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INABA Mitsuyuki

Department / Course College of Policy Science Department of Policy Science

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Policy Science
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Art Research Center
3.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Human Sciences
4.	Kinugasa Research Organization Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies
5.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Ritsumeikan Inamori Philosophy Research Center
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Academic background
1.	～1988/04	Department of Philosophy │ Faculty of Literature │ Ritsumeikan University │ Graduated
2.	～1997/08	Master Course │ Department of Information and Computer Sciences │ University of Hawaii at Manoa │ Completed
3.	～1998/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Communication and Information Sciences │ University of Hawaii at Manoa │ Unfinished
4.	1997/08 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Hawaii at Manoa │ Master of Science in Information and Computer Sciences

Business career
1.	2021/04/01 ～ 2024/03/31	Director │ Division of Research │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2018/04/01 ～ 2020/03/31	Vice Director │ Public Relations Office, │ Ritsumeikan Trust
3.	2008/04/01 ～	Professor │ College of Policy Science & Graduate School of Policy Science, │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2007/04/01 ～ 2008/03/31	Associate Professor │ College of Policy Science & Graduate School of Policy Science │ Ritsumeikan University
5.	2005/09 ～ 2006/09	Visiting Scholar │ Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition │ University of California, San Diego
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Committee and society
1.	2024/11/16 ～ 2024/11/17	10th Japan Society for Mixed Methods Research Annual Conference Chair of Organizing Committee
2.	2023/10/29 ～	Japan Society for Mixed Methods Research Executive board member
3.	2024/06/10 ～	Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) Member at Large
4.	2022/10/15 ～ 2022/10/16	6th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Mixed Methods Research Conference President
5.	2021/10/30 ～ 2021/10/31	2021 MMIRAアジア地域会議 / 第7回日本混合研究法学会年次大会実行委員長
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Research activities
1.		Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
2.		Association for Computing Machinery
3.		Cognitive Science Society
4.		International Society of the Learning Sciences
5.		Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education
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Subject of research
1.	Comprehensive Study on Support Environment of "Situated Learning" Relating to Culture
2.	Research and Development of Information Technology to Support Judiciary Communication
3.	Study on Collaborative Learning Activity for Regional Development Focusing on Children
4.	Study on Social/Educational Applicability of Game

Present specialized field
Cognitive Science, Human interface and interaction, Intelligent Informatics, Web informatics, Service informatics, Library and information science/ Humanistic social informatics, Learning support system, Educational Technology (Keyword：Legal Informatics, Learning Science, Cognitive Science)

Books
1.	2023/09/30	Grounded Text Mining Approach: An Integration Strategy of Grounded Theory and Textual Data Mining │ ,pp.328-345
2.	2022/11/14	Promoting Social Justice with Grounded Theory: Applying the Grounded Text Mining Approach to Deposition Analyses │ 56,pp.37-46
3.	2021/04/18	A Guide to Mixed Methods Research: A Treasure Hunt for Learning Research Design to Wrting for Publication │ ,pp.39-52
4.	2019/04	Grounded Text Mining Approach: A Synergy between Grounded Theory and Text Mining, A. Bryant and K. Charmaz (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Current Developments in Grounded Theory. │ ,pp.332-351
5.	2014/10	Cooperation between Academia and Social Practices in Human Services (Studies for Inclusive Society 4)
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Papers
1.	2025/10/27	Stylometry can reveal artificial intelligence authorship, but humans struggle: A comparison of human and seven large language models in Japanese │ PLOS ONE │ 20 (10),pp.e0335369
2.	2025/10/08	The Art of Integration: Teaching, Learning, and Connecting through Mixed Methods Research — Report on the 10th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Mixed Methods Research │ Annals of Mixed Methods Research │ 4 (2),pp.416-425
3.	2025/05/28	Which parts of speech are more susceptible to topic variations: a case of Japanese authorship analysis │ Behaviormetrika │ 52,pp.721-732
4.	2025/03/20	SoS Issues in the Kanagawa Prefecture Sagami Robot Industry Special Zone Robot Introduction Case Study │ Journal of Design Science │ 4 (2),pp.85-94
5.	2024/09/14	Enhancing the Potential and Diversity of Mixed Methods Research │ Annals of Mixed Methods Research │ ,pp.292-298
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/09/03	Bridging Intergenerational Cultural Differences through the Metaverse
2.	2025/02/28	Proposals for Nurturing Activities to Foster Community Cohesion and Health Promotion from a Children's Perspective: Latest Updates from the Yawata Children's Conference
3.	2024/11/17	Generative AI and Research Practice
4.	2024/03/01	Developing Activities to Enhance Well-Being in a Local Community from the Viewpoint of Children: Update on Yawata Children's Conference
5.	2023/09/09	Grounded Text Mining Approach (GTxA) :A strategy integrating researchers' insights and computer-based textual processing
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Works
1.	2026/02/22	Advantages and Challenges of Using Generative AI in Mixed Methods Research
2.	2025/09/20	The Grounded Text Mining Approach as a Mixed Methods Research (Online)
3.	2023/10/28	Grounded Text Mining Approach
4.	2023/09/09	Current status and challenges of MMR in Japan
5.	2022/10/15	Crystallization of knowledge through MMR
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2026/04/01 ～ 2031/03/31	Research on Collaborative Serious Games for Multicultural Understanding Mediated by Japanese Culture in the Metaverse │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
2.	2026/04/01 ～ 2031/03/31	Development of an Educational Support Platform for Mixed Methods Research in Nursing: Using ICT and Generative AI │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
3.	2025/04/01 ～ 2029/03/31	Research on Improving the Appropriateness of Suspect Identification Procedures based on Empirical Evidence │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
4.	2023/04/01 ～ 2027/03/31	Development of Japanese Authorship Attribution System for Digital Forensics │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
5.	2021/04/01 ～ 2024/03/31	Cross-sectoral academic research on the proper use of scientific evidences │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
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Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	2002 ～ 2007	The 21st Century Center Of Excellence Program-"Kyoto Art Entertainment Innovation Research" │ Research by External Competitive Fund