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Tanaka Mikihito

Tanaka Mikihito
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Professor
Research field  (2): Science education ,  Sociology/history of science and technology
Research keywords  (6): Science and Technology Studies ,  Risk Communication ,  Science Communication ,  Social Media Studies ,  Media Studies ,  Science Journalism
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (22):
  • 2024 - 2028 Trust in Science in the Digital Media Society
  • 2020 - 2025 Construction of Minimal Artificial Brain by Molecular Device Integration and its Social Innovation
  • 2020 - 2025 Molecular Cybernetics -Development of Minimal Artificial Brain by the Power of Chemistry
  • 2021 - 2024 Covid-19 and Society: Comparative Analysis of Risk Communication, Expertise, and Citizenship
  • 2020 - 2024 萌芽的科学技術をめぐる RRI アセスメントの体系化と実装
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Papers (73):
  • Mikihito TANAKA. Meanwhile in Japan: The possibility of Techno-animism for engaging deliberation for emerging technology. Martin W. Bauer & Bernard Schiele (eds) "AI and Common Sense: Ambitions and Frictions" Routledge. 2024
  • Fuzuki Nasuno, Mikihito Tanaka. How Strategic Usage of ‘Uncertainty’ Contributed and Impeded Scientific Expert Advice. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. 2024. 39. 3. 400-407
  • Kunhao Yang, Mikihito Tanaka. Knowledge Co-production Process in Editing COVID-19 Related Articles on Wikipedia. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. 2024. 39. 3. 394-399
  • Haichun Yu, Mikihito Tanaka. Mitigate Chaos through Heroic Praise: Analyzing Weibo Content Post-Lockdown in Wuhan. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. 2024. 39. 3. 387-393
  • Maho Ishibashi, Naoya Sekiya, Mikihito Tanaka. Risk Perception of COVID-19 in Japanese Society: A Cross-National Survey. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. 2024. 39. 3. 374-380
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Books (37):
  • The Reference Book for the Autonomy of Researchers
    2024
  • The Advance in Science Communication
    The University of Tokyo Press 2023
  • The Health Care Institute The COVID-19 Infections: Challenges and Prospects
    The Health Care Institute 2023
  • The Record of the Japanese Reaction toward Covid-19
    2023
  • Risk Communication
    Hoso Daigaku Kyoiku Shinkokai 2023
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Lectures and oral presentations  (185):
  • The Mutual Social Media Communication Beyond Alermism
    (Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference 2024)
  • How the municipal government can communicate risk?
    (Online Seminar of Tokyo iCDC 2024)
  • To gain the citizens' trust: From the perspective of Risk Communication
    (Tubuculosis and Pandemic: From now and then 2024)
  • Methodological enticements and dangers of AI in communication research
    (70th Anniversary of Communication University of China (CUC), International Academic Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education 2024)
  • Risk Communication of COVID-19 Conducted by Experts and its Acceptance on Twitter(X)
    (The Society of Socio-Informatics Annual Meeting 2024 2024)
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Education (3):
  • 1999 - 2003 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences PhD Program, Department of Life Sciences
  • 1998 - 1999 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences MA Program, Department of Life Sciences
  • 1993 - 1997 International Christian University College of Liberal Arts Natural Science
Professional career (1):
  • Ph.D (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (7):
  • 2021/04 - 現在 Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics Professor
  • 2021/08 - 2023/03 University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication Visiting Researcher
  • 2010/04 - 2021/03 Waseda University Journalism Course, Graduate School of Political Science Associate Professor
  • 2008/04 - 2010/03 Waseda University Graduate School of Political Science Assistant Professor
  • 2006/04 - 2008/03 Waseda University Master of Arts Program in Journalism Education of Science and Technology Assistant Professor
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Committee career (21):
  • 2023/09 - 現在 G7 Science Communication Working Group Member
  • 2021 - 現在 Genome Ethics Research Group, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Japan Science and Technology Agency Committee member
  • 2020/12 - 現在 東京都福祉保健局 東京都新型コロナウイルス感染症医療アドバイザー
  • 2017 - 現在 国立環境研究所 社会対話・協働推進オフィス アドバイザー
  • 2020/07 - 2024/03 Scientific Advisory Board for COVID-19, Ministry of Helath, Labour and Welfare Advisory Board Member
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Awards (2):
  • 2014 - 柿内賢信記念財団 柿内記念賞奨励賞
  • 2011 - National Institute of Science and Technology Policy NiSTEP Award
Association Membership(s) (6):
The Society for Risk Analysis Japan ,  THE SOCIETY OF SOCIO-INFORMATICS ,  International Communication Association ,  The Sociology of Science Society of Japan ,  Society for Social Studies of Science ,  JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
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