Project Members

Sho Morishita

Research Center on ELSI, the University of Osaka

Sho Morishita, an associate professor (lecturer) at Research Center on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues at the University of Osaka, is an anthropologist of science and technology. He has conducted fieldwork and collaborative research across a wide range of scientific disciplines, including earth sciences, Indonesian astronomy, synthetic biology, primatology, and quantum science. He has been engaged in RRI research since 2020 and currently serves as the project leader for RRI in quantum science.

Konomi Higo

Research Center on ELSI, the University of Osaka

Konomi Higo, an assisstant professor at Research Center on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues at the University of Osaka. She specializes in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) of emerging sciences and technologies, with a focus on outreach, public engagement, and the communication of academic knowledge to broader audiences, including collaboration with industry and other stakeholders.

Yusuke Nagato

Research Center on ELSI, the University of Osaka

Yusuke Nagato, an associate professor (lecturer) at Research Center on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues at the University of Osaka. His research explores the intersection of quantum science and pseudoscience, with a particular focus on investment and policy. He has recently published a paper examining the ethical implications of "hype" within the field of quantum innovation.

Mao Narita

Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University

I am a Ph.D. student at Kobe University. I became involved in the field of quantum information science several years ago, and I am currently visiting laboratories to film their work processes in order to identify the practical knowledge used in setting up experimental systems. Although quantum information science is an academic field even further removed from my background than history that I have observed before, I am striving to deepen my understanding of it through participant observation.

Takuto Enomoto

Research Center on ELSI, the University of Osaka

My name is Takuto Enomoto, a specially appointed fellow of Research Center on ELSI at the University of Osaka. My area of expertise is the philosophy of science and information. I am interested in how the concept of “information” is used in various fields in multiple ways, and I am convinced that quantum information science is a prime example of this. I am also investigating whether pseudoscience related to quantum information science exhibits characteristics that differ from traditional pseudoscience.

Shota Nagayama

Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University

Ph.D. in Media and Governance from Keio University. Nagayama joined mercari R4D as a Senior Researcher in 2018. Since 2022, he concurrently served as a Project Associate Professor at Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University. He joined Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, as a Associate Professor in April 2025. He also serves as the Director of Quantum Internet Task Force, a Board Member of WIDE Project, an organizing committee member of SIG Quantum Software in IPSJ, an expert committee member of SIG Quantum Communication Network in IEICE.

Fumiyoshi Kobayashi

Mercari R4D

URL: https://tensornetwork-qec.jp/

Fumiyoshi Kobayashi (小林 史佳) is a Researcher at Mercari R4D and JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), specializing in Quantum Information and Quantum Error Correction. I contribute to Mercari R4D's quantum information technology research, working toward the "quantum-first era" where society and industry are restructured based on quantum technology.