At the Shichijo Lab, Hitotsubashi University, we organically fuse deep qualitative inquiry with data-driven methods — reaching a depth and breadth of analysis neither achieves alone — to solve social challenges and create new value at the forefront of science & technology policy and technology management.
Across four research frontiers — evidence-based innovation policy, technology management, social implementation of new technologies, and the science of science — we fuse deep qualitative inquiry with data-driven methods to address social challenges.
Explore ResearchResearchers from diverse backgrounds collaborate to create new insights through interdisciplinary exploration. Discover our lab community and daily research life.
Meet the TeamWe welcome students who want to work with us on questions about society and industry by combining data with knowledge from the field. Learn how to join and where our graduates go.
Learn How to JoinThe Shichijo Lab provides a space where data science meets strategic future insights at both Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of Social Data Science and Graduate School of Business Administration.
Professor Naohiro Shichijo fosters the next generation of leaders who will serve as a hub for evidence-based innovation policy and technology management across both graduate schools.
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