1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
[U15-01] Differences in Orientations and Attitudes of Members of JpGU and AGU in Earth and Planetary Science: Cultural Differences and Issues Revealed by the Questionnaire Results
★Invited Papers
Keywords:Cultural Difference, Values of Science, Environment Surrounding the Research
The presenter has been conducting a series of sessions on “The Value of Knowledge Creation” as a joint session with AGU in the category of Union Session at the JpGU Annual Conference since 2020 to the present. The session is a joint session with AGU, as mentioned already, it is conducted in English only and consists of an average of two invited lectures and a panel discussion. Basically, each year, a pre-conference and/or post-conference questionnaire is sent to the participants of the annual conference, it is mainly JpGU members, that is along to the content of the session theme for each year.
In 2020, pre-conference questionnaire survey was conducted to not only for JpGU members but alsofor AGU members, and some of the results have already been reported by Yamanaka in JGL 2021 No. 1, as titled “Researchers' Perceptions of Research and Its Evaluation - Introduction of the Results of the Questionnaire to JpGU Members”. This survey revealed cultural differences in values and research environments with regard to research orientation and research evaluation.
In this presentation, based on the presenter's personal experience in organizing the Union Sessions, I would like to discuss the following two points, which I believe are essential when communicating across language and cultural boundaries in order for the earth science discipline to promote research, education, and the return of results to society on a more global scale: 1) awareness of “differences in values” even within the same research field, and 2) advantages and disadvantages of conducting sessions in English.
In 2020, pre-conference questionnaire survey was conducted to not only for JpGU members but alsofor AGU members, and some of the results have already been reported by Yamanaka in JGL 2021 No. 1, as titled “Researchers' Perceptions of Research and Its Evaluation - Introduction of the Results of the Questionnaire to JpGU Members”. This survey revealed cultural differences in values and research environments with regard to research orientation and research evaluation.
In this presentation, based on the presenter's personal experience in organizing the Union Sessions, I would like to discuss the following two points, which I believe are essential when communicating across language and cultural boundaries in order for the earth science discipline to promote research, education, and the return of results to society on a more global scale: 1) awareness of “differences in values” even within the same research field, and 2) advantages and disadvantages of conducting sessions in English.