2014
Prize for Science and Technology, Public Understanding Promotion Category, MEXT Experimental learning programme on pluripotent stem cells
Research Outputs and Awards
Connecting projects with outputs—and outputs with the next research question.
This page presents selected papers, books, resources, television and awards by research area. A complete record is available on researchmap.
Inclusive Science Communication and STEAM Education
- Inclusive public engagement and audience-diversity evaluation
- Women in STEM and gender bias
- Inclusive STEM for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and their families
- Culturally relevant STEAM education using Kakishibu
Selected output
Kano, K., Azai, H., Hagihara, K., et al. (2024). Design and development of an inclusive online STEM course for families. Research in Integrated STEM Education, 2(3), 183–205. DOI
Ikkatai, Y., Inoue, A., Minamizaki, A., et al. (2021). Masculinity in the public image of physics and mathematics. Public Understanding of Science, 30(7), 810–826. DOI
Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for a Sustainable Society
- Kakishibu and green innovation
- Tea, shared intangible cultural heritage and inclusive interdisciplinary learning
- Japanese views of nature and responsibility
- Culturally relevant STEAM education
- Science and culture through Kyoto vegetables and wagashi
Selected output
Kano, K., Raman, S., & Santos, D. (Eds.). (2026). Traditional Knowledge for Green Innovation with Japanese Persimmon Tannin, Kakishibu. Springer Singapore. Open access
UNESCO Chair and international knowledge exchange
- STEAM education for braiding traditional cultural resources with science
- International research and educational development centred on Kakishibu and tea
- Teacher learning, MOOCs and community co-creation
- Student and researcher mobility, international conferences and open resources
Related resources
UNESCO. (2026). Living heritage in the classroom: A teachers’ companion. UNESCO. UNESCO Digital Library
UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia. (2025, November 17). UNESCO’s initiative brings East Asia’s living heritage into classrooms for peace and sustainable futures. Official story
Responsible AI in Education
- Human teachers and AI
- Educational-data governance
- ELSI and RRI of EdTech
- Inclusion, transparency and accountability
Selected output
Kano, K., & Mizumachi, E. (Eds.). (2026). その取扱いで大丈夫？ 教育データ利活用のリテラシー [Are you handling it responsibly? Literacy for the use of educational data]. Nakanishiya Shuppan. Publisher page
Goto, T., Horiguchi, G., Kanzaki, N., et al. (2024). Balancing human teachers and AI in education. OECD. Official PDF
Outputs from selected projects
- Production and development of NHK educational television and related learning activities
- Deliberative public comment (PESTI Project: Public Engagement with Science, Technology and Innovation Policy)
- Human Genome Map for Every Home, its English edition, revisions, book and science-communication research
- Pluripotent stem-cell laboratories and a board game
- Audience-diversity evaluation of science cafés and art–science events
- Dialogue training for researchers and graduate students
Selected awards
2015
Kyoto University Academic Day Award “Standing conversation with researchers: What makes a good dialogue?”
2017
Prize for Science and Technology, Public Understanding Promotion Category, MEXT Science education fostering scientific ways of seeing and thinking
Annual Meeting Presentation Award, Japan Society for Science Education Workshop linked with Think Like a Crow
2019
Science Education Practice Award, Japan Society for Science Education Practice-based research on science communication linked with educational television
Best Presentation Award, Japan Society for Science Education Analysis of intentions to attend and actual audiences at an art–science event
2021
Award of Excellence, Youth Division Award System, National Federation of Confectionery Industry Associations Shiga University × Kyoto Confectionery Industry Association Youth Division, Science of Sweets Project
2022
Third place, Startup Pitch@CIC EdTech—The Future of Learning with Technology