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Sports Data Analysis x Gender Perspective: The Future of the Data-Based Body and Sports
Research seminar hosted by Jissen Women's University SGI2 (Project Research Institute)

■ Event Outline
Date and time: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 14:30-16:30
How to participate: In person (Jissen Women's University Shibuya Campus 120th Anniversary Memorial Hall)

In recent years, attention has been focused on "gendered innovation," which seeks to create new discoveries and value by analyzing the intersectionality between biological sex, social and cultural gender, and various other attributes, without falling into the trap of binary male-female stereotypes. Jissen Women's University has also launched the Social & Gendered Innovations Institute (SGI2) as a new project research institute (2025-2027) to work on developing methods for intersectional analysis and participatory approaches aimed at social change.

In the first year, we will hold a series of workshops centered around the areas of expertise and interest of the institute members, where we will engage in frank discussions on intersectionality and gender differences, and on the nature and application of analysis, in order to explore the seeds of new social design and co-creation.

The first session will focus on the area of expertise of SGI2 member Professor Kazuki Imada, "sports data analysis," and will feature Professor Kazuyuki Koizumi, a sports data scientist, and Professor Atsuhisa Yamamoto, a sports sociology expert, to discuss the possibilities and challenges of "sports data analysis x gender perspective," as well as the future of the digitized body and sports.

Modern sports, which have developed primarily among men, are areas in which the binary distinction between men and women is more clearly visible. We will explore the possibilities that advances in data science offer for sports data analysis, and consider with our panelists the future direction of gender and intersectionality analysis in sports, given the overwhelming bias in existing data on gender and other factors.

■ Speakers (in order of presentation, titles omitted)
Kazuyuki Koizumi, Associate Professor, School of Health Data Science, Juntendo University
Areas of expertise: Sports data science, statistics, machine learning
Recent research themes: Development of "valid evaluation indicators" in sports from various perspectives through statistical analysis and "discovery" through data science. Major publications include "Machine Learning: Algorithm Techniques for Interpreting Data" (Asakura Shoten, 2017) and "Statistical Models and Inference" (Kodansha, 2019). Member of the Sports Data Science Competition Steering Committee.

Atsuhisa Yamamoto, Professor, Faculty of Social Innovation, Seijo University
Areas of expertise: Sociology of sport, Cultural studies
Recent research themes: Connecting sports with cutting-edge technology / Sports as a platform for solving social issues. Major publications include "The Post-Sports Era" (Iwanami Shoten, 2020) and "The Future of Sports and the Body Changed by Athletes: Sexuality, Technology, and Society" (edited, 2021, Iwanami Shoten).

■ Designated discussant (titles omitted)
Kazuki Konda, Lecturer, Department of Social Design, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jissen Women's University
Areas of expertise: Data science, sports data analysis

Haruka Tsutsui, Associate Professor, Department of Social Design, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jissen Women's University
Areas of expertise: Applied ethics, gender

[Moderator]
Seiko Shineha, Professor, Department of Social Design, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jissen Women's University

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*The Jissen Women's University Project Research Institute is an independent and creative research activity by faculty members, and is an organization that goes beyond the boundaries of research fields and organizes project teams made up of people from both inside and outside the university to focus on one of the following research projects for a certain period of time: 1) Research aimed at pioneering new academic fields, 2) Advanced research through the fusion of different fields, 3) Research aimed at creating innovation, and 4) Research in collaboration with the local community or industry, government, and academia.

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