Research keywords (1):
"theory of communication, social systems theory"
Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2010 - 2012 Research and Development of a Knowledge Formulation Aid System taking BOK Formulation in a Discipline as an Example
2006 - 2009 The Building of Regional Data Archive as the Historical Museum of Social Research
Papers (30):
Toru TAKAHASHI. Civic Activities and Societal Media: From a survey of NPOs registered to Miyagi prefecture and their supportive use of media. The Chuo Law Review. 2022. 128. 9. 305-330
Toru TAKAHASHI. On Recursivity of Communication: Revisiting the dialogue between Niklas Luhmann and Heinz von Foerster. The Chuo Law Review. 2022. 128. 7・8. 455-479
Toru TAKAHASHI. Public Sphere and Journalism: A sociological reconsideration on the social systems theory of journalism. The Chuo Law Review. 2021. 127. 5/6. 341-367
Toru TAKAHASHI. News as "Form": D. Baecker's theory of communication and journalism. The Chuo Law Review. 2021. 127. 9/10. 145-169
Toru Takahashi. Governing and societal media for building resilience: A sociocybernetic study of the disaster recovery in Japan. Current Sociology. 2019. 67. 4
Journalistic Autonomy in an Algorithm-Driven Society: A Sociocybernetic Consideration
(18th International Conference of Sociocybernetics 2024)
Observing News and Media in a Complex Society: Online Book Presentation
(Brill Research Perspectives in Sociocybernetics and Complexity Book Presentation 2024)
"Massive Information Flow and Social Reality: A Sociocybernetic Consideration on the Social Construction of Meaning"
(XIX International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology 2023)
Intermedia Agenda-Setting and News: A sociocybernetic consideration on societal observation in a complex society
(17th International Conference of Sociocybernetics 2022)
Journalism and Societal Reflexivity: A Consideration on Morality in Self-Observation of Society
(4th International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology 2021)
1996 - 2001 Tohoku University Graduate School, Division of Letters
1994 - 1996 Tohoku University Graduate School, Division of Letters
1989 - 1993 Tohoku University Faculty of Literature
Professional career (3):
博士(文学) (東北大学)
Ph.D. (Literature) (Tohoku University)
文学修士 (東北大学)
Work history (7):
2015/11 - 2017/10 Assistant Dean, Faculty of Law
2012/04 - "Professor at Chuo University, Faculty of Law"
2011/04 - 2012/03 "Professor at Sapporo Gakuin University, Faculty of Social Information"
2007/04 - 2011/03 "Associate Professor at Sapporo Gakuin University, Faculty of Social Information"
2001/06 - 2007/03 "Assistant Professor at Sapporo Gakuin University, Faculty of Social Information"
1999/04 - 2001/05 "Lecturer at Sapporo Gakuin University, Faculty of Social Information"
1993/04 - 1994/03 Fujitsu Limited
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Association Membership(s) (6):
Tohoku Sociological Association
, The Tohoku Sociological Society
, The Japan Sociological Society
, The Society of Socio-Informatics
, Hokkaido Sociological Association
, International Sociological Association