Policy Decisions And Scientific Literacy
Research and Legislative Reference Bureau of the National Diet Library (ed.), "Policy Decisions And Scientific Literacy," Research Materials, 2017-7, March 2018.
“Post-truth”, a social trend that has emerged since the beginning of the 21st century, is against scientific evidence-based policy-making. Scientific literacy is a way of thinking that puts emphasis on not only the understanding of science and technology but also the capacity to utilize science and technology. It should be acquired by the general public to take the outcome of science and technology into our society properly. At the same time, it is an extremely important concept to deal with post-truth. The objective of this research is to clarify the roles of relevant stakeholders in order to promote scientific evidence-based policy-making. In this regard, the role of parliamentary technology assessment institutions and academia is focused to reveal the point concerning the policy decision and scientific literacy in Japan. The subjects of the research are (1) the current state of scientific literacy in Japan, (2) overseas cases of policy decision support on science and technology. According to these investigations, the points regarding the dissemination of scientific evidence-based policy-making and the scientific literacy necessary for policy decision are to be clarified. In compiling the results as a report, an investigation committee was established to discuss topics related to the subject of investigation and the literature surveys were conducted as necessary. 〔The table of contents and the summary in English are contained in the following document. https://doi.org/10.11501/11065240〕
Publication type:
project report
Publication language:
Japanese
Publication date:
2018-03
Publication URL:
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/11065238
Institute:
Research and Legislative Reference Bureau (RLRB), National Diet Library (NDL) (RLRB)
Country:
Japan

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