The Working Group on the Promotion of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Academic Subcommittee of the Science and Technology Council has set out a direction for collaboration with the natural sciences and improvement of internationality.It is necessary to utilize the knowledge accumulated in the academic system of the humanities and social sciences in the modern society where dramatic changes are expected due to the development of science and technology.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the working group has not changed the importance of humanities and social sciences in the modern society, which has entered a period of great change due to the progress of science and technology, but it responds sufficiently to the social issues facing the modern society. I think there are some aspects that have not been completed.
He said that the research fields were overly subdivided, making it difficult to relate specialized research to macro-knowledge, and that it was necessary to deepen the quest for the challenges facing modern society.
As a way to solve these problems, the working group
■ Promote diverse collaboration and collaboration with the natural sciences across disciplines
■ Humanities and social sciences give a position in the unique academic system toward the social implementation of the results produced by the progress of science and technology.
■ Promote data digitization in the fields of humanities and social sciences
■ Promote the internationalization of academic research by disseminating information in languages other than Japanese
■ Establish an open international joint research center including personnel system
■ Develop support for co-creation projects with an eye on the future society in various ways such as crowdfunding
-I mentioned.
