The purpose of this project is twofold: (1) to equip women with leadership and communicative competence so that they can participate in negotiating and mediating among different parties and camps in international settings towards mutually beneficial goals; and (2) to strategize an English-speaking curriculum fostering such expertise. Umeko Tsuda, the founder of Tsuda University, outlined the initial road for women to become influential in international settings and bring about major changes in our society. This project endeavors to establish prominent English-speaking leadership programs that will foster young women who will be influential in creating a better society.

This project aims to nurture “data-driven female leaders” who are capable of proposing policies to deal with social challenges using both ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and social science knowledge in a data driven society. There are three research contents and challenges; [A] Build a database for women’s participation; [B] Build a data-driven type challenge resolution model based on industry-government-academic links; [C] Develop a practical educational program.

The purpose of this project is to establish a learning model for inclusive leadership in the field of welfare for people with disabilities. Tsuda University has many alumni who contribute to social inclusion, such as the representative of DPI Japan. Having inherited this spirit, Tsuda develops students who include all of the diverse people in society. The most important missions of this project are (1) the history of inclusion in Japan; (2) research on the persons who have contributed to it; and (3) analysis of what is required to provide reasonable accommodation. Based on these research themes, the results of survey sampling and interviews will be presented at events. It is expected that a fundamental learning model for inclusive leadership will be established and put in practice.

Since its foundation in 1900, Tsuda University has sent into society numerous graduates who have pioneered in a wide variety of areas. The aim of this project is to document oral histories from those alumnae who have played a leading role as women pioneers in society. Their substantial achievements will be organized as a database which will eventually be made accessible to the public in Tsuda Archive. Tsuda Archive will offer role models of our motto, “women who make a difference,” in order to educate and support women leaders of the next generation.

In order to promote diversity in society, it is necessary that women who are highly interested in social issues cultivate basic skills in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields so that they can exert inclusive leadership based on concrete evidence. In particular, the percentage of women engaged in AI-related fields in the world was only 22% in 2018 and this is currently one of the most important fields to promote diversity.
With this background in mind, we aim to develop an effective program to foster female human resources who can play a role in promoting data analysis projects while maintaining appropriate communication with stakeholders in social issues.

Tsuda University has focused on the education of women as minorities and placed great importance on diversity in our society. To build a more diverse society, we try to examine the effects of diverse representation on the resulting diversity in policy outcomes through conducting surveys of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly members. Our goals are 1) to establish a database of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly members designed for academic and electoral uses; 2) to make our students skilled survey researchers and data scientists; and 3) to value diversity in our democratic society.

This project aims to describe the characteristics of understanding braille and sign language. Usually, reasonable accommodation for persons with visual disabilities is the transformation into text data by braille or speech form to make them accessible. For persons with hearing disabilities, captioning and notetaking, translating into sign languages are provided. Although such methods are standard and essential, do they really succeed in conveying the contents with similar qualities compared with the original form?
This project will focus on three points for assessing the conveying of information and understanding characteristics: 1. types of disabilities; 2. Forms: braille, speech, text formats and sign languages; and 3. categories of contents such as BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills) and CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency).

The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibilities of application of Artificial Intelligence to social inclusion. Using techniques of Artificial Intelligence could enable social minorities, such as people with disabilities and elderly people, to develop their independence and leadership. For example, people with developmental and learning disabilities would be able to summarize and express their thoughts to other people, with the help of Artificial Intelligence techniques. We will establish an Inclusive AI study group and hold open lectures on this theme. We will also set up a place for academic discussion of social inclusion and Artificial Intelligence through the network created by open lectures.

The purpose of this project is to support young and early career researchers at Tsuda University. In this project, some early career researchers (who meet certain requirements) will be instructed and given financial support by their supervisors. Ideas that “join four projects” will be suggested by the young researchers, who will collaborate with each other. The project comprises the following process: idea sharing, brushing up ideas through supervisors’ instructions, making research plans, research cost allocation, and announcing progress on the website. It is expected that this research will be improved by the comments from the various people who visit the website and posting research progress on the website will advertise their own research.