R&D Projects

An Evaluation of Social Acceptance and Value Creation for Science, Technology, and Innovation

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator: TAKASHIMA Ryuta
TAKASHIMA Ryuta
Professor, Department of Industrial Administration, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science

Objective

1. We investigate social impact and acceptance by means of deriving benefits and utilities of a decarbonized society.
2. In technologies of energy conservation system, we show a method to motivate behavior changes by using nudges based on behavioral science and economics.
3. A relationship among the society, decarbonized technologies, and reductions of carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 and 2050 is indicated, and some scenarios for the relationship are provided.
4. We support to develop a “logic model” for policymakers of energy policy.

Outline

In "the Integrated Innovation Strategy" that was decided by the Cabinet on June 2018, areas of science and technology, which should be improved in the future, includes AI technology, biotechnology, and environmental and energy. In the area of environmental and energy, especially, in order to achieve a target in the Paris Agreement that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050, the strategy indicates the introduction not only of existing but also of new decarbonized technologies, e.g., hydrogen energy, storage battery, and CCS and CCU. In any technologies, it is crucial to create innovations of demand side as well as supply one. It isn’t relatively difficult to obtain cost data of new technology due to recent penetration, whereas social impacts as benefits and utilities are uncertain. In addition, even if it is recognized that the technologies increase the utility of the society, social acceptances and efficient installations of various infrastructures might be required.
In this project, by focusing on energy technology, we examine social acceptances, and economic utilities and benefits for technologies of decarbonization and energy conservation system. We aim to develop future’s scenarios for the society and the decarbonized technologies by means of analyzing the interactions via surveys of public opinion and statistical analyses, agent-based simulations, and economic laboratory experiments.

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