| Name | Affiliation | Research interests | |
| Chair | Hiroo HARADA | Dean,Graduate School of Economics |
Local governance and market/environment |
| Community | |||
| Researcher (Group chief) |
Satoshi KAMBARA |
Professor (social business), School of Commerce | Social business and community |
| Researcher | Yoshiaki IIDA | Professor (sports sociology), School of Economics | Sports business and culture |
| Researcher | Rui IZUMI | Professor (environmental economics), School of Economics | Local currencies and commons |
| Researcher | Masashi SHIMIZU | Professor (economic theory), School of Economics | Commodity and currency |
| Researcher | Kenji TOKUDA | Professor (economic policy), School of Economics |
Community business and social capital |
| Researcher | Shiro ABE | Assistant Proffessor (regional economics), School of Economics | Tranceportation and Social Capital |
| Researcher | Hiromi HIGUCHI | Professor (sociology), School of Human Sciences | Life, work and community |
| Research Fellow | Shogo HAYASHI | President, Japan Academy for Municipal Personnel | Political culture and local governance |
| Security | |||
| Researcher (Deputy chair, Group chief) |
Kazuo UEDA | Dean,Graduate School of Commerce Professor (risk management), School of Commerce |
Social risk management and Insurance |
| Researcher | Naoko SAJIMA | Professor (international politics), School of Economics | Internal and external national security |
| Researcher | Masakazu NAGAE | Professor (economic history), School of Economics | History of economic crises and economic policy |
| Researcher | Hideo NAKANO | Professor (public finance), School of Economics | Finance, education, and social infrastructure |
| Researcher (Academic secretary) |
Takeshi NAGASHIMA | Associate Professor (social history), School of Economics | History of environment and public health policy |
| Researcher | Masakazu IMAI | Professor, School of Business Administration | International business |
| Researcher | Jun OYANE | Professor (sociology), School of Human Sciences | Sociological analysis of disasters |
| Research Fellow | Takashi OMORI | Professor(economics), Tokyo City University |
Social capital and economics |
| Research Fellow | Kazuyasu KAWASAKI | Professor (urban economics), Toyo University | Urban economy and transportation |
| Research Fellow | Yuichi MARUMO | Visiting Lecturer, School of Law, Senshu University | Japan's defense legislation, defence administration and study of public interests |
| Research Fellow | Deoksu KANG | Associate Professor, Department of Business Innovation, Kaetsu University | Social risk and management |
| Research Fellow | Tarisa WATANAGASE | Former Governor of the Bank of Thailand | Monetary policy and system |
| Research Fellow | Guang yun ZAHANG | Associate Professor, School of Law, Sichuan Normal Universiuty | Criminal laws and social capital |
| Civil Society | |||
| Researcher (Group chief) |
Shunsuke MURAKAMI | Professor (social thought), School of Economics | Comparative studies on civic associations |
| Researcher | Takeko IINUMA | Professor (development studies), School of Economics | Gender in community |
| Researcher | Juichi INADA | Professor(international relation), School of Economics | International cooperation |
| Researcher | Emi KONISHI | Professor (urban history), School of Economics | History of urban politics and society |
| Researcher | Katsumi SHIMANE | Professor (sociology), School of Human Sciences | Sociological analysis of culture |
| Research Fellow | Hiroshi UCHIDA | Professor Emeritus (economic thought), Senshu University | Ethics of economics and civil society |
| Research Fellow | Shinichi OBAZAWA | Contract Professor (social survey), Hosei University | Revitalization of local community |
| Research Fellow | Gesine FOLJANTY-JOST | Professor,Martin-Luther-Universität |
Civil society and local autonomy |
| Postdoctoral Fellow(P・D) | Yasuhiro TANAKA | PhD candidate (Global infomation and telecommunication studies), Waseda university Insutitute of Asia-Pacific Studies |
Risk Cognition and social capital |
| Research Assistant(R・A) | Hidekazu MIYAGAWA | PhD candidate (Asian history), Graduate School of Literature | Historical analysis of social unity |
| Research Assistant(R・A) | Satoshi TANAKA | PhD candidate (sociology), Graduate School of Literature | Community and urban regeneration |