Future Society and the Universities Policy Research Unit

Established : Jun. 9, 2011

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Overview

Today, the economic fabric of society is undergoing changes so significant as to amount to a paradigm shift, in the midst of which advanced education is expected to hold the key. In order to respond to such expectations, this unit conducts research from a global standpoint both on how we might reaffirm the role of Japanese universities and on what a new university system which would meet the needs of a changed world might look like.

Research

To achieve our goals, firstly we examine both the social effects and the innovation-promoting effects, of advanced education, as objectively as possible. Secondly, from a global standpoint, we collect qualitative facts about changes in the economy, in society as a whole and in the advanced education system, with particular focus on changes in doctoral training systems and in their role. Finally, we coordinate our discussions and compile a report on the role and the future of advanced education.

Director

    Ichiro Sakata (Director and Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute / Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)

Members

  • Yoichiro Matsumoto (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering)
  • Masayuki Kobayashi (Professor, Center for Reserch and Development of Higher Education)
  • Tamotsu Tokunaga (Professor, University of Tsukuba / Visiting Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
  • Jiro Nemoto (Professor, School of Economics, Nagoya University)
  • Yoshiaki Sawada (Professor, Center for National University Finance and Management)
  • Yuya Kajikawa (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Innovation Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology / Visiting Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
  • Akira Morita (Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research / Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo / Visiting Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
  • Wenjun Liu (Project Assistant Professor, Center for Research and Development of Higher Education / Visiting Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
  • Eriko Kiriyama (Visiting Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)

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