特集に寄せて：人文・社会科学系研究が創造するイノベーション

抄録

In innovation creation, most discussions and projects have been led by technological development based on natural science research. However, this special issue is concerned with the possibility that innovation is also driven and created by the wisdom of social sciences and humanities (SSH) research. SSH research is extremely important in tackling "wicked" problems embedded in complex social systems, and in developing innovations to solve such problems.

The structure of this special issue is as follows:

First, the role and function of the University Research Administrator (URA) as a supportive function for innovation created by SSH research is discussed.

Next, we discuss transformative innovation policy as a theoretical background.

Then, actual research cases in economics, citizen science, humanities, and industrial-academic collaborations are presented.

Finally, as an advanced case study, a discussion of the support provided by the U.K. government and the U.K. academic research community is presented.