Based on a report by Subdivision on Science, Council for Science and Technology, titled “Promotion of the Humanities and Social Sciences Addressing Risk Society and Matured Intellectual Society,”* issued in July 2012, this program works to contribute to advancing the Humanities and Social Sciences in three areas:

(1) Joint research that will yield breakthroughs through close linkages with other fields of science
(2) Joint research aimed at making societal contributions
(3) International joint research that contributes to advancing the Humanities and Social Sciences

The latter accompanied by (4) joint research that merges sciences and social sciences in pursuit of questions germane to the intrinsic nature and roots of the humanities and social sciences, advance based on concepts contained in the report “Project to Co-create Academic Knowledge upon an Axis of the Humanities and Social Sciences,” issued as the compilation of discussions held by the members of the aforementioned Committee.

*Report by Subdivision on Science, Council for Science and Technology（Full version）
Promotion of the Humanities and Social Sciences Addressing Risk Society and Matured Intellectual Society (PDF/296KB/External Link)

The program is carried out in four subsets:

(1) Area Cultivation
(2) Responding to Real Society
(3) Global Initiatives
(4) Co-creation of academic knowledge

The research itself is recruited in two categories: Topic-setting research on themes selected by the Program Committee, and openly recruited research on themes proposed by researchers themselves. This dual structure works to advance joint research in the most Cutting-Edge and cross-cutting fields of the humanities and social sciences.