Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research
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)
(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.
(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.
*Open calls for new proposals under the following categories are closed: Area Cultivation, Responding to Real Society, and Global Initiatives.
**Research themes for Co-creation of academic knowledge are recruited only through call for proposals.
**Research themes for Co-creation of academic knowledge are recruited only through call for proposals.
Sought are research topics devised by researchers from different scientific fields that can spur unexpected jumps to new research domains and more innovative yet durable methodologies.
Sought is close collaboration between researchers and working level specialists from the planning and implementation of the research to the dissemination of its results. This linkage with the working level specialists who bridge the research and its application to society is essential in advancing research that makes real societal contributions.
Sought are dialogue and interaction between Japanese and overseas researchers and the generation of globally significant results through the advancement of international joint researcher across diverse fields of the humanities and social sciences and the building of robust international networks.
Co-creation of academic knowledge
Research is advanced in pursuit of questions germane to the intrinsic nature and roots of the humanities and social sciences, the results of which will contribute to answering these questions.