MATSUURA MASAHIRO    Department   Professional Graduate School  , Graduate School of Governance Studies    Position   Professor
Research Period	2017/04～2020/03
Research Topic	The role of mini-publics in global and ultra long-term risk governance
Research Type	KAKENHI Research
Consignor	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research Program Type	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
KAKENHI Grant No.	17H01927
Responsibility	Research Contributor
Representative Person	Mikami Naoyuki
Details	Mini-publics are a series of participatory and deliberative techniques, in which randomly selected members of the public are gathered to form a microcosm of the society, discuss a public issue and present policy recommendations. This project investigated the role of mini-publics for the governance of global, ultra long-term compound risks such as climate change and high-level radioactive waste disposal. While carrying out theoretical exploration from the viewpoint of science and technology studies (STS), science communication, deliberative democracy, and transition management, the research team conducted a mock citizens' jury on "decarbonization transition and the quality of life" with participants randomly selected from the general public. Through these investigations, it was found that public participation and deliberation using mini-publics can be instrumental in a variety of respects to the governance of such large-scale risks.