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Ayabe Lab
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A lab that approaches science and technology as a social activity through history and theory.
AboutAbout the lab
Seeing science and technology from the side of society.
The Ayabe Lab studies science and technology as a social activity from the standpoint of science and technology studies.
It combines a variety of methods from the humanities and social sciences to examine the relationship between science and technology and society.
So far, the lab has studied the Cold War science and technology system from a historical perspective, and the frameworks for understanding science, technology, and society themselves from a theoretical perspective.
Recently, it has also been paying attention to trends related to communication.
Key terms
- Science and technology studies
- An academic field that examines the relationship between science and technology and society using methods from the humanities and social sciences
- Sociology of science
- A field that views scientific activity from its social aspects, namely relationships among people and institutions
- Science and technology system
- The overall structure of how a country or society organizes and supports research and development
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Making comprehensive use of methods from the humanities and social sciences, the lab studies science and technology as a social activity. It has addressed the Cold War science and technology system from a historical perspective, and has also considered the frameworks concerning science, technology, and society themselves from a theoretical perspective.
*Illustrative imageExpectations of Science and Social Interests
When governments and academic societies create standards based on science, expectations placed on science clash with the interests of industry and the public. Taking the history of how guidelines for lighting brightness were created as an example, the lab examines how such compromises are reached.
*Illustrative imagePolicies for Developing Science and Technology Human Resources
Since the 1990s, Japan has built up policies to develop the people who support science and technology. The lab traces how these policies have changed and considers how to connect research on science, technology, and society with research on innovation policy.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHironori Ayabe
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- Top image: “Orrery-MnM 15 NA 13-IMG 6003-black” Rama / CC BY-SA 3.0 fr (cropped)
- Expectations of Science and Social Interests: “SCO office interior Cambridge England July 1997” Jonathan Schilling / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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