Sustainability of Occupational Activities in Knowledge-based Society

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590088
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: SHIDA Kiyoshi 横浜国立大学, 大学院環境情報研究院, 教授 (90178872)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 職業 / 知識基盤社会 / 共感 / 勤労のエートス / 社会的連帯 / AIと職業の消滅

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the development of AI, it is said that many occupations will disappear, it is difficult to see stable division of labor and occupation system, and "sustainability" of occupation "system" needs to reexamine its concept itself. On the other hand, in order for occupations to be "the foundation of economic independence", a very long-term curriculum and a stable employment structure represented by regular employment are necessary, but for the former, the latter uncertainty ("Uncertainty of" sustainability ") is a kind of social risk. The origin of such a view of occupation is the view of "Beruf" by "ethics of Protestantism" according to Weber, and this theme can be said to be a confrontation with this classic result.

Free Research Field

社会学