Case Study (Social Design and Management)

Social Design and Management

In this seminar, students are expected to examine research in various fields such as resources, environment and energy, health and medicine, space and ocean, security, global economy, food and life, AI and digitalization, and learning and communication in relation to various social issues, and attempt to design solutions (technical and institutional solutions) to social issues in concrete ways. In doing so, students will consciously consider what other fields of knowledge are necessary in addition to the knowledge in their own field of expertise, and students will attempt to compare various solution options. Students will also examine the challenges of implementing such solutions in society.

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In the first part of the class, lecturers will give an overview of design concepts in each field, comparing them with each other, as a prerequisite for each student to do this kind of work. Issues include: whether design is even possible; the nature of the design process, including self-organization and roles of stakeholders; the role of scenarios in design; ethics; and transitions. In the second part of the class, each student will give a presentation and write a report based on the discussion (which is expected to serve also as the basis for writing a side paper for students in the GSDM program). The exact schedule of the course will be announced soon, but mainly the course will take place on the following days, plus one extra day in early April (Professors' 30 min lectures sessions on two contiguous days) SAT 19 APR before 13.30 AND SUN 20 APR afternoon 14.00-17.00 (Students' interim presentations) SAT 14 JUN afternoon 14.00-17.00 (Students' final presentations) SUN 6 JUL afternoon 14.00-17.00