Technology Assessment Research Demonstration Project
Established : Sep. 29, 2010
(*The unit was abolished in March 2015, part of their research continuing under Technology Governance Policy Research Unit)
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Overview
Adopting strategic intelligence approaches such as road mapping, scenario mapping, and regulatory impact assessment in various fields, we conduct researches mainly concerning technology assessment. We also discuss the design of institutions.
Research
Technology assessment (TA) is the social impact assessment of technology and widely involves determining objectively what influences technology development has on society, disseminating our findings with the public, policy makers and the government, and provoking discussion to underpin decision-making.
We reaffirmed the role that technology assessment may play in the policy-making process in science and technology through our Science and Technology Governance Seminars and joint symposiums with the Innovation and Institutionalization of Technology Assessment (I2ta) project (from fiscal year 2007 to 2010), held at the Graduate School of Public Policy. After the I2ta project ended, its outcomes and resources were passed over to the Policy Alternatives Research Institute. The Technology Assessment Research Demonstration Project implements a technology assessment on the socio-economic scenario of the Energy Efficiency Roadmap Formulation in East Asia and develops an institutional design for Medical Technology Assessment (MTA) and Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA).
Energy (Person in Charge: Prof. Hisashi Yoshikawa)
*In Jul 2014, this research project changed into Global Energy Policy and East Asia Research Unit
Health (Person in Charge: Ryoko Hatanaka) (April 2010 - March 2014)
Nanobio FIRST project, Social Relationship Group
Food (Person in Charge: Makiko Matsuo)
Future challenges in TA activities on food safety in Japan; Food safety governance (e.g. Application of nanotechnology to food), international food safety regulation
Smart Regulation (Person in Charge: Makiko Matsuo)
Director
Hideaki Shiroyama (Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy / Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Members
Ichiro Sakata (Director and Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute / Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
Hisashi Yoshikawa (Project Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute / Graduate School of Public Policy)
Go Yoshizawa (Associate Professor, Division of Medicine, Graducate School of Medicine, Osaka University / Visiting Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Hajime Sasaki (Project Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Masayuki Seino (Project Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Hisato Tashiro (Project Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Makiko Matsuo (Project Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Nobuo Hashimoto (Visiting Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Kensuke Yamaguchi (Visiting Researcher, Energy Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University)