2020年2月16日（日）午後2時より札幌都心部にあるコミュニティスペース「CONTACT」にて、「Ph.Discover」キックオフイベントを開催しました。また、これに先立ち、高度な専門性を社会人として生かせる博士人材の可能性をDiscoverしていくために、多様なステークホルダーとの意見交換、国内外の大学・企業における実践的取組みを支え、広く社会に情報発信するウェブマガジン「Ph.Discover」https://phdiscover.jp/phd/を2日前の2月14日午後2時にオープンさせました。
11名の多様なスピーカーがテーブルを囲み、議論を交わす「円卓会議」
On the day of the event, about 50 people from all over the country, including citizens, current graduate students, and faculty members, gathered despite the bad weather due to snow on the day of the holiday. The event was not in the form of a so-called symposium or panel discussion, but in the form of a "roundtable conference" in which 11 diverse speakers sat around one table and exchanged opinions. While watching the roundtable discussion, the audience posted their opinions, questions, and impressions via SNS with the hashtag #ph_discover_kickoff, and there was also a scene where the speakers developed their stories in response to these comments.
The speakers (titles omitted) are the following 11 people.
- Yukihiro Maru (Group CEO, Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.)
- Takashi Hitomi (Director Oracle Corporation Japan)
- Chiharu Kura (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Riku Takahashi (NTT Basic Research Laboratories)
- Kazuya Iseda (Human Resources Department, Asahi Kasei Corporation)
- Takuya Yoshihara (Specially Specially Appointed, Human Resources Development Division, Hokkaido University University)
- Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Professor, Hokkaido University University / Director, Research Institute for Electronic Science)
- Jun Masamune (Professor, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University University)
- Masaki Kato (Department URA, Hokkaido University)
- Tamako Otsu (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University University)
- Koichiro Ishimori (Professor, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University University / Ph.Discover project representative)
専門性を兼ね備えた多様な人材が活躍することで、よりよい社会の実現を目指す
Mr. Ishimori, who serves as the representative, presented the following issues for doctoral human resources, which is the purpose of this event at the beginning.
石森：博士課程へ進学を希望する日本の学生は年々減っています。全国の大学で2003年には12,000人いた博士課程進学者が、現在はその半数の6,000人に減っています。一方で、博士の学位取得者のように高い専門性を持った人材を採用する企業は年々増えていますし、大学としても博士課程在学期間の金銭的・精神的なサポートをする体制が整いつつあります。このように社会は変化しているにも関わらず、「ポスドク問題」「高学歴ワーキングプア」といったキーワードがメディアを経由して注目され、好転の事実があまり知られていません。このプロジェクトは、日本にとどまることなく全世界に向けて、多様で生涯にわたって学び続けられる環境、多様なキャリアパスの重ね方を示し、専門性を兼ね備えた多彩な人材が活躍することで、よりよい社会の実現を目指そうとスタートさせました。
3D思考、さらに時間軸を加えた4D思考の重要性
The talk session started with Yukihiro Maru, who acted as the moderator, proceeding at a good tempo. It will introduce a part of.
Mr. Maru asked, "How about adopting a curriculum in graduate school that requires longer physical distances?" Various opinions were exchanged, and one of the most impressive was Mr. Masamune's remarks.
Masamune: By living in different cultural spheres, preferably three or more, you will be able to develop communication skills that allow you to take an objective perspective and see things from the other person's point of view...
Maru: I've recently come to strongly feel the importance of 3D thinking and even 4D thinking with the addition of a time axis. By coming into contact with and understanding different cultures and values, it becomes possible to take a three-dimensional view of society. This kind of experience is not only required for doctoral students, but will be very important as a human skill in a society that respects diversity. What is happening at the same time in various parts of the world by adding a time axis? It is also possible to predict the future, such as the possibility that different regions may be connected at some point.
「わからないこと、知らないことは怖いこと」といった気付き
Mr. Takahashi and Mr. Kura, who completed the Hokkaido University Doctoral Program for Leading Educational Materials Science (ALP), strongly urged me to intersect with different fields at ALP when I was in graduate school, and the experiences and discoveries I gained there were There was an introduction that he was being kept alive as a member of society.
Kura: When I was in graduate school, I often struggled with balancing research with my studies, but along the way I realized that "what I don't understand or don't know is a scary thing." While battling such fears, I experienced gaining new knowledge as a graduate student, and I continue to practice the act of knowing even now, and now I feel that "knowing" leads to my own sense of security.
「次回は現役大学院生も交えたトークセッションを実施してほしい」
他にも様々なテーマで話が飛び交いました。時には大きな笑いも起こりながらあっという間の2時間でした。オーディエンスとして参加してくれたみなさまからは「自分のキャリアパスを考え直すきっかけになった」「もっと話を聞き続けたかった」「次回は現役大学院生も交えたトークセッションを実施してほしい」といった要望が寄せられました。
詳細なレポート、そして動画は3月中に、https://phdiscover.jp/phd/で発表しますので楽しみにお待ちください。（レポーター: 大津珠子）
Organized by Hokkaido University Leading Program in Materials Science (ALP)
Co-organizers: Hokkaido UniversitySchool of Science, Faculty of Science, Science
Sponsored by Hokkaido University Mathematics and Data Science Education and Research Center
Cooperation: Research Institute for Electronic Science, Faculty of Information Science, Hokkaido University Human Resource Development Headquarters