近年日本大學人社領域之改革與分析

The Reform and Analysis of the Human and Social Field of Japanese Universities in Recent Years

本研究聚焦以下議題：一、現今日本高等教育趨勢；二、人社領域政策之探討與建議；三、文部科學省的「以人文社會科學為主體之學術統合共創計畫」；四、日本大學開設「文理融合」學系之現況；五、近五年指標性個案大學發展特色。結果得知，日本大學人文社會科學在近年來的改革及展望，除了國際化、文理融合、創新、教養等重要的關鍵詞外，也相當重視解決真實社會問題及自主學習的能力。此外，大阪大學於2020年9月開始實施「以人文社會科學為主體之學術統合共創計畫」，旨在探索人文社會科學應發揮的作用，在距今30年後的2050年實現「重視生命的社會」。透過此計畫，人文社會科學的研究者將能夠與自然科學研究者、社會的利益關係人進行交流，並開始共享新知識。

This paper focuses on the following topics: 1. The current trend of higher education in Japan; 2. The discussion and recommendations of the “Science Council of Japan” on policies in the field of human society; 3. MEXT’s “Project for the Co-creation of Academic Knowledge Centered on the Humanities and Social Sciences”; 4. The current situation of the establishment of “integration of arts and sciences” departments in Japanese universities; 5. The development features of Japanese case universities in the past five years. The results show that the changes and prospects of the humanities and social sciences of Japanese universities in recent years, in addition to the important keywords such as internationalization, integration of arts and sciences, innovation, and liberal arts education, they also attach great importance to the ability to solve real social problems and the ability to self-learn. In addition, Osaka University began to implement the “Project for the Co-creation of Academic Knowledge Centered on the Humanities and Social Sciences” in September 2020, aiming to explore the roles that the humanities and social sciences are expected to play in order to create a society where “lives” are valued towards 2050, thirty years from now. Through this program, researchers in the humanities and social sciences will be able to communicate with natural science researchers and stakeholders in society and begin to share new knowledge.