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Yunus Social Business Research Center (YSBRC)

Activity Milestones

Jun. 28 and 29, 2019
Director Shiraishi participates in the 9th Social Business Day (organized by the Bangkok Institute of Technology).
Nov. 16, 2019
Prof. Muhammad Yunus is invited as the speaker of the keynote lecture of the “Global Religion Forum,” organized to celebrate the university’s 380th anniversary.
Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2019
The university participates in the 2019 USR EXPO, Taiwan (organized by the Center for University Social Responsibility), and Director Shiraishi delivers a lecture.
Dec. 22, 2019
The Ryukoku University’s business plan competition “Presentation Dragon 2019” × SDGs is held.
Feb. 28, 2020
Kawagutsu-o-haita-neko Co., Ltd., a venture company originating from a project by students of the university (Representative: Mr. Kota Uomi, who graduated from the Faculty of Policy Science in March 2017) competes in the final round (national round) of the Star★t Pitch Japan.
May 19, 2020
The Ryukoku University’s “Social Entrepreneur Development Program” is launched. (The actual schedule is postponed to the autumn semester.)
Jul. 16, 2020
“AY2020 Presentation Dragon x SDGs Special Lecture Meeting⎯Career Design for Survival in the With/After-Corona Eras” is held.
Jul. 23, 2020
At the “NO GOING BACK Nobel Peace Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus Online Charity Lecture” (organized by NPO Earth Identity Projects and co-organized by the Ryukoku University Yunus Social Business Research Center), Director Shiraishi delivers a lecture and a student of Ryukoku University asks a question to Prof. Yunus.
Jul. 26, 2020
RE-SOCIAL Co., Ltd. (Representative: Mr. Daiki Kasai, who graduated from the Faculty of Policy Science in March 2020) competes in the KANSAI STUDENTS PITCH Grand Prix 2020 as a representative of the university.
Aug. 5, 2020
The Ryukoku University’s “Social Entrepreneur Development Program” is launched (until Sat., Nov. 7).
Aug. 25 (Wed.), 2021
The “Ryukoku University Social Entrepreneur Development Program 2021” is launched (until Nov. 25).
Sep. 14 (Tue.), 2021
A partnership agreement between Ryukoku University and OiTr Inc. is concluded toward solving gender and economic gaps.
Ryukoku becomes the first university in Kansai to introduce OiTr, a service of providing sanitary napkins free of charge.
Nov. 11, 2021
The exhibition “Imagine Letters/Letters Imagine” (planned by Visiting Researcher Taku Matsumoto) is held at the Fukakusa Library of Ryukoku University (until Dec. 7).
Nov. 17 (Wed.), 2021
The “Ryukoku University Social Entrepreneur Development Program Series” is launched (until Feb. 2, 2022).
Nov. 25 (Thur.), 2021
“RYUKOKU CINEMA” is launched (until Jan. 17, 2022).
Jun. 8 (Tue.), 2022
The first session of the “RYUKOKUs CINEMA” in AY2022 is launched (until Jul. 21).
Jun. 28 (Tue.), 2022
The exhibition “War and Ryukoku University” is launched (until Jul. 29).
Jul. 29, 2022
Students give presentations to Nobel Peace Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus.
The “Dialogue between Students of 3ZERO Clubs and Prof. Yunus” is held.
Oct. 3, 2022
The talk session “Facing the Environment” is held between Vice President Fukao and Ms. Shiina Tsuyuki (environmental activist).
Oct. 24, 2022
The RYUKOKU CINEMA is held. After a pre-release showing of the movie Sakura-iro-no-kaze-ga-fuku, a lecture is given by Prof. Satoshi Fukushima (University of Tokyo), on whose life the movie is based.
Nov. 9, 2022
“TURN THE TABLES,” a program for self-growth based on an entrepreneurial mindset, is launched (until Jan. 11).
Dec. 1, 2022
The YSBRC holds Imagine Letters/Letters Imagine, an exhibition of artworks by creators with disabilities, at Kyoto Prefectural Library as part of the project CONNECT⇄_(until Dec. 21).
Dec. 6, 2022
The student group NiCHiBle (whose base is set up in the YSBRC’s Entrepreneurship Support Booth) sets a food truck on a campus of Ryukoku University and serves menu items using vegetables with nonstandard shapes.