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In recent years, the structure of society has been changing rapidly due to digital transformation. In line with this, social science fields such as business, international relations, and communication are also actively conducting modeling research using big data and algorithms.

With these new research methodologies, the emerging talent in the social sciences is the management talent who executes the 'new type' that breaks away from the old type.

Shū Yamaguchi, President of Leibnitz Corporation and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council, works as a global strategy consultant. defines new-type talent as "problem finders" rather than "problem solvers" in society.

In other words, the kind of research and talent we want to see in the social sciences is not problem solvers. In these turbulent times of increased volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, discovering what is wrong is seen as a more valuable skill than finding solutions.

Especially now that digital transformation is in full swing, the social sciences are increasingly utilizing algorithms, AI, and big data in their research, a trend that is also being embraced by prestigious universities such as the Ivy League.

For example, Professors Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley of Harvard Business School noted that it is important to develop a "digital mind" that understands how data and algorithms are driven in the real world and apply it to the field of management.

GIRE's Social Science Internship Program [Business] is a research-based internship program that uses expertise in all fields, including economics, management, data science, and social science, to discover social problems and set tasks to be implemented in relation to the problems.

Through this program, you will discover inefficiencies and opportunities related to a social problem and provide solutions through new technologies, model studies, simulations, etc.

Alternatively, you can validate or develop a business model-related paper you have already written in the past with a professor from Cornell University, Cornell Tech and The S.C. Johnson College of Business.

Research topics go beyond just business, and include supply chain intermediation, shared bike systems, grocery delivery services, electric vehicle charging stations, car sharing systems, and carbon markets.

Research on these topics goes beyond business modeling for companies and is used as a strategic guide for policymakers and international relations experts in each country, often pointing the way forward for an era.

[Examples of Research Topics]

1. Bike sharing system (econometric analysis - demand estimation)

2. Ride-sharing systems (queuing theory, data science, and machine learning)

3. Food waste management (Econometrics, Data Science)

4. Grocery and Food Delivery Networks (Microeconomic models, demand and supply curves, game theory, transportation models and routes)

5. Labor market theory (Matching algorithms, demand and supply curves)

6. Global supply chains (inventory management, supply chain incentives, game theory)

7. Carbon pricing, how offset markets work

[Recommended for the following students]

▶Students wishing to major in business 

▶Students who wish to major in international relations, etc.

▶Students who want to work in financial institutions, management consulting, global companies, etc.

With GIRE, high school students receive direct support from consultants and conduct unprecedented research in research areas they are curious about, acquiring specialized knowledge, discovering new facts, and considering ways to utilize the research results.