Society for Social Management Systems
In most countries today, the existing social systems cannot adequately respond to the demands of the present era, including recent changes in social and economic structure and in societal values, climate change, aging infrastructure, and aging society. Therefore, structural reform of those social systems has become an urgent issue, with a broad impact. Social systems direct the functioning of society and thus require the capabilities of many fields, particularly administrative management, regional socio-economic management, disaster management, infrastructure management and education management. In order to adapt current social systems so as to meet these new demands, it is necessary to effectively and efficiently utilize hard and soft infrastructure and human and financial resources. This calls for collaboration among social scientists (in fields including sociology, psychology, economics, public administration) and engineering scientists (in civil engineering, architecture, mechanical engineering, information technology and other fields). The mission of the Society for Social Management Systems is to make practical contributions to the improvement of social systems and to develop future-oriented solutions in collaboration with researchers and practitioners in various scientific fields.
Society for Social Management Systems Steering committee
| Chairperson | Sucharit Koontanakulvong | Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
| Honorary Chairperson |
Hajime OKAMURA | Kochi University of Technology, Japan |
| Executive Secretary |
Seigo NASU | Kochi University of Technology, Japan |
| Auditor | Kazumasa OZAWA | The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Jay Lin | AECOM, U.S.A | |
| Muhanmmad. Syahril B. K | Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia | |
| Chaiyuth Sukhsri | Chulalongkorn University, Thailand | |
| Ming-Teh Wang | Chung Hua University, Taiwan | |
| Jenn-Chuan Chern | National Taiwan University, Taiwan | |
| Yin-Wen Chan | National Taiwan University, Taiwan | |
| Arnold E. Dix | Queens University of Technology, Australia | |
| Somnuk Tangtermsirikul | Thammasat University, Thailand | |
| Xuehui AN | Tsinghua University, China | |
| Ananda Jayawardane | University of Moratuwa, SriLanka | |
| Jun MATSUSHITA | Chuo University, Japan | |
| Takeo IHARA | Chubu Region Institute for Social and Economic Research, Japan | |
| Kenji DOI | Kagawa University, Japan | |
| Yoshiaki KAWATA | Kansai University, Japan | |
| Ushio CHUJYO | Keio University, Japan | |
| Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI | Kyoto University, Japan | |
| Yoshitsugu HAYASHI | Nagoya University, Japan | |
| Koichi MAEKAWA | The University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| Hideyuki HORII | The University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| Ai SEKIZAWA | Tokyo University of Science, Japan | |
| Chitoshi MIKI | Tokyo City University, Japan | |
| Shunji KUSAYANAGI | Tokyo City University, Japan | |
| Masanori HAMADA | Waseda University, Japan | |
| Masahiko KUNISHIMA | Kochi University of Technology, Japan | |
| Hiroshi SHIMA | Kochi University of Technology, Japan |
