Evidence-based Science & Technology Policy Design

Science, technology, and innovation (STI) shape the foundation of the contemporary society and thus make a major arena of public policy. The complex nature of the STI system poses various challenges, and effective policymaking approaches have been explored and developed. Evidence-based policy making (EBPM) is one such approach that is expected to address the challenges and has been implemented in STI policy design, although it has its own challenges and limitations. In this course, students are expected to learn the context of STI and the basis of EBPM as well as to learn how EBPM can be applied to STI policy design.

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授業計画

The course consists of two parts. Part 1 is based several lectures on various STI topics – such as production of knowledge, development of STI labor, university-industry relations, evaluation of STI, management of STI organizations, and resource allocation – in which we discuss the context of the topic, policy agendas, and policy designs based on recent research papers. For part of the lectures, we invite scholars and policymakers who are expert in the respective fields. Part 2 is based on a project, in which students are expected to select an STI policy agenda of their own interest and propose a policy design.

授業の方法

Lecture and project

成績評価方法

Class participation and a report

教科書

There is no textbook.

参考書

Presented in the classes

履修上の注意

その他

This course is a part of Science, Technology, and Innovation Governance (STIG) Education Program: https://stig.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/***** 本授業は、大学院横断型教育プログラム「科学技術イノベーション政策の科学（STIG）教育プログラム」に認定されています。