342 M. Murakami et al.: Radioprotection 2025, 60( 4), 337 – 343 The issues, lessons learned, and future perspectives that emerged from the workshop can be summarized as follows: – It is important to clarify the role of SSH in the post-nuclear accident recovery process and to investigate current issues for improving the individuals’ and communities’ life from a variety of perspectives, including human, social, economic, cultural and environmental aspects.
– It is necessary to integrate various perspectives on the postaccident recovery, promote the training of experts, and derive effective decision-making methods.
– The goal is set to develop a wide range of lessons that can be applied to future disasters and social issues.
Acknowledgments
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the presenters and participants in the SSH online meeting and workshop.
Funding
This work was supported by“ The Nippon Foundation � Osaka University Project for Infectious Disease Prevention.”
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Data availability statement
The research data associated with this article are included within the article.
Author contribution statement
M. Murakami: Conceptualization, Writing � Original draft. T. Schneider: Conceptualization, Reviewing and Editing. J. Lochard: Conceptualization, Reviewing and Editing. R. Ando: Conceptualization, Reviewing and Editing.
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Ethical approval was not required.
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This article does not contain any studies involving human subjects.
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