Geographical Research on Solving Social Issues through Multi-sectoral Cooperation

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13452
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 04020:Human geography-related
• Research Institution: Osaka Metropolitan University (2022-2023); Osaka City University (2021); Kyoto College of Economics (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Sugano Taku 大阪公立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (10736193)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: やっかいな問題 / サードセクター / 協働 / 制度 / 社会ネットワーク / ハブ / 地域 / 文化翻訳

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to solve various social issues that appear as "wicked problems" based on multi-sectoral coordination, an important condition was the ability to effectively utilize the structure of scale-free social networks, in which information dissemination is made more efficient by the existence of hub persons, in various sectors in the region. Particularly prone to becoming hubs are key persons in the third sector and multiple sectors concurrently, and they serve as links between regions. In order for the knowledge brought by social networks to be used effectively as a region, it was important that institutions for collaboration across sectors, such as norms and rules, be established in the region.

Free Research Field

人文地理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

貧困、環境問題、マイノリティへの差別などに代表される、日本社会のみならず世界中に累積する「やっかいな問題」が効果的・効率的に解かれるメカニズムを把握できたことから、社会がやっかいな問題に対してとるべき方法が提示できた。この方法は例えば令和6年能登半島地震に対する石川県の復興プランの基調をなす考え方として採用されている。