Social Innovation Design Center (SIDC)

Founding Philosophy

The Social Innovation Design Center (SIDC) was established as an organization under the Institute of Future Society Creation with the aim of supporting and validating the achievements of the Materials Innovation Research Institute, other research institutes, the Open Innovation Promotion Office, and related consortia.

SIDC’s activities are guided by the concept of designing the entire process—from the extraction of social needs to their realization in society—based on a transdisciplinary approach.

Faculty Members

Full-time Faculty

Director / Full-time	Professor	Nagahiro Saito	Institute of Future Society Creation, Social Innovation Design Center
Full-time	Specially Appointed Professor	Kenji Ezaki	Institute of Future Society Creation, Social Innovation Design Center
Full-time	Specially Appointed Professor	Takenobu Sakai	Institute of Future Society Creation, Social Innovation Design Center

Joint (Concurrent) Faculty

Concurrent	Associate Professor	Yuki Kamimoto	Materials Innovation Research Institute, Institute of Future Society Creation
Concurrent	Professor	Hideki Kita	Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Concurrent	Professor	Yukinobu Norinaga	Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Concurrent	Associate Professor	Hiroki Kondo	Plasma Nanotechnology Center, Graduate School of Engineering
Concurrent	Professor	Motonobu Sato	Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering