

Atsunobu Kimura, Hisashi Haraguchi, Yutaka Yamauchi, Katsuta Matsuura(2023)Social System Design Methodology for Transitioning to a New Social Structure - A Holistic Urban Living Lab Approach to the Well-being City -, Front. Sociol. Sec. Sociological Theory, Vol. 8.[PDF]

New Design Methodology (Person-centred Design) 

Kimura, Hayashi, Akasaka, Watanabe, Ihara, Person-centred design: Design method based on view of human aspiring life to be oneself, Japanese Society of the Science of Design, Proceedings of 66th Spring conference.

Person-centred Living Lab in Omuta-city

Kimura, Hayashi, Akasaka, Watanabe, Ihara, (2019), Sustainable person-centered Living Lab for regional management as extension of Japanese dementia care activities, In Proc.of OpenLivingLab Days 2019, pp. 312-321, 2019.

Sustainable Management Model of Living Labs [Good Presentation Award]
Kimura, Hayashi, Akasaka, Watanabe, Ihara, Regional management model for sustainable operation of Living Labs, Japanese Society of the Science of Design, Proceedings of 66th Spring conference.


Books

Living Lab Practice Book – Practitioners’ secret know-hows for successful living lab projects,(2018) Co-authored

Information and Communication Technology in 2030: Future Image of 5 persons (2015) NTT Publishing, Co-authored

Introduction to New Information and Communication (2011) The Telecommunications association, Co-authored

Usability Handbook, (2017) KYORITSU SHUPPAN, Co-authored


More Publications are here（Publications).


Patents

Patent application 43, Registered Patent 31

Contents/Activities

This section summarized disclosed contents and activities.