中央大学学長声明STATEMENT

　中央大学は、環境と社会における解決困難な課題を克服し、地球規模で均衡のとれた公正な社会の実現を目指し、研究と教育、コミュニティにおいてSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)に貢献できるように努力することを宣誓します。

　中央大学は、建学の精神を「實地應用ノ素ヲ養フ」とし、研究を基礎とする教育が、実社会における諸問題を解決することのできる人材の基本的素養を提供するという信念をもち、これを実践しています。ユニバーシティ・メッセージである「行動する知性。―Knowledge into Action―」はこの信念を端的に表しています。

　このように本学は、開学以来、社会における課題解決に向けた研究と教育をその本質的役割としてきましたが、グローバル化が進む今日の社会においては、多くの社会的問題・課題は、地域や分野を超えて複雑に結びついています。ある地域や課題にとって利益となる政策が、他の地域や課題にとっては不利益をもたらす、といった現象が新たな問題や紛争を生じさせ、時として、多くの人命が失われる事態に至っています。国際連合が2015年に設定した持続可能な開発目標（Sustainable Development Goals）は、こうした現代的状況を極めてよく示しています。そこで私たちは、SDGsの17の目標がバランスよく達成された、換言すれば、地球規模で均衡のとれた公正な社会（Equitable World）が実現されるよう、その叡智を結集して研究・教育に取り組むことが、私たちの社会的責務であると確信するものです。

　そこで、中央大学は、このSDGsを達成するという社会的責務を果たすために，その教育・研究活動において次のような取り組みを行うことを宣誓いたします。学生、教職員のみならず、本学卒業生をはじめとする社会構成員の皆さまに、是非とも、ご理解ご協力をいただきますよう、お願い申し上げます。

２０２０年１２月７日
中央大学学長　福原紀彦

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Chuo University declares its commitment to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and pledges to contribute to the development of an equitable world through research, education and outreach.

Chuo University has established "Fostering the Ability to Apply Knowledge to Practice" as its founding principle, and it has put this idea into practice through research-based education ever since. Specifically, it has contributed to the solution of real-world challenges through the training of individuals who have the skills to put 'Knowledge into Action'.

At Chuo University, we have thus developed research and education as fundamental tools to solve the tasks we face as a human society. We apply these tools in the increasingly globalized settings of today in which ever more complex challenges extend beyond geographic regions and academic fields. Policies that generate benefits for one area - geographical as well as thematic - may produce opposite outcomes for other areas, and this at times leads to violent conflicts in which many lose their lives. The Sustainable Development Goals that were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 reflect this situation very clearly. We therefore believe that it is our responsibility to ensure that research and education are focused on the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in a balanced manner to create an equitable world.

We hereby declare that in order to fulfill its responsibility towards global society Chuo University will carry out the following activities. We ask not only current staff and students to join us in these efforts, but also all members of society, starting with our own graduates.

December 07, 2020 President Tadahiko FUKUHARA

 

The global society that we aim to create according to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their underlying principles is a diverse one, and sacrificing this diversity in the course of attempts to solve problems is not a suitable approach. Chuo University adopted a 'Declaration on Diversity' in October 2017 and established a 'Diversity Center' in April 2020. Fostering diversity will be a fundamental platform for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

At Chuo University, we believe that various methodological approaches and resources need to be combined, and that problems must be analyzed and discussed from many angles in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The establishment of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in April 2020 is part of these efforts. We shall integrate the diverse resources for research and education that are available at Chuo University and link up with partners in society at large to solve the challenges we face in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals.

At Chuo University, we will use our strengths in research and education to identify concrete goals and tasks that we need to engage in jointly with our partners in society, and share them publicly. We invite our graduates, local communities, businesses, government offices and international partners to collaborate with us in these activities.

At Chuo University, we will foster human resources who can take on the responsibility of building a fair and equitable society on a global scale, balancing the needs of human society with the ecological systems on which its existence depends.