UCLA – Star Science and Innovation in Japan Workshop

  • Date
    • Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
  • Participants
    • Lynne Zucker (Professor, UCLA)
    • Michael Darby (Professor, UCLA)
    • Kanetaka Maki (Associate Professor, Waseda Business School)
    • Koichi Sumikura (Professor, GRIPS)
    • Hiromi Saito (Associate Professor, Chiba Univ.)
    • Yasushi Hara (Specialist, GRIPS)
  • Project Introduction
  •  Schedule
    • Closed workshop with invitation only (10am-4pm)
      • Star Scientist Project Overview – Kanetaka Maki
      • Constructing the Dataset – Yasushi Hara
      • Definition of the stars – Yasushi Hara
      • Star Scientists in Japan – Hiromi Saito
      • Star Scientists in San Diego – Koichi Sumikura
    • Open workshop (4-6pm): Hosted by Knowledge and Cognitive Systems Working Group and the Creativity and Innovation Workshop of Anderson (TBD)
      • Title
        • Star Scientists in Japan
      • Presenter
        • Kanetaka Maki (Associate Professor, Waseda Business School)
        • Hiromi Saito (Associate Professor, Chiba University)
      • Project Overview
        • To promote the advance of science, technology and innovation in Japan, optimized and effective allocation of research grants is becoming increasingly critical. In the United States, “star scientists” are not only highly achieving researchers, but also highly achieving entrepreneurs. The collaboration between star scientists and firms create economic prosperity. By conducting the chronological analysis of star scientists in Japan, this project intends to evaluate change in roles within Japan’s innovation system. Based on the analyses, we investigate how science and star scientists stimulate innovation. Furthermore, we will propose a direction for institutional reform in promoting innovation within the nation. Ultimately, we aim to construct a “virtuous cycle of science and business” in Japan.