著者
榎木 英介 春日 匠
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.44-55, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

In Japanese society, civil society movements are not active. One of the most important characters of Japanese civil society movements is the lack of policy planning and its advocacy. Academicians, though usually defined as an intellectual sector of society, have no channel and little inclination to advocate their opinions. However recent changing situation demands scientists to explain their activities, achievements or philosophy. In this paper, we overview major differences between the Japanese society and other societies of developed countries affecting the activities of promoting social dialogue about science, R&D or university education. Especially, we focus on (1) the role and activities of organizations in the West (like AAAS in the United States or Observa in Italy), (2) the way scientists are involved into them, and (3) social or cultural supports these organizations get from their societies. In addition, we also explore the possible role of Non-Profit Organization in Japanese society by analyzing the activity of our NPO, Science Communication as a case.
著者
春日 匠
出版者
北海道大学科学技術コミュニケーター養成ユニット
雑誌
科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1, pp.36-46, 2007-03

"Science Shop" is defined as a system which provides independent, participatory research support in response to concerns experienced by civil society. In the Netherlands, science shops have been operated in almost every university since 1970s. The same types of science shops have been conducted in some other countries such as United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark since 1980s. The European Commission is now supporting to disseminate this concept to other European countries, especially to Eastern Europe. In this paper, we will discuss the possibility of the transferring the effectiveness of science shops to the Japanese society. For this purpose, we will review the character, the history and the actual process of science shops. The necessity of "the participatory research" such as science shops are gradually increasing in various parts of the world. Additionally, some cases in third world countries shall clarify the importance of learning from their experience.