Social Science Research and Society in Japan and Germany: Impact, Institutions and PerspectivesAndreas Eder-Ramsauer, Julia Gerster und and Jan Niggemeier

ASIEN – Nr. 149 (2018) pp. 134–36

JDZB Berlin, November 23–25, 2018

The 2018 annual conference of the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF) at the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) marked the 30th anniversary of the association. The conference addressed the role of researchers in society, science communication, and new possibilities for generating knowledge on Japan. In their welcome address, the organizers Verena Blechinger-Talcott and Cornelia Reiher (both FU Berlin) stressed that against the backdrop of increasing skepticism towards science and science communication, evaluating the role of social sciences in general and social science research on Japan in particular has taken on increased urgency…