Founded in 2020, the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) of the University of Tokyo aims to serve as a university-based thinktank that brings together experts from the academia, government, media, and corporate sectors, encompassing various issues concerning religion, geopolitics, ideology, security, and technology.

As stated in our name, we are an “open laboratory” where experts and scholars can freely interact, exchange, and collaborate on a variety of pressing international issues to stimulate better understanding and ideas through analyses and discussions.

Analyses and insights by ROLES scholars and members are frequently featured in various domestic and international academic and policy-oriented publications, as well as the mass media and online outlets.

In addition, a number of our scholars and members have consulted government and industrial stakeholders.

The projects conducted by ROLES are funded by grants and subsidies from government, foundations, and corporations, but are objective and nonpartisan.