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SATO Tatsuya

Department / Course College of Comprehensive Psychology Department of Comprehensive Psychology

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Human Sciences
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Research Center for Social Studies of Health and Community
3.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Center for MONODZUKURI Qualitative Research
4.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Ritsumeikan Inamori Philosophy Research Center
5.	Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization Asia-Japan Research Institute
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Academic background
1.	2002/02 Degree Acquisition	│ Tohoku University Ph.D
2.	1987/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Tokyo Metropolitan University M.A.
3.	～1987/03	Master Course │ Psychology │ Graduate School, Division of Humanities │ Tokyo Metropolitan University │ Completed
4.	～1989/03	Doctorial Course │ Psychology │ Graduate School, Division of Humanities │ Tokyo Metropolitan University │ Unfinished
5.	～1985/03	Psychology │ Faculty of Humanities │ Tokyo Metropolitan University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2025/04/01 ～	Vice President │ │ Vice President
2.	2021/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Manager(Dean) │ │
3.	2021/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	Head │ │

Research activities
1.		Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology
2.		Japanese Society for Law and Psychology
3.		Japan Society of Personality Psychology
4.		The Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis
5.		Japanese Association of Science for Human Services
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Present specialized field
Sociology/History of Science and Technology, New fields of law, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology (Keyword：Cultural psychology, Law and psychology and Medical psychology)

Books
1.	2026/03/20	Collected Papers II on Trajectory Equifinality Approach │ ,pp.1-180
2.	2024/10/20	An Invitation to Cultural Psychology
3.	2024/05/01	Reflecting on Oneself and Garden: Projecting Happy Memories Into the Future │ ,pp.400-402
4.	2024/05/01	The “Garden Project”: Initiating International Cultural Exchange Through Gardens │ ,pp.363-376
5.	2024/04/01	An introduction to the Trajectory Equiﬁnality Approach to cultural psychology │ ,pp.211-228
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Papers
1.	2025/12/01	Applying the Insights of the Trajectory Equifinality Approach (TEA) to Mixed Methods Research Practice: Reconsidering the Complementary Relationship Between Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Japan │ Annals of Mixed Methods Research │ ,pp.512-525
2.	2025/03/31	Methodological Considerations on the Concept of Time in the Trajectory Equifinality Approach │ ,pp.1-18
3.	2024/03/15	The Process of 202 Cosplay Experiences Over 13 Years │ ,pp.48-65
4.	2024/03/15	Process of competency formation for nursing instructors in the face of the COVID-19 crisis : Visualization of experiences by the Trajectory Equifinality Modeling │ ,pp.86-94
5.	2024/03/15	Not Conflict but Complementarity, Not Diversity but Multi-trajectory: How to Utilize Qualitative Research in Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration. │ ,pp.47-55
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/06/06	Theoretical analysis of the bifurcation point in the TEA: Where/when the dialogical self occurs
2.	2024/06/04	Theoretical analysis of the bifurcation point in the TEA: Where/when the dialogical self occurs
3.	2023/09/02	Why Behavioral Analysis and TEA Fascinate Us? : Attractiveness and similarities
4.	2022/06/16	History of Quality Psychology in Japan
5.	2021/06	An Introduction to Trajectory Equifinality Approach: Theory and Practice.
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Other research achievements
1.	2020/05/29	Frontline health workers in Japan face discrimination over virus (KYODO NEWS)
2.	2019/05	The Complete Collection of Reprinted Materials of the PTSD before WWⅡ
3.	2014/12/01 ～ 2015/11/30	The Complete Collection of Reprinted Materials of Disabled Veterans and Rehabilitation
4.	2013/08/01 ～ 2013/08/01	情状心理鑑定を理解・活用するための前提としての「法心理・司法臨床」 (近畿弁護士連合会　第56回弁護士夏期研修)
5.	2009/09/21 ～ 2009/09/21	Hirameki Tokimeki Science　2009

Works
1.	2025/01/21	Cultural diffferences from the perspective of cultural psychology

Home Page
Ars Vivendi
Tatsuya Sato
Trajectory Equifinality Approach (TEA); New Adventure for Qualitative Inquiry

External Researcher ID
ORCID ID
0000-0003-1839-1620