Center of Excellence in Advanced Research, TechnoArenaGraduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka
Research Base for Future Design
“Hara Research Base for Future Design” was launched in 2021 as one of the divisions of Center of Excellence in Advanced Research, TechnoArena, Graduate School of Engineering at The University of Osaka. This research base conducts research on Future Design which is the design of social mechanisms and social systems that enable us to succeed a sustainable society to future generations, and practically implements this method through industry-academia-government “co-creation” initiatives .
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News
| 2025/11/7 | Future Design practice in City of Hamburg has been added to Case 18 in "Practice of Public Policy" category |
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| 2025/11/7 | The Planetary Health Japan Hub of Planetary health Alliance hosted a student-led workshop addressing intergenerational issues in the field of planetary health, incorporating Future Design. Our team is also recognized as a reference point for Future Design methodologies. |
| 2025/7/30 | Five new practices have been added to the list of Future Design practices |
| 2024/6/28 | Two practices (Cases 12 and 13) in public policy domains have been newly added to the list of Future Design Practices |
| 2024/1/20 | RIETI Special Report is now out. It discusses the importance of Future Design in public policies. |
| 2023/11/12 | Organized session on Future Design will be held at the international conference " EcoDesign2023". |
| 2023/07/27 | Information on new papers is updated. |
| 2023/06/10 | Examples of Future Design practices in industries and public policies are listed on this site. |
| 2023/03/10 | Future Design practice addressing policies on public facility and housing was cited in an article of BBC news. |
| 2022/12/15 | International collaborative research（CoSynHealth Project） has been launched in collaboratoin with Hamburg University and London School of Hygine and Tropical Medicine, with a special focus on modelling, scenario building and Future Design. |
| 2022/10/03 | The first practice of Future Designwas featuerd in Washington PostandForeign Affairs. |