Science Technology and Humanity (2005-2012)
PUBLIC NEEDS
Area Director:
Yoichiro MURAKAMI
President,
Toyo Eiwa University
Of all the types of knowledge, the power of knowledge based on Science and Technology has been unsurpassed. As a result the environment around us is now full of artifacts, which both support and restrict human activity. Our lives, from cradle to grave, are now dominated almost completely by artificial mechanisms. In other words, many matters that were dominated by nature are coming to be dominated by the will of human beings. Despite this drastic change, there has been little appropriate innovation in human activities and behavior, or the codes of conduct and social systems that prescribe human activity compared to the times when these matters were dominated by nature.
This Focus Area aims to study the nature of human beings, lifestyles and society in the future, as science and technology continue to play an ever greater role in society. The study will be conducted from an empirical as opposed to an armchair approach.
GOALS:
- To create an open network of people involved in dealing with problems that arise between S&T and society, not only drawing from universities and research institutions but also from political, industrial, legal, administrative and other societal sectors.
- To assess how and what has changed and what issues have arisen as the result of the interactions of S&T with society, and to produce solid outcomes (i.e., policy proposals, development of methods, system innovations and experimental exercises) which can be implemented in society.
REPORT of R&D Focus Area
Report of R&D Focus Area: Science Technology and Humanity
INTERACTION BETWEEN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
"Expanding the range of participants and a new role for experts"
for download (4.2MB)
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R&D Program: Interactions between Science, Technology, and Society (FY2007-2012)
- To fund and support R&D projects (of 1-5yrs. in duration) to pursue Goals [1] and [2]
R&D Research Projects
| Project Name | Length | Project Director | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2009 | Remodeling Interactive Risk Communication based on Actor' s Spontaneous Cooperation (RIRiC) | 3yrs | Riichiro IIZAWA | Professor, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University |
| Autism-friendly Society : A Search for Reconciling Coexistence with and Cure of Autism | 3yrs | Manabu OI | Professor, School of Teacher Education, Kanazawa University | |
| Establishment of the "Science Media Centre of Japan" as an Information Hub for Science and Technology | 3yrs | Shiro SEGAWA | Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University | |
| Legal Decision-making under Scientific Uncertainty | 3yrs | Tamiko NAKAMURA | Lawyer, Lybra Law Office | |
| FY2008 | Construction of a Pragmatic Scientist Community Contributing to the Stakeholder-driven Management of the Local Environment | 4yrs | Tetsu SATO | Professor, Nagano University Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies |
| Promotion of Dialogue in Policy - making： focusing on stakeholder dialogue on significant long - term greenhouse gas emission reductions | 3.5yrs | Masaharu YAGISHITA | Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University | |
| Establishment of the Social System for the Healthy Coastal Sea Environment (Creation of "Sato-umi") | 3.5yrs | Tetsuo YANAGI | Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University | |
| Development of Medical Care Based on Convinced Validities from Multiple Viewpoints ? Clinical Assessment through Integrated Application of Ubiquitous Vision and Conversation Analysis in a Field of Tertiary Acute Care ? | 4yrs | Tetsuo YUKIOKA | Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical University | |
| FY2007 | The Nagahama Rules for Genome Epidemiology Studies Open to the Community | 5yrs | Keiko AKASHI | Section sub-leader, Nagahama City Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section |
| Innovation and Institutionalization of Technology Assessment in Japan: Dealing with Nanotechnologies | 3.5yrs | Hideaki Shiroyama | Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo | |
| Development of a Sustainable Community Management System Introducing Energy Conversion Technology for Forest Resources | 3.5yrs | Seigo NASU | Professor, Kochi University of Technology / Director of Research Center for Social Management Systems/ Director of School of Management | |
| Research Project on the Deliberation and Cooperation between Citizens and Scientists (DeCoCiS) | 4.5yrs | Hideyuki HIRAKAWA | Associate Professor, Osaka University Center for the Study of Communication-Design (CSCD) | |
R&D Program: Science and Technology, Literacy in the 21st Century (FY2005-2009)
- To fund and support R&D programs that deal particularly with S&T literacy issues, including the improvement of S&T literary among non-experts and social literacy of S&T experts
R&D Research Projects
| Project Name | Length | Project Director | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2006 | Improvement of Science and Technology Literacy Among Young Generations by Researchers Engaged in Cutting-edge Technology | 3yrs. | Marie OSHIMA | Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo |
| Learning Science for Science Learning | 3yrs. | Hiroko OTSUKA | Researcher, Computational linguistics Division,The Institute of Behavioral Sciences | |
| Scientific literacy surveys to identify various literacy characteristics within the public, and development of educational programmes matched to those characteristics | 3yrs. | Miki SAIJO | Professor, Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology | |
| Enhancing Neuroscience Literacy through the Use of a Textbook Designed for both Humanities and Science Students | 3yrs. | Yukihiro NOBUHARA | Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo | |
| FY2005 | A Study for Public Understanding and Response to Climate Change Issues | 3yrs. | Midori AOYAGI-USUI | Senior Researcher, Social and Environment Systems Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| Expanding Literacy for Citizen-based Nature Revitalization and Local Community Revitalization Using Satellite Image Information | 3yrs. | Norihisa KAMIBAYASHI | Senior Research Scientist, Research Department, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan | |
| Basic Research for Improving and Maintaining the Science and Technology Literacy of Citizens | 2.5yrs. | Yoji TAKIKAWA | The Chairman of the NPO: Galileo Science Workshop | |
| The Formation of Citizen Patronage for Science | 3yrs. | Kazuhisa TODAYAMA | Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University | |
| Interactive Enhancement of Researchers' Social Literacy and Laypeople's Science Literacy | 3yrs. | Hirokazu MATSUI | Professor, Research Facuity of Agriculture, Hokkaido University | |