Lifestyle migrant clusters in rural Japan: implications for rural entrepreneurship, quality of life and community resilience

1)田野调查与研究：在本研究的生活方式移民聚集区进行田野调查。数据处理和分析也在继续。作为USASBE（美国小企业和创业协会）农村研究员，PI还作为讲师领导了USASBE的第一个“农村创业教育证书”项目。这包括在意大利一个乡村小镇进行研究，以学习研究农村创业的新方法和框架，体验农村生态系统，并学习创业教学的新技术。2)出版物：将生活方式迁移、生活方式创业与乡村振兴和可持续转型联系起来的文献工作。这导致了1本书的章节和5个同行评议的期刊出版物。与USASBE一起，PI还开展了一项国际合作，对农村创业进行了系统的文献综述，将于2023年作为综述论文提交。曾担任《创业教育与教育学》杂志《农村创业教育》特刊编辑，并在《可持续粮食系统前沿》杂志担任特刊编辑。3)学术研讨会：参加2次国际会议（其中1次作为特邀发言）和1次国内会议（特邀发言）。4)桥接研究与社会的工作：参加广岛大学的桥接社区发展项目，其中包括一个研究部分和支持社会参与的企业家和地方组织的实际活动。

1) Fieldwork and research: fieldwork was conducted in a lifestyle migrant cluster target of this study. Data processing and analysis also continued. The PI, as a USASBE (US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) Rural Research Fellow, also led the very first USASBE ‘Rural Entrepreneurship Education Certificate’ program as an instructor. This involved research in a rural Italian town to learn novel approaches and frameworks to research rural entrepreneurship, experience a rural ecosystem, and learn new techniques for teaching entrepreneurship.2) publications: work on literature connecting lifestyle migration and lifestyle entrepreneurship with rural revitalization and sustainability transitions. This has led to 1 book chapter and 5 peer-reviewed journal publications. With USASBE, the PI has also engaged an international collaboration leading to a systematic literature review on rural entrepreneurship, to be submitted as a review paper in 2023. The PI has also served as editor for a special issue on Rural Entrepreneurship Education in the journal of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy and in an ongoing special issue in the Journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.3) academic symposiums: attended 2 international conferences (1 of which as an invited speaker) and 1 domestic conference (invited speaker).4) Work to bridge research and society: participation in Hiroshima University’s Bridging Community Development Project, which included a research component and practical activities to support socially engaged entrepreneurs and local organizations.