Members of the Shibuya Lab presented their research at the 2026 Annual Conference of the Society of Socio-Informatics, held on September 12–13, 2026.
The following studies were presented at the conference:
- Cynthia Yumiko Staub and Yuya Shibuya “Political Information Circulation on YouTube during the 2026 Japanese House of Representatives Election: Focusing on Clip Videos and Secondary Political Content” (2026年衆議院議員選挙におけるYouTube上の政治情報流通 ―切り抜き動画と二次的政治コンテンツに着目して―)
- Yitao Ye and Yuya Shibuya “Information Overload and Consumer Discernment in Online Shopping Environments: A Literature Review Focusing on Attention Allocation Processes” (オンライン購買環境における情報過負荷と購買識別力：注意配分過程に着目した先行研究レビュー)
- Naohiro Sudo and Yuya Shibuya “Spatial Patterns of Economic Segregation in Activity Spaces across the Tokyo Metropolitan Wards” (東京都区部での活動空間における経済的分離の空間的分布)
- Wakana Kato and Yuya Shibuya “Creativity and Mobility: A Review and Future Research Directions” (創造性とモビリティ研究のレビューと展望)
Yuya Shibuya also organized and participated in the workshop “Civic Tech Design in the Age of Generative AI: How Will Participation and Social Problem-Solving Co-evolve with AI?” The workshop featured presentations by Yasukazu Nishio and Ryo Shimizu, followed by discussion on the future relationship between generative AI and civic tech (https://rg-civictech.github.io/20260913/).