Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

京都大学大学院●地球環境学堂・地球環境学舎・三才学林

地球環境学堂・地球環境学舎・三才学林　ガイドブック 2020

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The Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES) was established in April 2002 to address the urgent environmental problems of the 21st century. Our primary objective is to help establish global environmental sustainability as a new field of academic study, bringing together ethics, science and technology, and humanities and social sciences. Through our educational and research programs, we seek to foster a new generation of professional practitioners.

Helping us realize this goal is a multidisciplinary and international faculty from fields that include science and engineering, agriculture, law, economics and humanities. The graduate school seeks to 1) achieve in-depth discussion and collaboration among faculty members, 2) train high level researchers and practitioners who can find comprehensive solutions to environmental problems, and 3) support education and research through a variety of innovative frameworks and programs.

Our ground-breaking research initiatives include multidisciplinary projects working with various local governments in Japan as well as extended international academic collaboration with universities and researchers in such countries as Vietnam, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Fiji and France. Our educational program trains outstanding professionals and leaders in environmental management. Core lectures are conducted in English and all students in the master’s program have oppotunities to participate in the fieldwork as well as a three month internship program. Two new projects -the “Environmental Innovator Program (EIP) -Cultivating Environmental Leaders across the ASEAN Region-” and “Japan Gateway: Kyoto University Top Global Program (JGP) Environmental Studies” were launched in 2015, for realizing internationalization of education and research and establishing international double/joint degree programs.

The 607 master’s program graduates and 196 doctoral program graduates who are actively working in society today represent the results of our efforts to date. We are proud to have educated a large number of talented students who are now playing an active role in universities, research institutions, government offices, private enterprises and NPOs throughout Japan and overseas. GSGES welcomes inquisitive, hard-working and global-minded individuals ready to take part in leading the way to a sustainable future.

Dean, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

KATSUMI Takeshi

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Introduction……………………………………………………… 2

▶ OverviewandObjectives▶ Educational,researchandsupportorganizations▶ Collaborationwithothergraduateschools, institutesandresearch

centersofKyotoUniversityandotherorganizations▶ Carryingoutuniversity-wideresearchprojects

Hall of Global Environmental Research (Research Body) ………………………………………………… 4

▶ DepartmentofGlobalEcology …………………………………………… 5▶ DepartmentofTechnologyandEcology………………………………… 10▶ DepartmentofNaturalResources ……………………………………… 14▶ Projects ……………………………………………………………………… 18

Introducing the Faculty ………………………………………20

Introducing the Laboratories …………………………………24

School of Global Environmental Studies (Educational Body) ……………………………………………26

▶ DoctoralPrograminGlobalEnvironmentalStudies ………………… 26　・Curriculumstructure　・Progresstowardsthedegree　・Admissioninformation

▶ Master’sPrograminEnvironmentalManagement …………………… 27　・Curriculumstructure　・Internshipstudy　・Progresstowardsthedegree　・Admissioninformation　・DoubleMaster’sDegreeProgram

▶ DoctoralPrograminEnvironmentalManagement …………………… 28　・Curriculumstructure　・Internshipstudy　・Progresstowardsthedegree　・Admissioninformation

▶ GSGESCourseTree………………………………………………………… 29

Voices from Students …………………………………………30

Voices from Graduate Students ………………………………31

Sansai Gakurin …………………………………………………32

Recent Collaborating Institutions for Internship Study …35

After Graduation ………………………………………………36

List of Academic Staff …………………………………………38

GlobalEnvironmentalPolicy……………… 5EnvironmentalEconomics ……………… 6GlobalEcologicalEconomics……………… 6SustainableRuralDevelopment ………… 7EnvironmentalHealthSciences………………7HistoricalGeographyandCulture ……… 8EnvironmentalMarketingManagement… 8OntologyofEnvironmentandTechnology… 9EnvironmentalEducation……………………9

Index

Environmentally-friendlyIndustriesfor　SustainableDevelopment ……………… 10EnvironmentalInfrastructureEngineering … 11GlobalEnvironmentalArchitecture……… 11BiodiversityConservation………………… 12LandscapeEcologyandPlanning ……… 12Environmentally-FriendlyEnergyConversion … 13

RegionalPlanning ………………………… 14UrbanInfrastructureEngineering ……… 15AtmosphericChemistry…………………… 15TerrestrialMicrobiologyandSystematics…16TerrestrialEcosystemsManagement…… 16IntegratedEnvironmentalStudies ……… 17EcosystemlinkagesandHumansociety… 17

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Overview and Objectives

ObjectivesandfeaturesoftheGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies

Manyseriousglobalenvironmentalproblemsareposingchallenges forhumanity in the21stcentury.Abundanceandconveniencearedesiredbythosepeople living indevelopedcountriesbutmassproduction,massconsumptionandmasswastehaveresulted inclimatechange,ozonelayerdepletion,waterpollution,groundwaterandsoilcontamination,andwaste-relatedproblems.Sincedevelopingcountrieswithrapidpopulationgrowtharefollowingthesamepathasdevelopedcountries, thiswill imposenew stresses on theplanet.The exploitative systems of primaryindustriessuchasagriculture,fisheriesandminingunderminethegrowthofdevelopingcountriesthatprimarilydependonthese industries,andthe least-developedcountriesstillmusteradicatepoverty inorder toprovideabasicstandardof living for theirpeople.Yet therehasalsobeenprogress,withsomecountriesseekingtoachievesustainableandequitabledevelopment in linewiththedevelopmentgoalsconceivedbytheUnitedNations,andmanyOECDcountries,includingJapan,nowstronglysupportingconservationandtherecyclingofresources.

Globalenvironmentalproblemsincludemanycomplexissuesoneveryscale,fromglobaltolocal.Wemusttackletheseproblemsintwoways—first,byapplyingresearchandacademicskillsinordertogainagreaterunderstandingof theproblems involved,andsecond,byseekingtosolvetheseproblems.The firstapproachrequires the trainingofhighlyskilledresearcherswhocanapplyscientificprinciplesandanappreciationofcomplexitytothestudyofglobalenvironmentalstudies.Thesecondrequiresthetrainingofhigh-levelpractitionerswhocanaddressproblemsbyimplementingsustainableandpracticalapproaches.

Fosteringtop-notchresearchersandpractitionersrequiresinnovativeeducationalandresearchprograms focusingon theglobalenvironmentanddrawingonawiderangeofdisciplines.Byincorporating teachingderived frommanydisciplines in thenatural and social sciences, theevolvingand innovativefieldofglobalenvironmentalstudiescanofferacademicstudycombinedwithpracticalexperienceinvariousdomesticandoverseasorganizations.

TheGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies isorganizedflexiblysoas tomeetthevariedneedsofbothresearchandeducation.Someofitsuniqueorganizationalfeaturesareshownonthefollowingpages.

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Educational, research and support organizationsGlobalenvironmental studiesareatanearlystageof formation.Researchactivityneedsdynamic

developmentwith strategic views combining foresight and flexible interdisciplinary integration.Educationalprogramsrequiresound,systematic teachingofabroadspectrumofglobalenvironmentaltopicswithaviewtosocial relevanceandprofundity.Researchandeducationalactivities, therefore,requiredifferentconditions. Inordertomeettheseconditions, theGraduateSchool includesaresearchbody, theHall ofGlobalEnvironmentalResearch, and an educational body, the School ofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies.Further, a supportingorganization for education and research, theGroveofUniversalLearning,provideswiderperspectives tobothresearchersandstudentswithdifferentdisciplinarybackgroundssothattheycandeveloptheirresearchandtalentscooperatively.

Collaboration with other graduate schools, institutes and research centers of Kyoto University and other organizations

TheGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudiescollaborateswithmanyothergraduateschools,institutesandresearchcentersofKyotoUniversity toconduct interdisciplinarystudyandeducationthatlinkotheracademicfieldswithglobalenvironmentalstudies.Inordertofacilitatesuchsupport,theGraduateSchoolhasinvitedprofessorsfromotherfacultiesoftheuniversityascollaboratingprofessors.Theynotonlyteachandconductresearchattheirhomeinstitutions,butalso,attherequestofstudentsof theGraduateSchool, theyprovide lecturesandguideresearchandthesis-writing formaster'sanddoctoraldegrees.TheGraduateSchoolalso invitesvisitingprofessorsand lecturers from institutionswithin Japanandabroad to speakon current topics.Theeducationalprogramsemphasize formalinstructionaswellascollaborationwithdomesticand internationalNPOsandNGOstogivestudentsopportunitiesforinternshipstudyandfieldexperienceinvarioussectors.

Carrying out university-wide research projectsInorder toopenupnewareasof research inglobalenvironmental studies thataresubstantially

different fromthoseof thetraditionalsciences, it isnecessary forprofessorsof theGraduateSchool topromoteuniversity-wideresearchprojectswiththeintensivecollaborationofresearchersfromdifferentareas.TheGraduateSchoolpromotesandactivelyparticipatesintheseresearchprojects.

SCHOOL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Global Environmental Studies

Environmental Management

HALL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

SANSAI GAKURIN / GROVE OF UNIVERSAL LEARNING

Department of Global Ecology

Department of Technology and Ecology

Department of Natural Resources

Global Environmental Policy

Environmental Economics

Global Ecological Economics

Sustainable Rural Development

Environmental Health Sciences

Historical Geography and Culture

Environmental Marketing Management

Ontology of Environment and Technology

Environmental Education

Environmentally-friendly Industries for Sustainable Development

Environmental Infrastructure Engineering

Global Environmental Architecture

Biodiversity Conservation

Landscape Ecology and Planning

Environmentally-Friendly Energy Conversion

Regional Planning

Urban Infrastructure Engineering

Atmospheric Chemistry

Terrestrial Microbiology and Systematics

Terrestrial Ecosystems Management

Integrated Environmental Studies

Ecosystem linkages and Human society

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Thisorganization includesthreetypesof faculty:permanentprofessors,professorsondoubleappointments,andcollaboratingprofessors.Double-appointmentprofessors teachandconduct researchbothat theirhomeschools,institutesorthevariousresearchcentersofKyotoUniversity,andattheGraduateSchool.TheyholdprofessorshipsattwoinstitutionswithinKyotoUniversityforalimitedterm.CollaboratingprofessorsareprofessorswhoteachandconducttheirresearchnotonlyattheinstitutionwithinKyotoUniversitytowhichtheyhavebeenappointed,butalsoattheGraduateSchool.Thesethreetypesof faculty,togetherwithvisitingprofessors,exploreglobalenvironmentalissuesanddevelopadvancedtechnologiesrelatedtoglobalenvironmentalproblems.Predicatedonthedesiretoachieveglobalbenefits,ecologicalconservationandrecyclingofnaturalresources,theHallofGlobalEnvironmentalResearchiscomposedofthreeresearchgroups,thedepartmentsofGlobalEcology,TechnologyandEcology,andNaturalResources.

Hall of Global Environmental Research (Research Body)

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USAMI Makoto, Professor +81-75-753-2967 usami.makoto.2r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Global Environmental Policy

InthelaboratoryofGlobalEnvironmentalPolicy,weexplorenormative and positive questions concerning environmentalproblems andpolicies on local, national, regional, andglobalscales.Ononehand, foundational topics are studied from theperspectives of legal and political philosophy.One group ofthesetopicsconcernsissuesinglobaljustice,oneofwhichisthequestionofwhatprincipleshouldbeadopted indistributingthebenefitsandburdensofclimatechangepolicyamongindividualsorstatesacrosstheworld.Anothergrouphastodowith issues

in intergenerational justice, notably thequestionofwhat aregroundsfortheobligationthatthepresentgenerationmighthavetowardfuturepeople.

On the other hand,we also conduct empirical researchon international environmental law, environmentalpolicy andits processes at national and local levels, and conservation-relatedactivitiesbyNGOs,businesses,andcitizens.Weexplorethese topicsbyusingbothqualitativecasestudymethodsandquantitativestatisticaltechniques.

In theglobal societyof the21st century,humansocio-economicactivitiesand thenatural environmentareincreasingly interdependent,and internationalrelationshipstosupporttheadvancementofscienceandtechnology,economicdevelopmentandenvironmentalpreservationarestrengthening.

With these trends inmind, theDepartmentofGlobalEcologyseeks topromotescientificcontributionsby (1)studyingthe frameworkofhumanandenvironmentalsymbiosis, (2) integratingexistingnaturalandsocialsciencedisciplinesintothenewdisciplineofglobalecology,(3)developingpoliciesandtechniquesaimedatservingcommonglobal intereststhattranscendnationaland internationaleconomic interests,and (4)conductingstudieswhichcancontributetogovernancethatcanenlargemanagementcapabilitiesfortheglobalenvironment.

Global Environmental Policy／Environmental Economics／Global Ecological Economics／Sustainable Rural Development／Environmental Health Sciences／Historical Geography and Culture／

Environmental Marketing Management／Ontology of Environment and Technology／Environmental Education

Department ofGlobal Ecology

Globalandintergenerationaljustice

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MOROTOMI Toru, Professor +81-75-753-3510 morotomi@econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp

MORI Akihisa, Associate Professor +81-75-753-9203 mori.akihisa.2a@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Global Ecological Economics

Global Ecological Economics

Environmental Economics

Global Ecological Economics

Thepurposeof this laboratory is toanalyzeclimatechangepoliciesandenergypoliciesfromeconomicsperspectives.Inordertodoso,werequestalltheapplicantsforthislaboratorytostudyenvironmentaleconomicsas its theoretical foundation.Basedonthis,wefocusonthefollowingthreeresearchtopics:

【1】 Economic analysis of climate change policies and their policy designsWefocusmainlyonclimatechangepoliciesamongvarious

environmental issues.Asaroleofsocialscience,designofsocialinstitutionsandpolicy instruments isoneof themost importanttasks.Environmentalpolicy instruments (environmental taxes,emissionstradingsystems,subsidies,etc.)aremaintargetofourresearch.

【2】Renewable energies and electricity market liberalizationRenewableenergypoliciesplayacrucialrole in theclimate

changepolicies.Ontheotherhand,researchofthefuturepowersystemsthatmakethe large-scalerenewableenergygenerationandgrid integrationpossible isalso important.This laboratorypromotesa researchproject that supports transitionofpowersystems from thecentralizedone tomoredistributedone,byincreasingrenewableenergiesintheliberalizedelectricitymarketenvironment.

The30yearsofdevelopments inenvironmentaleconomicsandpolicy studies proves it indispensible for socio-economicsystemtomovetowardthesustainablepathway,nottomentionto technological andpolicy innovationanddiffusion. In reality,however, socio-economic system, especially infrastructure isdeeplyembedded intothesociety,caught inatechnologicalandinstitutionallock-in.Strategicplanning,reflectivelearning,policiesand institutionsarerequiredthatenableniche innovationswithsustainabletechnologytobeapartof theregime,competewiththeincumbentregimeactors,andthendominateintheregime.

Against thisbackground,weGlobalEcologicalEconomicshavemadeeconomicanalysisofsustainability transition,withspecialattentionto,butnotlimitedto:(a) Economics of transition to sustainable energy, transport,

agricultureandcity(b) Policies, institutionsandfinancialmechanismsthatadvances

sustainabilitytransition(c) Internationalanddomesticbarriers thatblocksustainability

transitionStudentshave taken theirpreferred cases in Japan,Asia,

Europe,andAmericatomakein-depthanalyses.The Global Ecological Economics is also joining in the

ResearchUnit forDevelopmentofGlobalSustainabilityofKyotoUniversity.

【3】Renewable energies and regional rehabilitationUnlike the fossil fuelsandnuclearenergies, renewablesare

theuniversallydistributedenergy resources for any regions.We are tackling the issue of how to link renewable energydevelopmentwith theregionalrehabilitation.Collaboratingwithmunicipalities,wearecurrentlyengaged in“reginaladdedvalueanalysis”andresearchonappropriate formsofbusinessentitieslike“Stadtweke”orenergycooperatives.

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HOSHINO Satoshi, Professor +81-75-753-6157 shoshino@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

ONITSUKA Kenichiro, Associate Professor +81-75-753-6158 onitsuka@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

BASU Mrittika, Assistant Professor +81-75-753-6177 basu.mrittika.4r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Sustainable Rural Development

Rural sustainability (RS)was traditionallymaintainedbypreservingharmonywithinageographically limited frame.Thistypeofharmonywasmaintainedbyfivecomponents,asshownin the figureon theright.Becauseallof thesecomponentsareassociatedwithregionalcharacteristics,ruralsustainabilityalsoinvolvescharacteristicsthatareuniquetoeachregion.

Inrecentyears,however,thedecliningandagingpopulation,economicglobalization, climate change and excessivehuman-induceddevelopmenthavebroughtaboutchanges in thosefivecomponents.Asa result, rural regionsarenow facingvariouschallenges and this, in turn, is significantly impairing ruralsustainability.

Working fromaruralplanningperspective, theLaboratoryofSustainableRuralDevelopment isdesigningandevaluatingmeasuresandpolicies inanattempt tooffersolutions to thesechallenges and to rebuild region-specific rural sustainabilitythatcanextend into the future.Ourresearchconcernscoverawide rangeof topics includingregional resourcemanagementbywayofknowledgemanagement, restorationof socialcapital(SC) and regional revitalization, symbiosisbetween residentialenvironmentsandwildlife,regionaldevelopmentthroughregionalinformatization, the establishment of resident-led community

planning theory, andproposals onhow to carry out regionalrealignmentandsocial infrastructuredevelopment inasocietywithadecliningpopulation.

TAKANO Hirohisa, Professor +81-75-383-3342 htakano@health.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

UEDA Kayo, Associate Professor +81-75-383-3341 uedak@health.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

HONDA Akiko, Assistant Professor +81-75-383-3343 akko@health.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Environmental Health Sciences

Industrializationurbanizationandglobalizationhavebroughtnew environmental challenges. To assess the health risksassociatedwith these environmental problems, the followingcomponentsareessential:・Sufficientinformationonvariousenvironmentalhazards・Accurateandpreciseexposureassessment・Quantitativeevaluationofexposure-responserelationship・Elucidatingmechanismsbywhichenvironmentalhazardscause

healtheffectsThegoals of ourdivisionare toestablish themethods for

comprehensiveevaluationofhealthrisksofenvironmentalfactorandtopreventadversehealtheffectsonthebasisofmechanismsbywhichenvironmentalhazardscauseandtopromotehealthinhumanpopulations.Outlineofstudy(Experimentalstudies)1) Toelucidatehealtheffectsofairpollutantsandtheunderlying

mechanisms2) To identify responsible factors and the components of air

pollutantsthatcontributetohealtheffects3) Toelucidatehealtheffectsofenvironmentalchemicalsandthe

underlyingmechanisms4) To reducehealtheffects of environmentalpollutantsusing

technologyofmedicalengineering

Outlineofstudy(Epidemiologicalstudies)1) To elucidate health effects of air pollutants for human

population2) Toevaluatehealtheffectsofclimatechange3) Toassessfuturehealthimpactsofenvironmentalpolicy4) To develop exposure assessmentmodel of environmental

pollutants

Our laboratory is also a part of the Department ofEnvironmentalEngineering,GraduateSchool ofEngineering,KyotoUniversity, and is located atKatsuraCampus,wherestudents in theGraduateSchool ofEngineering areworkingtogether.

ComponentsofRuralSustainabilityandtheirChanges.

(left) Oxidative stress in airway epithelial cells exposed toenvironmental pollutants (right) Scatter plot of ambulancedispatchesduetoheatstrokeandapparenttemperature

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YOSHINO Akira, Associate Professor +81-75-753-5921 yoshino@eeso.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Environmental Marketing Management

To achieve amore sustainable society beyond “negativeexternality”problems,allmembersofsocietymustinternalizethevalueofharmonizingwiththeenvironment.Canenterprisescoverthecostswiththereturnsfromtheirpro-environmentalactivities?Is there ahighprobability that they cangain the support ofconsumers?Weareaddressing the following themesmainlyontheJapanesemarket:

− Corporatemarketstrategybasedonpro-environmentalactivities:differentiation strategy,defensive strategy,andbrandstrategybeyondCSR

− Environmental communication between corporation

and consumer: environmental labels, environmentmanagement systemcertification, andenvironmentalriskcommunication

− Consumers’ perceptions andbehavior in relation toenvironmental issues:consumersegmentation,analysisofconsumerbehavior

− Pro -environmenta l agr icu l ture : act iv i t ies andmanagement,marketanalysis,andconsumerbehavior

− Food risk communication: theories , analysis ofconsumers’ riskperceptionand risk-aversebehavior,andevaluationoffoodsafetypolicies

YAMAMURA Aki, Professor +81-75-753-6813 yamamura.aki.8m@kyoto-u.ac.jp

TOKUNAGA Yu, Associate Professor

Historical Geography and Culture

This laboratorywill help students to approach thecausesandstructureofcontemporarycultureandsocioenvironmentalissues fromtheperspectivesofhistoryandgeography.Studentswill learnthehistorical-geographicalmethodstodealwith localproblemsandtofindenvironmentalvaluesorpotentialattractionswithinthelocalspaces.

Ontheonehand,manypeoplehavecometoabandonthosetraditionallifestylesandmeansoflivelihoodthathadrootsinlocalnaturalenvironment.Ontheotherhand,theyincreasinglyconnectwithothersresidingindistantplaces,includingdifferentcountries.Asthisglobaltransactionofitemsandpeopleacceleratesforeachcountry tobecome interconnected, it appears thateachregionlosesitsindividualityandcultureandsocietygetmoreandmoreuniform.However, the cultural landscapes, exchanges, ideas,social relationshipswhichconstructed through the interactionbetweenhumanandnatureinthelonghistoryfunctionsstronglyeven inthecontemporary localspaces,as.Wehaveto learnthe‘cross’regionalstructureaswellasthetheverticalspatial-socialstructurewhichincludethelocalhistoricalgeographyandculturetounderstandthecontemporarycultureandsocioenvironmentalissuesessenciallywithinthelocalspaces.

This laboratorywillexplorerthelocalspatial-socialstructureanalyzingthehistoricaldocuments,oldmaps,cultural landscapesand heritages, and consider the perspectives andmethodsapproachingtothecontemporaryissues.

Pro-environmentalagriculturalpractices:thefishcradleprojectinShigaprefecture,Japan

Amodel of consumerbehavior in selectingpro-environmentalproducts

FieldtriptotheHikoneCastletolearntheacademiccharactersoftheearlymodernstonewallanditscontemporaryvalues

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SATO Junji, Professor +81-75-753-5051 sato.junji.6s@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Ontology of Environment and Technology

Theaimof this laboratory is to explore (or tounfold) theimplications foranon-metaphysicalonto-logy (knowledgeof thebeing)ofourphysicalenvironment.

Whatweshalltryis:−to focuson the implicationsofcultural theoriesabout the

concept ofnature examiningEuropeanphilosophy fromthepastthreecenturies (fromDescartes,Hobbes,Spinoza,Rousseau,andKanttovonUexküll,Heidegger,andDeleuze&Guattari);

−tounderstand themodernistmodeof forgetting “in-the-world-ness” as part ofHeidegger’s reasoning, in ordertoovercome thesubjectobjectduality inviewofanon-objectifyinganthropocentric“knowledge”;

−to analyse culture as the operation ofmechanisms andtechnologies (ref.M.Foucault)ofmediation tooccupythegapbetweenmatter and life, social and individual, theenvironmentandhumanactivities.

Our postmodern-biotechnological age, full of intelligentmachinesandcyborgs,isalsoanageofnaturalandenviromentalcrises. It is an urgent matter to investigate the naturalenvironmentsoastoabandonunreservedlyanthropocentricisminthelifesciences,andtodeconstructahumanizedimageofnature.

Jane SINGER, Associate Professor +81-75-753-5933 singer.jane.6e@kyoto-u.ac.jp

ASARI Misuzu, Associate Professor +81-75-753-5922 asari.misuzu.6w@kyoto-u.ac.jp mezase530@gmail.com

Roger C. BAARS, Lecturer +81-75-753-5935 baars.rogercloud.6a@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Environmental Education

Research and educational activities in this study areaare broadly subsumedunder three themes: 1.Education forSustainableDevelopment2.communityresilienceand3.materialcyclesand lowcarbonsystems.Throughconducting research,internshipsandcollaborativeeducational initiatives, facultyandstudentsdevelopuniquecommunity-basedapproachesthatraiseawareness and transformbehavior to achieve equitable andsustainabledevelopment.

Education for SustainableDevelopment (ESD) promotesdiverselearningapproachesinschoolsandcommunitiestofosterthe competenciesneeded for amore sustainable future.Ouractivities includeclimatechange,place-basedandsustainabilityeducation; campus sustainability efforts; andeducationon the

SustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs).Community resilience studies focus on migration and

displacement inducedbydevelopment, disasters and climatechange.Wealsoengage in researchondisaster riskreductionandpost-disasterreconstruction,climatechangeadaptationandcommunity-based resourcemanagement, aiming to improvecommunityengagement,livelihoodsandwell-being.

Finally,we focusonmaterialcyclesand lowcarbonsystemapproaches,with emphasis onmunicipal solidwaste (MSW)includingfood lossandplasticwaste,disasterwaste,andenergysaving awareness andbehavior.Research and education arecarriedoutinKyotoandotherlocalcommunities,oncampus,andindevelopingnationsintheAsiaPacificregion.

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FUJII Shigeo, Professor +81-75-753-5151 fujii@eden.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

TANAKA Shuhei, Associate Professor +81-75-753-5171 t-shuhei@eden.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Environmentally-friendly Industries for Sustainable Development

Japanovercamesevereproblemswithenvironmentalpollutioninthe1960sand70sandbecameoneoftheworld’smostenvironmentallyadvancedcountries.Duringthisprocess,Japanaccumulatedvastamountsofknowledge,skillsandexperienceinthepracticalsolutionofenvironmentalproblems.Thisincludesenvironmentaltechnologies,legalsystemsandenvironmentalpolicies.Ontheotherhand,mostdevelopingcountriesinAsiaarestillsufferingfromseriousenvironmentalproblemsandourexperiencehasnotyetbeenfullyutilizedbythesecountries.ThisismainlyduetothelackofinternationaleducationsystemssuitablefortransferringenvironmentaltechnologiesandthelackofpracticaltraininginsolvingrealenvironmentalproblemsinJapan.Industriesshouldbeenvironmentallyfriendlyinordertoachievethesustainabledevelopmentofaglobalcivilization.Suchindustriesshouldpromoteresourcerecyclingandenergysaving,andavoidtheuseofhazardoussubstances.

Bymeansofthevariousresearchprojectscarriedout inthislaboratory,wefosterenvironmentalleaderswhowillhavetheabilitytosolveenvironmentalproblemsanywhereintheworld.Conservationandmanagementofaquaticenvironments,thepromotionofresourcerecycling, thedevelopmentofenergy-saving industries,andtheimprovementofenvironmentalsanitationindevelopingcountriesarealltopicsbeingstudiedusingmanykindsoftools,suchaswaterqualityanalysis,micro-pollutantanalysis,waterandmicro-pollutanttreatmenttechnologies,andlandusedataanalysesbasedonsatelliteimages.

Adelicatebalancebetweennature andhumanityhas emergedaspart of theglobal system through theinteractionbetweennatureandhumanculture.Humanculture,aswellashumanlife,cannotbemaintainedwithoutsustainingsuchabalance.Inordertopositionglobalenvironmentalstudiesasafundamentalsciencerelatingtothetopicofhumanexistence,wetryto integrateenvironmentally friendlytechnologiesacrossdisciplinesanddeveloptechnologiesandtechnologicalcriteriaappropriateforanenvironmentallybalancedcivilization.

Environmentally-friendly Industries for Sustainable Development／Environmental Infrastructure Engineering／Global Environmental Architecture／Biodiversity Conservation／Landscape Ecology and Planning／

Environmentally-Friendly Energy Conversion

Department ofTechnology and Ecology

Examplesofsurveysandexperiments

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KOBAYASHI Hirohide, Professor +81-75-753-4806 kobahiro@archi.kyoto-u.ac.jp

OCHIAI Chiho, Associate Professor +81-75-753-5723 ochiai.chiho.2x@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Global Environmental Architecture

Theresearchexplores“sustainablehumanenvironmentinmodernsocieties”basedonlocalcultureandnaturalsettings.Learningfromsustainableurbanandruralsettings,seekstounderstandtheglobalenvironmentalorderinallforms.Thefindingsandexperiencesarerealizedintoplanninganddesign,andimplementationofpracticalapplicationsforsocieties..

■ Locally-based building technologyWecreate theenvironmental/socialdesign forpractical

applications in order to restructure / sustain the livingenvironmentinmoderncontexts.

■ Locally-based human settlement Weexplore the knowledge andmethods for preferred

humanenvironmentbythefieldsurveys ineco-friendlyruralvillagesandoldhistoricquarters.

KATSUMI Takeshi, Professor +81-75-753-9205 katsumi.takeshi.6v@kyoto-u.ac.jp

TAKAI Atsushi, Associate Professor +81-75-753-5752 takai.atsushi.2s@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Environmental Infrastructure Engineering

The Environmental Infrastructure Engineering groupdealswith construction andmanagement of sustainable andenvironmentally-friendly infrastructures, andmainly focusesonthepreservationandrestorationof thegeo-environment.Withparticularattentiontothepromotionofarecycling-basedsociety,wemakeemphasisonthestudyof:1)strategiesandtechnologiesfor the appropriate reuse and disposal ofwastematerials,includingcontaminatedsoils,excavatedrocks,anddisasterdebris,2) the design,management, and post-closure applications ofcoastaland inlandwastedisposal landfillsites,withaparticularinterest on theperformance of liner and cover systems and,3) thedevelopmentandassessmentof remediation techniquesforground contamination,mainly focused on thebehavior ofheavymetals andnon-aqueousphase liquids (NAPLs) in soils.Weperformbothpractical (ona laboratorysetting)aswell astheoreticalwork(usingnumericalmodels),andcloselycollaboratewithnationalandprivateinstitutionsthatareresponsibleforthepreservationofthegeo-environment.

As members of a society that aims for a sustainabledevelopment,we hope that ourworkwill help improve theframeworksandtechnologiesthatwillallowustosafeguardtheinfrastructureandsocial systems for futuregenerations, evenunderthestrainingeffectsofclimatechange.

Fieldsurveysofenvironmentaladaptation in disaster-proneareas

F i e l d s u r v e y s o f l i v i n genvironments in urban andruralareas

Reconstructionmanagementofvernaculararchitectureand

Architectural project aimingat achieving environmentalharmony

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Siteinvestigationatawastelandfillsite

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SETOGUCHI Hiroaki, Professor +81-75-753-6860 setoguchi.hiroaki.2c@kyoto-u.ac.jp

NISHIKAWA Kanto, Associate Professor +81-75-753-6848 nishikawa.kanto.8v@kyoto-u.ac.jp

SAKAGUCHI Shota, Assistant Professor +81-75-753-6796 sakaguci54@gmail.com

Biodiversity Conservation

Stable global environment is based on ecosystem thatcomprises a large number of biological species, abioticenvironmentand their complicatedmutual interaction.Amongthem,biodiversity conservation is one of the essential pointsto keep the environment. “Biodiversity” denotes variation at

thespecies level, thegenetic levelandtheecosystemlevel.Weare interested inbiodiversityofplant andanimal speciesandcontribute into trainingpersonnelwhowork to promote theconservation indomesticand/or internationalorganizationsandadministrations.

SHIBATA Shozo, Professor +81-75-753-6084 shibata.shozo.6n@kyoto-u.ac.jp

FUKAMACHI Katsue, Associate Professor +81-75-753-6081 hukamachi.katsue.2e@kyoto-u.ac.jp

NUKINA Ryo, Assistant Professor +81-75-753-6099 nukina.ryo.8w@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Landscape Ecology and Planning

Thegoalsofourlaboratorycanbesummarizedas:1) Protectingnaturalareas,includingendangeredwildlifehabitats.2) Restoringdegradednaturalhabitats.3) Planningandmanagingsustainablelandscapes.

Thescopeofourresearchcoversavarietyofareas,rangingfromsmallgardensandurbanparkstoruralandmountainareas,andalsoincludesregionsundergoingdesertification.Wedealwiththelandscapeecologyofbothheavilypopulatedareasaswellasrelativelyunpopulatednaturalareas inorder toproposebetter

solutionstolanduseconflictsbetweenmanandnature.Recognizing thatwecannot standapart fromnature, and

that ecological sustainability may not be achievedwithoutcorrespondingculturalsustainability,ourcurrentareasofconcerninclude landscapeplanning,designandmanagement that takeswildlife habitats into consideration, and the development ofsuitablemethods forecologicalmitigationcarriedoutaspartoftheenvironmentalassessmentprocess.

Projectofex-situconservationofanendangeredplantsconductedatTakahama,Fukui Prefecture (Photo: “Foster parents” atprimaryschool)FieldresearchworkinKazakhstan

Culturallandscape:animportantaspectoflandscapeplanning

Ecologicalmonitoringbyremotesensing

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ABE Takeshi, Professor +81-075-383-2487 abe@elech.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp

MIYAZAKI Kohei, Associate Professor +81-075-383-7049 myzkohei@elech.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Environmentally-Friendly Energy Conversion

Oursociety facesmanyenvironmentalandenergyresourceproblems.Effectiveutilizationofenergyresources is themostfeasiblemethod to solve these problems. In this laboratorywe conduct the fundamental research on electrochemicalenergyconversiondevices suchas fuel cellsandrechargeablebatteries. Inparticularwe focusonthe“interface”atwhichtheelectrochemical reactionsproceedand investigate fundamentalconceptsforenhancingtherateandreversibilityoftheinterfacialreaction.Themainthemesofour laboratoryresearchare1),2),and3)asshownbelow.1)Lithium-ionbatteries

Fundamentalresearchonthe“electrode/electrolyteinterface”and“iontransferinelectrodes”toelicitperformanceoflithium-ionbatteries.2)Postlithium-ionbatteries

Fundamental researchandmaterial searchofmagnesiummetal secondarybatteries, sodium-ionbatteries, and aqueouslithium-ionbatteriesasnext-generation rechargeablebatteriesbeyondlithium-ionbatteries.3)Fuelcellsandmetal-airrechargeablebatteries

Fundamentalresearchandmaterialsearchofanionexchangemembrane fuel cellsandzinc-air secondarybatteries. Inanionexchangemembrane fuel cells, the reduction reactionoxygensupplied fromair isusedas thepositiveelectrodereactionand

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SAIZEN Izuru, Professor +81-75-753-6369 saizen.izuru.4n@kyoto-u.ac.jp

TSUTSUMIDA Narumasa, Assistant Professor +81-75-753-6368 tsutsumida.narumasa.3c@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Regional Planning

Our laboratoryexploreswell-balancedregionaldevelopmentsamongurbanandruralareasthroughanappropriateevaluationandutilizationofnaturalandsocialresourcesandtacklespotentialissuesassociatedwith implementationof regionalplanningbyGIS/RSandfieldsurvey.Currenttopicsarefollows:■Understanding of Regional Environments by GIS/RS

For the implementation of appropriate regional planningformanagingenvironments, landuse/cover ismonitoredandmodelledbyGIS/RS:

Monitoring of urban expansion (Indonesia); Evaluation ofresilience forclimatechanges (India);Spatial accuracyanalysisof landcoverclassification;Spatialdataminingof localstatisticaldata.

■Exploring sustainable developments based on field work.Natural or social resource issues associated with the

managementofregionalenvironmentsareexploredbyfieldworkorquestionnairesurvey:

Ruralrevitalizationbytransdisciplinaryapproach(Ruralareasin Japan);Landuseanalysis and forest resourcemanagement(Vietnam); Rural development for sustainable development(Indonesia,Philippines,India,andetc.).

Department ofNatural Resources

TheDepartmentofNaturalResourcesconsiderstheglobalecosystemtobeacomplexcomposedofnatureandhumansocietyandseekstoavoidenvironmentaldestructionbyconductingdynamicanalysesofresourcecirculationonbothaglobalscaleandwithinregionalecosystems.Ourresearchandeducationalapproachesare,therefore,builtonbothglobalandregionalperspectives,basedonthe ideathatnaturalresourcemanagementmustconformwithawell-designedhumanlifestyleonalocalscalethat,inturn,contributestotheconservationofthelargerecosystemandultimately thatof theglobalenvironment.Topics thatreceiveparticularattention include theenvironment-friendlyutilizationoforganicresources,technologiesforlow-impactmaterialconversionandrecycling,andthepropermanagementoflandandwaterresources.Field-basedstudiesofgeospheres,biospheres,coastalzonesandwatershedsalsoplayakeyrole in identifyingresourcecirculation issues insuchregionalunitsandsuggestingsolutions forsustainabledevelopmentandenvironmentalconservationthatcanbecarriedoutonbothalocalandaglobalscale.

Regional Planning／Urban Infrastructure Engineering／Atmospheric Chemistry／Terrestrial Microbiology and Systematics／Terrestrial Ecosystems Management／Integrated Environmental Studies／

Ecosystem linkages and Human society

Regionalresourcemanagementworkingwithlocalpeople(Winterfloodingpaddyfield)

UrbanmonitoringinJakartaMetropolitanareainIndonesia

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KAJII Yoshizumi, Professor +81-75-753-6897 kajii.yoshizumi.7e@kyoto-u.ac.jp

SAKAMOTO Yosuke, Assistant Professor +81-75-753-6634 sakamoto.yosuke.7a@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Atmospheric Chemistry

We investigateatmospheric chemistry,mainly focusingontheissueofphotochemicalozoneformation.Despitetheapparentdownward trends for both NOx and VOCs (precursors ofphotochemicaloxidants)detectedinmega-citiesinmanyadvancedcountries, including Japan, photochemical oxidants have stillincreasedinrecentyears.

Wearetryingtodeterminethecauseof thisupwardtrend.

Wearedevelopingultrasensitiveandhighlyprecise instrumentstomeasurereactivetracespeciessuchasHOxradicalsandNOxandweareusingthese instrumentstoobtain informationaboutpossiblesourcesofairpollutants,suchasvehicles.

Our finalgoal is to integrate theknowledgeobtained fromourobservationsandconsiderations inordertoprovideasoundscientificbasisfortheimprovementofairquality.

SUGIURA Kunitomo, Professor +81-75-383-3160 sugiura.kunitomo.4n@kyoto-u.ac.jp

HARADA Eiji, Associate Professor +81-75-383-3310 harada@particle.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp

TANAKA Tomohiro, Assistant Professor +81-75-383-7067 tanaka.tomohiro.7c@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Urban Infrastructure Engineering

Practicestoreduceenvironmentalimpactinadditiontosafetyandsecurity technologiesarenecessary to sustain sustainablehumanactivitiesasa lifeline. It is importanttodevelop“HolisticEngineering” integratingDesign,Construction,OperationandMaintenance technologies. Inorder toachievesucha task, thelaboratoryaimstodevelopgreentechnologiesinconjunctionwithexistingadvancedtechnologiestosecureurbaninfrastructuresintermsofdisaster-freeandlonglife.

■Transport and Energy Infrastructures・ApplicationofHighPerformanceMaterialstoBridgeStructures・NDE,Monitoring, Structural IntegrityEvaluation andLife

PredictionofAgingSteelStructures・DevelopmentofFloatingSUPG

■Water and Disaster Prevention Infrastructures・DevelopmentofAccurateandUniversalMovableBedModel・MultiAgentModelforEvacuationPlanning・Development of FloodRisk/Largest-Class FloodDisaster

EstimationMethod

Sediment Transport Simulation

Risk Assessment on Water-related Disaster

Mechanismofoxidantformation Researchactivities

Floating SUPG

Earthquake-Resistant Steel Bridge Piers

Durable FRP Bridges

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FUNAKAWA Shinya, Professor +81-75-753-6101 funakawa@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

SHINJO Hitoshi, Associate Professor +81-75-753-6299 shinhit@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

SHIBATA Makoto, Assistant Professor +81-75-753-6101 shibata.makoto.7c.@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Terrestrial Ecosystems Management

Ourcontinuedexistencedependsheavilyupon terrestrialecosystems that include air,water, soils, plants and animals.Wealsoinfluencethefunctioningofterrestrialecosystemsandact as one of the components.The recent increase inhumanactivitiesadverselyaffectsecosystemsandtheenvironmentatboth the local andglobal levels, in the formofdesertification,waterandsoilpollutionandlanddegradation.

Our laboratory is engaged in abroad rangeof studies onterrestrial ecosystemsmanagement.The study topics includesoilcharacterization,fertilitymechanismsandmaintenance,theutilization and conservation of soil resources, themechanismof soildegradationand its remediation, and the reappraisal ofindigenous agro-ecosystemsmanagement techniques in thehumidandsemi-aridtropics.WealsostudyholisticapproachestoruraldevelopmentandecosystemsmanagementthatcanbeusedtoenhancehumanwelfareandsecurityinJapan,AsiaandAfrica.

TANAKA Chihiro, Professor +81-75-753-6311 tanaka.chihiro.6a@kyoto-u.ac.jp

WATANABE Tetsuhiro, Associate Professor +81-75-753-6101 watanabe.tetsuhiro.2m@kyoto-u.ac.jp

TAKEUCHI Yuko, Assistant Professor +81-75-753-6060 takeuchi.yuko.7w@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Terrestrial Microbiology and Systematics

Manymicrobesliveinagriculturalandforestecosystems,andare interactingwithplantsandotherorganisms.Someof thesemicrobes areparasitic to theplantsbringing severedamagesto thehosts,andsomeothermicrobesaremutualisticbringingbenefits to thehosts.Weare studyingon thesemicrobesandthenatureof interactionsbetweenthemicrobesandtheirbioticandabioticenvironments todevelopnewapproaches forplantprotectionanditshealth.Ourcurrentinterestsare:

・Fungalsystematics.・Studiesonphysiologyandecologyofplantpathogensand

symbionts.・Molecular analyses of the fungal specific characters in

parasitism and symbiosis (hyphal development, sporemorphogenesis, colonization andpenetration on/to solidsubstrates).

Honeycombusedasanon-timberforestproduct(Cameroon)

Clear-cuttingoftropicallowlandforestinIndonesia

Field research onmycoflora and plant diseases inYunnanProvince,P.R.China.

Anexotic fungal symbiont (Amanita muscaria) inNewZealandand itsmycorrhizawith an endemic beech tree (Fuscospora solandri).

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TOKUCHI Naoko, Professor +81-75-753-6442 tokuchi.naoko.5r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

TATENO Ryunosuke, Associate Professor +81-15-485-2637 tateno.ryunosuke.8r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

SUZUKI Keita, Assistant Professor +81-773-62-5512 suzuki.keita.3r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Ecosystem linkages and Human society

Weexamine theecologyandecologicalproductionsystemsof aquaticbiological resources fromvariouspoints ofview. Inparticular,we investigate integratedcoastalzonemanagement,based on an understanding of the ecological relationshipbetweenterrestrialandcoastalareas, includingproductivityandbiodiversity,whicharestronglyaffectedbyhumanactivities.

■Connectivity of hills, humans and oceansWeexaminetheecologicallinksbetweenforest,river,human

andcoastalecosystems,andthe impactsofhumanactivitiesoncoastalbiologicalproductionsystems.Theseconceptsare thenusedtoidentifysuitablemethodsforaquaticzonemanagementinordertoachievefuturesustainabledevelopment.■Ecology of aquatic organisms

Westudyproductionsystemsofaquaticbiologicalresources,focusingonenergyflowfromnutritionandprimaryproductionthroughtomacrobenthosandfish,emphasizingthe lifehistory,survival,growth,movementand feedingcharacteristicsofkeyspecies.■Management of aquatic biological resources

Weexaminemanagementapproachesthatfocusonresourcesproducedby specific aquatic environments in local areas.Wedevelop appropriatemethods tomanage resources, restoreenvironmentsandenhancestocks.

KATSUMI Takeshi, Professor +81-75-753-9205 katsumi.takeshi.6v@kyoto-u.ac.jp

ASANO Satoshi, Assistant professor +81-75-753-6367 asano.satoshi.6w@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Integrated Environmental Studies

This laboratorywhichconsistsofDeanandyoungteacherswas launched to promote interdisciplinary and integrativeresearchactivitiesofenvironmentalstudies.

Ourrecentresearchesaimtoproposeappropriatesolutionsonrevitalizationorconservationofhuman-madelandscapesthroughintegrated environmental studies. In the case of biodiversityconservation,wehaveproposed “LocalEnvironmental Icons”asashort-termtarget,anda toolofrecognizingeffectsof localactivitiesonlocalbiodiversity.Theseiconsareconsideredhavinganaffinityforlivelihoodorcontentsofconservationactivities.Weemphasize stakeholderswhochange theiractionbyobservingicons aswell as icons to be changed by their conservationactivities. To find iconswe are required to integrate localknowledgeandscientificknowledgeofvariousfieldsandtodriveadaptivelywithstakeholders.

SetnetoperationatTai,Maizuru,Kyoto

Fieldtourofpaddybiotope(KokaCity,ShigaPrefecture)

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Suwanna Kitpati BOONTANON, Project Associate Professor (Mahidol Univ.) suwanna.boo@mahidol.ac.th

Wen LIU, Project Assistant Professor +81-75-753-4813 liu.wen.7s@kyoto-u.ac.jp

MIYAJI Mari, Project Assistant Professor +81-75-753-5633 miyaji.mari.3e@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Environmental Innovator Program EIP– Cultivating Environmental Leaders across ASEAN Region –

Rapid economic growth in theASEAN region has created serious environmental and social problems, ranging fromwaterdegradationandimproperwastemanagement,totrafficcongestionanddeforestation.

TheEnvironmentalInnovatorProgram–CultivatingEnvironmentalLeadersacrossASEANRegionisanewprogramatGSGES,whichstrengthenresearchandeducationalcapacitythroughintensiveintellectualexchangeswith11partneruniversitiesinASEANregion.ItaimstocultivateenvironmentalinnovatorswhowilltakeonaleadershiproleswithadeepunderstandingofAsianculturesandadvancedcommunicationskillstotackleglobalenvironmentalchallenges.

Oneofthemajorcomponentsofthisprogramaretwonewlylauncheddouble-degreeprogramswithMahidolUniversity(Thailand)andBogorAgriculturalUniversity (Indonesia). Students enrolled in theseprogramswill researchGlobalEnvironmental StudiesatGSGES (earningamaster’sdegree inGlobalEnvironmentalStudies)withamulti-disciplinaryperspective, andwill also studyaspecificdisciplineatapartneruniversity,suchasenvironmentalengineeringoragriculture,fortheirsecondmaster’sdegree.TheEIPprogramprovidesauniqueopportunitytostudynotonlyaspecificdisciplinebutalsomulti-disciplinaryenvironmentalstudiesatthesametime.

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JGP Top Global University Project “Japan Gateway: Kyoto University Top Global Program” Environmental Studies

Aprogram, “JapanGateway:KyotoUniversityTopGlobalProgram,JGP inshort)”hasbeenorganizingtoconduct internationaljoint education anddouble degreeswithworld-class partneruniversities prominent in research areas such asMathematics andChemistry thatKyotoUniversityhas significantly international competitiveness. In the area of environmental studies,GraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesofKyotoUniversityplaysacentralpart toprepare theway to implement interdisciplinaryandpracticalresearchestoconducetowardstheenvironmentalproblems,bothinglobalandlocalscales.Tofulfillthisgoal,GraduateSchool ofGlobalEnvironmental Studies is collaboratingwithGraduateSchool ofAgriculture ofKyotoUniversity to facilitate aninternationaljointeducationanddoubledegreeprogram.Throughtheglobaleducationandresearchwork,theprogramissetouttoencourageyoungresearcherstoobtainskillsandknowledgeinenvironmentalstudiessothattheycanbeabletoworkontheworldstageinnearfuture.

1) International double degree programTheprogramhas been conducting a double degree programwithGadjahMadaUniversity, BogorAgriculturalUniversity

(Indonesia),KasetsartUniversity,MahidolUniversity (Thailand), andTsinghuaUniversity (China) so far.AdoublemasterdegreeprogramwithLilleUniversity(France)etc.areplannedtobeimplementedinthefuture.

2) International joint education program

Theprogramprovidesvarious international educationprograms.A short studyabroadprogram,named “InternationalSpringSchool/AutumnSchoolforEnvironmentalStudies”aimedtounderstandtheenvironmentinJapanandlearntheskillsandknowledgeofanalysisthroughthefieldwork,laboratoryworkandlectureswascarriedoutfor5years.Intotal70selectedstudents(applicants:222) fromvariousuniversities in theworldhave joinedand learnedenvironmental studiesunder themulticultural atmosphereofKyoto since 2016. In addition, JGPhasprovidingopportunities for internships and researchprogram in overseasuniversities forstudents,andreceivingstudentsfrompartners’universitiestoconductinternationalcollaborativeresearch.Inthisway,ourprogrampromote/fosterinternationalization,anddevelopenvironmentalstudieswithinterdisciplinaryresearchesinmulti-culturecondition.

3) International research and study abroad fairTheprogram isalso joiningeventson“StudyAbroadFair”and“InternationalSymposium inEnvironmentalStudies” invarious

countriesintheworld,i.e.Vietnam,Thailand,Tanzaniaetc.,topromoteinternationalcollaborativeeducationandresearch.Inaddition,internationalcollaborativestudies/fieldwork/researcheshavebeenconductedinvariousplaces.

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Project for the Reconstruction ofVernacular Architecture and ItsSignificanceforContemporarySocietyProfessorKOBAYASHIHirohideEnvironmentalDesign,RegionalArchitecture

Vernacular Architecture in Modern SocietyEven in remotevillages, the spread of themarket

economyandaccompanyingshiftsinvalueshavealreadybecomepartofdailylife,andthelocalcultureandcustomsuniquetoaregionaregraduallydyingout.Inparticular,vernaculararchitecture—thehighlyindigenoustraditionalhousingcultivatedbythenatural featuresofaregion—isquicklybeing replacedwithbuildings incorporatinglargeamountsofnewmaterialssuchasconcreteblocks,galvanized ironsheets,andcementslates.Fieldsurveysthathavebeenconductedso faracrossAsia, theSouthPacific, and West Africa also reveal that in manycases residentshavenotbeen constructing their owntraditionalbuildingssincethe1970sand1980s.Forsucharchitectural techniquestobepasseddownthroughthegenerations,thereneedstobecollaborativeeffortsamongthelocalcommunitytoconstructhousingwithoutoutsidehelp.There is, therefore, a risk that such techniquesofvernaculararchitecturewillbe lostashighlyskilledcommunityresidentsgrowolderwithouttheopportunityto transfer theirknowledgewith thenextgeneration.Moreover,giventhatarchitecturalspacesreflectnotonlyarchitectural techniques,butalso thedaily lifestylesofthevillagecommunityand itscohabitationwithnature,the loss of vernacular architecturewill also have animpactonthepotentialofmanytraditionalcustomsandritestobekeptalive intothe followinggenerations.Thediverseabundanceofvernaculararchitectureisgraduallyslippingawayandwillbedifficulttoreviveonceitislostcompletely.

Conducting surveys in thevillagesand listening towhat individuals have to say,we find thatmany areconsciousof thenecessityand importanceof traditionalhousing. However, a number of factors hinder theconstructionofsuchhousing,suchasrestrictionsontheuseof resourcesdue to forestconservationpolicies, thedecline inuseful resources aroundvillages, reluctanceto provide construction labor resources in financiallystrugglingvillage communities, or strongpreferencesformodernhousingusingnewbuildingmaterials.Atthesametime,whenmysurveyresearchbringsmetoacentralfigureinthevillagecommunitywhoisconcernedabout this situation—andwhenweengage in repeated

discussions—thisconcerncomestogetherasaconsensusamongthe localpeople,and it ispossible toestablishaproject for reconstructingvernacular architecture. Sofar,wehavecooperatedwithandsupportedinitiativesinVietnam(2008and2018),Fiji (2011),Thailand (2013),andVanuatu(2017),tacklingvarioushurdlesalongtheway.

Sustainability of Vernacular Architecture

Basedonmyexperiencewithreconstructionprojects,it ispossible to summarize the factors that contributeto the construction and maintenance of vernaculararchitecture into three elements: local materials,traditional techniques, and collaborative labor.Theseelementsaremutuallylinkedinthesensethatknowledgeand techniques are passed down through interactionbetweenthegenerations inthevillagecommunities,andsuchskillsareadoptedtouseforestresourceseffectivelyandrationally, allowing thevillagecommunity toenjoythesubstantialgiftsof the forest.Moreover, lookingateachelementasaregional resource, localmaterialsarepartofthelocalnaturalenvironment(physicalresources),traditional techniques are part of the local culture(intellectual resources), and community cooperation ispart of the local society (human resources), such thatas awhole sucharchitecture is aproduct of the localenvironment itself.Thisdemonstrateshowthecreationandsustainabilityofvernaculararchitecturereliesonthepreservationof theregionalenvironment. Investigatingvernacular architecturemeans investigatingnot onlybuildings,butalsocommunities,naturalenvironments,andeventhecultureofthearea.Thedistinctivecharacterofsuchvernaculararchitecturecanbeseenasnotsomuchtheantiquatedproductofabygoneera,butasanessentialelement for creating balanced regional environmentsin the future fromthepointofviewofregional identityandcoexistencewithnature inourextremelyglobalizedmodern society. In that sense, projects to reconstructvernaculararchitectureprovidesignificant insights intonot only the community residents in and around theproject,butalsoourdailylivesandhousinginthemodernday.

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Striving forSustainableDevelopmentUtilizingRegionalResourcesProfessorSAIZENIzuruRegionalPlanning

Farming villages weakened in the process of economic development

Iengage inresearchonthedevelopmentofregionalareasand farmingvillages insideandoutsideof Japanwith a central focus on field surveys and analysisusing geographic information systems. In Japan, thedepopulation and agingpopulation of farmingvillageshasbeen a clear issue for several decades.Given theextremely severe and complexbackground, it is stilldifficult to findaneffectivesolution.Nodoubtvery fewpeopleduring Japan’speriodofhigheconomicgrowthpredictedthatruralcommunitieswouldlosetheirvitality.Effortsshouldprobablyhavebeenmadeat the time todevisemeasuresinpreparationforthefuture.Meanwhile,inmanyof the agricultural villages in thedevelopingcountriesofSoutheastAsia, thebenefitsof theeconomicdevelopment of the country as a whole have seenimprovementsinlivingstandardsandlevelsofhappiness,asreflectedbythecontentedsmilesonmanychildren’sfaces.However, suchrapiddevelopment isalso insomewaysvividlyreminiscentofJapan’shigheconomicgrowth,andwe thereforeneed to carefully consider initiativestowardthefuture.Astheeconomydevelops,theconceptofamonetaryeconomybeginstoencroachonagriculturalcommunities aswell.While livehood in the farmingvillagesinsuchcountrieswastypicallybasedonasystemofself-sufficiency,farmersbegintousethefields,inwhichtheypreviouslyused forcultivating food for themselves,forgrowingcashcropsandeventuallybegintointensivelyfarma certain crop in order to increase their profits.While this raises the potential formakingmonetaryprofit, italso increases theirvulnerability tochanges inthemarketvalueof the cropand tonaturaldisasters.Somemaywreakcatastrophicand irreparabledamages

in justashortperiodof time.Andasthepopulations infarmingvillagesincrease,demandarisesfornewindustry.However,asinmanydevelopingcountries,urbanindustryisdrivingtheeconomysothat therisingpopulation liesincreasingdeindustrializationofthefarmingvillages.

Revisiting what is always thereOne method of ensuring sustainable economic

development insuchregions is toeffectivelyutilize thelocalresourcesavailableinanarea.“Regionalresources”refers to those resources that have been cultivatedthroughout the longhistory of the region,which arehighly compatiblewith the natural environment andclimate of that area, andwhich have supported thelifestylesof the localresidentsover theyears.However,therearemanyregional resources that aregraduallybeing lost in the shadow of economic development.These include, forexample, festivalsuniquetoacertaincommunity,traditionalcropcultivation,andslash-and-burnagriculture.Thesetraditionsandpracticeseachhavethepotential tocontribute to thecommunity in the formofecological tourism, securingcrops forself-sufficiency, orthesustainableuseof forests.Byreconsideringregionalresources, it ispossible toboost theunderlyingvitalityof an area.Developing countries are also entitled toenjoy economicprogress andprosperity.At the sametime, it isessential toensure that theypursuesuitableand sustainable development in linewith the stagesofdevelopment. I aim todevelopachievablemeasuresthroughdiscussionswithlocalpeople.

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Clarifyingtheconnectionsamonghumanhealth,environment,andsocietyAssociateProfessorUEDAKayoEnvironmentalHealthSciences

We have been exper ienc ing a trans i t i on o fenvironmentalhealth risks over thepasthalf-century.In thepast time, themainconcernswerewhether thehigh levelof industrialpollutants fromthe local sourcemayhadcauseddiseasesorexacerbatedpre-existing illconditionsinashorttimeperiod,whichmadepeopleinferthe associationbetween its association.Currently,weareaware that theseenvironmentalhealthrisksshouldbeaddressed inaglobal scale, as representedbyheat-relatedmortalityunderclimatechangeandrespiratory/cardiovascular diseases morbidity attributable totransboundaryairpollutants.Theemergingenvironmentalhealthproblemsalso include thehealth effects of lowlevels of chemicals on allergic diseases, concerns ofhealth effects ofmaternal exposure to environmentalpollutants on fetal andneonataldevelopment.Further,various individual- or community-level factors, suchassocioeconomicstatusandmedicalprogress,modify thehealtheffectsofenvironmentalpollutants.

Our laboratorytries todisentanglethehealtheffectsof environmental pollutants using epidemiological andexperimentalapproaches.Ofthose, Ihavebeen involvedwithepidemiologicalstudieswhich focusthedistributionanddeterminant ofhealthanddiseases in “population”while experimental approaches use cells, animals,and sometimes human to elucidate health effects ofenvironmentalpollutantsandunderlyingmechanisms.

Oneofmyspecificresearchgoals is to identifywhoaremoreatrisk fromenvironmentalpollutants.Wecanconsidersusceptiblepopulationswhoare likely tohavemoreseriousresponsestoacertain levelofexposuretopollutants,andvulnerablepopulationswhoare likely tobeexposed tohigher levelsofenvironmentalpollutantsmoreoftenthanothers.Susceptibilityisgenerallyrelated

tophysiologicalvariation.Forexample, it is consideredthat childrenaremore susceptible thanadultbecausethey are still under thedevelopment and thedefensesystem is immature.Vulnerability is related topeople’sbehaviorandsocial factors. In thestudyexamining theassociationofhot temperatureandheat-related illnessesinJapan,wefocusedonageasafactorthatcouldmodifytheeffect of temperatureonhealth.Theage-stratifiedanalysisrevealedthat themiddle-agedmaleshadhigherrisksofheat-relatedillnessesthanotheragegroups.Thiswasanunexpectedfindingbecausewehypothesizedtheelderly,withdeterioratedphysiological functiondue toagingprocess,wasmoresusceptibletoexposuretohightemperatureduring summer.From this observation, itis speculated that themiddle-agedpeople tend toworkoutdoor longerhours than theelderlywhile theelderlystayindoorswhereairconditioningisavailableandavoidgoingoutside.Especially,Japanesepeoplehavebeenmoreawareofheat-relatedillnessesfrompreventingheatstrokecampaignsfocusingontheelderlyafterthehotsummerin2010.Thisresultisjustapieceofevidencethatindirectlysuggesthowmuch individualbehaviorandsocial statusmodifyenvironmentalhealthrisks.But thisgivesusaninsightabout theconnectionsamong individual, society,andenvironment.

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ConveyingtheSignificanceandSafetyofUsingRecycledWaterinAgricultureAssociateProfessorYOSHINOAkiraAgriculturalEconomics

Mas te r ’ s s tuden t s a t t he Schoo l o f G l oba lEnvironmentalStudiestakepartinalong-terminternshiplastingatleastthreemonthsasacompulsorypartofthecurriculum.Over the threeyearssince2015,eachyearonestudent fromthe fieldofEnvironmentalMarketingManagement has pursued his or her internship byparticipatinginaninitiativeinItomanCityinOkinawatoinvestigatethepotentialuseofrecycledwaterinfarming.

The recycledwater has been developed throughefforts ledbyProfessorHiroakiTanaka’s laboratoryattheKyotoUniversityGraduateSchool ofEngineering.ByapplyingultrafiltrationandUVdisinfectiontotreatedwastewater,theyhavecreateda low-costsupplyofsafewatersuitable fordirectuse—even to irrigatecropsofvegetablessold forrawconsumption. In ItomanCity inOkinawa,whereuseoftherecycledwaterisbeingtested,therearehighhopesforitsuseduetothechronicwatershortagethat farming in theareahassufferedover theyears.Thisapproachisalsoenvironmentally-friendlyasitreducestheamountoftreatedwastewaterreleasedintorivers.

Yet, regardlessofhowsafe thewatermaybe, thelocal governmentheadingup theproject and farmerswere concerned about the possibility that consumerscouldbe reluctant topurchasevegetablesgrownwithrecycled water, given that such water comes fromsewage.This iswhytheyreachedouttoour laboratory.Riskcommunication for foodproductshasbeenoneofthe focusesofourresearchsincethescandal thatarosesurroundingBSE—ormadcowdisease,asitiscommonlyknown.

Inordertobeabletocommunicaterisktoconsumersandthegeneralpublicitisnecessarytostartbylisteningopenlytopeople’sinterpretationsandconcernsregardingthemessageputoutby thosedeveloping theproducts.ChiharuMiwa—thefirststudenttopursueherinternshipat thisproject inOkinawa—drewon theknowledgeofchemistrythatshehadacquiredasanundergraduatetocreateapamphletandwebsiteexplainingthesignificanceand safety of recycledwater,while also carrying outa survey to listen towhat consumershad to say.Theresultsrevealedthatthemajorityofconsumerswerenotcompletelyagainst the ideabuthadavague feelingofconcern.Suchconcernfocusedonthepossibilityof toxicchemicals thatmayhavebeenoverlookedand theriskofunanticipatedaccidents, rather than theriskof foodpoisoning.Thisresultcameasashocktothose involvedinthedevelopmentofthewater,astheyhadtakengreat

painstoensurethatE.colibacteriaandviruseshadbeeneradicated.

Serika Yuto, the student who went to Okinawathe following academic year, took part in a test runsellingvegetablesgrownusingrecycledwaterwith thecooperationoffarmers,andcreatedandstarredinavideoexplaining recycledwater.Alongside these activities,sheconductedasurveyandskillfullyappliedadvancedstatisticalanalysis to theresults inorder toestimate towhatextent theactual saleofvegetables cultivated inOkinawaPrefecturewouldbeaffected if recycledwaterwasused in cultivation.This revealed that as long asexplanationsregardingrecycledwaterareprovided, theimpact onvegetable sales isnot significant enough tomeritconcern.

This,however,leftthequestionofhowtoensurethatthemessagegetsacross.Thethirdstudenttoparticipateintheinternship,MinoriOda,whospecializedineducationasanundergraduate, setout to tackle thisquestion. Inadditiontopublishingarticlesinthelocalnewsletter,shealso setupa recycledwater tankandhydroponicskitinthe lobbyoftheItomanCityHall, testingoutwaysofencouragingpeopletowanttofindaboutmoreregardingrecycledwater.Displayingsuchitemswashighlyeffective,with justunder90%of localpeoplebecomingawareoftheexistenceofrecycledwater,andjustunder40%beingdrawntotheexplanationonrecycledwater.

Asa result of such surveyand researchactivities,the recycledwater project in Itoman City is beingdeveloped forcommercialpurposes.Asour roledrawstoanend, it seems fair to suggest this internshipandother such opportunities aredistinctive of theSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies in theway that theyallow students fromvariousbackgrounds acrossboththesciencesandhumanitiestocooperatewithand learnfromresearchersfromotherfieldsaswellasgovernmentand industryrepresentatives,andtodrawontheirownknowledgeandability intheirrespectivespecialistfieldstocontributetoacertainprojectand,indoingso,pursuetheirownresearch.

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Research Laboratory Profile:Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Technology and Ecology

―What kind of research do you do?The research area that Professor SETOGUCHI and

Assistant Professor SAKAGUCHI are focusing on is the evolutionary biology of plants, based on plant systematics and phytogeography. In the past, we used to spend more than a third of the year conducting studies overseas, but recently, our research has become more Japan-centered. Japan stretches a long distance from north to south and has diverse environments, ranging from subpolar to subtropical zones. We hope to find interesting phenomena that are unique to the characteristics of the Japanese archipelago and explore how plants adapt themselves to such environments for evolution and survival. Associate Professor NISHIKAWA is doing very similar research into fauna, as opposed to flora. The fields in which he conducts his research center on East Asia, including Japan, and Southeast Asia.

A large percentage of the plants and animals we study are rich in diversity. We have conducted various activities such as conservation, collection and propagation for each animal and plant that we encounter in the course of our research, but, ultimately, somewhere along the way, we have realized that conservation has come to take up a full half of our work.

―What is unique about your laboratory?When we joined the Hall of Global Environmental

Research , we thought about what our def in ing characteristics were. Because we were working in biological diversity, diversity and evolutionary, and diversity conservation studies, “diversity” became our keyword.

Also, given our responsibilities in liberal arts courses, we try as much as possible to have each of our lecturers cover a broad range of areas. If we were to establish one single course like other faculties, we would all be covering the same field. Although the orientation of our research is heading in the same direction, in our biodiversity classes, our lecturers are also diverse, which we see as one of the distinctive characteristics of our laboratory.

―Tell us about the research your graduate students are doing.

Many of students seem to be more interested in evolution rather than conservation. Having said that, although they may be most interested in evolution when they first start their research, as they participate in conservation-related events, spend time in the laboratory, and become associate with the locals, some students become more aware of conservation and eventually end up involved in conservation to a certain extent, even as they continue to pursue evolutionary studies and biodiversity sciences. We do hope that the students in our laboratory will become more involved in conservation through such opportunities.

―What kind of areas do students move on to after they graduate from your laboratory?

Of those students who have completed their doctorates, most have found jobs at universities. Some graduates have joined consulting companies and others have started their own businesses, taking advantage of their research experience. Some postgraduate students want to set up their own companies, so we hope to see more students who will experience that kind of research a little more and work actively in society in that way.

In terms of conservation and the like, involvement with public administrations will take on increasing importance going forward. In particular, we hope to deepen the connections on the cultural front. We would like to see our graduates move into a greater variety of workplaces after they have gained research experience, such as teaching, public service, or in ordinary private-sector business. Ultimately, that will be the quickest way when it comes to conservation of biodiversity. More flexibility in various respects is what we are aiming for.

(Interviewer: FUKAMACHI Katsue)

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Department of Global EcologySustainable Rural Development

―How would you describe your laboratory?Our Laboratory was originally launched as the

Agricultural Land Use Planning in the Faculty of Agriculture. The name was later changed to the Laboratory of Rural Planning, and in 2011, we joined the Hall of Global Environmental Research and became the Laboratory of Sustainable Rural Development. There is an academic society called the Association of Rural Planning, and we have been involved in this field ever since it was established. In simple terms, rural planning is the study of problem-solving for rural communities. Basically, we start with problem-solving in the regions, making use of various concepts, theories, and approaches to come up with concrete plans and proposals. We develop planning theories, methods, schemes and the like, but we do not attempt to complete them all by ourselves. Instead, we adopt a more pragmatic approach, in which we will insatiably try anything that we think might be useful for problem solving. Out in the field, there are not only problems, but hints for solving them lying in wait for us to find them, so naturally, we place major importance on learning from the field.

Our laboratory works on a variety of issues, not only in Japan, but overseas as well. We endeavor to generate concrete solutions, but the harder we try, or the more we want to make a proposal that suits that particular area, the more we find that each area has its own peculiarities and systems vary substantially from country to country. An interdisciplinary approach has been adopted in the study of rural planning since its early stages, but research themes have tended to focus on the challenges of rural communities in Japan. For this reason, the field had fallen considerably behind in an international sense. In that respect, we believe our laboratory has an advantage.

―What kind of things do you research?Our fieldwork centers on the areas around Kansai,

but we do go to a variety of places. The kinds of themes we engage in include, for example, research into the development of community planning methodologies and the restructuring of local organizations. We regularly visit regional areas and assist with the development of plans and make proposals regarding schemes on an ongoing basis. We select various regions to suit each theme, such as rural community planning in Kobe City, tourism in Miyama-cho, and digitization in farming

communities in Kameoka. Going forward, we hope to prioritize themes such as the development of regional models related to rural planning and basic research regarding workshops.

―How is your laboratory run?The laboratory has a total of 29 members, including

one professor, two associate professors, one assistant professor, and three researchers, from Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Japan. We also have 13 Master’s students including students from Bangladesh, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, and South Korea. Because there are so many international students, our research themes are very diverse.

―What kind of research are the researchers and students conducting?

Our researchers are conducting research into future forecasting models in the areas of Marchais (street marckets), agriculture-welfare collaboration, and disaster prevention. The students’ research themes include improvement of disaster prevention resilience in local communities in metropolitan areas, the development of inbound tourism that takes the co-existence of multiple cultures into account, and workshops using 3D models. In particular, we are seeing rapid advancements in digitization in rural areas at the moment, such as what we call smart agriculture and is known as smart villages overseas, with ICT technologies rapidly spreading in farming communities. Seeing this as an opportunity, we are seeking to find solutions to the various problems that rural communities are currently facing, such as depopulation and the shortage of people willing to take over farming from aging farmers.

(Interviewer: FUKAMACHI Katsue)

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TheSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies iscomposedof the “DoctoralProgram inGlobalEnvironmentalStudies,”designed to foster outstanding researchers responsible forfurtherdevelopmentofthenewfieldofglobalenvironmentalstudies, and the “Master’s Program in EnvironmentalManagement” and “Doctoral Program inEnvironmentalManagement,”bothdesignedtotrainoutstandingpractitionerscapableofaddressingenvironmental issues fromthe local tothegloballevel.Theeducationalgoalsoftheseprogramsareshowninthefollowingtable.

Doctoral Program in Global Environmental StudiesThisprogram fosters researchers capable ofworking

at the international level by tackling global and localenvironmental issues using innovative approaches andmethodologiesdrawn fromvarious fundamental academicfields.

Master’s Program in Environmental ManagementThisprogramtrains internationally-mindedpractitioners

with theknowledgeandpractical skills required to tackleenvironmentalproblems from the local to theglobal level.Thisprogramalso fosters researchers capableofworkingat the international level by addressing global and localenvironmental issuesusingapproachesandmethodologiesdrawnfromvariousfundamentalacademicfields.

Doctoral Program in Environmental ManagementThis program fosters practitioners with advanced

management expertise and the extensiveknowledge andskillsrequiredtoaddressenvironmentalissuesfromthelocaltothegloballevel.Thiswillenablethemtomakeapracticalcontributionwhenworkingininternationalsettings.

Studentsparticipatinginanyoftheaboveprogramsmayenroll inboth compulsory and elective courses offered inEnglish, inkeepingwith theGraduateSchool’saimto trainprofessionalscapableofworking inan international setting.StudentsseekingtofurthertheirinterdisciplinaryknowledgebasearealsoabletotakecreditedlecturecoursesfromotherschoolsinKyotoUniversity.

This programaccepts studentswhohave obtained amaster’s degree or the equivalent in various fields.TheprogramencompassestheDepartmentofGlobalEcology,theDepartmentofTechnologyandEcology,andtheDepartmentofNaturalResources of theHall ofGlobalEnvironmentalResearch, aswell asSansaiGakurin. Students’ specializedstudy themes are selected from a vast range of themesrelatedtoglobalenvironmentalstudies,basedonpriorstudyandapproachesavailableinthehumanitiesandsocialsciencesaswell as in theareasofnatural science, agricultureandengineering.Afterreceivingadoctoraldegree,studentsmayworkatuniversities or environment-relatedgovernment/private-sectorresearchorganizations.

Curriculum structure1In order to develop outstanding researchers, course

guidanceisprovided,asneeded,onsubjectsofferedundertheMaster’sProgram inEnvironmentalManagement, focusingprimarilyonlecturesandseminars.

An academic supervisor and a sub-supervisor areassignedtoeachstudentuponentryintotheuniversity,andthestudentreceivesinterdisciplinaryguidance.

Progress towards the degree2Firstyear:Academic supervisor selected; research plan

drafted, reviewed and presented; preliminarythesisreportwritten;andenrollment inexercises

andseminars.Secondyear:Enrollmentinexercisesandseminars.Thirdyear: Second thesis report written; enrollment in

exercisesandseminars; submission, reviewanddefenseofadoctoral thesis;DoctoralDegree inGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesawardedtostudent.

Thestandardtimetakentocompletetheprogramisthreeyears.However,exceptionalstudentsmaybeabletocompletethedegreeinlesstime.

Admission information3Applicantswill begraded according to the sum total

of theirmarks forEnglishability (evaluatedonthebasisofTOEFL iBT (preferred),TOEFLPBT,TOEICSPor IELTStestscores)andinterviewperformance(specializedknowledgeof theapplicant's chosen studyareaandpresentationof aresearchplan).

Doctoral Program in Global Environmental Studies

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Inordertogaintheskillsneededtobecomeoutstandingenvironmentalmanagementprofessionals orenvironmentalresearchers,studentsarerequiredtoparticipateinalengthyinternshipstudy.Basedonpracticalexperiencegainedoutsideof theuniversity, studentsgainprofessional skills thatwillenable them towrite an innovativemaster’s thesis.Aftercompletingthemaster’sdegree,studentsmaycontinueontothedoctoralprograminordertoobtainadvancedprofessionaland academic research skills ormay choose towork fornational or local government organizations, internationalorganizations,environment-relateddepartmentsof industries,environment-relatedindustries,orenvironment-relatedNGOs,amongothers.

Curriculum structure1The core requirements of the Master’s Program in

EnvironmentalManagementarecourses in the theoreticalfoundations of global environmental studies (GlobalEnvironmentalPolicyandEconomics,GlobalEnvironmentalEngineering, Management of Global Resources andEcosystems, Environmental Ethics and EnvironmentalEducation).Thestudentstudiesenvironmentalmanagementfundamenta l s and theor ies , and at tends seminarscorrespondingtothestudent’sareaofinterest.Afterthat,thestudentcompletesaninternshipandthensubmitsamaster’sthesis.

Studentsalsoattendenvironmentalmanagementseminars,whichincludespeciallecturesbyinvitedlecturers,fieldwork,experiments andpractical study, and a literature review,all ofwhichserve to instill in thestudent the fundamentalknowledgeandskillsneeded forenvironmental researchorpracticeattheinternationallevel.

Internship study2An internship is a compulsorypart of the curriculum

of theMaster’sProgram inEnvironmentalManagement.Individualeducationbasedonpractical experienceoutsidethe classroomenables students to acquire competence inaddressingglobalenvironmental issues.TheGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmental Studies has arrangementswithawide rangeofdomestic and international environmentalresearchinstitutionsandorganizationsthatcurrentlyserveashosts for internship training.Previously, studentshavebeenplacedasinternsatgovernmentalresearchinstitutes,privateresearchorganizations, foreignuniversities,and internationalorganizationssuchas theUnitedNationsand internationalNGOs.

Twokindsof internshipareavailableforstudents:Long-term internships,which require students to spendat leastthreemonths at one site in order to train and cultivatepractical skills, and short-term internships of one to two

months for studentswhose research objectives are bestachievedthroughbriefpracticalexperience. (Forshort-terminternships, the submission of preliminary thesiswork isrequired.)

Progress towards the degree3FirstYear:Coursework,draftingof internship studyplan,

internship.SecondYear:Submission and reviewofmaster’s thesis for

theMaster’sDegree inGlobalEnvironmentalStudies.

Admission information4Applicantswill begraded according to the sum total

of theirmarks forEnglishability (evaluatedonthebasisofTOEFL iBT (preferred),TOEFLPBT,TOEICSP,or IELTStest scores),generalknowledgeof theglobal environment,basicknowledgeof theapplicant’schoiceofstudyareaandinterviews (toassessspecializedknowledgegainedover thecourseoftheundergraduateprogram,thestudyplan,andtheapplicant’ssuitabilityforthemaster’sprogram).

5 Double Master’s Degree Program

Thisprogramseeks to train/foster specialistswhowillhavein-depthknowledgeofglobalandregionalenvironmentsand thepractical skills necessary to solve environmentalproblems, and who are instilled with an internationalperspective.Studentswhosuccessfully completeapprovedcoursework overseas at thepartneruniversitywill gaintransfercreditandearntwomaster’sdegreesintwodifferentfieldsforthreeyears.

Partneruniversities:MahidolUniversity,Thailand (EnvironmentalandWater

ResourcesEngineering,FacultyofEngineering)BogorAgriculturalUniversity,Indonesia(MasterProgram

inRegional Planning andMasterProgram inLandscapeArchitecture)

GraduateSchoolatShenzhen,TsinghuaUniversity,China

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Thisprogramaims to trainprofessionals capable offunctioning in an international settingbyequipping themwith the comprehensiveknowledge and skills needed forresolvingconflictsandmanagingglobalenvironmentalissues.Internshipstudy(domesticoroverseas)andthepreparationofadoctoralthesishelpstudentsdeveloptheskillsrequiredforenvironment-relatedworkaftergraduation.Graduatesof thedoctoralprogramareexpectedtofindemploymentinnationalorlocalgovernment,internationalorganizations,environment-related departments of industries, environment-relatedindustries,environmentalNGOs,universities,orgovernment/private-sectorresearchorganizationswithanenvironmentalfocus,amongothers.

Curriculum structure1In order to cultivate outstanding environmental

managementpractitionersandresearchers,courseguidanceisprovided,asneeded,onsubjectsofferedundertheMaster’sProgram inEnvironmentalManagement, focusingprimarilyon lectures and seminars.The student also completes aninternshipprogram lastingapproximately sixmonths, andthensubmitsadoctoralthesis.

Anacademicsupervisorandsub-supervisorareassignedto each student upon entry into the university, and thestudentreceivesinterdisciplinaryandpracticalguidance.

Internship study2An internship is a compulsorypart of the curriculum

of theDoctoral Program inEnvironmentalManagement.Individualeducationbasedonpractical experienceoutsidethe classroomenables students to acquire competence inaddressingglobalenvironmentalissues.

TheGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudieshasarrangementswithawiderangeofdomesticandinternationalenvironmental research institutionsandorganizations thatcurrentlyserveashosts for internship training.Previously,studentshaveundertaken internshipswithgovernmentalresearch institutes, private researchorganizations, foreignuniversities, and international organizations such as theUnitedNationsand internationalNGOs.Doctoral studentsmust spend at least fivemonths training and cultivatingpracticalskillsattheirinternshipsites.AfterreturningtotheGraduateSchool, studentsprepare theirdoctoral thesesbydrawingupontheirexperiencesoutsidetheclassroom.

Progress towards the degree3Firstyear: Academic supervisor selected; research plan

drafted, reviewed and presented; preliminarythesisreportwritten;preparationofaninternship

plan,andenrollmentinexercisesandseminars.Secondyear:InternshipThirdyear:Second thesis report written; enrollment in

exercisesandseminars; submission, reviewanddefenseofadoctoralthesis.

DoctoralDegreeinGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesawardedtostudent.

Thestandardtimetakentocompletetheprogramisthreeyears.However,exceptionalstudentsmaybeabletocompletethedegreeinlesstime.

Admission information4Applicantswill begraded according to the sum total

of theirmarks forEnglishability (evaluatedonthebasisofTOEFL iBT (preferred),TOEFLPBT,TOEICSP,or IELTStest scores) and interviewperformance (toassess relevantresearch skills and specializedknowledgegainedover thecourseofmaster’sstudyorpracticalachievement inrelationtoenvironmentalmanagement,aswellastheirresearchplanforthedoctoralprogram).

*NoteforapplicantsfromoverseasInkeepingwith the international focusof thisGraduate

School,wewarmlywelcome applications from overseasstudents toallourprograms. Internationalapplicants to theMaster’sProgram inEnvironmentalManagement shouldnote,however,thatsomeofthecreditedelectivesofferedbytheschoolmaybe taughtonly in Japanese.Applicantsarestrongly advised to consultwith their intendedacademicsupervisor for further information onwhat classes areavailable. InternationalapplicantsshouldalsonotethatwhileproficiencyinJapaneseisnotarequirementfortheMaster’sPrograminEnvironmentalManagement,adegreeofJapanesespeaking, listeningcomprehensionandreadingabilitymayenrich their social andacademic interactionsduring theirstudyattheGraduateSchool.

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Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (Environmental Management, Global Environmental Studies)Goal

Secure the current and future health and sustainability of the global environment by fostering (1) practitioners with an ability to improve, sustain, and manage the environment, (2) researchers who establish sustainability as the basis of an integrated, interdisciplinary field, and (3) Internationally effective professionals who address the environmental challenges confronting the 21st century.

Prospective Students We seek a diverse body of students with different backgrounds and perspectives: Future researchers from all academic fields with a keen interest in global environmental problems and their solutions and future and current practitioners with a passionate enthusiasm for environmental management and a sincere commitment to acquiring and implementing knowledge and practical skills.

Cultivate professional practitioners and researchers who pursue field-based research with a sincere commitment to contribute to the environment and environmental sustainability.

Acquire a wide range of expertise and management skills for practical and sustainable solutions to environmental problems, and complete a master’s thesis.

Acquire professional capacities and expert ise for pursuing independent research and professional work, and complete a doctoral dissertation.

Doctoral Program

Completion

Admission

Admission

EducationalGoal

Educational Goal

Criteria for Doctor’s Degree

Criteria for Master’s Degree

Master’sProgram

Completion

Admission

Environmental Management （Doctor）Foster practitioners with high level of specialized manag emen t sk i l l s , b road kno wledg e and problem-solving skills who can work towards the solution of global and regional environmental problems.

Master’s Program in Environmental ManagementFoster practitioners with in-depth knowledge and problem solving skills and a broad international perspective, in order to solve regional and global environmental problems.

Cultivate internationally active researchers addressing regional and global environmental problems with interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies.

Global Environmental Studies (Doctor)

Dissertation Submission, Defense, and Review Courses and Seminars & 2nd Progress Report (Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global Environmental Studies IIb)

Master’s Thesis Submission, Presentation, and Thesis ReviewResearch for Master’s Thesis（Environmental Management Seminar (Compulsory))Internship Report （Internship II (Compulsory))

Dissertation Submission, Defense, and Review Courses and Seminars & 2nd Progress Report (Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global Environmental Studies Ⅲａ，Ⅲｂ）

Internship (>5 months) & Report （Internship）Courses and Seminars （Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global Environmental Studies Iia)

Courses and Seminars（Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global Environmental Studies IIa, IIb)

Internship （more than 3 months）（Internship I (Compulsory))Coursework 1. Basics in Global Environmental Studies (Compulsory); 2. Environmental Management Seminar A(Compulsory); 3. Environmental Management Seminar B (Compulsory); 4. Basics in Environmental Management; 5. other lectures in Environmental Management

Courses and Seminars, 1st Progress Report (Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global Environmental Studies Ia, Ib)

Courses and Seminars, 1st Progress Report (Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global Environmental Studies Ia, Ib) （report every 6 months)

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D2

D3

M1

M2

Completion of Doctoral program is certified based on whether the dissertation contributes to solving global and regional environmental problems, and whether the applicant acquires a high level of professional skills and logical communication capabilities.

Progress Report

Progress Report

Progress Report

Progress Report

Progress Report

Conferment of master’s degree is based on whether the thesis contributes to solving global environmental problems and regional environmental problems, and whether the applicant acquires sufficient knowledge, expertise, and logical communication skills.

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VOICE 1 JONOKUCHI SuguruMaster’s Program, Environmental Infrastructure Engineering

When I en te red the Gradua te Schoo l o f G l oba lEnvironmentalStudies,Ihadtwomajorexpectations.Thefirstwas tostudyalongsidepeople fromavarietyofbackgroundsand nationalities. The second was to learn about globalenvironmental issues in away that transcendedmy ownspecialization,suchasengineering,agriculture,andeconomics.These days, I feel that I am meeting these expectationseveryday.On the firstpoint, I spent threemonthsdoinganinternshipattheUniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego,researchingmyspecialist field ofgroundenvironmental studies. I spentmydays thereonrepeated trial-and-error approaches tomyresearch,whiledebatingwith localsofdifferentbackgrounds.Thiswasan invaluableexperience thatgaveme insight intomyownstrengthsandweaknesses.However,Ibelievethattheappealof theGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesdoesnot just lie in its formalprograms, suchas thesekindsof internshipprograms, theEnglish-languagecoursedelivery,and the fieldworkopportunities.Rather, I feel that it is thepeopletobefoundintheSchoolwhoareitsgreatestappeal.Asmysecondexpectation shows, theGraduateSchool ofGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesisbrimmingwithuniquepeopleoftrulydiversenationalities, cultural backgrounds, andexperiences.

About ha l f o f the Schoo l ’ ss tudents a re in terna t i ona lstudentsofdifferentnationalitiesand cu l tura l backgrounds .Moreover, the people in theSchool possess a broad rangeof knowledge that transcendstheboundariesof thesciencesandthehumanities.Therearewaytoomanyexamplestolist,suchas thepersonwho lovesamphibiansandwill tellyouanythingyouwanttoknowaboutthem,andthepersonwhohasbeenengagingseriouslyinrenewableenergysincetheirstudentdays.Beingabletospendeverydaywiththesekindsofpeople,allofwhomrespecteachother, isextremelystimulating.For thisreason, IbelievethattheGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesistheidealplacetoaspiretobecomethekindof “practitionerwithbroadperspectivesandhigh-levelknowledgetotacklemanycomplexglobal environmental problems” expounded in the School’sphilosophy.

Voices from Students

VOICE 2 Shahar Lilia GRIFFINDoctoral Program in Grobal Environmental Studies Grobal Environmental Policy

Studying inadifferentcountrycouldbequitechallenging,butawell-knownphrasesays: “Themagichappenswhenyoustepoutsideofyourcomfortzone”.

When I came to know about the master program ofEnvironmentalManagement intheGSGES,IknewIfoundthebestprogramforme.Iwasattractedbythepracticalaspectofthesestudies,andtheultimategoalof thegraduateschool: toqualify futureexperts thatwouldhavepositive impactonthehealthandsustainabilityoftheglobalenvironment.

In theGSGESwestudyvariouscoursesregardingglobalenvironmental issues and sustainability in different fields:economics,engineering,andeducationalongwithother fields.Apart fromstudying in the classroom,weall alsowent outto the field, andsaw inourowneyeswhatarewestudyingabout.This combination of theoretical learning alongwithpractical learning isproductive,especiallywhendealingwithenvironmentalmanagement.One thing I liked especially ismeeting the localpeoplewhenwewent to the field.Hearingabout thepracticesandruralcultureofJapanwas fascinatingandauthentic, aswell asdirectly related to issueswehavelearnedinclass.

TheprofessorsintheGSGESareveryhelpfulandwelcomeintelligentdebatesandpersonal consultations.The fact thatour professors have both perspectives – the local and theglobal–and the fact that the fieldsof theirresearchdiversegreatly,givesus,thestudents,multipleperspectivestoourownresearch. I think thatour joint seminarsand thecomments Ihavereceivedfromtheprofessorsreallyimprovedmyresearch.

A l though s tudy ing andresearching interesting topicsis very fulf i l l ing, it is verydemanding as well : being amaster student requires myclassmates and me to studyh a r d , s p e nd i n g mu ch o four time in deepening ourunderstanding　in　environmental related topics,andespeciallyhaveahighself-disciplinewhenconductingourresearch. In the timeof our internships,wewereoperatingindependentlyinthefield,anditwasourobligationtomakeourbestoutofthisexperience.

SincetheGSGESisquiteasmallgraduateschoolcomparedto otherKyotoUniversitygraduate schools, there is agoodsenseofcommunity,whichmakes itaniceplace towork in.Onemore integral feature of the school is its internationalcommunity:thestudents,andsomeoftheteachers,comefromdifferent backgrounds and cultures,whichmakes the timetogetherveryenrichingandeducating.Inthatsense,itdoesnotmatterwhereyouarefrom,sinceeverybodycontributestothediscussionofglobalenvironmentalissues.

Indeed,challengesarenoteasy,buttheyalwaysprovideusbenefitswhenovercomingthem.Studyingglobalenvironmentalstudiesinamulticulturalenvironmentislookingonestepahead,asweaimtoapplytheoreticalaswellaspracticalsolutionsforthefuturesociety.

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Voices from Graduate Students

Graduated fromMaster’sProgram(2017)

AOKITomohiroCommunity-ReactivatingCooperatorSquad(MinabeTownHall)

IenteredtheSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudieswiththeideaof“Iwanttocreateasystemthatdrawsouttheappealofruralareasandincreasestheirvitality!”

In theLaboratory of SustainableRuralDevelopment, I learnedmethodsfor communitybuilding, andat the same time Iwasable todirectlygo to localcommunitiesinJapanandabroadandexperiencerealcommunity-buildingsiteswherespecializedknow-howwasbeingapplied.Inparticular,throughtheschool’sinternshipprogram,Istayedinaruralareaandfeltfirsthandtheconditionsinthecommunityfromtheperspectiveof itsresidents. Increasingthevitalityof the localcommunityrequires that “industry (companies), academia (research institutes), government(nationaland localgovernments),andthepeople (localresidents)”cometogetherasoneandworkcooperatively,andIlearnedthatthefunctionof“intermediaries”isvitalinordertocoordinatethatcooperationamongthem.

Sincegraduating fromtheschool, Ihavebeenworkingasamemberof theCommunity-ReactivatingCooperatorSquadofMinabe,atown located intheHidakaDistrictofWakayamaPrefecture,buildingamodel fora systemthat isbasedoncooperationamongeachconstituentof the “industry-academia-government-people”partnership and thatwill lead toboosting the local community’svitality. I amproactivelygoing to thesiteof communityactivities, interactingwith thepeoplefromthetownhallandfromthecommunity,andasIbuildtrustwithbothsides, Iamstartingtofulfillthat“intermediary”functionbetween“governmentandpeople.”Furthermore, alongwith regular consultationsand interactionwithpeople fromresearch institutesat theSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesandelsewhere, Iamstarting tomakeprogressonstrengthening “academia-people”cooperationbycarryingoutactivitiesaimedatgettingadvicefromtheperspectiveofexperts.Stepbystep, Iamgettingcloser tomyobjectiveofcreatinga “systemto increase thevitalityofthelocalcommunity.”

Ibelievetheinternshipsystemthatprovidedafirsthandfeelfortheatmosphereatthesiteandthegroupdiscussionsthatpermitteddebateswhichtranscendedtheframeworksof“field,nationality,andteacher/student”havebeenextremelyusefulinallowingmetosmoothlyimplementthesetypesofcommunityactivities.TheSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesisappealinginasmuchasyouhavetheopportunitytointeractwithsomanyenthusiasticteachersandfellowclassmatesfromJapanandabroad,and it ispossibletogainbroad-based,systematicknowledgeandtotakeonthechallengeofeverysortof researchfield inJapanandabroad,whichopensuplimitlesspossibilitiesforyourownfuture.

Graduated fromMaster’sProgram(2009)

MIYAZAKITakumiBank o f Tokyo -M i t s ub i s h i UF J(temporarilytransferredfromOsakaGas)

SincegraduatingfromtheSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies,Ihavebeenworking foragascompany,handlingthedevelopmentofenergy infrastructuressuchasdomesticandforeignresources,aswellaspowerplants. Ihavehad thegood fortune tohaveopportunitieslikebeingposted tooursubsidiary in theUKandbeing temporarilytransferredtoafinancialinstitution;andwhileitishardwork,IfeellikeIampursuingafulfillingcareer.

The twoyears I spent at the School ofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies unquestionably builtmy foundation.My interactionswithinternational students at the school and the internship system thatallowedme towork ina research laboratoryataBritishuniversitygavemetheopportunitytoturnmyattentiontotheworld.Also,withinthenumerousuniqueprograms,bystudyinghard togetherwithmyclassmateswhohaddiversevaluesandbackgrounds,itmademerealizehownarrowmyownperspectivewas. I feel that ithasenabledmetopersistentlyworktodiscoversolutionswhenIhavebeenplaced invariousenvironments.

Evennow,IaskmyselfdailywhetherIamreallyembodyingtheidealsoftheSchoolofGlobalEnvironment,butthestimulationIreceivedfrommyclassmatesaswellasseniorandjuniorfellowstudentswholiveearnestlywithoutturningtheirbackontheirownbeliefsstillenergizesmetoday.Globalenvironmentalissuesareextremelydifficultproblems,but ifyouare thinking thatyouwant to contribute to the solutionsthroughyourwork,thenbyallmeans,IhopeyouwillconsiderenrollingintheSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies.

Graduated fromMaster’sProgram(2017)

IMSOPHANAVYCambodia-JapanCooperationCenterPhnomPenh,Cambodia

Life in Japan, aswell as inmygraduate school (GSGES)provides me many new experiences, and knowledges. I amimpressedbyGSGESprogrambecauseofsharingopportunity,fieldtrip,andinternshipprogram.

Students are al lowed to share their knowledge andunderstanding through group discussions, presentations,and assignments. I have learned a lot fromdifferent kinds ofpresentations, such as presentation in graduate school, jointlaboratory,andmyownlaboratory.Inaddition,myresearchtopicwasimprovedbythecommentsofprofessorsandparticipants.

I amnot onlyprovided theoretical base, but alsopracticalbasedprogram.Field trip toTango ismemorableexperience tometocollectoceancreaturesandtoidentifytheirages;inaddition,Ihave learnedhow todistinguish soil typesandmeasure treedimensions.

Internship isanother interestingactivity. Icouldbuildgoodnetworkswith internshiphosting institution,andI learnedaboutthe reality ofworkingwithCambodiangovernment institution.Besides assistingadministrative staff to organize seminars andworkshops, I took internship opportunity to do field surveyto collectdata formy thesis.To collectdata, I havepreparedquestionnaire to interview community. Internship is a goodopportunity toreach targetedcommunityandaccess todata formyresearchtopic.

GSGEShasprovidedmeagoodopportunitytolearn,improve,and shareknowledge throughpresentations, field trips, andaninternship.Iamnowworkingasacoordinator inCambodia-JapanCooperationCenter(CJCC)inPhnomPenhCambodia.

Graduated fromMaster’sProgram(2012)andDoctoralProgram(2016)

KOBAYASHIMaiResearcher, Research Institute forHumanityandNature

Having lived overseas for a long time, I wanted to studyenvironmental issues in theJapanesecontextandunder theguidanceof teacherswhoemphasizepractice. Ididnotwant to live inTokyo,and I looked forward to studyingatagraduateschoolwithanopenenvironment likeSansaiGakurin (GroveofUniversalLearning).DuringmyMaster’sProgramat theschool, I spentmanydaysstrugglingtoimprovemy rustywriting skillswhileworking onmy compulsorysubjects.Ihadmanyopportunitiesinclassandthroughjointprojectstointeractwithmyfellowclassmates,andthatgeneratedastrongsenseofcamaraderie.ItwasalsoatimewhenIhadtheluxuryofmeetinglotsofpeoplefromdifferentculturalareasandlearningagreatdealfromeachindividual’sawarenessof issues,differentperceptions,anddreams.Asenvironmental issuesbecomemoreseriouswitheachpassingyear, theveryfactthatthisisacross-sectoralexperimentwithnopredeterminedanswerstocertainquestions—suchaswhattheissueis,howthethreatshouldbeunderstood,orhowsolutionsshouldbeshared—testedourcommunicationskillsaswetriedtounderstandoneanother.Ioftenhadthefeelingthattheschool’sstudents,whocametogetherwithaneyetodiversityandasenseofaneedforintegration,possessedanewtypeofimaginationthatwasabitdifferentfromtheteachersaswell,whohaveproducedexceptionalresults inthecontextof thetraditionalacademicframework.Thisurgentnew field requires an appropriate, flexibleimagination.ImovedontotheDoctoralProgram,andsincegraduating,Ihavebeenworkingasaprojectresearcherat theResearchInstituteforHumanityandNature,where Iwas fortunateenough toworkasan internduringmyMaster’sProgram.There, IhavecontinuedmyresearchonorganicagriculturepolicyinBhutan—afieldthatIwasabletoenterthankstomyworkattheschool—aswellasonthe futureofsustainablefood.

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SansaiGakurinwasestablished in2002topromoteandsupport theactivitiesof thenewGraduateSchoolofGlobalEnvironmentalStudies(GSGES)atKyotoUniversitybyfacilitatingtheexchangeofideasacrossrelevantdisciplines,bothinsideandoutsidetheuniversity.“Sansai”referstothetraditionalEastAsian triadofheaven,earthandhumanity thatembraces thephenomenalworld. “Gakurin”meansa“groveofscholars.”The2001missionstatementofKyotoUniversitypromulgateditsintentiontopursueharmoniouscoexistencewithinthehumanandecologicalcommunityonthisplanet.

1) Activities designed to integrate all academic disciplines related to global environmental studies and coordinate the outreach activities of GSGES

InordertodevelopaGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesDirectoryatKyotoUniversity,wedeviseandhostregularevents,includingtheKyotoUniversityGlobalEnvironmentalForum,theHannariKyotoShimadai-juku, and theGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesKonwakai.TheKyotoUniversityGlobalEnvironmentalForumbringstogetherresearchersfrominsideandoutsidetheuniversitytoprovidethegeneralpublicwithaninsight intotheresearchconductedbytheGSGES.Firstheld inApril2008andgenerallyheldthree timesayear, the forumhasbeenheld thirty-twotimesasofOctober2018.TheHannariKyotoShimadai-juku,which isheldat theShimadaiGallery inatraditionalKyototownhouse, includespubliclectures thatconnect theresearchpursuedat theuniversitywitheveryday life. Itwas launched inNovember2004andhasbeenheld fortytimesasofMarch2018.Meanwhile, theGlobalEnvironmentalStudiesKonwakai isan informalgathering forGSGES facultymembers topresentanddiscuss theirresearch.The firstKonwakaiwasheldat the timeof theGSGES’establishment inApril2002andasmanyas116havetakenplaceasofJuly2018.

Inadditiontotheseevents,wealsoparticipate inuniversity-wideinternationalseminarsandforumsrelated toglobalenvironmental studiesandcollaboratewithavarietyofeventsandactivitiesheld inKyotowiththeaimofexpressionrelatedtohumankindandtheenvironment.

2) Activities designed to promote research

Weprovidemedium-and long-termsupportaimedatensuring that theresearchof theGSGES isunifiedtowardpromoting“globalinterests”—intereststhatareaboveandbeyondthegainsandlossesofhumansociety—andtowardthedevelopmentofcivilizationacrosstheglobe.

ThemainstayoftheseactivitiesistheregularpublicationoftheSANSAINewsletter,whichreportstheresearchandeducationalactivitiesof theGSGES.The first issueof theSANSAINewsletterwaslaunchedinOctober2012,andAugust2018sawthepublicationofthe22ndissue.

3) Activities designed to support education

Weare currently providing support for international education programs provided atKyotoUniversityandtheGSGES.Thevibrantactivity in internationaleducationandresearchcollaborationattheGSGESispresentedatthesymposiums,seminars,andothersucheventsheldseveraltimeseachyear.The followingtableshowsthe locations,participantnumbers,andothersuch informationonthemainsymposiums.

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MainInternationalSymposiumsheldbytheGSGES

Date Location Collaborating university No. of participants (universities/countries)

March 5, 2009 Kyoto, Japan － 155 (11/3)

March 10, 2010 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi University of Science and Technology 85 (11/3)

March 11, 2011 Hue, Vietnam Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry 150 (11/5)

December 11, 2011 Shenzhen, China Tsinghua University 97 (5/3)

March 7-8, 2013 Kyoto, Japan － 141 (15/10)

September 15, 2013 Hoi An, Vietnam Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry 99 (13/5)

March 25, 2014 Kyoto, Japan － 141 (10/7)

September 29, 2014 Can Tho, Vietnam Hanoi University of Science and Technology 90 (14/6)

July 27, 2015 Da Nang, Vietnam University of Danang 134 (12/5)

December 11-12, 2015 Kyoto, Japan － 152 (25/16)

November 13-14, 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Mahidol University 185 (30/14)

October 30-31, 2017 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi University of Science and Technology 285 (42/15)

November 30 - December 1, 2018 Bogor, Indonesia Bogor Agricultural University 195 (19/9)

November 26-28, 2019 Kyoto, Japan ― 269 (32/17)

Posterforthe31stKyotoUniversityGlobalEnvironmentalForumandapresentationattheforum(June2,2018)

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Flyerforthe40thHannariKyotoShimadai-jukuandapresentationattheevent(March27,2018)

ParticipantsatthesymposiuminBogor,Indonesia(December1,2018)

TheSANSAINewsletterIssueNo.22(PublishedSeptember1,2018)

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Private enterprise

・AoiConsultantsCo.,Ltd・EarthshipAcademy・Ecommit・E-konzal・EnvironmentalControlCenterCo.,Ltd・FPCorporation・GreenPowerInvestmentCorporation・HACHIOHCo.,Ltd.・JAPANNUSCo.,Ltd.・JASaijo・KANSOCO.,LTD.・KyotoEnvironmentalConservation

Corporation・LAGOCo.,Ltd・LINKCo.,LTD.・MiyamaPowerHD・MiyamaSmartEnergy・NIPPONSTEELCORPORATION・OhisamaAdvancedEnergyCo.,Ltd.・OKUMURACORPORATION・PricewaterhouseCoopersAarataLLC・REVOINTERNATIONALINC.・SANKIENGINEERINGINC.・SHIZENENERGYGROUP・SUNACTCo.Ltd・TERUKAZUNII&VASANTI

MENON,ARCHITECTS&ASSOCIATES

・TOYOCONSTRUCTIONCO.,LTD・UEYAKATOLANDSCAPECo.,LTD

country/the local government

・Kashiwacity・KatsuragiTown(Wakayama

Prefecture)・KyotoCityOffice・KyotoCityZoo・KyotofuDisasterVolunteerCenter・KyotoPrefecturalBoardofEducation・LakeBiwaEnvironmentalResearch

Institute・MinistryoftheEnvironment・OkinawaGeneralBureau・OkinawaPrefectualGovernment

Bureau・SaijoCity

NPO/NGO

・CertifiedNPOOrganizationFURUSATOKAIKICENTER

・FUJISANCLUB・GreenGrassNPO・IkawAko・InstituteforSustainableEnergy

Policies・JapanCenterforaSustainable

EnvironmentandSociety・KoganechoAreaMamagementCenter・LEAF-LeaningandEcological

ActivitiesFoundationforChildren・SATOYAMANETAYABE・SHINRINGAKKOUMORINKO・SocialDesignCenterAwaji

Various corporation / research organizations

・AEONEnvironmentalFoundation・CenterforEnvironmentalRemote

Sensing,ChibaUniv.・CentralResearchInstituteofElectric

PowerIndustry・GraduateSchoolofHorticulture,Chiba

Univ.・InstituteForGlobalEnvironmental

Strategies(IGES)・JAPANENVIRONMENTAL

SANITATIONCENTER・JapanFisheriesResearchand

EducationAgency・KYOTOCITYGREENERY

ASSOCIATION・NationalAgricultureandFood

ResearchOrganization(NARO)・NationalInstituteforEnvironmental

Studies・NationalInstituteofAdvanced

IndustrialScienceandTechnology・NipponIntemationCooperationfor

CommunityDevelopment(NICCO)・PublicWorksResearchInstitute・RemoteSensingTechnologyCenterof

Japan・RenewableEnergyInstitute・ResearchInstituteforHumanityand

Nature・ResearchInstituteofEnvironment,

AgricultureandFisheries,OsakaPrefecture

・SailorsfortheSea・TheJapaneseAssociacionfor

ConservationofArchitectualMonuments

・TheNatureConservationSocietyofJapan

・UnitedNationsUniversityInstitutefortheAdvancedStudyofSustainability(UNU-IASOUIK)

international organization /overseas

・BogorAgriculturalUniversity・CaenUniversityandIfsttarNantes・CareNepal・CenterforInternationalForestry

Research(CIFOR)・CharlesSturtUniversity・ChiangMaiUniversity・ChineseAcademyofSciences・ChulalongkornUniversity・CooperativeResearchandEducation

CenterforEnvironmentalTechnologyKyotoUniversity-TsinghuaUniversity

・CumbriaActionforSustainability・EarthshipAcademy・EnvironmentandPublicHealth

Organization・EuropeanUniversityatSt.Petersburg・HanoiUniversityofScienceand

Technology・HueUniversity・HueUniversityofAgricultureand

Forestry・HueUniversityofSciences・IndonesiaJointCreditingMechanism

Secretariat(JCM)

・IndonesianNationalInstituteAewronauticsandSpace

・InstituteforFoodandResourceEconomics,BonnUniversity

・InternationalCenterforTropicalagriculture(CIAT)AsiaRegionalOffice

・InternationalWaterManagementInstitute(IWMI)

・KhonKaenUniversity・LilleUniversityofScienceand

Technology・LilongweUniversityofAgriculture&

NaturalResources・Mahidoluniversity・NationalInstituteofHealthofThailand・NationalParksBoard・NationalScienceandTechnology

CenterforDisasterReducion・NationalTaiwanUniversity・NationalTaiwanUniversityBuilding&

PlanningFoundation・PapuaNewGuineaForestAuthority・PTGagasDianamigaAksenta・QingdaoProductQualitySupervision

andTestingresearchCenter・SarawakForestryCorporation・SecretariatofthePacificRegional

Environment・SokoineUniversityofAgriculture・TarlacStateUniversity・TheGobiInstitute・TheMandalayTechnological

University・TheNGOForumonCambodia・TheUniversityofAppliedForest

SciencesRottenburg・TheUniversityofDaNang・TiyeniOrganization・TongjiUniversityCollegeof

ArchitectureandUrbanPlanning・TribuvanUniversity・UNESCOBangkok・UNESCOIvorycoast・UnitedNationsEnvironment

ProgrammeInternationalEnvironmentalTechnologyCentre

・UniversityCollegeCork・UniversityofCaenNormandy・UniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego・UniversityofJambi・UniversityofLorraine・UniversityoftheSouthPacific・UniversityofModenaandReggio

Emilia・UniversityofZambia・VietnamNationalMuseumofNature・WalailakUniversityInternational

College・WuhanWaterAffairsCoLtd・WWFMalaysiaSarawakOffice・XiamenUniversity・XinjiangEcologyandGeography

Institute(XIEG),ChineseAcademyofSciences

・YangonTechnologicalUniversity・ZhejiangUniversity

RecentCollaboratingInstitutionsforInternshipStudy

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Private Sector

・AccentureJapanLtd・ALMECCORPORATION・CentralJapanRailwayCompany・CHUBUElectricPowerCo.,Inc.・CTIEngineeringInternationalCo.,Ltd.・DAIEIKANKYOHOLDINGS・DAIKENCORPORATION・DaiNipponPrintingCo.,Ltd.・DAIWAENERGYCO.,LTD・DeloitteTohmatsuConsultingLLC・DeNACo.,Ltd.・DENSOCORPORATION・DENTSUINC.・DevelopmentBankofJapanInc.・EF-ONINC.・EsriJapanCorporation.・EXEDYCorporation・EXResearchInstituteLtd.・FORWARDCO.,LTD.・FujitsuGeneralLimited・FunaiSokenHoldingsInc.・GLIONCo.,Ltd.・HAKUHODOCONSULTINGINC.・HanedaAirportServiceCO.,LTD.・Hitachi,Ltd.・HitachiSolutions,Ltd.・HitachiZosenCorporation・IDEAConsultants,Inc.・IHICorporation・INPEXCORPORATION・IshizakaInc.・JACCorporation・JanssenPharmaceuticalK.K.・JGCCORPORATION・JTEKTCORPORATION・KajimaCorporation・KANTERJAPANInc.・KEYENCESOFTWARECORPORATION・KISOJIBAN・KOKUSAIKOGYOCo.,Ltd.・KyotoUniversity・KYOWAHAKKOBIOCO.LTD.・KubotaCorporation・KumagaiGumiCo.,Ltd.・MarubeniCorporation・McKinsey&Company・MitsubishiCorporation・MITSUBISHIMOTORSCORPORATION・MitsubishiUFJResearchandConsultingCo.,Ltd.・MITSUI&Co.,Ltd.・MizuhoInformation&ResearchInstitute,Inc.・NAGASE&CO.,LTD・NECCorporation・NihonSuidoConsultantsCo.,Ltd.・NipponKoeiCo.,Ltd.

・NIPPONSYSTEMWARECO.,LTD.・NIPPONTELEGRAPHANDTELEPHONEWEST

CORPORATION・NIPPONTELENETCORPORATION・NipponTelevisionNetworkCorporation・NISSANMOTORCORPORATION・NomuraResearchInstitute,Ltd.・NorinchukinBank・NTCINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD.・OBAYASHICORPORATION・OKUMURACORPORATION・PACIFICCONSULTANTSCO.,LTD.・PanasonicCorporation・PIAPIACOMMUNITYSUPPORTGK.・Rakuten,Inc.・RolandBergerHoldingGmbH・SANKIENGINEERINGCO.,LTD.・SANYUCO.,LTD.・SanyuConsultantsInc.・SEKISUICHEMICALCO.,LTD.・SHIMIZUCORPORATION・ShizenEnergyInc.・ShowaShellSekiyuK.K.・SimplexInc.・SoftBankCorp.・Spicebox,inc.・SumitomoMitsuiTrustBank,Limited・SumitomoMitsuiFinancialGroup,Inc.・SumitomoMitsuiBankingCorporation・SumitomoForestryCo.,Ltd.・SwingCorporation・TheBostonConsultingGroup・TODACORPORATION・TOHOGASCO.,LTD.・TokioMarine&NichidoFireInsuranceCo.,Ltd.・TokyoElectricPowerCompanyHoldings,Inc.・TOKYOGASCo.,Ltd.・TokyoMetroCo.,Ltd.・ToyoEngineeringCorporation・TOYOTAINDUSTRIESCORPORATION・TSPCO.,LTD.・TSUKISHIMAKIKAICO.,LTD.・UltimateTechnologiesIncorporated・ValueFrontierCo.,Ltd.・WestJapanRailwayCompany・WorksApplicationsCo.,Ltd.・YachiyoEngineeringCo.,Ltd.・YahooJapanCorporation・YUGENGAISHAAZUSAKOUMUTEN

AfterGraduation

Master’s Program in Environmental Management

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Doctoral Program

Corporate Organization

・GotohEducationalCorporation・JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA)・JapanRailwayConstruction,TransportandTechnology

Agency・KYODONEWS・NationalInstituteofTechnologyandEvaluation

Ministry/Local Government

・ForestryAgency・KyotoCity・MinistryofAgriculture,ForestryandFisheries・MinistryofEconomy,TradeandIndustry・MinistryoftheEnvironment・NuclearRegulationAuthority・ShigaPrefecture・TokyoMetropolitanGovernment・TsushimaCity・WakayamaPrefecture

Overseas

・FacultyofSocialandPolitics・HueUniversityofSciences・KingMongkut’sInstituteofTechnologyLadkrabang・Landtitlingoffice・MINISTRYOFPUBLICWORKSANDHOUSING・SEMARANGSTATEUNIVERSITY・StateministryfornationalDevelopmentplanning・TiRayonSoleil・WILDLIFECONSERVATIONSOCIETY

Ph.D Program

・OKAYAMAUNIVERSITY・KYOTOUNIVERSITY

・BangladeshAgriculturalUniversity・BandungInstituteofTechnology・BogorAgriculturalUniversity・E-konzal・HASEKOCorporation・HueUniversityofSciences・InstituteforGlobalEnvironmentalStrategies・JapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA)・JapanSocietyforthePromotionofScience・KingMongkut’sInstituteofTechnologyLadkrabang・KOUMAEaccountingfirm・KyotoUniversity・MinistryoftheEnvironmentGovernmentofJapan・MINISTRYOFPUBLICWORKSANDHOUSING・NIPPONTELENETCORPORATIONKICKSmartLife

Laboratories・OBAYASHICORPORATION・ResearchInstituteforHumanityandNature・SchoolofUrbanRailTranslation・SumitomoForestry・SumitomoRikoCompanyLimited・ThuyloiUniversity・TOSHIBACORPORATION・UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme・UnitedNationsUniversity-IAS・WillisJapanHoldingsK.K.

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ListofAcademicStaff

Global Environmental Policy Professor USAMI Makoto Environmental EconomicsProfessor MOROTOMI Toru Global Ecological Economics Associate Professor MORI Akihisa Sustainable Rural DevelopmentProfessor HOSHINO Satoshi Associate Professor ONITSUKA KenichiroAssistant Professor BASU Mrittika

Environmental Health SciencesProfessor TAKANO Hirohisa Associate Professor UEDA Kayo Assistant Professor HONDA Akiko Historical Geography and CultureProfessor YAMAMURA Aki Associate Professor TOKUNAGA YuEnvironmental Marketing ManagementAssociate Professor YOSHINO Akira

Department of Global Ecology

Ontology of Environment and TechnologyProfessor SATO Junji Environmental Education Associate Professor Jane SINGERAssociate Professor ASARI Misuzu Lecturer Roger C. BAARS

Environmentally-friendly Industries for Sustainable Development Professor FUJII Shigeo Associate Professor TANAKA Shuhei Environmental InfrastructureEngineering Professor KATSUMI Takeshi Associate Professor TAKAI Atsushi

Global Environmental Architecture Professor KOBAYASHI Hirohide Associate Professor OCHIAI Chiho Biodiversity ConservationProfessor SETOGUCHI Hiroaki Associate Professor NISHIKAWA Kanto Assistant Professor SAKAGUCHI Shota

Department of Technology and Ecology

Landscape Ecology and Planning Professor SHIBATA Shozo Associate Professor FUKAMACHI Katsue Assistant Professor NUKINA Ryo Environmentally-Friendly Energy ConversionProfessor ABE Takeshi Associate Professor MIYAZAKI Kohei

Regional PlanningProfessor SAIZEN Izuru Assistant Professor TSUTSUMIDA Narumasa Urban Infrastructure EngineeringProfessor SUGIURA Kunitomo Associate Professor HARADA Eiji Assistant Professor TANAKA TomohiroAtmospheric ChemistryProfessor KAJII Yoshizumi Assistant Professor SAKAMOTO Yosuke

Terrestrial Microbiology and SystematicsProfessor TANAKA ChihiroAssociate Professor WATANABE TetsuhiroAssistant Professor TAKEUCHI YukoTerrestrial Ecosystems ManagementProfessor FUNAKAWA Shinya Associate Professor SHINJO HitoshiAssistant Professor SHIBATA Makoto

Department of Natural Resources

Integrated Environmental StudiesProfessor KATSUMI TakeshiAssistant Professor ASANO SatoshiEcosystem linkages and Human societyProfessor TOKUCHI NaokoAssociate Professor TATENO RyunosukeAssistant Professor SUZUKI Keita

Environmental Innovator Program (EIP) -Cultivating Environmental Leaders across ASEAN Region-Project Associate Professor Suwanna Kitpati BOONTANON Project Assistant Professor LIU Wen Project Assistant Professor MIYAJI Mari

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