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Summer Camp

Summer Camp has been held annually since 2012 organized by one or two of the six SciREX core centers, having a topic of the year as below. It is a few-days program that can be participated by graduate students, faculty members, researchers, policy makers, and invited lecturers (the student participation may be limited to the SciREX core center universities, depending on the year).

Online versions:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 versions were held ONLINE. A brief summary of the 2021 version can be obtained here, and a translation of the Summer Camp-2021 appeared in the SciREX Quarterly No. 16 is at the bottom of this page.

In-person versions:
As a typical example of an in-person version, the outline and the call for applications for the 2018 camp can be seen here, and a summary report of the 2018 camp is here.

Prticipation & Schedule:
A summer camp has several sub-topics each of which is discussed by a group of 5-6 summer camp participants of different backgrounds and universities. The participants can make requests for the sub-topics they would like to join at the time of application for the camp, but the final decision is made by the Summer Camp Secretariat.

A few of the groups carry the discussions in English, although it also depends on the year. The groups can make site visits and invite lecturers who are experts for the sub-topics. The interim presentations on the 2nd day are followed by the final presentations on the final day. A review panel selects the Best Prize, Outstanding Prize, and Student Award.


Year Organized by Topic Venue
2022 GRIPS, CSITPS Policy Making Responding to Diverse Values GRIPS
2021 GRIPS, ImPP Innovation System in the Post-pandemic Era Online
2020 GRIPS, STiPS Summer School Online
2019 GRIPS STI Policy to Challenge GRIPS
2018 GRIPS STI and Society towards 2030 GRIPS
2017 GRIPS STI Scenario in 2030 GRIPS
2016 ImPP Recovery from Disaster and STI Policy Matsushima
2015 STIG STI and Industrialization Inuyama
2014 STiPS Demographic Map in 2045 Awaji
2013 GRIPS Large-scale Research Projects Tsukuba
2012 CSTIPS Kyushu U.

SciREX Program Members

  • GiST
  • STIG
  • IMPP
  • STIPS
  • CSTIPS
  • NISTEP
  • RISTEX
  • CRDS
  • MEXT