2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Innovation Science Graduate major in Innovation Science
Advanced Analytics and Design Methodology for Social Economic Systems Research I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Innovation Science
- Instructor(s)
- Academic Supervisor
- Class Format
- Exercise (Others)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ISC.C610
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students will analyze and get a picture of the current situation of economics and social systems for areas in which science and technology is closely related to society and policy such as energy, biology, healthcare, information, and services.
Through this course, students will learn the methodology for analyzing socioeconomic systems, as well as deepen their understanding of specific systems.
Course description and aims
In this course, students are expected to:
1) Understand descriptive and analytical methodology on economic and social systems,
2) Describe and analyze a specific economic and social system.
Keywords
Multi-level analysis; Multi-stakeholder analysis; Transition management
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Held under the guidance and direction of several instructors, including the academic supervisor
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance | Set the taget system to be analyzed |
| Class 2 | Transition management (1) | Understand the concepts of landscape, regime, and niche. |
| Class 3 | Transition management (2) | Investigate the current status of factors in each layer of landscape, regime, and niche of the system. |
| Class 4 | Multi-level analysis (1) | Describe elements and their hierarchy. |
| Class 5 | Multi-level analysis (2) | Describe relationships among elements and systems. |
| Class 6 | Multi-stakeholder analysis (1) | Extract actors in the system and understand the interactions among them. |
| Class 7 | Multi-stakeholder analysis (2) | Model mutual dependency and influence among actors embedded in the system. |
| Class 8 | Presentation | Explain the current status of the economic and social system as a logical and systematic story. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Not assigned.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not assigned.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentation (100%)
Related courses
- TIM.C401 ： Ecosystem Management I
- TIM.C402 ： Ecosystem Management II
- ISC.E601 ： Innovation Research Methodology
Prerequisites
No prerequisite.