Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Program
Doctoral Program
The degree can be obtained in 3 years.
To be enrolled in April or October 2022:
Application period: January 13-January 19, 2022
To be enrolled in October 2022:
Application period: May 9-May 13, 2022
Ph.D. program (available for international students): 5 (possible to be joined by a few more in the secound round of AY2021 enrollment in September 2021)
Master's program held in Japanese: 1 for the one-year program and 9 for the 2-year program
Short-term program held in Japanese over the weekends and summer time: 22
]]>Through provision of basic knowledge and methods for analyzing the research conducted at universities (including R&D corporations) and place to make information exchange between universities, this training aims to contribute to strengthening university functions.
This year, the seminar will be held online via ZOOM. It will begin with lectures on the basics of paper analyses to be followed by explanation on new reports by NISTEP, introduction of analysis cases using paper database (Web of Science) and provision of information on innovation data platform (SPIAS : SciREX Policymaking Intelligent Assistance System), and various fields visualization tool (SciLand Viewer). The e-CSTI developed by the Cabinet Office will also be introduced. After all of these, the participants will have discussions on the issues they have in common, analysis methods and data. To make the base for exercising these analyses efficiently, the participants are expected to be able to find and share issues in their daily business.
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 13:00-18:00
Language: Japanese
To be registered: here
Expected participants: Those involved in research planning and evaluation at universities and research institutions, University Research Administrators (URA) or willing to become a URA, Researchers and students concerned with university evaluation and research evaluation (no preliminary knowledge about university evaluation is not needed.)
Cost: Free
Program: here in Japanese
Lecturers:
KUWABARA, Terutaka, Former GRIPS Professor, Former NISTEP Director
SUMIKURA, Koichi, Professor, GRIPS
IGAMI, Masatsura, NISTEP
KURAKAWA, Kei, Associate Professor, National Institute of Informatics (NII)
ANDO Satoko, Clarivate Analytics Japan
SASAKI Tatsuo, Specialist, GRIPS
SHICHIJO Naohiro, Visiting Professor, GRIPS, Professor, Hitotsubashi University
The 10th session of the 3rd SciREX Open Forum will be held as follows:
FLYER: here
Title: Outlook of Science and Technology Diplomacy in the Pandemic
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 18:30-19:30
Venue: Online via Zoom
To be Registered: through this page
Sponsor: SciREX Center
Co-sponsors: MEXT, SciREX Core Centers
Language: Japanese with Japanese-English translation service
Speaker: Yoichiro Matsumoto, S&T Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Commentator: Takashi Shiraishi, Advisor to the SciREX Center
Moderator: Atsushi Sunami, Director, SciREX Center
Outline: With Science and Technology (S&T) and International Relations becoming more and more intertwined, gradually surfaced from around 2010 is S&T Diplomacy. Amid the global movement of establishing the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) that advices the governments from scientific viewpoints, and the Foreign Ministries S&T Advice Network (FMSTAN), Japan for the first time created a post of S&T Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2015 to advice on S&T-related diplomatic policies and strengthen networking with relevant people in and outside Japan. Today, facing such global challenges as responding to the new corona virus diseases and attaining SDGs, and the start of new administration in the U.S., the role of S&T and the importance of S&T Diplomacy are ever more recognized.
The SciREX Open Forum's 10th session will invite Dr. Yoichiro Matsumoto who assumed the position of the 2nd S&T Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as a speaker to talk about what we can see from the pandemic, how S&T Diplomacy should be in the ongoing pandemic, and what actually can be done. The focus will be on what kind of measures are being taken and what the future outlook will be. During the discussion time, Dr. Takashi Shiraishi, Advisor to the SciREX Center, who has been deeply involved in S&T Diplomacy ever since the establishment of the S&T Advisor position, will join the session to talk about the history of S&T diplomacy and possible future activities.
Program:
Announcement by the SciREX Center
Introduction by Dr. Sunami
Talk by Dr. Matsumoto
Comments by Dr. Shiraishi
Comments and Questions by Dr. Sunami and Answers from Dr. Matsumoto
Q&A from the Audience
The 8th session of the 3rd SciREX Open Forum will be held as follows.
Title: New Development of Risk Governance and Communication - Complex Responses to Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases, Natural Disasters, and Climage Changes
Day & Time: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 18:00-20:00
Language: English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation service to be provided
Venue: Online
Outline, speakers and moderator: this page
Free of charge
To be registered: this page
Outline of the 3rd SciREX Open Forum: See this page.
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Outline:
The risks the society faces are becoming more and more complex along with the various
environmental changes caused by increasing globalization and interdependence between
infrastructure systems. How to cope with such complexity and establish a resilient
society is a grand challenge for governance. This session will take 3 complex risks of
newly infectious diseases, natural disasters, and climate changes. Through cross comparative
analyses of these risks we will try to identify the difference and commonalities
of the characteristics and scope of each risk and discuss the governance and risk communication.
The discussion on governance will focus on the evidence-based policy making
(how the separation and interaction between assessment and management are currently
going on; the administrative and research factors that hinder the cooperation across the
systems). We will also discuss how scientific knowledge and risk can be relayed to the
society as well as how people share the information as their matters
Speakers:
Mikihito Tanaka, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
So Morikawa, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo,
Affiliated Fellow, SciREX Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Seita Emori, Deputy Director, Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Panel members:
Hideaki Shiroyama, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Hideyuki Hirakawa, Professor, Center for the Study of Co* Design, Osaka University
Moderator:
Makiko Matsuo, Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
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The 6th session of the 3rd SciREX Open Forum will be held as follows.
Title: Changing Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Ecosystem and Human Resources Development
Day & Time: Friday, February 5, 2021 18:00-19:30
Language: English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation service to be provided
Venue: Online
Outline, speakers and moderator: this page
Free of charge
To be registered: this page
Outline of the 3rd SciREX Open Forum: See this page.
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Venue:
National Graduate Institute forf Policy Studies (GRIPS) (Access)
7-22-1, Roppongi, Tokyo
ROOM 3C
Language:
Japanese
Organizer:
GRIPS Innovation, Science and Technology (GIST) program
Lecturers:
Kuwahara Terutaka, ex-professor, GRIPS; ex-director, NISTEP
Sumikura Koichi, Professor, GRIPS
Hayashi Takayuki, Professor, GRIPS
Igami Masatsura, NISTEP
Kurakawa Kei, Associate Professor, National Institute of Informatics (NII)
Nakamura Masafumi, Clarivate Analytics
Sasaki Tatsuo, Specialist, GRIPS
Registration:
Through this form by Friday, March 6, 2020