Sophia University researchers link solutions to the global challenges we face, including the climate change crisis, conflict and violence, and the rapid shifts brought about by advances in information technology. We will take a closer look at their research, the source of Sophia's wisdom and the "nexus" that connects us to the world.

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Research on Fundamental Theology and the “Spiritual Exercises” of Ignatius of Loyola

  • #Faculty
  • #Graduate School of Theology
  • #Master’s Program in Theology
  • #Faculty of Theology
  • #Department of Theology
  • #Doctoral Program in Systematic Theology

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Changing Japanese education through CLIL: New English teaching fostering thinking skills

  • #Faculty
  • #Graduate School of Humanities
  • #Faculty of Humanities
  • #Master’s (Doctoral) Program in English and American Literature
  • #Department of English Literature

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

To research language is to deepen our understanding of humankind

  • #Faculty
  • #Master’s (Doctoral) Program in Linguistics
  • #Graduate School of Languages and Linguistics

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Finding out the History of Angkor from Archaeology and Oral History

  • #Faculty
  • #Department of Global Studies
  • #Graduate Program in Area Studies
  • #Faculty of Global Studies
  • #Graduate School of Global Studies
  • #SPSF

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Fascinated by mystery, comparing Japanese and French societies and governments

  • #Faculty
  • #Department of French Studies
  • #Center for Global Education and Discovery
  • #Faculty of Foreign Studies

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

The power of philosophy changes society. Linking academic research and citizen’s philosophy

  • #Faculty
  • #Master’s (Doctoral) Program in Philosophy
  • #Department of Philosophy
  • #Graduate School of Humanities
  • #Faculty of Humanities

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Assigning economic value to the forests and the seas

  • #Faculty
  • #Master’s (Doctoral) Program in Global Environmental Studies
  • #Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Pop culture, representations of people’s lives, can facilitate understanding of others

  • #Faculty
  • #Graduate Program in Area Studies
  • #Department of Luso-Brazilian Studies
  • #Faculty of Foreign Studies
  • #Graduate School of Global Studies

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Exploring factor that make a top athlete

  • #Faculty
  • #Center for Liberal Education and Learning

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

Research with JR Central—Developing numerical simulations to improve Shinkansen safety

  • #Faculty
  • #Master’s & Doctoral Programs in Science and Technology
  • #Mechanical Engineering Division
  • #Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • #Faculty of Science and Technology
  • #Graduate School of Science and Technology

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

The impact of Surrealist artists breaking the mold to gain new perspectives

  • #Faculty
  • #Graduate School of Humanities
  • #Faculty of Humanities
  • #Department of French Literature
  • #Master’s (Doctoral) Program in French Literature

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The Knot- Nexus of Knowledge by Sophia Professors

The significance of Buddhist poetry in Japan in the 12th and 13th centuries

  • #Faculty
  • #Graduate School of Humanities
  • #Faculty of Humanities
  • #Master’s (Doctoral) Program in Japanese Literature
  • #Department of Japanese Literature

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