9:25 AM - 9:40 AM
[U09-02] What's Next for Japan's Geoscience Community? Based on the results of this session series over the past five years.
★Invited Papers
Keywords:“Knowledge Creation” session series, “Research Evaluation” and “Society”
There is a wide range of research, from “research that responds to the mandate of society” to “research that responds to the intellectual curiosity of humankind". In the “Knowledge Creation” session series, a union session consisting of overseas case reports and panel discussions was held in collaboration with AGU starting in 2020, and pre- and post-session surveys were conducted for conference participants, mainly JpGU members (in 2021, only sessions were held and no surveys were conducted).
In 2020, a session entitled “Ideal and Reality of Research Evaluation and Accountability” was held, with invited speakers Takeo Arimoto (JST) and Robin Bell (AGU). Panelists also discussed the recent distortion of citation counts and impact factors as easy evaluation indicators in Japan, and the bias of the academic field toward direct problem-solving research that lacks the ideals of science and researchers, which could be called “paper worshipism”.
Pre-conference questionnaire survey was conducted at JpGU, and a same questionnaire was conducted at AGU this year. A comparison of the two results revealed cultural differences in the environment surrounding science and the concept of scientific achievement.
In 2021, Suzan Lozier (AGU) and Atsuko Tsuji (Chubu University) were invited speakers on the topic “Public Perceptions of Trust and Accountability”. In the panel discussion, panelists discussed society's expectations of the scientific community and how the scientific community and its members can account for those expectations. No questionnaire survey was conducted this year.
In 2022, Raj Pandya (AGU) and Yuko Onishi (Institute for Integrated Global Environmental Studies) were invited speakers, and held under the theme “The Role of Researchers, Communities, and FAs”. The questionnaire surveys were conducted for the third consecutive year, beginning with this issue, and provided in-depth findings on each issue. The results of the four questionnaire surveys, excluding the 2021, conducted at JpGU, will be presented in detail in separate posters.
In 2023, we held a session entitled “Our Own Perceptions of Science and Society,” and in 2024, a session entitled “Society and Science, Collaboration, and Performance Evaluation,” to continue discussions on more interdisciplinary and socially reductive research and initiatives and their scientific evaluation.
In this presentation, after summarizing the previous sessions, we will propose a “future perspective on research evaluation” that takes research diversity into account, with “research evaluation” and “society” as the main focus.
In 2020, a session entitled “Ideal and Reality of Research Evaluation and Accountability” was held, with invited speakers Takeo Arimoto (JST) and Robin Bell (AGU). Panelists also discussed the recent distortion of citation counts and impact factors as easy evaluation indicators in Japan, and the bias of the academic field toward direct problem-solving research that lacks the ideals of science and researchers, which could be called “paper worshipism”.
Pre-conference questionnaire survey was conducted at JpGU, and a same questionnaire was conducted at AGU this year. A comparison of the two results revealed cultural differences in the environment surrounding science and the concept of scientific achievement.
In 2021, Suzan Lozier (AGU) and Atsuko Tsuji (Chubu University) were invited speakers on the topic “Public Perceptions of Trust and Accountability”. In the panel discussion, panelists discussed society's expectations of the scientific community and how the scientific community and its members can account for those expectations. No questionnaire survey was conducted this year.
In 2022, Raj Pandya (AGU) and Yuko Onishi (Institute for Integrated Global Environmental Studies) were invited speakers, and held under the theme “The Role of Researchers, Communities, and FAs”. The questionnaire surveys were conducted for the third consecutive year, beginning with this issue, and provided in-depth findings on each issue. The results of the four questionnaire surveys, excluding the 2021, conducted at JpGU, will be presented in detail in separate posters.
In 2023, we held a session entitled “Our Own Perceptions of Science and Society,” and in 2024, a session entitled “Society and Science, Collaboration, and Performance Evaluation,” to continue discussions on more interdisciplinary and socially reductive research and initiatives and their scientific evaluation.
In this presentation, after summarizing the previous sessions, we will propose a “future perspective on research evaluation” that takes research diversity into account, with “research evaluation” and “society” as the main focus.