Researcher Search Results Saburo Akahori Saburo Akahori (赤堀 三郎) Please select the form format to download from below 「Education and research environment」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ①Outline for Vitae」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ②Education and research environment」format Profile Information AffiliationProfessor, School of Arts and Sciences, Division of Global Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Tokyo Woman's Christian UniversityDegreePh.D in Sociology(The University of Tokyo)Researcher number30408455J-GLOBAL ID200901080851532090researchmap Member ID5000100299 Research Interests 9 systems theory sociology of knowledge modernity sociological systems theory sociocybernetics Contemporary Society History of Sociology Sociological Theory social systems theory Research Areas 1 Humanities & social sciences / Sociology / Research History 12 Apr, 2016 - Present Professor, Tokyo Woman's Christian University Apr, 2012 - Present Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Information and Communication, Meiji University Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2017 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Sociology, Rikkyo University Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2016 Associate Professor, Tokyo Woman's Christian University Apr, 2015 - Sep, 2015 Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University More Education 3 Apr, 1994 - Sep, 2003 Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo Apr, 1992 - Mar, 1994 Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo Apr, 1990 - Mar, 1992 College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo Committee Memberships 14 Jan, 2024 - Present President, Research Committee 51, International Sociological Association (ISA RC51 sociocybernetics) Jun, 2023 - Present Board Member, The Kantoh Sociological Society Apr, 2009 - Present Board Member, The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) Jan, 2015 - Dec, 2023 Treasurer, Research Committee 51, International Sociological Association (ISA RC51 sociocybernetics) Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023 Editor-in-Chief, The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) More Papers 24 How Digitization Affects the Interpretation of Modernity: A Sociocybernetic Approach AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, 12 57-67, Mar 4, 2024 Relationship between Acceptance of Prediction Algorithms and Chronological Age: A Preliminary Research toward a Sociology of Gerontechnology YAMAMOTO Kohei, AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, 12 15-27, Mar 4, 2024 Corresponding author Where Gender Differences in Privacy Concerns Dwell: Understanding Privacy Concerns in the Advanced Information Society YAMAMOTO, Kohei, Saburo AKAHORI Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, 11 1-14, Mar, 2023 Corresponding author A Systems Theoretical Approach to the Comparative Study of Modernities AKAHORI Saburo Annals of the Institute for Comparative Studies of Culture Tokyo Woman's Christian University, 83 1-11, Jan 1, 2022 Peer-reviewed Cold Hearted Society: Toward Understanding the Observation of Social Systems AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman’s Christian University Annals of Sociology, (4) 1-12, Mar, 2016 More Misc. 7 The Collapse of Reality as a Socially Constructed Reality AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, (7) 71-78, Mar, 2019 Introduction: Rethinking Modernity: Challenges from East Asia Saburo Akahori International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 27(1) 3-4, Mar 1, 2018 Observing Intolerant Society, Intolerantly Observing Society AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman’s Christian University Annals of Sociology, (6) 47-54, Mar, 2018 Book Review: Takemitsu Morikawa (hg.) 2014, Die Welt der Liebe: Liebessemantiken zwischen Globalität und Lokalität, Bielefeld: transcript. AKAHORI Saburo The Journal of Studies in Contemporaray Sociological Theory, (9) 117-120, Mar, 2015 Book Review: Borch, Christian, Niklas Luhmann (Japanese edition) AKAHORI Saburo Tosho Shimbun (The Book Review Press), (3186), Dec, 2014 More Books and Other Publications 16 The Trajectory of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo Shumpusha Publishing, Feb 26, 2021 Social Systems Theory. In: Metcalf G.S., Kijima K., Deguchi H. (eds), Handbook of Systems Sciences Saburo AKAHORI (Role: Contributor, Social Systems Theory) Springer, Singapore, Jan, 2021 (ISBN: 9789811303708) The Sociology of SHIKOHIN: Statistical and Interview Approaches Jun KOBAYASHI (Role: Contributor, Chapter 6) University of Tokyo Press, Nov 30, 2020 21世紀社会変動の社会学へ : 主権者が社会をとらえるために 庄司, 興吉 (Role: Contributor, 「社会学にとっての時代の課題と解決策:不寛容社会を題材として」) 新曜社, Mar 25, 2020 (ISBN: 9784788516755) グローバル社会の変容 : スコット・ラッシュ来日講演を経て 中西, 眞知子, 鳥越, 信吾, 牛膓, 政孝, 近森, 高明, 坂井, 晃介, 赤堀, 三郎, 津村, 将章, 遠藤, 英樹, 片桐, 雅隆, 川崎, 賢一, 伊志嶺, 絵里子, 安達, 智史, Harris, Richard (Role: Contributor) Mar 25, 2020 More Presentations 55 How Smart Can Academic Research Be? A Sociological Reflection on the Practical Ethics of AI Use (1) Akahori Saburo, Horiuchi Shinnosuke The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 42nd Annual Meeting, Oct 29, 2023 How Can the Digital Revolution Transform the Meaning of Modernity?: A Systems Theoretical Reconsideration AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 20th World Congress of Sociology, Jun 27, 2023 Do AI Change the Meaning of Risk? Toward a Sociology of Algorithmic Decision-Making (1) Akahori Saburo, Horiuchi Shinnosuke The Kantoh Sociological Society the 71st annual meeting, Jun 4, 2023 Do Dating Apps Undermine Pure Relationships? Toward a Sociology of Algorithmic Decision-Making (2) Horiuchi Shinnosuke, Akahori Saburo The Kantoh Sociological Society the 71st annual meeting, Jun 4, 2023 What is hidden behind it?: Legitimacy and Transparency of AI Decision Making (3) AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 95th Annual Meeting, Nov 12, 2022 Is Digitalization of Sociological Theory Possible, or Probable? For a Better Understanding of the Social World AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 17th Annual Meeting, Sep 3, 2022 How Can Sociology Answer the Questions of Sustainability?: A Discussion on Sociocybernetics for Better Society AKAHORI Saburo The 17th International Conference of Sociocybernetics (Online Participation), Jun 21, 2022 The ICT Revolution and the Sense of Privacy: A Sociological Study on the Acceptance of Advanced Technology (2) Saburo Akahori, Kyohei Kawai, Kohei Yamamoto The Japan Sociological Association the 94th Annual Meeting, Nov 14, 2021 Digital Society and Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 16th Annual Meeting, Sep 5, 2021 On Interpretation of AI (Artificial Intelligence) Saburo AKAHORI The Kantoh Sociological Society the 69th annual meeting, Jun 13, 2021 Desiring Desiring: On the Social Construction of Frustration and Emptiness AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 4th Forum of Sociology (Online Conference), Feb 24, 2021 What kind of pathogen have we been infected with?: A second-order assessment of the immune mechanisms of society AKAHORI Saburo The 16th International Conference of Sociocybernetics (Online Conference), Jul 14, 2020 Observing World Society: From a Perspective of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 38th Annual Meeting, Oct 27, 2019 What Kind of Society Needs Unnecessary Products?: Sociological Research on "Shikohin", Wealth and Happiness (3) AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 92nd Annual Meeting, Oct 6, 2019 The World Society as an Observer: In Search of Revitalization through Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The 14th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Aug 22, 2019 Describing New Stresses of Society in the Social Media Era: An Attempt of Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The 15th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 26, 2019 Observing Precarious Society: On the Diagnosis Function of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The 18th Annual Conference of the International Social Theory Consortium, Jun 6, 2019 How Can We Make Societal Invisibility Visible? AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 91st Annual Meeting, Sep 9, 2018 Rethinking the Collapse of Reality to Live for: From a Perspective of Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 19th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 19, 2018 Observing Intolerant Society: A Lesson from Japan’s Experience AKAHORI Saburo The 14th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 21, 2017 The Concept of Social System: A Blunt Sword? AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 89th Annual Meeting, Oct 9, 2016 Multiple Modernities Seeing from a Conception of Society as Singular AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 11th Annual Meeting, Sep 3, 2016 Observing Disintegrative Trends of Modern Society: Toward Restructuring of Self-Description AKAHORI Saburo The 6th Joint Japan-US Conference on Mathematical Sociology and Rational Choice, Aug 19, 2016 Society as an Observing System: A Perspective by Incongruity? AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 3rd Forum of Sociology, Jul 11, 2016 Toward a General Theory of Sociology in the 21st Century: How Are the Contributions from the East Asia Possible? AKAHORI Saburo The 13th East Asian Sociologist's Network Conference, Nov 15, 2015 Societal System Observed from Conflict, Conflict-Observing Societal System AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 34th Annual Meeting, Oct 25, 2015 Epistemological Obstacles in the Application of Autopoiesis to Sociology AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 88th Annual Meeting, Sep 19, 2015 Cold Hearted Society: Toward Understanding the Observation of Social Systems AKAHORI Saburo The 13th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jul 2, 2015 Systems Thinking and Sociological Thinking: Observing from an Asian Perspective AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 18th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 14, 2014 How Can Social Systems Observe?: Toward an Elaboration of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 18th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 14, 2014 A Systems Approach to the Qualitative Change of Social Ties AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 32nd Annual Meeting, Oct 27, 2013 Understanding the Representation of Social Bonds: Based on the East Asian Context AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 8th Annual Meeting, Sep 7, 2013 The Paradox of Social Ties after the ICT Revolution: A Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The 12th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 25, 2013 Is Society Self-Destructing?: From the Experience of Japan after the March 2011 Disaster AKAHORI Saburo International Academic Symposium on “Civilization, Modernization Identity”, Nov 27, 2012, Russian Academy of Science Institute of Sociology Invited Sociological Systems Theory in International Academic Associations AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 85th Annual Meeting, Nov 3, 2012 Crisis and Democracy: From a Case Study of Japan after Disasters AKAHORI, Saburo, Toru TAKAHASHI The European Sociological Association Research Network 29 Social Theory Conference “Crisis and Critique”, Sep 7, 2012 How Society Is Producing Its Own Crisis: A Case Study of Japan AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 2nd Forum of Sociology, Aug 2, 2012 Sociological Theory in Crisis Saburo AKAHORI The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 6th Annual Meeting, Sep 4, 2011 Second-order Observation of the Increasing Socio-cultural Complexity: A Difference Theoretical Approach AKAHORI Saburo The 10th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 22, 2011 Is Systems Theory Necessary for Sociology? AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 83rd Annual Meeting, Nov 7, 2010 The Self-description of Society in East Asia AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 17th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 16, 2010 Description of Description: A Discussion over Niklas Luhmann's Conception of Self-Description AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 28th Annual Meeting, Oct 17, 2009, The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies On the Problem of Observation and Paradox in Social Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Associaton for the Stydy on the History of Sociology the 48th Annual Meeting, Jun 28, 2008 Cybernetics and Sociology in Post-War America AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 80th Annual Meeting, Nov 18, 2007 From Sociology to General Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 26th Annual Meeting, Oct 14, 2007 "The Third Way" and Social Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 25th Annual Meeting, Oct 15, 2006 Niklas Luhmann's Concept of Society AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 76th Annual Meeting, Oct 12, 2003 Position of Many-Valued Logic in Social Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 91st Annual Meeting, Nov 16, 2002 The Soundness and Stability of Social Systems and Gordon Pask's Conversation Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 20th Annual Meeting, Oct 27, 2002 The Activities of the Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) in the University of Illinois and Niklas Lumann's Theory of Social Systems AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Associaton for the Stydy on the History of Sociology the 42nd Annual Meeting, Jun 29, 2002 12» Teaching Experience 6 Social Systems Theory (Meiji University, Tokyo International University) Contemporary Society (Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Ochanomizu University, Rikkyo University) Social Research Practice (Tokyo Woman's Christian University) History of Sociology (Tokyo Woman's Christian University) Introduction to Sociology (Tokyo Woman's Christian University) More Professional Memberships 7 The Sociology of Science Society of Japan International Sociological Association THE KANTOH SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE SOCIETY FOR SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY IN JAPAN THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY ON THE HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY More Research Projects 4 Sociological Research on Algorithmic Decision Making Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026 Saburo AKAHORI, Shin'nosuke Horiuchi A Sociological Study on Credit Scoring Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2023 Saburo AKAHORI A Basic Stydy on Theories and History of Theories in Relation to the Publicness of Sociology and its Feasibility Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2014 Takeshi DEGUCHI A Study on the Elaboration of Social Systems Theory and its Applicability Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2009 Saburo AKAHORI
Saburo Akahori (赤堀 三郎) Please select the form format to download from below 「Education and research environment」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ①Outline for Vitae」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ②Education and research environment」format Profile Information AffiliationProfessor, School of Arts and Sciences, Division of Global Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Tokyo Woman's Christian UniversityDegreePh.D in Sociology(The University of Tokyo)Researcher number30408455J-GLOBAL ID200901080851532090researchmap Member ID5000100299 Research Interests 9 systems theory sociology of knowledge modernity sociological systems theory sociocybernetics Contemporary Society History of Sociology Sociological Theory social systems theory Research Areas 1 Humanities & social sciences / Sociology / Research History 12 Apr, 2016 - Present Professor, Tokyo Woman's Christian University Apr, 2012 - Present Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Information and Communication, Meiji University Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2017 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Sociology, Rikkyo University Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2016 Associate Professor, Tokyo Woman's Christian University Apr, 2015 - Sep, 2015 Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University More Education 3 Apr, 1994 - Sep, 2003 Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo Apr, 1992 - Mar, 1994 Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo Apr, 1990 - Mar, 1992 College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo Committee Memberships 14 Jan, 2024 - Present President, Research Committee 51, International Sociological Association (ISA RC51 sociocybernetics) Jun, 2023 - Present Board Member, The Kantoh Sociological Society Apr, 2009 - Present Board Member, The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) Jan, 2015 - Dec, 2023 Treasurer, Research Committee 51, International Sociological Association (ISA RC51 sociocybernetics) Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023 Editor-in-Chief, The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) More Papers 24 How Digitization Affects the Interpretation of Modernity: A Sociocybernetic Approach AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, 12 57-67, Mar 4, 2024 Relationship between Acceptance of Prediction Algorithms and Chronological Age: A Preliminary Research toward a Sociology of Gerontechnology YAMAMOTO Kohei, AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, 12 15-27, Mar 4, 2024 Corresponding author Where Gender Differences in Privacy Concerns Dwell: Understanding Privacy Concerns in the Advanced Information Society YAMAMOTO, Kohei, Saburo AKAHORI Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, 11 1-14, Mar, 2023 Corresponding author A Systems Theoretical Approach to the Comparative Study of Modernities AKAHORI Saburo Annals of the Institute for Comparative Studies of Culture Tokyo Woman's Christian University, 83 1-11, Jan 1, 2022 Peer-reviewed Cold Hearted Society: Toward Understanding the Observation of Social Systems AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman’s Christian University Annals of Sociology, (4) 1-12, Mar, 2016 More Misc. 7 The Collapse of Reality as a Socially Constructed Reality AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman's Christian University Annals of Sociology, (7) 71-78, Mar, 2019 Introduction: Rethinking Modernity: Challenges from East Asia Saburo Akahori International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 27(1) 3-4, Mar 1, 2018 Observing Intolerant Society, Intolerantly Observing Society AKAHORI Saburo Tokyo Woman’s Christian University Annals of Sociology, (6) 47-54, Mar, 2018 Book Review: Takemitsu Morikawa (hg.) 2014, Die Welt der Liebe: Liebessemantiken zwischen Globalität und Lokalität, Bielefeld: transcript. AKAHORI Saburo The Journal of Studies in Contemporaray Sociological Theory, (9) 117-120, Mar, 2015 Book Review: Borch, Christian, Niklas Luhmann (Japanese edition) AKAHORI Saburo Tosho Shimbun (The Book Review Press), (3186), Dec, 2014 More Books and Other Publications 16 The Trajectory of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo Shumpusha Publishing, Feb 26, 2021 Social Systems Theory. In: Metcalf G.S., Kijima K., Deguchi H. (eds), Handbook of Systems Sciences Saburo AKAHORI (Role: Contributor, Social Systems Theory) Springer, Singapore, Jan, 2021 (ISBN: 9789811303708) The Sociology of SHIKOHIN: Statistical and Interview Approaches Jun KOBAYASHI (Role: Contributor, Chapter 6) University of Tokyo Press, Nov 30, 2020 21世紀社会変動の社会学へ : 主権者が社会をとらえるために 庄司, 興吉 (Role: Contributor, 「社会学にとっての時代の課題と解決策:不寛容社会を題材として」) 新曜社, Mar 25, 2020 (ISBN: 9784788516755) グローバル社会の変容 : スコット・ラッシュ来日講演を経て 中西, 眞知子, 鳥越, 信吾, 牛膓, 政孝, 近森, 高明, 坂井, 晃介, 赤堀, 三郎, 津村, 将章, 遠藤, 英樹, 片桐, 雅隆, 川崎, 賢一, 伊志嶺, 絵里子, 安達, 智史, Harris, Richard (Role: Contributor) Mar 25, 2020 More Presentations 55 How Smart Can Academic Research Be? A Sociological Reflection on the Practical Ethics of AI Use (1) Akahori Saburo, Horiuchi Shinnosuke The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 42nd Annual Meeting, Oct 29, 2023 How Can the Digital Revolution Transform the Meaning of Modernity?: A Systems Theoretical Reconsideration AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 20th World Congress of Sociology, Jun 27, 2023 Do AI Change the Meaning of Risk? Toward a Sociology of Algorithmic Decision-Making (1) Akahori Saburo, Horiuchi Shinnosuke The Kantoh Sociological Society the 71st annual meeting, Jun 4, 2023 Do Dating Apps Undermine Pure Relationships? Toward a Sociology of Algorithmic Decision-Making (2) Horiuchi Shinnosuke, Akahori Saburo The Kantoh Sociological Society the 71st annual meeting, Jun 4, 2023 What is hidden behind it?: Legitimacy and Transparency of AI Decision Making (3) AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 95th Annual Meeting, Nov 12, 2022 Is Digitalization of Sociological Theory Possible, or Probable? For a Better Understanding of the Social World AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 17th Annual Meeting, Sep 3, 2022 How Can Sociology Answer the Questions of Sustainability?: A Discussion on Sociocybernetics for Better Society AKAHORI Saburo The 17th International Conference of Sociocybernetics (Online Participation), Jun 21, 2022 The ICT Revolution and the Sense of Privacy: A Sociological Study on the Acceptance of Advanced Technology (2) Saburo Akahori, Kyohei Kawai, Kohei Yamamoto The Japan Sociological Association the 94th Annual Meeting, Nov 14, 2021 Digital Society and Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 16th Annual Meeting, Sep 5, 2021 On Interpretation of AI (Artificial Intelligence) Saburo AKAHORI The Kantoh Sociological Society the 69th annual meeting, Jun 13, 2021 Desiring Desiring: On the Social Construction of Frustration and Emptiness AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 4th Forum of Sociology (Online Conference), Feb 24, 2021 What kind of pathogen have we been infected with?: A second-order assessment of the immune mechanisms of society AKAHORI Saburo The 16th International Conference of Sociocybernetics (Online Conference), Jul 14, 2020 Observing World Society: From a Perspective of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 38th Annual Meeting, Oct 27, 2019 What Kind of Society Needs Unnecessary Products?: Sociological Research on "Shikohin", Wealth and Happiness (3) AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 92nd Annual Meeting, Oct 6, 2019 The World Society as an Observer: In Search of Revitalization through Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The 14th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Aug 22, 2019 Describing New Stresses of Society in the Social Media Era: An Attempt of Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The 15th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 26, 2019 Observing Precarious Society: On the Diagnosis Function of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The 18th Annual Conference of the International Social Theory Consortium, Jun 6, 2019 How Can We Make Societal Invisibility Visible? AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 91st Annual Meeting, Sep 9, 2018 Rethinking the Collapse of Reality to Live for: From a Perspective of Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 19th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 19, 2018 Observing Intolerant Society: A Lesson from Japan’s Experience AKAHORI Saburo The 14th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 21, 2017 The Concept of Social System: A Blunt Sword? AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 89th Annual Meeting, Oct 9, 2016 Multiple Modernities Seeing from a Conception of Society as Singular AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 11th Annual Meeting, Sep 3, 2016 Observing Disintegrative Trends of Modern Society: Toward Restructuring of Self-Description AKAHORI Saburo The 6th Joint Japan-US Conference on Mathematical Sociology and Rational Choice, Aug 19, 2016 Society as an Observing System: A Perspective by Incongruity? AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 3rd Forum of Sociology, Jul 11, 2016 Toward a General Theory of Sociology in the 21st Century: How Are the Contributions from the East Asia Possible? AKAHORI Saburo The 13th East Asian Sociologist's Network Conference, Nov 15, 2015 Societal System Observed from Conflict, Conflict-Observing Societal System AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 34th Annual Meeting, Oct 25, 2015 Epistemological Obstacles in the Application of Autopoiesis to Sociology AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 88th Annual Meeting, Sep 19, 2015 Cold Hearted Society: Toward Understanding the Observation of Social Systems AKAHORI Saburo The 13th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jul 2, 2015 Systems Thinking and Sociological Thinking: Observing from an Asian Perspective AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 18th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 14, 2014 How Can Social Systems Observe?: Toward an Elaboration of Sociological Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 18th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 14, 2014 A Systems Approach to the Qualitative Change of Social Ties AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS) the 32nd Annual Meeting, Oct 27, 2013 Understanding the Representation of Social Bonds: Based on the East Asian Context AKAHORI Saburo The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 8th Annual Meeting, Sep 7, 2013 The Paradox of Social Ties after the ICT Revolution: A Second-Order Observation AKAHORI Saburo The 12th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 25, 2013 Is Society Self-Destructing?: From the Experience of Japan after the March 2011 Disaster AKAHORI Saburo International Academic Symposium on “Civilization, Modernization Identity”, Nov 27, 2012, Russian Academy of Science Institute of Sociology Invited Sociological Systems Theory in International Academic Associations AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 85th Annual Meeting, Nov 3, 2012 Crisis and Democracy: From a Case Study of Japan after Disasters AKAHORI, Saburo, Toru TAKAHASHI The European Sociological Association Research Network 29 Social Theory Conference “Crisis and Critique”, Sep 7, 2012 How Society Is Producing Its Own Crisis: A Case Study of Japan AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 2nd Forum of Sociology, Aug 2, 2012 Sociological Theory in Crisis Saburo AKAHORI The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan the 6th Annual Meeting, Sep 4, 2011 Second-order Observation of the Increasing Socio-cultural Complexity: A Difference Theoretical Approach AKAHORI Saburo The 10th International Conference of Sociocybernetics, Jun 22, 2011 Is Systems Theory Necessary for Sociology? AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 83rd Annual Meeting, Nov 7, 2010 The Self-description of Society in East Asia AKAHORI Saburo The International Sociological Association the 17th World Congress of Sociology, Jul 16, 2010 Description of Description: A Discussion over Niklas Luhmann's Conception of Self-Description AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 28th Annual Meeting, Oct 17, 2009, The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies On the Problem of Observation and Paradox in Social Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Associaton for the Stydy on the History of Sociology the 48th Annual Meeting, Jun 28, 2008 Cybernetics and Sociology in Post-War America AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 80th Annual Meeting, Nov 18, 2007 From Sociology to General Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 26th Annual Meeting, Oct 14, 2007 "The Third Way" and Social Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 25th Annual Meeting, Oct 15, 2006 Niklas Luhmann's Concept of Society AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 76th Annual Meeting, Oct 12, 2003 Position of Many-Valued Logic in Social Systems Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Sociological Association the 91st Annual Meeting, Nov 16, 2002 The Soundness and Stability of Social Systems and Gordon Pask's Conversation Theory AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies the 20th Annual Meeting, Oct 27, 2002 The Activities of the Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) in the University of Illinois and Niklas Lumann's Theory of Social Systems AKAHORI Saburo The Japan Associaton for the Stydy on the History of Sociology the 42nd Annual Meeting, Jun 29, 2002 12» Teaching Experience 6 Social Systems Theory (Meiji University, Tokyo International University) Contemporary Society (Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Ochanomizu University, Rikkyo University) Social Research Practice (Tokyo Woman's Christian University) History of Sociology (Tokyo Woman's Christian University) Introduction to Sociology (Tokyo Woman's Christian University) More Professional Memberships 7 The Sociology of Science Society of Japan International Sociological Association THE KANTOH SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE SOCIETY FOR SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY IN JAPAN THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY ON THE HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY More Research Projects 4 Sociological Research on Algorithmic Decision Making Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026 Saburo AKAHORI, Shin'nosuke Horiuchi A Sociological Study on Credit Scoring Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2023 Saburo AKAHORI A Basic Stydy on Theories and History of Theories in Relation to the Publicness of Sociology and its Feasibility Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2014 Takeshi DEGUCHI A Study on the Elaboration of Social Systems Theory and its Applicability Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2009 Saburo AKAHORI