Development of an evaluation method focusing on the role of intermediate organizations as a meta-frame in public governance

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K15115
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 22050:Civil engineering plan and transportation engineering-related
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: Kataoka Yuka 愛媛大学, 社会共創学部, 講師 (20747307)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 中間組織 / コミュニケーション / アーバンデザイン / 公共ガバナンス / 関係性理論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study extends the relevancy theory proposed by Sperber and Wilson, considering that the essence of public governance in which various players participate lies in "communication. I focused on the intermediary organization as the entity that plays the role of forming a new interpretive frame (meta-frame) for the effective functioning of communication. This study introduced the concept of "meta-frames" to formally represent communication mechanisms in which mediators are present. The "Matsuyama Urban Design Center" in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, was the subject of the study, and the existence of meta-frames was discussed.

Free Research Field

公共デザイン、都市地域計画

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、中間組織の役割、機能について、普遍性の壁に直面する事例／経験ベースのアプローチを超えて、理論的な道具立てを持って普遍的知見を導くことを試行した点に学術的意義がある。また、中間組織の役割、機能に関する理論的知見に基づき、中間組織の規律づけ及び中間組織の価値の社会的認知を高めるという実践的研究としての社会的意義を有する。