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

1)田野调查和研究：田野调查是在本研究的一个生活方式移民聚集区进行的。数据处理和分析也在继续。作为美国小企业和创业协会(USASBE)的农村研究员，PI还作为讲师领导了USASBE的第一个农村创业教育证书项目。这涉及在意大利一个农村城镇进行研究，以学习研究农村创业的新方法和框架，体验农村生态系统，并学习教授创业的新技术。2)出版物：研究将生活方式迁移和生活方式创业与乡村振兴和可持续发展转型联系起来的文学作品。这导致了一本书的章节和5本同行评议的期刊出版物。与USASBE一起，PI还参与了一项国际合作，导致对农村创业的系统文献进行审查，并将于2023年作为审查文件提交。3)学术研讨会：出席了2次国际会议(其中1次是作为特邀演讲者)和1次国内会议(作为特邀演讲者)。4)努力为研究和社会牵线搭桥：参与广岛大学的桥梁社区发展项目，其中包括一项研究内容和实际活动，以支持社会参与的企业家和地方组织。

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.