Ishiiyama Ryuhei, Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University of Japan, specializes in the research on public-private partnership in the management of social education and lifelong learning facilities and regional co-governance. Since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in March 2011, he has been working on the research topics concerning the learning for regional revitalization in the context of disaster areas and regional human resource development in the regions with decreasing populations. Prof. Ishiiyama is the author to a series of publications in social education and lifelong learning studies. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the National Committee for Social Education Promotion, Deputy Director of the Japan Society for the Study of Kominkan and Chairman of Promotion Committee for Civil Non-profit Activities in the Miyagi Prefecture.
