The UNESCO mandate commits the Observatory to pay due attention to the impact of globalization on knowledge societies through the collection of pertinent information and monitoring of main trends. As a part of UNESCO’s strategy to build knowledge societies and in compliance with UNESCO’s function as “clearing house”, the UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society aims at monitoring the development of knowledge societies.

The Stockholm Challenge is a well established global networking program for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) entrepreneurs since over ten years. It continues to be a leader in demonstrating how information technology can improve living conditions and increase economic growth in all parts of the world. One of the main features of the Stockholm Challenge is the ICT prize, the Stockholm Challenge Award, which has attracted over 3000 projects over the years.

The Human Science Integration Seminar Project is listed on the UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society.
A short introduction to the Human Science Integration Seminar Project is registered on the Observatory database.
The category is "Access to Information and Knowledge" -> "Scientific Information".

The Human Science Integration Seminar Project challenges Stockholm Challenge 2006.
A short introduction to the Human Science Integration Seminar Project is registered on the Stockholm Challenge project database. This page displays some part of this entry data.

Science Integration Program supports research that is directed at bridging the gap between science and humanity by integrating different fields of natural science across scales and domains. The program aims to establish a new field of study that targets societal needs such as environmental problems and life science phenomena that defy solution through application of knowledge from individual fields of science or that show difficulties in grasping the overall picture.

Human Science Integration Seminar is organized by the Science Integration Program - Humans, University of Tokyo, Japan.

The University of Tokyo was established in 1877 as the first national university in Japan. It offers courses in essentially all academic disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels and provides research facilities for these disciplines. The University aims to provide its students with opportunities for intellectual development as well as for the acquisition of professional knowledge and skills.

The University organization consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, 9 faculties, and 15 graduate schools. The 9 faculties are Law, Medicine, Engineering, Letters, Science, Agriculture, Economics, Education , and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The traditional 11 graduate schools are Law and Politics, Medicine, Engineering, Humanities and Sociology, Science, Agricultural and Life Sciences, Economics, Arts and Sciences, Education, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Mathematical Sciences.

In the past decade the University saw the establishment of 4 new pioneering graduate schools: Frontier Sciences, Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Information Science and Technology, and Public Policy.