Social Capital: Experimental validation of survey measures using a cross-societal approach
Date & Time: 2025.3.3(Mon) 10:30-11:30Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, room E304Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99376667027?pwd=XqxJTavmvaVGCHbC74Y1hULb1MrbhX.1Speaker: Stein Østbye (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø / Professor)Title: Social Capital: Experimental validation of survey measures using a cross-societal approach Abstract:We explore to what extent inexpensive attitudinal survey data can be a substitute for more expensive experimental data as a metric of SC, using a cross-societal design. We use data from two standard subject pools (located...
Application of Behavioral and Communication Theories for Well-being: Insights from Thailand
Date & Time: 2025.2.26 (Wed) 14:15-15:15Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, room E304Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99376667027?pwd=XqxJTavmvaVGCHbC74Y1hULb1MrbhX.1Speaker: Sukanya Sereenonchai (Chair of B.Sc. Program in Environmental Science and Technology / Associate Professor) Noppol Arunrat (Deputy Dean for Research and Academic Services / Associate Professor) Title: Application of Behavioral and Communication Theories for Well-being: Insights from Thailand Abstract:Behavioral science explores human cognition, emotions, and actions, while communication theories examine the transmission of messages and their influence...
Intergenerational Altruism and Intergenerational Equity: The Source of Emissions Gap
Date & Time: 2025.2.19 (Wed) 14:45-15:45Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, room E304Zoom: Speaker: Kenichi Akao (Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University / Professor)Title: Intergenerational Altruism and Intergenerational Equity: The Source of Emissions Gap Abstract:The emissions gap refers to the difference between the projected greenhouse gas emission trajectory based on currently planned climate change mitigation policies and the efficient emission path required to achieve the 1.5-degree (or 2-degree) target agreed upon...
Children’s subjective experience and its structure
Date & Time: 2024.9.4 (Wed) 15:00-16:30Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, room E304Zoom: Speaker: Yusuke Moriguchi (Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University / Associate Professor)Title: Children’s subjective experience and its structure Participants: 13
Global Norm of Government Climate Action and Public Support for Domestic Climate Policies
Date & Time: 2024.8.8 (Thu) 15:00-Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, room E304Zoom URL:Speaker: Professor Kim-Pong Tam (Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Participants: 25 Abstract:As public support is important for policy changes, it is crucial to understand how to encourage citizens to accept climate policies. Based on the widely documented social psychological phenomenon regarding the effect of descriptive norms on human behavior, I hypothesized...
Attractiveness of human body and behavior: Exploration using bioengineering and cognitive science approaches
Date & Time: 2024.6.13(Thu)13:00-14:30 Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, room E304 Speaker: Hiroko Tanabe (Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Laboratory of Psychology / Associate Professor) Title: Attractiveness of human body and behavior: Exploration using bioengineering and cognitive science approaches
Status Reversal and Its Discontents
Date & Time: 2024.3.18(Mon)10:00-11:30 Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, room E304 Speaker: Professor Michael Hechter(School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University) Title: Status Reversal and Its Discontents Abstract: The recent rise of reactionary politics in modern democracies across the globe has been attributed to a variety of causes, including deindustrialization, economic inequality, immigration, and the rising fortunes of ethnic, racial, religious, and gender and sexual minorities. These explanations...
