Basic Research
SciREX Program carries basic research as follows.
SciREX Center Research Projects: JFY2020
| Project & Duration | Objective & Development | PI & Co-workers |
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Personnel training through Intellectual Property Management Study Meeting September 2020 - March 2021 |
Through the "Intellectural Property Management Study Meeting" launched and led by the PI, we will form networks and career paths for the people involved in industry-university IP management, function as the contact point for the people interested in IP, and develop and train IP management personnel. From AY2021, classes of "Intellectual Property Management I and II" will be added to the GRIPS STI program. It will be valuable to have this project as a SciREX basic project before the classes begin, as the outcome of the project will actually be seen in classes. See Sumikura Project, No.2 in Coevolution Implementation Projects: JFY2021-2022 |
SUMIKURA Koichi, Professor, GRIPS YAMAMOTO Takashi, U of Tokyo TLO CEO; SUZUKI Mutsuaki, IPR Department Director, National Institute of Genetics; TENMOTO Shiho, Visiting Researcher, GRIPS |
Study on university evaluation and indexes, and how to use them July 2020 - March 2021 |
We will collaborate with the evaluation working group under the Promoting the Evolution of Academia for Knowledge Society (PEAKS) that is led by the Cabinet Office, and make proposals on how the financial distribution to universities and education research methods and indexes should be in reference to domestic and overseas studies and calculations. Based on our study in JFY2019, we will produce a report and hold several study meetings. See Hayashi Project, No.1 in Coevolution Implementation Projects: JFY2021-2022 |
HAYASHI Takayuki, Professor, GRIPS SAITO Takahiro, Professor, Management & Planning Office, Osaka University; MIZUTA Kensuke, Professor, National Institute for Academic Degrees & Quality Enhancement of Higher Education; YONEZAWA Akiyoshi, Deputy Director, International Strategy Office, Tohoku University; KAWAMURA Mari, SciREX Program specialist; ANDO Nika, SciREX Program specialist |
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Study on possibility of case method education in R&D management and evaluation August 2020 - March 2021 |
To study the possibility of case method education for funding agency and URA members: In JFY2019 we examined a project awarded by JST-RISTEX program as interdisciplinary research, and through the interview to the project PI, we drafted one case method. In JFY2020 We will hold a workshop to prove its effectiveness and ultimately produce a prototype. | ANDO Nika,SciREX Project Specialist, GRIPS ISHIMURA Gensei, Professor, iU; TAHARA Keiichiro, Researcher, Institute for Future Engineering: YOSHIZAWA Go, Research Fellow, Oslo City University |
Development and activation of the use of "SciLand Viewer" August 2020 - March 2021 |
To develop "SciLand Viewer" that enables visualization of interdisciplinary research and encourage government officials to use it See Ikeuchi Project, No.3 in Coevolution Implementation Projects: JFY2021-2022 |
SASAKI Tatsuo,SciREX Project Specialist, GRIPS OKAMURA Keisuke, MEXT; KOSHIBA Hitoshi, NISTEP |
Research projects carried at the SciREX Center: JFY2016-2018
| Government-designated Issue | SciREX Project Name | Objective | PI |
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| 1.Evaluation of Policies | Developmet of Measurement Index for STI Policy's Economic and Social Effects | To develop simulation models to evaluate the societal and economic effects of STI policies; to establish scenarios and economic models that can measure the policy effects and use them in the S&T White Paper and the Government STI Basic Plans | KURODA, Masahiro SciREX Center Program Manager |
| 2.Policy Management System | Index for Monitoring and Improving Policies | To develop index and technique to evaluate the STI policies for medium- and long-term management systems to be improved; To systematically review the related policies and objectives to evaluate the evidence-based index as well as the methods for collecting/linking/analyzing the base data | ARIMOTO, Tateo SciREX Center Deputy Director |
| 3.Innovation System in Public Sector | Identification and Improvement of the Systems at the Public Research Institutions that Promote Innovation | To establish a "management score board" for universities and public research institutions that are main players for promoting STI; To analyze strategic plans at foreign universities and data for Japanese universities management | ARIMOTO, Tateo & HAYASHI, Takayuki GRIPS Professor |
| 4.Immediate and Strategic Response to the Nationally Critical Issues | Strategic Policy Scenario to Respond to the Nationally Critical Issues and Developoment of the Scenario-making Method | To identify the issues that Japan should cope with in the context of international STI policy trends, and those that require to be solved without barriers between ministries and agencies | SUNAMI, Atsushi SciREX Center Director |
| 5.Improvement of Policy Formation | Development of the Method for Improving Policy Formation Process | To identify the barriers in the decision making process for STI policies, and to discuss how to solve them; to analyze the policies for medical ICT use, talk with the stakeholders, and establish evidence-based policy-making process | MORITA, Akira SciREX Center Project Manager |
Research projects carried at the SciREX member universities: JFY2016-2018
| Government-designated Issue | SciREX Project Name | Objective | PI and Principal university |
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| 1.Super-Smart City and STI Policy | Establishment of policy-making support system to deal with social issues derived from newly developed sciene and technology | When new S&T tools like 'super smart city' emerge in a society, they are accompanied by new societal issues. This project identifies these issues, finds the solution, and develops a system that helps in making policies. | HIRAKAWA, Hideyuki (Osaka U) Osaka University |
| 2.Demography (Aging and Low Birth Rate) and STI Policy | Visualization of local governments' school physical exam Information and establishment of the database to make use of the information | To establish a database based on the information from the school physical exam supported by the local governments; to analyze the visualized data and see if they can be used for making government policies, in academic fields and industries | KAWAKAMI, Koji (Kyoto U) Kyoto University |
| 3.Local Area Revitalization and STI Policy | Case study to contribute to the local area innovation and development of policy support system | To analyze the innovations in local areas to establish and implement STI policies in local areas; to store the data in the RESIDENTS, local- area STI policy support system developed by Kyushu University, and use the data in training local area policy-making officials | NAGATA, Akiya (Kyushu U) Kyushu & Hitotsubashi Universities |
| 4.Open Innovation Policy and Industry-University Collaboration | Industry-University-Government Collaboration to create innovation; knowledge management and system design | What kind of organizations and systems are required for a university to create new knowledge with industries and public organizations in causing innovations? This project views this based on risk management and open science, and discusses the current issues and future possibilities | SHIROYAMA, Hideaki (U of Tokyo) University of Tokyo |
