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'''“Use your heart, your courage, your vision to fix, to heal, to connect, to empathize. Because living life for something bigger than yourself is a hero’s journey.”'''
 
'''“Use your heart, your courage, your vision to fix, to heal, to connect, to empathize. Because living life for something bigger than yourself is a hero’s journey.”'''
  
Tomohiro Loeer, a UIF candidate and co-founder of student organization Horizon, is currently studying Political Science, Philosophy and Anthropology at Sophia University in Tokyo. Tomo enjoyed a transdisciplinary and intercultural upbringing by growing up in Japan, Germany, and Scotland. He enjoys learning about his native Japanese culture, modern innovation, mental health and what defines creativity. He is an avid lover of Italian cuisine, dive bars and pottery, and likes to keep himself active through team sports like football and volleyball.
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Tomo is a childlike dreamer and stubborn optimist, an amateur permaculturist, with a deep curiosity towards the world of pottery, and a love for baking. In the human world, he is an innovation strategist, designer and educator, working at the intersection of research and design. Currently he is based in Tokyo, and part of the team building the new College of Design at University of Tokyo and is a Designer & Researcher with the U-Tokyo DLX Design Lab at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. He is also part of the teaching team at IDEO U.
  
For Tomo, the UIF program is a place where he can freely grow ideas with a like-minded team. From his mix of Japanese, German and Scottish background, he has grown to believe in individuality - the ability to be yourself - and in passion towards one’s work and dream.
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Tomo holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Sophia University in Tokyo, was a University Innovation Fellow at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University and has studied design at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Germany.
  
In Horizon, he has led a diverse team of 30 members into its second year, and building projects focused on gender, refugee, environmental and innovation issues. When working with others, Tomo values the intention behind the creation of positive impact. This intention was crucial when bringing his founding members of Horizon together in their mission to empower themselves and inspire other changemakers. But more importantly, he acknowledges the value of a team supporting his actions. He wants to empower others, to empower himself.
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His UIF project - RISE was an initiative that delivered self-empowerment and leadership workshops in a roadtrip format to 250+ middle and high school students across Japan.
  
 
==Achievements==
 
==Achievements==
 
  
 
==Social media profiles==
 
==Social media profiles==
  
*''[https://www.facebook.com/tmloeer239 Facebook - Tomo Loeer]''
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*''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoloeer LinkedIn - Tomo Loeer]''
*''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmloeer/ LinkedIn - Tomo Loeer]''
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:52, 20 August 2025

Tomo Loeer profile picture.jpg
Name
Tomohiro Loeer
School (Cohort)
Sophia University (2020 cohort)
Majoring in
Political Science, Philosophy and Anthropology
Country
Tokyo, Japan
Email
Special:EmailUser/Tmloeer

Bio

“Use your heart, your courage, your vision to fix, to heal, to connect, to empathize. Because living life for something bigger than yourself is a hero’s journey.”

Tomo is a childlike dreamer and stubborn optimist, an amateur permaculturist, with a deep curiosity towards the world of pottery, and a love for baking. In the human world, he is an innovation strategist, designer and educator, working at the intersection of research and design. Currently he is based in Tokyo, and part of the team building the new College of Design at University of Tokyo and is a Designer & Researcher with the U-Tokyo DLX Design Lab at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. He is also part of the teaching team at IDEO U.

Tomo holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Sophia University in Tokyo, was a University Innovation Fellow at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University and has studied design at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Germany.

His UIF project - RISE was an initiative that delivered self-empowerment and leadership workshops in a roadtrip format to 250+ middle and high school students across Japan.

Achievements

Social media profiles