Yunus & Shiiki Social Business Research Center

Kyushu University’s five research institutions including the SBRC, are involved in the Social Business Technology Lab.The SBRC is engaged in various research projects in cooperation with companies and independent administrative institutions.

Education

In partnership with the Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center (QREC), the SBRC delivered Social Entrepreneurship, a joint lecture course offered as part of QREC’s AY2018 curriculum.SDGs Entrepreneurship, another QREC-SBRC joint lecture course, featured a field study in addition to classroom lectures.

Awareness Raising and Incubation

Businesses in an increasingly wide variety of sectors around the world work in partnership with Grameen, with 40 companies now accredited as a Yunus Social Business Company (YSBC) in Japan alone. As with every year, this year’s Yunus & You Social Business Design Contest (YY Contest) sponsored by the SBRC was a big success with many enthusiastic contenders challenging for the top prizes.

Collaborations with External Organizations

The scope of the SBRC’s activities extends beyond Kyushu University. We also work in collaboration with Yunus Social Business Centers established in 78 institutions around the world (as of August 2019), and have signed partnership agreements with commercial companies to cooperate in promoting Yunus Social Business.

Activities