Kei Kano

PCST Network Committee

Committee member

Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World
2025–2029

Kei Kano, PhD in life science, is a professor in the Science Communication Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Shiga University, Japan. He is also a visiting fellow at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at ANU.

Before this, he worked widely in science communication for school students, adults, and early-career scientists and science for science policy. He was an associate professor at the Science Communication Group, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University.

He has twice (2017 and 2014) won the Prize for Science and Technology for his science communication practices and research by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan.

His current research topics are “Traditional Knowledge for Green Innovation: the Case of Kakishibu (Fermented Astringent Persimmon Juice), Kaki-tannin,” “Culturally Relevant STEAM Education on Kakishibu,” and “Practice on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues/RRI of Educational Technology / AI in Education.”

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