This is a website for publicizing the Responsible Innovation with Conscience and Agility (RInCA) program “Practical examination of ELSI on smartization of community through four-dimensional co-creation” of the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
The smartization and DX of social systems that are currently underway in various regions contribute to the optimization and efficiency of various infrastructures related to energy, mobility, etc., but also pose the danger of impoverishing and crowding out (mobism) of people in real and virtual communities. This project identifies this danger as the “WE (bonding/community) problem,” and works to solve it by identifying it as an ELSI associated with the smartening of communities. The significance and necessity of “WE” has been put in the background by the DX concept of “individuals who can live on their own” and the personalization of terminals for accessing the metaverse. In order to avoid exacerbating the self-sufficient view of the individual and to explore and propose concrete measures for smartization that contribute to the revitalization of real and virtual WE, this project will (1) Develop a generic parameter system for evaluating the impact of smartization on communities, (2) Through consensus-building experiments in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, and human flow retention experiments along the Odakyu rail line, work to demonstrate specific smart tools that contribute to solving the parameter system and WE problem, and (3) Establish a mechanism to foster ELSI human resources through industry-government-academia collaboration.
the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Responsible Innovation with Conscience and Agility (RInCA) program “Practical examination of ELSI on smartization of community through four-dimensional co-creation” Principal Investigator：Yasuo Deguchi (Kyoto Univ.) Term：Oct. 2022 ~ Mar. 2026 Cooperating organization：Kyoto Univ., Keio Univ., Nanzan Univ.
