Bessho Akane

ベッショアカネ | Bessho Akane

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Assistant Professor

Research field (2)： Local studies , Landscape science

Research keywords (5)： Disability , Life story , Collaboration between agriculture and welfare , Social Inclusion , Urban Agriculture

Research theme for competitive and other funds (2)：

Papers (8)：

Takuto Kinugasa, Kimihiro Hino, Akane Bessho, Yukio Sadahiro. Changes in Proximity to Food Retailers under Compact City Policies: A Case Study in Toyama City. Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan. 2023. 58. 3. 735-742
Aya Matsumoto, Keisuke Sakamoto, Akane Bessho, Makoto Yokohari. A Study on the Settlement Process of Lifestyle Migration in the Outer Suburbs of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: A Case Study in Koma Area of Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture. Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan. 2023. 58. 3. 867-874
Akane Bessho, Makoto Yokohari. Retrofitting the Outskirts of Asian Megacities: Workplace-Making with Nature. Asian Development Bank Institute (Policy Papers on Rethinking Cities for Resilience and Growth in the Post-COVID-19 World). 2023
Yuki OKAZAWA, Akane BESSHO, Kimihiro HINO, Yasushi ASAMI. Socioeconomic characteristics of agricultural lands converted to photovoltaic power plants: Focusing on changes in farmland in Chiba Prefecture. Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ). 2023. 88. 807. 1682-1689
Bessho Akane, Sakamoto Keisuke, Yamazaki Takahiro, Yokohari Makoto. Differences in the valuation of ability and aptitude in the employment of persons with disabilities amongst organizations managing agricultural activities from the perspective of realizing an inclusive society. Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan. 2022. 57. 1. 157-164

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Books (1)：

Lectures and oral presentations (10)：

埼玉県小川町におけるサーキュラータウン活動への参加と地域愛着・Well-beingとの関係
(2024年度日本造園学会全国大会 2024)
関東地方における地域共生型ソーラーシェアリング
(2023年度日本造園学会全国大会 2023)
Job Crafting Practice in Japan’s Labor-oriented Social Farms Working with Persons with Disabilities
(The 14th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2023) 2023)
Theorizing social inclusion of immigrants and persons with disabilities through urban/peri-urban agriculture: implications from Canada and Japan
(UTokyo Center for Contemporary Japanese Studies 2021)
Exploring roles of urban gardening for foreign residents against social crisis: Findings from Japan
(North American Regional Association of International Association for Landscape Ecology 2020 Annual Meeting: Remote Virtual Conference 2020)

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Education (3)：

2018 - 2022 The University of Tokyo The Graduate School of Engineering Department of Urban Engineering, Doctoral course
2016 - 2018 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative, Master's course
2012 - 2016 Maryland Institute College of Art Architectural Design Major, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Professional career (2)：

Ph.D in Engineering (Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
Master's in Sustainability Science (Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo)

Work history (6)：

2024/11 - 現在 Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo The Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society (GLIF) Project Lecturer
2024/09 - 現在 Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology Research Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health Researcher (part-time)
2023/01 - 2024/10 Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Sustainable Transformation of Towns UTokyo Social Cooreration Program Project Assistant Professor
2022/04 - 2024/10 The Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Department of Urban Engineering Assistant Professor
2022/10 - 2024/03 University of Tsukuba Bachelor's Program in Global Issues, School of Integrative and Global Majors Part-time Lecturer

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Awards (5)：

2022/03 - School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Dean's Award (Research)
2019/05 - Herrenhausen Conference on Urban Agricultural Heritage - and the Shaping of Future Cities Best Lightning Talk Award
2019/03 - Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Dean's Award (Research)
2018/04 - Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative, The University of TokyoGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, Best Poster Award
2015/05 - American Institute of Architects Maryland Student Design Awards, Undergraduate/Upper Level Design - JUROR CITATION

Association Membership(s) (4)：

日本家族社会学会 , 地理情報システム学会 , 日本都市計画学会 , 日本造園学会

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