著者

吉澤 剛 山内 保典 東島 仁 中川 智絵

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.9, pp.93-106, 2011-06

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Science communication now needs extending its activities to engage more various actors in intermediary organization linking science and society. Through a comparative analysis of 4 intermediaries in the UK, including the British Science Association (BA), Sciencewise-ERC, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), and the Research Information Network (RIN), this article first illustrates the variety of linking in these intermediaries as a motto like "from science to society / from society to science", "dialogue between science and society for policy", "science for society", and "science community as society". It then draws some lessons for the institutionalization and management of the corresponding organizations in Japan. Important might be the demonstration of the relevance of such organizations by collaborating external partners, promoting internal members' private activities and engaging them with formative evaluation.