国際公共政策実践研究（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 course schedule is as follows. Part 1. Methods of social design – perspectives from various disciplines Day #1 Saturday 22 April 2023 Course introduction (Prof. Roberto Orsi, Dr. Daniel Del Barrio, Dr. Koji Kimita) 15:00-15:30 (1) • Prof. Kato (civil engineering) 15:30-16:00 • Prof. Hashizume (medical sciences) 16:00-16:30 (video-recorded lecture) • Prof. Kanou (life science) 16:30- 17:00 • Cross-cutting discussion 17:00-17:30 (2) • Prof. Kawaguchi (economics) 17:40-18:10 • Prof. Orsi (international politics) 18:10- 18:40 • Prof. Koshizuka (information science and technology) 18:40-19:10 (video-recorded lecture) • Cross-cussing discussion 19:10- 19:40 Wrapping-up Day #1 19:40-19:55 Day #2 Sunday 23 April 2023 (1) • Prof. Arai (engineering) 15:00- 15:30 • Prof. Nakasuka (space engineering) 15:30-16:00 (video recorded lecture) • Prof. Maruyama (nano-scale engineering) 16:00- 16:30 • Cross-cutting discussion 16:30-17:00 (2) • Prof. Yagi (agriculture and fishing) 17:10- 17:40 • Prof. Suzuki (public policy in practice) 17:40- 18:10 • Cross-cutting discussion 18:40- 19:10 Wrapping-up Day#2 19:10-19:25 Part 2. Presentations by students and discussion Day #3 Saturday 10th June 2023 Interim presentations by the students/ Discussion <Saturday 10th June 2023 9:00- 12:30 13:30- 17:00> Day #4 Saturday 8th July Final Presentation by the students / Discussion <Saturday 8th July 9:00-12:30 13:30-17:00> *****