Kyoto University
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

GUIDEBOOK 2018

Think Globally, Act Locally

ガイドブック 2018

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. Throughour 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 ofinnovative frameworks and programs.
Our ground-breaking research initiatives include multidisciplinary projects working withvarious 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
are required to participate in one week of fieldwork, held in the summer, as well as a threemonth 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 477 master’s program graduates and 152 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 rolein 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

Shinya FUNAKAWA

IndexIntroduction ……………………………………………………… 2▶ Overview and Objectives▶ Separation of educational, research and supporting organizations▶ Collaboration with other graduate schools, institutes and research
centers of Kyoto University and other organizations▶ Carrying out university-wide research projects

Hall of Global Environmental Research(Research Body) ………………………………………………… 4▶ Department of Global Ecology …………………………………………… 5▶ Department of Technology and Ecology ………………………………… 10▶ Department of Natural Resources ……………………………………… 14▶ Projects ……………………………………………………………………… 18

Introducing the Faculty ……………………………………… 20
Introducing the Laboratories ………………………………… 24
School of Global Environmental Studies(Educational Body) …………………………………………… 26………………… 26
Global Environmental Policy ………………

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Environmental Economics

6………………

6▶ Master’s Program in Environmental Management …………………… 27
・Curriculum Structure
・Internship Study
・Progress Toward the Degree
・Admission Information

Sustainable Rural Development …………

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▶ Doctoral Program in Environmental Management …………………… 28
・Curriculum Structure
・Internship Study
・Progress Toward the Degree
・Admission Information

Environmental Education …………………… 9▶ GSGES Course Tree ………………………………………………………… 29

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

Environmental Health Sciences……………… 7
Socio-Cultural Symbiosis…………………

8

Environmental Marketing Management …

8

Ontology of Environment and Technology…

9

Environmentally-friendly Industries for
Sustainable Development ……………… 10
Environmental Infrastructure Engineering … 11
Global Environmental Architecture ……… 11
Biodiversity Conservation ………………… 12
Landscape Ecology and Planning……… 12

Environmentally-Friendly Energy Conversion … 13

Voices from Graduate Students ……………………………… 31………………………………………………… 32

Recent Collaborating Institutions for Internship Study
After Graduation… 33……………………………………………… 34

List of Academic Staff ………………………………………… 36

Regional Planning………………………… 14

Urban Infrastructure Engineering ……… 15
Atmospheric Chemistry …………………… 15
Ecosystem Production and Dynamics …… 16
Terrestrial Ecosystems Management …… 16
Aquatic Environmental Biology ………… 17

Department of Natural
Resources

Sansai Gakurin

Department of Technology
and Ecology

Global Ecological Economics ………………

Department of Global
Ecology▶ Doctoral Program in Global Environmental Studies
・Curriculum Structure
・Progress Toward the Degree
・Admission Information

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Introduction
Overview and Objectives
Objectives and features of the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Many serious global environmental problems are posing challenges for humanity in the 21st
century. Abundance and convenience are desired by those people living in developed countries
but mass production, mass consumption and mass waste have resulted in climate change, ozone
layer depletion, water pollution, ground water and soil contamination, and waste-related problems.
Since developing countries with rapid population growth are following the same path as developed
countries, this will impose new stresses on the planet. The exploitative systems of primaryindustries such as agriculture, fisheries and mining undermine the growth of developing countries
that primarily depend on these industries, and the least-developed countries still must eradicate
poverty in order to provide a basic standard of living for their people. Yet there has also been
progress, with some countries seeking to achieve sustainable and equitable development in linewith the development goals conceived by the United Nations, and many OECD countries, including
Japan, now strongly supporting conservation and the recycling of resources.
Global environmental problems include many complex issues on every scale, from global to local.
We must tackle these problems in two ways — first, by applying research and academic skills inorder to gain a greater understanding of the problems involved, and second, by seeking to solvethese problems. The first approach requires the training of highly skilled researchers who canapply scientific principles and an appreciation of complexity to the study of global environmental
studies. The second requires the training of high-level practitioners who can address problems byimplementing sustainable and practical approaches.
Fostering top-notch researchers and practitioners requires innovative educational and research
programs focusing on the global environment and drawing on a wide range of disciplines. By
incorporating teaching derived from many disciplines in the natural and social sciences, theevolving and innovative field of global environmental studies can offer academic study combinedwith practical experience in various domestic and overseas organizations.
The Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies is organized flexibly so as to meet thevaried needs of both research and education. Some of its unique organizational features are shownon the following pages.

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Educational, research and support organizations
Global environmental studies are at an early stage of formation. Research activity needs dynamic
development with strategic views combining foresight and flexible interdisciplinary integration.
Educational programs require sound, systematic teaching of a broad spectrum of global environmental
topics with a view to social relevance and profundity. Research and educational activities, therefore,
require different conditions. In order to meet these conditions, the Graduate School includes a researchbody, the Hall of Global Environmental Research, and an educational body, the School of Global
Environmental Studies. Further, a supporting organization for education and research, the Groveof Universal Learning, provides wider perspectives to both researchers and students with different
disciplinary backgrounds so that they can develop their research and talents cooperatively.

Collaboration with other graduate schools, institutes and research
centers of Kyoto University and other organizations
The Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies collaborates with many other graduate schools,
institutes and research centers of Kyoto University to conduct interdisciplinary study and educationthat link other academic fields with global environmental studies. In order to facilitate such support, theGraduate School has invited professors from other faculties of the university as collaborating professors.
They not only teach and conduct research at their home institutions, but also, at the request of studentsof the Graduate School, they provide lectures and guide research and thesis-writing for master's anddoctoral degrees. The Graduate School also invites visiting professors and lecturers from institutions
within Japan and abroad to speak on current topics. The educational programs emphasize formal
instruction as well as collaboration with domestic and international NPOs and NGOs to give students
opportunities for internship study and field experience in various sectors.

Carrying out university-wide research projects
In order to open up new areas of research in global environmental studies that are substantiallydifferent from those of the traditional sciences, it is necessary for professors of the Graduate School topromote university-wide research projects with the intensive collaboration of researchers from different
areas. The Graduate School promotes and actively participates in these research projects.

3Hall of Global Environmental Research(Research Body)

This organization includes three types of faculty: permanent professors, professors on double appointments, andcollaborating professors. Double-appointment professors teach and conduct research both at their home schools,
institutes or the various research centers of Kyoto University, and at the Graduate School. They hold professorships
at two institutions within Kyoto University for a limited term. Collaborating professors are professors who teach andconduct their research not only at the institution within Kyoto University to which they have been appointed, but also
at the Graduate School. These three types of faculty, together with visiting professors, explore global environmental
issues and develop advanced technologies related to global environmental problems. Predicated on the desire to achieve
global benefits, ecological conservation and recycling of natural resources, the Hall of Global Environmental Research iscomposed of three research groups, the departments of Global Ecology, Technology and Ecology, and Natural Resources.

SCHOOL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Global Environmental Studies
Environmental Management

HALL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Department of Global Ecology
Global Environmental Policy
Environmental Economics
Global Ecological Economics
Sustainable Rural Development
Environmental Health Sciences
Socio-Cultural Symbiosis
Environmental Marketing Management
Ontology of Environment and Technology
Environmental Education

Department of Technology and Ecology
Environmentally-friendly Industries for Sustainable Development
Environmental Infrastructure Engineering
Global Environmental Architecture
Biodiversity Conservation
Landscape Ecology and Planning
Environmentally-Friendly Energy Conversion

Department of Natural Resources
Regional Planning
Urban Infrastructure Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry
Ecosystem Production and Dynamics
Terrestrial Ecosystems Management
Aquatic Environmental Biology

SANSAI GAKURIN / GROVE OF UNIVERSAL LEARNING
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Department of
Global Ecology
In the global society of the 21st century, human socio-economic activities and the natural environment are
increasingly interdependent, and international relationships to support the advancement of science and technology,
economic development and environmental preservation are strengthening.
With these trends in mind, the Department of Global Ecology seeks to promote scientific contributions by (1)studying the framework of human and environmental symbiosis, (2) integrating existing natural and social science
disciplines into the new discipline of global ecology, (3) developing policies and techniques aimed at serving common
global interests that transcend national and international economic interests, and (4) conducting studies which cancontribute to governance that can enlarge management capabilities for the global environment.

Global Environmental Policy／Environmental Economics／Global Ecological Economics／Sustainable Rural Development／
Environmental Health Sciences／Socio-Cultural Symbiosis／
Environmental Marketing Management／Ontology of Environment and Technology／
Environmental Education

Makoto USAMI, Professor+81-75-753-2967

in intergenerational justice, notably the question of what are
grounds for the obligation that the present generation might havetoward future people.
On the other hand, we also conduct empirical researchon international environmental law, environmental policy andits processes at national and local levels, and conservationrelated activities by NGOs, businesses, and citizens. We explore
these topics by using both qualitative case study methods andquantitative statistical techniques.

Department of Technology
and Ecology

In the laboratory of Global Environmental Policy, we explore
normative and positive questions concerning environmental
problems and policies on local, national, regional, and global
scales. On one hand, foundational topics are studied from theperspectives of legal and political philosophy. One group ofthese topics concerns issues in global justice, one of which is thequestion of what principle should be adopted in distributing thebenefits and burdens of climate change policy among individuals
or states across the world. Another group has to do with issues

usami.makoto.2r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Department of Global
Ecology

Global Environmental Policy

Department of Natural
Resources

Global and intergenerational justice5

Global Ecological
Environmental
Economics
Economics
Toru MOROTOMI, Professor+81-75-753-3510

The purpose of this laboratory is to analyze climate change
policies and energy policies from economics perspectives. In orderto do so, we request all the applicants for this laboratory to study
environmental economics as its theoretical foundation. Based on
this, we focus on the following three research topics:【1】E conomic analysis of climate change policies and theirpolicy designs
We focus mainly on climate change policies among various
environmental issues. As a role of social science, design of social
institutions and policy instruments is one of the most importanttasks. Environmental policy instruments (environmental taxes,
emissions trading systems, subsidies, etc.) are main target of ourresearch.
【2】Renewable energies and electricity market liberalization
Renewable energy policies play a crucial role in the climatechange policies. On the other hand, research of the future powersystems that make the large-scale renewable energy generationand grid integration possible is also important. This laboratory
promotes a research project that supports transition of powersystems from the centralized one to more distributed one, byincreasing renewable energies in the liberalized electricity market
environment.

morotomi@econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp【3】Renewable energies and regional rehabilitation
Unlike the fossil fuels and nuclear energies, renewables are
the universally distributed energy resources for any regions.
We are tackling the issue of how to link renewable energy
development with the regional rehabilitation. Collaborating withmunicipalities, we are currently engaged in “reginal added value
analysis” and research on appropriate forms of business entities
like “Stadtweke” or energy cooperatives.
Iida Credit Union

City of Iida

Ohisama-Shimpo

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Global Ecological Economics
Akihisa MORI, Associate Professor+81-75-753-9203

mori.akihisa.2a@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Global environmental challenges require us to conducteconomic analysis on the carrying capacity of the earth as wellas the specific local  nature of the environment when we analyze
traditional economic challenges such as poverty and businesscycles. This implies that we need to revisit the rules and actors ofdevelopment and to take trans-boundary impacts of development,  
environmental and energy policies into account.
Against this background, we at the Global Ecological
Economics group focus special attention on the following research.
(a) Underlying economic and institutional causes of unsustainable
development(b) Policies, institutions and financial mechanisms that advances
sustainable development(c) Socio-technological transition toward sustainable pathways(d) Global economic system and governance to advance sustainable
development globally without causing pollution haven
The Global Ecological Economics group is also joining in the
Research Unit for the Development of Global Sustainability of
Kyoto University.

Global impacts of China’s energy-climate policy

6Sustainable Rural Development
Satoshi HOSHINO, Professor
Kenichirou ONITSUKA, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-6157

shoshino@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6159

onitsuka@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Rural sustainability (RS) was traditionally maintained bypreserving harmony within a geographically limited frame. This
type of harmony was maintained by five components, as shownin the figure on the right. Because all of these components areassociated with regional characteristics, rural sustainability also
involves characteristics that are unique to each region.
In recent years, however, the declining and aging population,
economic globalization, climate change and excessive humaninduced development have brought about changes in those fivecomponents. As a result, rural regions are now facing various
challenges and this, in turn, is significantly impairing rural
sustainability.
Working from a rural planning perspective, the Laboratoryof Sustainable Rural Development is designing and evaluating
measures and policies in an attempt to offer solutions to thesechallenges and to rebuild region-specific rural sustainability
that can extend into the future. Our research concerns cover awide range of topics including regional resource management
by way of knowledge management, restoration of social capital(SC) and regional revitalization, symbiosis between residential
environments and wildlife, regional development through regional
informatization, the establishment of resident-led community

planning theory, and proposals on how to carry out regional
realignment and social infrastructure development in a society
with a declining population.

Components of Rural Sustainability and their Changes.

Hirohisa TAKANO, Professor
Kayo UEDA, Associate Professor
Akiko HONDA, Assistant Professor+81-75-383-3342

htakano@health.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-383-3341

uedak@health.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-383-3343

akko@health.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Outline of study (Epidemiological studies)
1) To elucidate health effects of air pollutants for humanpopulation
2) To evaluate health effects of climate change
3) To assess future health impacts of environmental policy4) To develop exposure assessment model of environmental
pollutants

Our laboratory is also a part of the Department ofEnvironmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering,
Kyoto University, and is located at Katsura Campus, wherestudents in the Graduate School of Engineering are working
together.

Department of Natural
Resources(left) Oxidative stress in airway epithelial cells exposed toenvironmental pollutants (right) Scatter plot of ambulancedispatches due to heatstroke and apparent temperature

Department of Technology
and Ecology

Industrialization urbanization and globalization have brought
new environmental challenges. To assess the health risks
associated with these environmental problems, the following
components are essential:
・Sufficient information on various environmental hazards
・Accurate and precise exposure assessment
・Quantitative evaluation of exposure-response relationship・Elucidating mechanisms by which environmental hazards cause
health effects
The goals of our division are to establish the methods forcomprehensive evaluation of health risks of environmental factor
and to prevent adverse health effects on the basis of mechanisms
by which environmental hazards cause and to promote health inhuman populations.
Outline of study (Experimental studies)
1) To elucidate health effects of air pollutants and the underlying
mechanisms
2) To identify responsible factors and the components of air
pollutants that contribute to health effects
3) To elucidate health effects of environmental chemicals and theunderlying mechanisms
4) To reduce health effects of environmental pollutants using
technology of medical engineering

Department of Global
Ecology

Environmental Health Sciences7

Socio-Cultural Symbiosis
Wataru SANO, Professor
Ayako IWATANI, Associate Professor+81-75-753-2909

sano.wataru.4r@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-2875

iwatani.ayako.6v@kyoto-u.ac.jp

This laboratory will help students to gain an understandingof environmental problems and their causes and examine public
policies designed to solve these problems from the viewpoints ofpolitical science and cultural anthropology.
Humankind has hitherto been able to flexibly adapt to anever-changing environment. However, a dramatic increase in boththe productivity and consumption of human societies since thebeginning of the modern era has imposed a tremendous load on
the environment and resulted in disasters that humans lack thecapacity to deal with. For example, as global capitalism expands
and effective ways to protect the environment are being sought,
what kind of changes have hunter and gatherers and commercial
nomads, who have led their nomadic life while utilizing naturaland human resources, been exposed to, and what risks have they
faced? In order to consider complex environmental problems, we
examine how various communities have adapted to environmental
changes and have maintained their lifestyles over time from acultural anthropology perspective.
Regarding environmental problems in developed countries,
political as well as economic factors play a crucial role.
Environmental policies are formulated based not only on
differences in public attitudes to environmental issues but also
on a range of political factors such as whether or not a country
has environmentally-conscious political parties, how active

environmental movements are, the degree of political influence
agricultural lobby groups have, and the ranking of environmental
ministries and agencies. We examine the political background ofenvironmental problems from a political science perspective andenvironmental policies from the viewpoint of policy studies.

Camping Site of a Nomadic Community called
Kalbeliya (Rajasthan, India, Sep. 2011)

Environmental Marketing Management
Akira YOSHINO, Associate Professor+81-75-753-5921

To achieve a more sustainable society beyond “negative
externality” problems, all members of society must internalize thevalue of harmonizing with the environment. Can enterprises cover
the costs with the returns from their pro-environmental activities?
Is there a high probability that they can gain the support ofconsumers? We are addressing the following themes mainly on
the Japanese market:−
Corporate market strategy based on pro-environmental
activities: differentiation strategy, defensive strategy,
and brand strategy beyond CSR−
Environmental communication between corporation

Pro-environmental agricultural practices: the fish cradle project inShiga prefecture, Japan

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−
−

yoshino@eeso.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp

and consumer: environmental labels, environment
management system certification, and environmental
risk communication
Consumers’ perceptions and behavior in relation toenvironmental issues: consumer segmentation, analysis
of consumer behavior
Pro-environmental agriculture: activities andmanagement, market analysis, and consumer behavior
Food risk communication: theories, analysis ofconsumers’ risk perception and risk-averse behavior,and evaluation of food safety policies

A model of consumer behavior in selecting pro-environmental
products

Ontology of Environment and Technology
Junji SATO, Professor+81-75-753-5051

sato.junji.6s@kyoto-u.ac.jp

The aim of this laboratory is to explore (or to unfold) the
implications for a non-metaphysical onto-logy (knowledge of thebeing) of our physical environment.
What we shall try is :−to focus on the implications of cultural theories about theconcept of nature examining European philosophy fromthe past three centuries (from Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza,
Rousseau, and Kant to von Uexküll, Heidegger, and Deleuze& Guattari) ;−to understand the modernist mode of forgetting “in-theworld-ness” as part of Heidegger’s reasoning, in orderto overcome the subject object duality in view of a nonobjectifying anthropocentric “knowledge” ;−t o analyse culture as the operation of mechanisms andtechnologies (ref. M. Foucault) of mediation to occupy thegap between matter and life, social and individual, theenvironment and  human activities.
Our postmodern-biotechnological age, full of intelligent
machines and cyborgs, is also an age of natural and enviromental
crises. It is an urgent matter to investigate the naturalenvironment so as to abandon unreservedly anthropocentricism in
the life sciences, and to deconstruct a humanized image of nature.

Jane SINGER, Associate Professor
Misuzu ASARI, Associate Professor+81-75-753-5933

singer.jane.6e@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-5922

asari.misuzu.6w@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Presentations by students

Department of Natural
Resources

Campus sustainability campaign

of multiple stakeholders to enhance well-being while preserving acommunity’s natural resource base. Finally, we focus on material
cycles and low carbon system approaches, mainly on communities
that include campus, Kyoto and local communities, and the Asia
Pacific region, with emphasis on MSW (municipal solid waste),disaster waste, and energy saving awareness and behavior.
From conducting research, internships and collaborative  
projects, faculty and students develop unique communitybased approaches for education, environmental management,
communication and sustainable development.

Department of Technology
and Ecology

Our research field is built on three pillars: (1) education forsustainable development (2) community resilience studies and(3) material cycles and low carbon systems and society. We aim
to reduce the gap between knowledge and practice throughpro-active, field-level, community-based education, research andproject implementation.
Education for sustainable development (ESD) empowers
individuals and communities to create a more sustainable future.
Our activities include development of approaches for formal, nonformal and informal sustainability education as well as efforts
to promote campus sustainability. Community resilience studies
focus on migration and displacement induced by development,
disasters and climate change, with special emphasis on inclusion

Department of Global
Ecology

Environmental Education

Focus group community discussions

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Department ofTechnology and Ecology
A delicate balance between nature and humanity has emerged as part of the global system through theinteraction between nature and human culture. Human culture, as well as human life, cannot be maintained without
sustaining such a balance. In order to position global environmental studies as a fundamental science relating to the
topic of human existence, we try to integrate environmentally friendly technologies across disciplines and develop
technologies and technological criteria appropriate for an environmentally balanced civilization.

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

Environmentally-friendly Industries for Sustainable Development
Shigeo FUJII, Professor
Shuhei TANAKA, Associate Professor
Hidenori HARADA, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-5151

fujii@eden.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-5171

t-shuhei@eden.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-5169

harada@eden.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Japan overcame severe problems with environmental pollution in
the 1960s and 70s and became one of the world’s most environmentallyadvanced countries. During this process, Japan accumulated vast
amounts of knowledge, skills and experience in the practical solution ofenvironmental problems. This includes environmental technologies, legal
systems and environmental policies. On the other hand, most developing
countries in Asia are still suffering from serious environmental problems
and our experience has not yet been fully utilized by these countries. Thisis mainly due to the lack of international education systems suitable fortransferring environmental technologies and the lack of practical training
in solving real environmental problems in Japan. Industries should beenvironmentally friendly in order to achieve the sustainable developmentof a global civilization. Such industries should promote resource recycling
and energy saving, and avoid the use of hazardous substances.
By means of the various research projects carried out in thislaboratory, we foster environmental leaders who will have the ability
to solve environmental problems anywhere in the world. Conservationand management of aquatic environments, the promotion of resource
recycling, the development of energy-saving industries, and theimprovement of environmental sanitation in developing countries are
all topics being studied using many kinds of tools, such as water quality
analysis, micro-pollutant analysis, water and micro-pollutant treatment
technologies, and land use data analyses based on satellite images.
Examples of surveys and experiments

10Environmental Infrastructure Engineering
Takeshi KATSUMI, Professor
Toru INUI, Associate Professor
Atsushi TAKAI, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-9205

katsumi.takeshi.6v@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-5752

inui.toru.3v@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-5114

takai.atsushi.2s@kyoto-u.ac.jp

The Environmental Infrastructure Engineering groupdeals with construction and management of sustainable andenvironmentally-friendly infrastructures, and mainly focuses on
the preservation and restoration of the geo-environment. With
particular attention to the promotion of a recycling-based society,we make emphasis on the study of: 1) strategies and technologies
for the appropriate reuse and disposal of waste materials,
including contaminated soils, excavated rocks, and disaster debris,2) the design, management, and post-closure applications ofcoastal and inland waste disposal landfill sites, with a particularinterest on the performance of liner and cover systems and,3) the development and assessment of remediation techniques
for ground contamination, mainly focused on the behavior ofheavy metals and non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) in soils.
We perform both practical (on a laboratory setting) as well as
theoretical work (using numerical models), and closely collaborate
with national and private institutions that are responsible for thepreservation of the geo-environment.
As members of a society that aims for a sustainable
development, we hope that our work will help improve theframeworks and technologies that will allow us to safeguard theinfrastructure and social systems for future generations, evenunder the straining effects of climate change.

Spread of a Non-Aqueous Phase Liquidin the ground

Site investigation at a waste landfill site

Hirohide KOBAYASHI, Professor
Chiho OCHIAI, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-4806

kobahiro@archi.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-5723

ochiai.chiho.2x@kyoto-u.ac.jp■Locally-based human settlement
We explore the knowledge and methods for preferredhuman environment by the field surveys in eco-friendly ruralvillages and old historic quarters.

Architectural project aiming Reconstruction management ofat achieving environmental vernacular architecture andharmony

F i e l d s u r v e y s o f l i v i n g Field surveys of environmental
environments in urban and adaptation in disaster-prone
rural areas
areas

Department of Natural
Resources■Locally-based building technology
We create the environmental / social design for practicalapplications in order to restructure / sustain the living
environment in modern contexts.

Department of Technology
and Ecology

The research explores “sustainable human environment in modern societies” based on local culture and natural settings. Learningfrom sustainable urban and rural settings, seeks to understand the global environmental order in all forms. The findings and experiences
are realized into planning and design, and implementation of practical applications for societies..

Department of Global
Ecology

Global Environmental Architecture11

Biodiversity Conservation
Hiroaki SETOGUCHI, Professor
Kanto NISHIKAWA, Associate Professor
Shota SAKAGUCHI, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-6860

setoguchi.hiroaki.2c@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6848

hynobius@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6796

sakaguci54@gmail.com

Stable global environment is based on ecosystem thatcomprises a large number of biological species, abiotic
environment and their complicated mutual interaction. Amongthem, biodiversity conservation is one of the essential points
to keep the environment. “Biodiversity” denotes variation at

the species level, the genetic level and the ecosystem level. We
are interested in biodiversity of plant and animal species andcontribute into training personnel who work to promote theconservation in domestic and/or international organizations andadministrations.

Field research work in Kazahstan

Project of ex-situ conservation of an endangered plants conducted
at Takahama, Fukui Prefecture (Photo: “Foster parents” atprimary school)   

Landscape Ecology and PlanningShozo SHIBATA, Professor
Katsue FUKAMACHI, Associate Professor

12+81-75-753-6084

sho@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6081

katsue@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

The goals of our laboratory can be summarized as:1) Protecting natural areas, including endangered wildlife habitats.
2) Restoring degraded natural habitats.
3) Planning and managing sustainable landscapes.
The scope of our research covers a variety of areas, ranging
from small gardens and urban parks to rural and mountain areas,
and also includes regions undergoing desertification. We deal withthe landscape ecology of both heavily populated areas as well as
relatively unpopulated natural areas in order to propose better

solutions to land use conflicts between man and nature.
Recognizing that we cannot stand apart from nature, andthat ecological sustainability may not be achieved without
corresponding cultural sustainability, our current areas of concern
include landscape planning, design and management that takes
wildlife habitats into consideration, and the development ofsuitable methods for ecological mitigation carried out as part ofthe environmental assessment process.

Cultural landscape: an important
aspect of landscape planning

Ecological monitoring by remote sensing

Environmentally-Friendly Energy Conversion
Takeshi ABE, Professor
Tomokazu FUKUTSUKA, Associate Professor
Kohei MIYAZAKI, Assistant Professor+81-075-383-2487

abe@elech.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-075-383-2483

fuku@elech.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-075-383-7049

myzkohei@elech.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Our society faces many environmental and energy resource
problems. Effective utilization of energy resources is the mostfeasible method to solve these problems. In this laboratory
we conduct the fundamental research on electrochemicalenergy conversion devices such as fuel cells and rechargeable
batteries. In particular we focus on the “interface” at which theelectrochemical reactions proceed and investigate fundamental
concepts for enhancing the rate and reversibility of the interfacial
reaction. The main themes of our laboratory research are 1), 2),
and 3) as shown below.
1) Lithium-ion batteries
Fundamental research on the “electrode/electrolyte interface”
and “ion transfer in electrodes” to elicit performance of lithium-ion
batteries.
2) Post lithium-ion batteries
Fundamental research and material search of magnesium
metal secondary batteries, sodium-ion batteries, and aqueous
lithium-ion batteries as next-generation rechargeable batteries
beyond lithium-ion batteries.
3) Fuel cells and metal-air rechargeable batteries
Fundamental research and material search of anion exchange
membrane fuel cells and zinc-air secondary batteries. In anion
exchange membrane fuel cells, the reduction reaction oxygen
supplied from air is used as the positive electrode reaction andthe oxidation reaction of polyol is used as the negative electrodereaction. In zinc-air
Lithium-ion batteries
secondary batteries, thereduction and evolution
reaction oxygen
supplied from air isused as the positiveelectrode reaction andthe dissolution and
Ion transport in porous electrode
Interfacial lithium-ion transfer
deposition reaction ofzinc metal is used as
Post lithium-ion batteries
the negative electrode
3
4
Li Be
reaction.
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Negative electrode

Electrolyte

Positive electrodecarbonate-based solvent
Chargecurrent
collector

Discharge

separator

2)

Li+, A
3)

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4)

Li+

solvent

Li+

6)

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Graphite
Large activation barrier

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Na
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activematerial

Magnesium metal
secondary batteries

Anion exchange membrane
fuel cell
Ethylene glycol

conductive
additivezinc-air secondary batteries

AEM

Zn
Air electrode
Anode

OH-

CathodeDevelopment of Direct polyol
fuel cell

Reversible reaction of Zn
and design of air electrodeDepartment of Global
Ecology
Department of Technology
and Ecology
Department of Natural
Resources13

Department of
Natural Resources
The Department of Natural Resources considers the global ecosystem to be a complex composed of nature andhuman society and seeks to avoid environmental destruction by conducting dynamic analyses of resource circulation
on both a global scale and within regional ecosystems. Our research and educational approaches are, therefore, built
on both global and regional perspectives, based on the idea that natural resource management must conform witha well-designed human lifestyle on a local scale that, in turn, contributes to the conservation of the larger ecosystem
and ultimately that of the global environment. Topics that receive particular attention include the environmentfriendly utilization of organic resources, technologies for low-impact material conversion and recycling, and the proper
management of land and water resources. Field-based studies of geospheres, biospheres, coastal zones and watersheds
also play a key role in identifying resource circulation issues in such regional units and suggesting solutions forsustainable development and environmental conservation that can be carried out on both a local and a global scale.

Regional Planning／Urban Infrastructure Engineering／Atmospheric Chemistry／
Ecosystem Production and Dynamics／Terrestrial Ecosystems Management／Aquatic Environmental Biology／

Regional Planning
Tsugihiro WATANABE, Professor
Izuru SAIZEN, Associate Professor
Narumasa TSUTSUMIDA, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-6367

nabe@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6369

saizen@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6368

naru@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Our laboratory explores well-balanced regional developments
among urban and rural areas through an appropriate evaluation
and utilization of natural and social resources and tackles potential
issues associated with implementation of regional planning by
GIS/RS
field survey. Current topics are follows:■Understanding of Regional Environments by GIS/RS
For the implementation of appropriate regional planningfor managing environments, land use/cover is monitored andmodelled by GIS/RS:
Monitoring of urban expansion (Indonesia); Evaluation ofresilience for climate changes (India, Philippines); Spatial accuracy
analysis of land cover classification; Spatial data mining of local
statistical data.
■Exploring sustainable developments based on ﬁeld work.
Natural or social resource issues associated with the
management of regional environments are explored by field workor questionnaire survey:
Land use analysis and forest resource management (Vietnam);
Evaluation of social impacts of environmental conservation
agriculture (Philippines); Research on connectivity of hills, humans
and oceans toward sustainable development (Watersheds, Japan).

Urban monitoring in Jakarta Metropolitan area in Indonesia

Interview survey for ethnic minority in Vietnam.

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Urban Infrastructure Engineering
Kunitomo SUGIURA, Professor
Eiji HARADA, Associate Professor
Tomohiro TANAKA, Assistant Professor+81-75-383-3160

sugiura.kunitomo.4n@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-383-3310

harada@particle.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-383-7067

tanaka.tomohiro.7c@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Practices to reduce environmental impact in addition to safety
and security technologies are necessary to sustain sustainablehuman activities as a lifeline. It is important to develop “HolisticEngineering” integrating Design, Construction, Operation and
Maintenance technologies. In order to achieve such a task, thelaboratory aims to develop green technologies in conjunction withexisting advanced technologies to secure urban infrastructures interms of disaster-free and long life.
■Transport and Energy Infrastructures
・Application of High Performance Materials to Bridge Structures
・NDE, Monitoring, Structural Integrity Evaluation and Life
Prediction of Aging Steel Structures
・Development of Floating SUPG

Durable FRP Bridges
Earthquake-Resistant
Steel Bridge Piers
Floating SUPG

■Water and Disaster Prevention Infrastructures
・Development of Accurate and Universal Movable Bed Model・Multi Agent Model for Evacuation Planning
・Development of Flood Risk/Largest-Class Flood Disaster
Estimation Method

Sediment Transport
Simulation

Risk Assessment on
Water-related DisasterYoshizumi KAJII, Professor
Yosuke SAKAMOTO, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-6897

kajii.yoshizumi.7e@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6634

sakamoto.yosuke.7a@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mechanism of oxidant formation

Research activities

Department of Natural
Resources

We are developing ultrasensitive and highly precise instruments
to measure reactive trace species such as HOx radicals and NOx
and we are using these instruments to obtain information about
possible sources of air pollutants, such as vehicles.
Our final goal is to integrate the knowledge obtained fromour observations and considerations in order to provide a soundscientific basis for the improvement of air quality.

Department of Technology
and Ecology

We investigate atmospheric chemistry, mainly focusing on
the issue of photochemical ozone formation. Despite the apparent
downward trends for both NOx and VOCs (precursors ofphotochemical oxidants) detected in mega-cities in many advanced
countries, including Japan, photochemical oxidants have still
increased in recent years.
We are trying to determine the cause of this upward trend.

Department of Global
Ecology

Atmospheric Chemistry15

Ecosystem Production and Dynamics
Akira OSAWA, Professor
Naoki OKADA, Associate Professor
Masako DANNOURA, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-6095

aosawa@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6097

okad@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6094

dannoura@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

We investigate dry matter production, plant community
dynamics and plant ecological and physiological functions that
produce the various ecosystem patterns observed in forests andother major ecosystems, based primarily on two perspectives.
First, we study structural dynamics and its mechanisms inforest ecosystems. This involves tree-ring analysis, mathematicalmodels and ecological measurements being used in combination.
Carbon dynamics and carbon accumulation in boreal forests arebeing studied in Canada, Finland, Estonia, Russia and Japan alongwith their past patterns. Boreal forests are the ecosystems where
the effects of global warming are likely to appear first.
The second research approach focuses on analyzing theinternal structure of stem wood. From the perspective of
ecological wood anatomy and using both stable isotopes andtree eco-physiological techniques, it examines the relationships
between the size and distribution of water-conducting vessels andleaf opening, shoot extension and the growth rate of trees. Treesin tropical regions, such as Thailand and Malaysia, are being
examined along with those found in temperate climates.

Fig.1

Fig.2
Fig.3

Fig. 1: Litter traps installed in a pine forest site in northwestern Canada
Fig. 2: A tropical seasonal forest with deciduous trees in the dry season
Fig. 3: A tree-ring sample used for estimating tree growth and past standstructure

Terrestrial Ecosystems Management
Shinya FUNAKAWA, Professor
Hitoshi SHINJO, Associate Professor
Tetsuhiro WATANABE, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-6101

funakawa@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6299

shinhit@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6101

nabe14@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Our continued existence depends heavily upon terrestrial
ecosystems that include air, water, soils, plants and animals.
We also influence the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems andact as one of the components. The recent increase in humanactivities adversely affects ecosystems and the environment at
both the local and global levels, in the form of desertification,water and soil pollution and land degradation.
Our laboratory is engaged in a broad range of studies onterrestrial ecosystems management. The study topics include
soil characterization, fertility mechanisms and maintenance, theutilization and conservation of soil resources, the mechanismof soil degradation and its remediation, and the reappraisal ofindigenous agro-ecosystems management techniques in thehumid and semi-arid tropics. We also study holistic approaches
to rural development and ecosystems management that can beused to enhance human welfare and security in Japan, Asia andAfrica.

Clear-cutting of tropical lowland forest in Indonesia

Honeycomb used as a non-timber forest product (Cameroon)

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Aquatic Environmental Biology
Yoh YAMASHITA, Professor
Keita SUZUKI, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-6410

yoh@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-773-62-5512

suzuki.keita.3r@kyoto-u.ac.jp

We examine the ecology and ecological production systemsof aquatic biological resources from various points of view. In
particular, we investigate integrated coastal zone management,
based on an understanding of the ecological relationshipbetween terrestrial and coastal areas, including productivity andbiodiversity, which are strongly affected by human activities.
■Connectivity of hills, humans and oceans
We examine the ecological links between forest, river, humanand coastal ecosystems, and the impacts of human activities oncoastal biological production systems. These concepts are thenused to identify suitable methods for aquatic zone management inorder to achieve future sustainable development.
■Ecology of aquatic organisms
We study production systems of aquatic biological resources,
focusing on energy flow from nutrition and primary production
through to macrobenthos and fish, emphasizing the life history,
survival, growth, movement and feeding characteristics of key
species.
■Management of aquatic biological resources
We examine management approaches that focus on resources
produced by specific aquatic environments in local areas. We
develop appropriate methods to manage resources, restore
environments and enhance stocks.

Set net operation at Tai, Maizuru, Kyoto

Department of Global
Ecology
Department of Technology
and Ecology
Department of Natural
Resources

17

Environmental Innovator Program EIP– Cultivating Environmental Leaders across ASEAN Region –A rapid economic growth in the ASEAN region has created serious

Project Associate
Professor (Mahidolsuwanna.boo@mahidol.ac.th
Suwanna
Kitpati BOONTANON,
environmental
and social problems,
rangingfrom Univ.)
water degradation,
improper waste
Project
kikuchi.ryo.5e@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ryo KIKUCHI,
management,
toSenior
trafficLecturer
congestion and +81-75-753-5635
deforestation.

“Environmental Innovator Program - Cultivating Environmental LeadersacrossASEAN Region –” is a new program at GSGES, which strengthen research
Rapid economic growth in the ASEAN region has created serious environmental and social problems, ranging from waterandeducational
capacity throughintensive
degradation and improper waste management,
to traffic congestion
andintellectual
deforestation. exchanges with 11 partner
The Environmental
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universities
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It aims
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and advanced communication skills to tackle global environmental challenges.
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Students
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will research
Global Environmental Studies
Mahidol
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a uniqueopportunity
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not only a specificdisciplinewith
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opportunity to study not only a specific discipline but also multi-disciplinary
environmental studies at the same time.

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JGP Top Global University Project “Japan Gateway:
Kyoto University Top Global Program” Environmental Studies
Yuki OKAMOTO, Project Assistant Professor+81-75-753-5050

okamoto.yuki.4x@kyoto-u.ac.jp

A program, “Japan Gateway: Kyoto University Top Global Program, JGP in short)” has been organizing to conduct international
joint education and double degrees with world-class partner universities prominent in research areas such as Mathematics andChemistry that Kyoto University has significantly international competitiveness. In the area of environmental studies, Graduate
School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University plays a central part to prepare the way to implement interdisciplinary
and practical researches to conduce towards the environmental problems, both in global and local scales. To fulfill this goal, Graduate
School of Global Environmental Studies is collaborating with Graduate School of Agriculture of Kyoto University to facilitate aninternational joint education and double degree program. Through the global education and research work, the program is set out toencourage young researchers to obtain skills and knowledge in environmental studies so that they can be able to work on the worldstage in near future.
1) International double degree program
The program has been conducting a double degree program with Gadjah Mada University, Bogor Agricultural University(Indonesia), Kasetsart University, Mahidol University (Thailand) so far. A double master degree program with Lille University (France)is planned to be implemented in the future.
2) International joint education program
The program provides various international education programs. A short study abroad program, named “International Spring
School for Environmental Studies” aimed to understand the environment in Japan and learn the skills and knowledge of analysis
through the field work, laboratory work and lectures was carried out for 3 years. In total 56 selected students (applicants: 186) fromvarious universities in the world have joined and learned environmental studies under the multicultural atmosphere of Kyoto since2016. In addition, JGP has providing opportunities for internships and research program in overseas universities for students, andreceiving students from partners’ universities to conduct international collaborative research. In this way, our program promote/foster
internationalization, and develop environmental studies with interdisciplinary researches in multi-culture condition.
3) International research and study abroad fair
The program is also joining events on “Study Abroad Fair” and “International Symposium in Environmental Studies” in various
countries in the world, i.e. Vietnam, Thailand, Tanzania etc., to promote international collaborative education and research. In addition,international collaborative studies/field work/researches have been conducted in various places.

19Introducing the Faculty
Geo-environmental engineering for soil utilization
and waste containment
Professor Takeshi KATSUMI
Environmental Infrastructure Engineering (Environmental Geotechnics)

Utilization of excavated soils fromconstruction works

conducting various studies on how to safely contain toxic

We conduct various construction works to build andof technologies to control mass transfer such as hydraulicmaintain fundamental infrastructures which are necessary

barrier, containment, immobilization, and sorption layers.

to our lives. For example, itthey includes transportation

Our studies are also related to the clarification of mobility

systems such as roads and railways, lifelines such as

and behavior of chemicals of concern which underlie theelectricity, gas, water and sewerage, the structures nearstudies above. Furthermore, we are trying to organize

the coast, and river dikes as well. In constructingion ofand implement social systems which enable practicalsuch infrastructures, “soils” are widely excavated andimplementation of those technologies in real society.

utilized as materials for leveling the ground. Since the olddays, in our country, people have advanced those methods
technically and systematically, and used these soils at

Geo-environmental containment ofcontaminants
Waste disposal is also an important environmental

the same construction site or another neighboring site inconsideration. In waste landfills, hydraulic barriers

order to contribute to the environmental consideration,

are installed in order to prevent soil and groundwater

not disposing those soils just as the waste. It has been

contamination. Earthen Soil-based barriers consisting

expressed as “balance the cutting and the filling”. On the

primarily of clay, such as clay liner and soil bentonite

other hand, recently the proper management of the toxic

to have low impedance against water and chemical

substances has been strictly required in society. If the soils

substances, and can be expected to have long-term

contain toxic substances over a certain level, they have

durability because they consist only of organic minerals.

to be subject to some restrictions, which are sometimes

Thus, it is used not only for hydraulic barriers in waste

excessive ones. In particular, if excavated soils and rocks

landfills but also for containment of soil and groundwatercontain arsenic, lead, fluorine and boron at a significant

contamination. We are working on some research related

level, which are often contained naturally, such soils andto performance and durability of such earthensoil-based

rocks had to be disposed of as contaminated soils in many

barriers, and attempting to spread these techniques.

situations regardless of its excellent mechanical properties

Since disposal of waste containing nuclides has become an

as geomaterials. Although disposal of contaminated soils

important recent challenge after the nuclear power plantmight be an effective way to resolve the environmental

accident, the shielding effect of soilearthen-based barriers

problem at site and its neighborhood, we should also

against the wastes containing nuclides is also studied.

mind that those soils occupy the spaces where waste

Overall, our laboratory is trying to accumulatematerials should be disposed of, from the perspective

academic knowledge related to geoenvironmental issuesof the whole society. Thus, we think that utilization ofthrough various research for utilization of contaminatedsuch contaminated soils in roads and dikes should besoils and rocks under the proper management.

promoted by applying techniques which can “immobilize”
or “contain” toxic substances In our laboratory, we are20

substances in geostructures, which cover the development

The environmental issues and “politics”
Professor Wataru SANO
Public Policy

Although many researchers have been proposing
superb measures and methods to resolve theenvironmental issues, regrettably, it seems not all ofthem are actually put into action. There might be various
reasons, but I think one of them exists in “politics”. In
spite of those policy proposals, they are disturbed by“politics”, in other words, they cannot get any backing
from “politics”, so that the environmental issues have notbeen resolved. What is the definition of “politics” in here?
There are several meanings in “politics”. For example,

The theme of research and ourseminar

As for the theme of my own research, to put itbriefly, it is a quest for the proper style of “politics” inorder to resolve the various social problems including
environmental issues. If I say in more details, it is forplanning the systems of politics which would enable us tomake the proper policies. The word politics in here means
not only the election, the Congress, or the Cabinet, but

you understand “politics” as “conflicts of interests or aalso the various conflicts and power relationship existing

sense of value”. If so, “the environmental issues are notin the society, including the social systems such as theresolved because of the politics” may mean that “people

judiciary and administration. It may seem to be a detour

cannot easily make a consensus because there are soto consider the resolution of the environmental issues inmany conflicts of interests or a sense of value over anthis broad sense of politics, but I believe this is truly theenvironmental issues”. Or it may mean that “the issues
are not resolved because only one side of the interests ora sense of value which belong to people who have strong
power always take the priority”.
You can also comprehend “politics” as “aggressive
leadership by the government and the politicians”. In thiscase, although “politics” essentially should coordinate andlead the people, goods, money, knowledge, and so on, it
comes down to the weakness of “power”, that is to say“politics”, that cause the delay of the resolution for thosemost important task in reality.
Therefore, in my laboratory, students are conducting
a wide range of studies. Such as a student who isconducting a theoretical study on how the design ofpolicy should be in democracy, or a student who is doing
research on the role of government administrators inlocal government. In our seminar, we read a various kindof books. We sometimes read books about the difficulties
which current U.S. government has, such as The Next

issues. On the other hand, some people might consider

Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions“politics” as a kind of “dirty activities” such as power game

Fall Us and How to Fix Them (Donald Kettle, Keiso

over the interests. If we cannot resolve the environmental

Syobo), and at other times, we read books which areissues by those “dirty activities”, the point would be “howto resolve the issues away from such “dirty activities”.
Thus, even a single word “politics” contains suchvarious contents. However, if you truly would like toresolve the environmental issues, it would be obvious thatyou cannot avoid to think about “politics”. Then next, how
can we realize “politics” which enable us to resolve thereviews theoretically on Democracy, such as Democratic

Autonomy (Henry Richardson, Oxford University Press).
Although the name of subject, “The relationship between
politics and the environmental issues”, is easy to say, it istruly elusive, vague and complicated, we are waiting forstudents who dare to deal with such difficult issues.

environmental issues?

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Introducing the Faculty
Environmental Refugees andDevelopment-Induced Displacement
Associate Professor Jane SINGER
Environmental Education

Ethical concerns raised bydisplacement

Displaced by a hydropower dam in
Vietnam

The theme of my research is human migration

I am currently involved in a research project inand displacement. This includes development-

central Vietnam, examining ethnic minority villages

induced displacement as well as those displaced bydisplaced by construction of a hydropower dam. Many

natural disasters or environmental changes -- flooding,developing countries rely on cheap, plentiful hydropower

desertification, deforestation, landslides, long periods ofto supply their growing energy needs, but dam

drought and rising sea levels -- often linked to climaticconstruction too often displaces and impoverishes people.

change, who are often called “environmental refugees.”

Resettled populations may receive compensation for

I’m especially interested in the ethical concerns raised

their original homes and land, and they may benefit fromby displacement. The question arises of what we mean

improved infrastructure, health care and educational

when we call people “environmental refugees,” because

opportunities, but this often comes at a price. Replacement

under international law, a refugee is someone who can’t

land is usually much less productive than their original

return to his or her home because of a legitimate fear

farm plots, so that even though they can transitionof persecution, civil warfare or generalized violence. A

from subsistence farming to cash crop agriculture andlegally recognized refugee has the right to be accepted

recompensed manual labor, displaced residents may noby other countries and to be provided with basic

longer have basic food security for their families. For

human needs. But there is as yet no legal definition of

ethnic minority residents, who make up a disproportionate

environmental refugees or clarification of their legal

percentage of those displaced in Vietnam, low educationrights by any international legal body. From an ethicaland adaptive capacity makes it even more difficult tostandpoint we can argue that most of those people

recover from the shock of resettlement.

originate in developing countries, which are not primarily

According to a 1986 United Nations General Assembly

responsible for emitting the greenhouse gases that are

declaration, everyone has the right to participate in andlinked to climate change. Because the developed countries

enjoy the benefits of development. In this case, somecause most of the emissions, under the “polluter pays”

people suffer while others, particularly industry, urban

principle, don’t they bear responsibility for accepting andareas and the rising middle class, reap the benefits

providing for environmental refugees?

of hydroelectric generation. Development-induced
displacement raises ethical questions about how toapportion benefits equitably.

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Traditional system to use natural
resources of satoyama landscapes
Associate Professor Katsue FUKAMACHI
Landscape Ecology and Planning

The significance of investigating
the traditional system of satoyama
landscapes

Toward the future use andmanagement of the natural resourcesof the satoyama landscapeEach satoyama landscape in Japan has a different
combination of factors such as villages, arable lands,
forests, and rivers. The use and the management of
natural resources of the satoyama landscapes has been
carried out in accordance with the relation among theforests, the local forests, and the waterside in each district.
In recent years, the satoyama landscape was defined as“socio–ecological production landscapes and seascapes inJapan” (UNU-IAS, 2010). There are two components thathave been researched nationwide and have been better
understood. One is the style of life and activity which
has been nurtured in the relationship with the naturein an area. The second is the system to use the natural
resources of the satoyama landscapes which has been
structured in accordance with those styles.
By identifying the traditional system of the satoyama
landscape thoroughly, we came to know the significanceof the satoyama landscape for its ecological benefit andthe community culture. Accordingly, we are getting
to comprehend the real villages, which consists ofagricultural villages, mountainous villages, and fishingvillages, utilizing the natural resource effectively andsustainably. It could be depicted as a process of drawing
the ideal future image of the satoyama landscape by
perspectives; the perspective of understanding andapplying the structure and the relation of the satoyama
landscape, and the perspective of making use of thehistory and tradition of the area. Also, the method canbe considered as a cultural and ecological approach, used
to find out about new skills and mechanisms in modern
villages. This allows us to adopt it to the modern society
while maintaining its characteristics.

There is a case, where the local residents use thespace differently in accordance with its name of place andits natural and social environment. This is based on their
spatial perception. They designated the sites, quantities,
and frequencies by the type of natural resources so theexcessive tree cutting should not cause an exhaustion or adisaster. Thus, the highly complex land ownership systemand organization management have been functioning
effectively. It has been reported that these efforts are wellconnected to the conservation of biological diversity andecosystem which is distinct to the region.
We can observe more cases, where the essentials
are well understood and the natural resources of thewhole satoyama landscape have been used and managed
properly and sustainably. The scenes of people’s daily
lives, recreations, working, and the religious activities havebeen connected organically by roads and channels, andas time went by, its important areas and transportation
networks have been utilized as a space for work andreligion. Also the lands which include the boundary spaceagainst the other village have been used as the common
lands to keep its area and its resources sustainable, andmoreover, their limited natural resources have been
distributed as fairly as possible. When local resident use
the space differently in accordance with the situation andimplementing their own rules and systems, it also has
another meaning, that is to say, a risk management where
the satoyama landscape make preparations and adopt
itself to the disasters such as a flood or slope failure.
On the other hand, as the circumstance of its society
has got changed, the convention mechanism of thesatoyama landscape has also changed largely, and what ismore, it is becoming a mere shell or is disappearing. The
relation between the district and its natural environment
and its natural resources has also changed, and the
districts have various problems. The number of lands
whose owners are unknown or managed by nobody havealso increased, and the problems concerning the regional
disaster prevention or the prevention of the biologicaldiversity have been occurred. In order to deal with these
problems, it is crucial to structure a system for the use
and management of natural resources in the frameworkof a landscape including the whole area of the districts,
and it is essential to understand the local forest by its
peculiarity as well as its universality.

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Introducing the Laboratories
Research Laboratory Proﬁle:Professor Makoto USAMI

Global Environmental Policy, Department of Global Ecology―What kind of research do you do, Professor Usami?
I do research on legal philosophy in connection withenvironmental issues. I approach environmental problems
and policies from the perspective of justice, with aparticular interest in expanding the applicable scope of
this ideal. People of the same era share straightforward
rules of justice, such as the principle that items borrowed
should be returned. But what about those of different
generations? Given that future people will be adversely
impacted by the environmental degradation we cause
today, we can conceive an obligation for the current
generation to act with consideration for future generations.
On the other hand, what is the reason for obliging thecurrent government to use its citizens’ money on policies
for the benefit of people in the distant future long after
we ourselves have departed, such as 500 or 1,000 years
from now? One of my research interests is to explore
environmental problems and policies from the viewpoint ofintergenerational justice. I am also interested in the issue
of apportionment beyond national borders. For example,
the tensions between developed and developing countries
over the reduction of CO 2 emissions show that climatechange is a question of global justice. Climate justice,which is the subject of much research in the international
academic community in recent years, thus encompasses
the dual facets of intergenerational justice and global
justice.
―How do you run your laboratory?
Currently there are seven Doctoral students, 11
Master’s students, and four research students in mylaboratory. I have six international students from China,
two from Indonesia, one from South Korea, one from
Switzerland, and one from Bangladesh. We use a mixtureof English and Japanese in our seminars. The large
number of international students is a feature of the Schoolof Global Environmental Studies, and I think that engaging
in discussions and interactions with these students offers
great stimulation to our Japanese students, too. There
are three pillars to research supervision in my laboratory:(1) individual consultations of approximately one hour
each, held periodically; (2) seminars, held on an ad hoc
basis; (3) joint seminars with other research laboratories
in the social sciences, held bi-annually. (2) and (3) involve
presentations and discussions among graduate students
of many different disciplines and specializations, enabling24

my students to gain feedback from a variety of angles anddelve deeper into their own research.
―Tell us about your graduate studentsʼ research.
My current students are engaged in an extremely
diverse range of research projects, including psychological
exploration of motivations for citizens to purchase green
products, inquiry into indigenous people’s attitudes toward
the commodification of genetic resource in Indonesia,
econometrical analysis of the development of solar
panel technology in South Korea, case study of climatechange adaptation projects in Africa, legal research oninternational treaties on radioactive waste, and theoreticalanalysis of climate justice.
― (Question to Ms. Cita Ekanijati an international
student from Indonesia who presented at Professor
Usamiʼs laboratory research reporting session on
January 26, 2016) Tell us what motivated you to studyin Professor Usamiʼs laboratory and about the School of
Global Environmental Studies.
Cita: I study environmental policy under Professor
Usami. Both the Professor and the other graduate
students provide valuable comments to support myresearch, and the laboratory also has many books
and other materials. In Indonesia, it is not common
for students to learn directly from a professor. The
access to direct, attentive professorial supervision is
one of the great attractions of the School of Global
Environmental Studies. The School also has systems
that provide students with financial support for
projects, internships and participation in international
conferences. I hope to become a university faculty
member when I return to Indonesia.
―Interviewerʼs Postscript
Environmental problems have been recognized as
global-level challenges for many years now, but these
problems are broad-ranging not only in spatial terms
but in temporal terms as well. To what extent can
we share common rules and ethics in relation to such
multi-dimensional problems? The basis for addressing
the question of responsibility beyond generations may
already exist within Asian societies, but the design ofactual institutions for this purpose is still a work inprogress. Furthermore, achieving global consensus on
how to deal with environmental problems requires not
only the reconciliation of different value outlooks but also
the striking of political and economic bargains. Professor
Usami has an open, global laboratory that reﬂects precisely
these challenges. (Ayako IWATANI)

Research Laboratory Proﬁle:Professor Yoshizumi KAJII

Atmospheric Chemistry, Department of Natural Resources―What kind of research do you do, Professor Kajii?
I specialize in atmospheric chemistry. My research
involves detecting and evaluating atmospheric substancesand shedding light on the mechanisms of atmosphericpollution. In the 1970s, atmospheric pollution became aserious social problem in Japan as well. Photochemicalsmog is caused by substances known as oxidants, which
are formed when nitrogen oxides (NOx) found in gas
emissions react with volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
in the atmosphere. Japan achieved a reduction in oxidants
in the 1980s, as a result of factors such as the impact of
the Air Pollution Control Act and combined public andprivate sector efforts to keep the air clean. Since the1990s, however, oxidants have been increasing once more,
and identifying the cause of this increase has become
an urgent priority. Oxidant concentrations tend to behigher in spring and lower in summer, meaning that theongoing increase cannot be attributed simply to long range
transport of pollutants such as PM2.5 from China. Thereis thus a need to detect both oxidants and the VOCs fromwhich PM2.5 particles and oxidants are formed, but it
is extremely difficult to identify them given that there
are between 500 and 2000 different types of VOC. We
have focused our attention on substances known as OH
radicals. When they react with VOCs in the atmosphere,
OH radicals form stable H 2O molecules and dissipate.
Measuring the speed of such dissipation yields data
corresponding to the overall volume of atmospheric VOCs.
In our research lab, we have a hand-made device thatuses laser technique to create OH radicals artificially andcauses them to react with compounds in the atmosphere.
Working in partnership with the National Institute forEnvironmental Studies and other universities, we use thisdevice to measure atmospheric compounds in order togain our understanding of the chemistry in the air.

―How do you run your laboratory?
My laboratory currently has two ProgramSpecific Researchers, one Master’s student, and one
Doctoral student in the Graduate School of Human andEnvironmental Studies, and five Master’s students in the
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies. Eachmorning at 9:30, Program-Specific Researchers and theDoctoral students gather with my Assistant Professor,
Yosuke Sakamoto, for a brief meeting. Once a week, aseminar is held for undergraduate and graduate students,
where we report on the progress of our research. Once
every half-year, all graduate students make presentations

on their research. We also hold journal meetings to review
the latest academic journals, including a monthly joint
journal meeting with the laboratory of Professor Masahito
Sugimoto (Aquatic Chemistry, Graduate School of Humanand Environmental Studies). There is also a weekly
workshop organized by the graduate students themselves,
with study activities including thematic summary of booksin the field of atmospheric chemistry.
― (Question to the graduate students gathered in thelaboratory) Tell us about your research.
Student A: I am studying in Professor Kajii’s laboratory
because I want to deepen my interest in
atmospheric pollution.
Student B: I am interested in automobiles, and I do
research on exhaust gases.
Student C: I am researching the mobility of substances inthe environment.
Student D: My motivation was the Kyoto Protocol. CO 2
is said to be the cause of global warming, butthere may be other factors as well. That iswhat I am researching.
―Tell us what the atmosphere in the laboratory is like.
“Free” might be the best word. We can choose ourown research topics freely, and we are allowed to do our
research in the manner in which we choose. I was evenable to do research overseas, in Vietnam, when writing my
Master’s thesis. It was a great learning experience.
―Interviewerʼs Postscript
I gained a sense of the “freedom” of Professor Kajii’slaboratory even during my own brief visit there. Despite
my status as a complete stranger to his academic field,
Professor Kajii took the time to explain his research tome carefully and coherently. The innovative, cuttingedge content of his research
seemed to strike a great
contrast with the handmade device fitted with aprofusion of pipes and theadjacent case full of plants
used in the measurement of
VOCs. In Professor Kajii’s lab,
today is another day in theongoing search for solutions
to environmental problems
through the power of science.
(Ayako IWATANI)

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School of Global Environmental Studies(Educational Body)

The School of Global Environmental Studies is composedof the “Doctoral Program in Global Environmental Studies,”
designed to foster outstanding researchers responsible forfurther development of the new field of global environmental
studies, and the “Master’s Program in Environmental
Management” and “Doctoral Program in Environmental
Management,” both designed to train outstanding practitioners
capable of addressing environmental issues from the local to
the global level. The educational goals of these programs areshown in the following table.
Doctoral Program in Global Environmental Studies
This program fosters researchers capable of working
at the international level by tackling global and local
environmental issues using innovative approaches andmethodologies drawn from various fundamental academic
fields.
Masterʼs Program in Environmental Management
This program trains internationally-minded practitioners

with the knowledge and practical skills required to tackle
environmental problems from the local to the global level.
This program also fosters researchers capable of working
at the international level by addressing global and local
environmental issues using approaches and methodologies
drawn from various fundamental academic fields.
Doctoral Program in Environmental Management
This program fosters practitioners with advanced
management expertise and the extensive knowledge andskills required to address environmental issues from the local
to the global level. This will enable them to make a practicalcontribution when working in international settings.
Students participating in any of the above programs may
enroll in both compulsory and elective courses offered in
English, in keeping with the Graduate School’s aim to train
professionals capable of working in an international setting.
Students seeking to further their interdisciplinary knowledge
base are also able to take credited lecture courses from otherschools in Kyoto University.

Doctoral Program in Global Environmental Studies

This program accepts students who have obtained amaster’s degree or the equivalent in various fields. The
program encompasses the Department of Global Ecology, theDepartment of Technology and Ecology, and the Departmentof Natural Resources of the Hall of Global Environmental
Research, as well as Sansai Gakurin. Students’ specialized
study themes are selected from a vast range of themes
related to global environmental studies, based on prior study
and approaches available in the humanities and social sciences
as well as in the areas of natural science, agriculture andengineering. After receiving a doctoral degree, students may
work at universities or environment-related government/
private-sector research organizations.

1

Curriculum structure

In order to develop outstanding researchers, course
guidance is provided, as needed, on subjects offered under the
Master’s Program in Environmental Management, focusing
primarily on lectures and seminars.
An academic supervisor and a sub-supervisor are
assigned to each student upon entry into the university, andthe student receives interdisciplinary guidance.

2

Progress towards the degree

First year: Academic supervisor selected; research plan
drafted, reviewed and presented; preliminary
thesis report written; and enrollment in exercises

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and seminars.
Second year: Enrollment in exercises and seminars.
Third year: Second thesis report written; enrollment inexercises and seminars; submission, review anddefense of a doctoral thesis; Doctoral Degree in
Global Environmental Studies awarded to student.
The standard time taken to complete the program is three
years. However, exceptional students may be able to complete
the degree in less time.

3

Admission information

Applicants will be graded according to the sum totalof their marks for English ability (evaluated on the basis of
TOEFL iBT (preferred), TOEFL PBT, TOEIC SP or IELTS
test scores) and interview performance (specialized knowledgeof the applicant's chosen study area and presentation of a
research plan).

Masterʼs Program in Environmental Management

In order to gain the skills needed to become outstanding
environmental management professionals or environmental
researchers, students are required to participate in a lengthy
internship study. Based on practical experience gained outsideof the university, students gain professional skills that will
enable them to write an innovative master’s thesis. Aftercompleting the master’s degree, students may continue on to
the doctoral program in order to obtain advanced professional
and academic research skills or may choose to work fornational or local government organizations, internationalorganizations, environment-related departments of industries,
environment-related industries, or environment-related NGOs,
among others.

1Curriculum

The core requirements of the Master’s Program in
Environmental Management are courses in the theoreticalfoundations of global environmental studies (Global
Environmental Policy and Economics, Global Environmental
Engineering, Management of Global Resources andEcosystems, Environmental Ethics and Environmental
Education). The student studies environmental management
fundamentals and theories, and attends seminars
corresponding to the student’s area of interest. After that, thestudent completes an internship and then submits a master’s
thesis.
Students also attend environmental management seminars,
which include special lectures by invited lecturers, fieldwork,
experiments and practical study, and a literature review,
all of which serve to instill in the student the fundamental
knowledge and skills needed for environmental research orpractice at the international level.

2months for students whose research objectives are best
achieved through brief practical experience. (For short-term
internships, the submission of preliminary thesis work is
required.)3

Progress towards the degree

First Year: Course work, drafting of internship study plan,internship.
Second Year: Submission and review of master’s thesis for
the Master’s Degree in Global Environmental
Studies.

4

Admission information

Applicants will be graded according to the sum totalof their marks for English ability (evaluated on the basis of
TOEFL iBT (preferred), TOEFL PBT, TOEIC SP, or IELTS
test scores), general knowledge of the global environment,
basic knowledge of the applicant’s choice of study area andinterviews (to assess specialized knowledge gained over thecourse of the undergraduate program, the study plan, and theapplicant’s suitability for the master’s program).

Internship

An internship is a compulsory part of the curriculumof the Master’s Program in Environmental Management.
Individual education based on practical experience outside
the classroom enables students to acquire competence inaddressing global environmental issues. The Graduate Schoolof Global Environmental Studies has arrangements witha wide range of domestic and international environmental
research institutions and organizations that currently serve as
hosts for internship training. Previously, students have beenplaced as interns at governmental research institutes, private
research organizations, foreign universities, and internationalorganizations such as the United Nations and internationalNGOs.
Two kinds of internship are available for students: Longterm internships, which require students to spend at least
three months at one site in order to train and cultivate
practical skills, and short-term internships of one to two27Doctoral Program in Environmental Management

This program aims to train professionals capable offunctioning in an international setting by equipping themwith the comprehensive knowledge and skills needed for
resolving conflicts and managing global environmental issues.
Internship study (domestic or overseas) and the preparation ofa doctoral thesis help students develop the skills required forenvironment-related work after graduation. Graduates of thedoctoral program are expected to find employment in nationalor local government, international organizations, environmentrelated departments of industries, environment-relatedindustries, environmental NGOs, universities, or government/
private-sector research organizations with an environmental
focus, among others.

1Curriculum

In order to cultivate outstanding environmental
management practitioners and researchers, course guidanceis provided, as needed, on subjects offered under the Master’s
Program in Environmental Management, focusing primarily
on lectures and seminars. The student also completes aninternship program lasting approximately six months, andthen submits a doctoral thesis.
An academic supervisor and sub-supervisor are assigned
to each student upon entry into the university, and thestudent receives interdisciplinary and practical guidance.

2

Internship

An internship is a compulsory part of the curriculumof the Doctoral Program in Environmental Management.
Individual education based on practical experience outside
the classroom enables students to acquire competence inaddressing global environmental issues.
The Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies hasarrangements with a wide range of domestic and international
environmental research institutions and organizations thatcurrently serve as hosts for internship training. Previously,
students have undertaken internships with governmental
research institutes, private research organizations, foreign
universities, and international organizations such as theUnited Nations and international NGOs. Doctoral students
must spend at least five months training and cultivating
practical skills at their internship sites. After returning to the
Graduate School, students prepare their doctoral theses bydrawing upon their experiences outside the classroom.

3

Progress towards the degree

First year: A cademic supervisor selected; research plan
drafted, reviewed and presented; preliminary
thesis report written; preparation of an internship28

plan, and enrollment in exercises and seminars.
Second year: Internship
Third year: S econd thesis report written; enrollment inexercises and seminars; submission, review anddefense of a doctoral thesis.
Doctoral Degree in Global Environmental Studies awarded
to student.
The standard time taken to complete the program is three
years. However, exceptional students may be able to complete
the degree in less time.

4

Admission information

Applicants will be graded according to the sum totalof their marks for English ability (evaluated on the basis of
TOEFL iBT (preferred), TOEFL PBT, TOEIC SP, or IELTS
test scores) and interview performance (to assess relevant
research skills and specialized knowledge gained over thecourse of master’s study or practical achievement in relation
to environmental management, as well as their research planfor the doctoral program).
*Note for applicants from overseas
In keeping with the international focus of this Graduate
School, we warmly welcome applications from overseas
students to all our programs. International applicants to the
Master’s Program in Environmental Management shouldnote, however, that some of the credited electives offered by
the school may be taught only in Japanese. Applicants arestrongly advised to consult with their intended academic
supervisor for further information on what classes areavailable. International applicants should also note that while
proficiency in Japanese is not a requirement for the Master’s
Program in Environmental Management, a degree of Japanese
speaking, listening comprehension and reading ability may
enrich their social and academic interactions during theirstudy at the Graduate School.

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

Master’s
ProgramCompletion

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

Acquire professional capacities andexpertise for pursuing independent
research and professional work, andcomplete a doctoral dissertation.

Doctoral
ProgramCompletion

Environmental Management（Doctor）

Global Environmental Studies (Doctor)
Cultivate internationally active researchers Educational
addressing regional and global environmental
Goal
problems with interdisciplinary perspectives
and methodologies.

Foster practitioners with high level of specialized
management skills, broad knowledge andproblem-solving skills who can work towards thesolution of global and regional environmental problems.

Criteria for
Doctor’s
DegreeCompletion 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.
Dissertation Submission, Defense, and Review
Courses and Seminars & 2nd Progress Report Progress Report(Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global Environmental

Studies IIa)

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

Courses and Seminars, 1st Progress Report(Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global

Environmental Studies Ia, Ib)

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

Progress Report
Progress Report

Courses and Seminars（Advanced Exercise and Seminars in Global

Progress Report
Progress Report（report every 6 months)

Environmental Studies IIa, IIb)

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

Admission

D3

D2

D1

Admission

Master’s Program in Environmental Management
Educational Foster practitioners with in-depth knowledge and problem solving skills and a broad
Goal international perspective, in order to solve regional and global environmental problems.
Criteria for
Master’s
DegreeConferment 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.

M2

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

M1

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

Prospective Students

Admission

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.

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Voices from Students

VOICE 1

Adzani A. Ameridyani

Bandung, Indonesia Laboratory of Regional Planning

Being a student in Graduate School of The Global
Environmental Studies (GSGES) has been an eye-opening
experience for me. GSGES forearms the students with acomprehensive perspective to tackle global environmental
problems while considering local resources. We learn a broad
range of disciplines, because in environmental issues many
aspects are tangled together. GSGES incorporates science,engineering, and socio-economic aspects in the study process.
Moreover, since students in GSGES have different background,disciplinary, and diverse cultures, it allows us to have richsources of knowledge and point of views from all different partsof the world. To make sure that there is an adequate platform
for knowledge exchange between students, most of the classes
in GSGES encourage students to form group discussions. Of
course it can be challenging sometimes to adapt with something

VOICE 2

Weerach Charerntantanakul

Masterʼs Program, Landscape Ecology and Planning

Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES)
provides a broad view of global environmental issues throughperspectives of various study fields. The course requires all
students, regardless of their background, to study a brief
introduction to all academic fields related to environmental
studies, including economics, humanities, agriculture, andengineering, yet students can still choose to dig deeper into theirown fields of interest. Discussions and group works with friends
from various fields and nationalities was also a good opportunity
to broaden my perspectives of how I see existing environmental
issues and their solutions. The field training provides basics
of how researches in each field are conducted, so I can better
understand the researches in other fields out of my own
specialization, which I think it is essential for researchers dealing
with global environmental issues.
The internship program is also another special requirement

VOICE 3of this graduate school. Theinternship program provides
great opportunity to a deeper
practical lessons for researchworks in our own research fields. In my case, I havebeen to Indonesia for three months for the internship program,which has been a precious experience for my research and mylife.
I truly appreciate every lessons I achieved through thecourse works and internship opportunities provided by GSGES
during my first year in this graduate school. In conclusion, I
think that GSGES provides great opportunities to study a broad
range of lessons while deepen knowledges in my own field ofinterest at the same time, and also a valuable practical lessons
and life experiences, which have made this graduate school
became a significant step of my study life.

Mari Miyaji

Doctoral Program in Global Environmental Studies
Global Environmental Architecture

There is a wide range of laboratories in the School of Global
Environmental Studies, including engineering, agriculture,
economics and management. Because there are so many
opportunities to get involved in research projects that straddle
more than one laboratory, you can gain the skills to grasp
things from diverse perspectives rather than just your own
area of expertise. Up through my Master’s Program, I wasin the Graduate School of Engineering where I did not have
many opportunities to interact with laboratories and students
in other fields. Therefore, it is refreshing to be in the Schoolof Environmental Studies, where I can have daily discussions
with people from other fields, and I find that every day is verystimulating. Also, there are many international students at theschool, so it is an assemblage of people with a variety of religions,cultures, and customs. By spending our days together in thelaboratory, it gives us more opportunities to discuss our culturaldifferences, and I feel that has broadened my perspective.
Since I am majoring in Global Environmental Studies,30

we are unfamiliar with and tounderstand various subjects
far from our research interest,
but it will motivate us to be
more creative and mature as a researcher.
GSGES also has an internship program as one of its
compulsory subjects, which helps the student to develop
their practical ability and expands students’ opportunity after
graduation. Students are allowed to manage their internshipstrategy, according to their target in the future. Some students
are focusing their internship program to support their thesis;
the others use the opportunity to equip themselves for theirprofessional career after graduation. All in all, GSGES is for you
who embrace pro-active and independent learning experience,along with vibrant culture among the students.

training internships are notrequired, but I am conducting
my research based on practicalactivities such as carrying out questionnaire surveys
and conducting surveys of actual buildings in Japan and abroad
as well as holding workshops. My work in developing countries
with different cultures and customs has been a process of trial
and error, but it has been a valuable opportunity to cultivate inthe-field management skills and the ability to adapt, which areskills you cannot get through classroom learning. I think the factthat you can carry out research based on practical activities is
one of the distinctive characteristics of this school.
I believe this school is a place that allows you to gain thediverse viewpoints and broad perspective necessary to becomea researcher who is active in the international community, andit lets you acquire project management skills through hands-on
activities.

Voices from Graduate Students

Graduated from Master’s Program(2017)

Graduated from Master’s Program(2009)

Community-Reactivating Cooperator
Squad (Minabe Town Hall )Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ(temporarily transferred from Osaka Gas)

Tomohiro AOKII entered the School of Global Environmental Studies with the idea of “I want tocreate a system that draws out the appeal of rural areas and increases their vitality!”In the Laboratory of Sustainable Rural Development, I learned methods
for community building, and at the same time I was able to directly go to local
communities in Japan and abroad and experience real community-building sites where
specialized know-how was being applied. In particular, through the school’s internshipprogram, I stayed in a rural area and felt firsthand the conditions in the communityfrom the perspective of its residents. Increasing the vitality of the local community
requires that “industry (companies), academia (research institutes), government(national and local governments), and the people (local residents)” come together as
one and work cooperatively, and I learned that the function of “intermediaries” is vitalin order to coordinate that cooperation among them.
Since graduating from the school, I have been working as a member of theCommunity-Reactivating Cooperator Squad of Minabe, a town located in the Hidaka
District of Wakayama Prefecture, building a model for a system that is based oncooperation among each constituent of the “industry-academia-government-people”
partnership and that will lead to boosting the local community’s vitality. I am
proactively going to the site of community activities, interacting with the people
from the town hall and from the community, and as I build trust with both sides, I
am starting to fulfill that “intermediary” function between “government and people.”
Furthermore, along with regular consultations and interaction with people fromresearch institutes at the School of Global Environmental Studies and elsewhere, I
am starting to make progress on strengthening “academia-people” cooperation bycarrying out activities aimed at getting advice from the perspective of experts. Stepby step, I am getting closer to my objective of creating a “system to increase thevitality of the local community.”
I believe the internship system that provided a firsthand feel for the atmosphereat the site and the group discussions that permitted debates which transcended theframeworks of “field, nationality, and teacher/student” have been extremely useful inallowing me to smoothly implement these types of community activities. The Schoolof Global Environmental Studies is appealing in as much as you have the opportunity
to interact with so many enthusiastic teachers and fellow classmates from Japan andabroad, and it is possible to gain broad-based, systematic knowledge and to take on
the challenge of every sort of research field in Japan and abroad, which opens up
limitless possibilities for your own future.

Graduated from Master’s Program(2017)IM SOPHANAVY

Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Life in Japan, as well as in my graduate school (GSGES)
provides me many new experiences, and knowledges. I am
impressed by GSGES program because of sharing opportunity, field
trip, and internship program.
Students are allowed to share their knowledge andunderstanding through group discussions, presentations,and assignments. I have learned a lot from different kinds ofpresentations, such as presentation in graduate school, jointlaboratory, and my own laboratory. In addition, my research topic
was improved by the comments of professors and participants.
I am not only provided theoretical base, but also practical
based program. Field trip to Tango is memorable experience to
me to collect ocean creatures and to identify their ages; in addition,
I have learned how to distinguish soil types and measure tree
dimensions.
Internship is another interesting activity. I could build good
networks with internship hosting institution, and I learned about
the reality of working with Cambodian government institution.
Besides assisting administrative staff to organize seminars andworkshops, I took internship opportunity to do field survey
to collect data for my thesis. To collect data, I have prepared
questionnaire to interview community. Internship is a good
opportunity to reach targeted community and access to data formy research topic.
GSGES has provided me a good opportunity to learn, improve,and share knowledge through presentations, field trips, and aninternship. I am now working as a coordinator in Cambodia-Japan
Cooperation Center (CJCC) in Phnom Penh Cambodia.

Takumi MIYAZAKI

Since graduating from the School of Global Environmental Studies,
I have been working for a gas company, handling the development ofenergy infrastructures such as domestic and foreign resources, as wellas power plants. I have had the good fortune to have opportunities
like being posted to our subsidiary in the UK and being temporarilytransferred to a financial institution; and while it is hard work, I feel like
I am pursuing a fulfilling career.
The two years I spent at the School of Global Environmental
Studies unquestionably built my foundation. My interactions withinternational students at the school and the internship system thatallowed me to work in a research laboratory at a British university
gave me the opportunity to turn my attention to the world. Also, within
the numerous unique programs, by studying hard together with myclassmates who had diverse values and backgrounds, it made me realize
how narrow my own perspective was. I feel that it has enabled me
to persistently work to discover solutions when I have been placed invarious environments.
Even now, I ask myself daily whether I am really embodying theideals of the School of Global Environment, but the stimulation I received
from my classmates as well as senior and junior fellow students who live
earnestly without turning their back on their own beliefs still energizes
me today. Global environmental issues are extremely difficult problems,
but if you are thinking that you want to contribute to the solutions
through your work, then by all means, I hope you will consider enrollingin the School of Global Environmental Studies.

Graduated from Master’s Program(2012) and Doctoral Program (2016)

Mai KOBAYASHI

Researcher, Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature
Having lived overseas for a long time, I wanted to study
environmental issues in the Japanese context and under the guidanceof teachers who emphasize practice. I did not want to live in Tokyo,
and I looked forward to studying at a graduate school with an open
environment like Sansai Gakurin (Grove of Universal Learning). During
my Master’s Program at the school, I spent many days struggling to
improve my rusty writing skills while working on my compulsory
subjects. I had many opportunities in class and through joint projects tointeract with my fellow classmates, and that generated a strong sense of
camaraderie. It was also a time when I had the luxury of meeting lots ofpeople from different cultural areas and learning a great deal from eachindividual’s awareness of issues, different perceptions, and dreams. As
environmental issues become more serious with each passing year, thevery fact that this is a cross-sectoral experiment with no predeterminedanswers to certain questions—such as what the issue is, how the threat
should be understood, or how solutions should be shared—tested ourcommunication skills as we tried to understand one another. I often had
the feeling that the school’s students, who came together with an eye todiversity and a sense of a need for integration, possessed a new type ofimagination that was a bit different from the teachers as well, who haveproduced exceptional results in the context of the traditional academic
framework. This urgent new field requires an appropriate, flexible
imagination. I moved on to the Doctoral Program, and since graduating,I have been working as a project researcher at the Research Institutefor Humanity and Nature, where I was fortunate enough to work as
an intern during my Master’s Program. There, I have continued myresearch on organic agriculture policy in Bhutan—a field that I was able
to enter thanks to my work at the school—as well as on the future ofsustainable food.

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Sansai Gakurin
Sansai Gakurin was established in 2002 to promote and support the activities of the new Graduate
School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES) at Kyoto University by facilitating the exchange of ideas
across relevant disciplines, both inside and outside the university. “Sansai” refers to the traditional East
Asian triad of heaven, earth and humanity that embraces the phenomenal world. “Gakurin” means a“grove of scholars.” The 2001 mission statement of Kyoto University promulgated its intention to pursue
harmonious coexistence within the human and ecological community on this planet.

1) Activities designed to integrate all academic disciplines related to
global environmental studies and coordinate the outreach activities
of GSGES
To broaden knowledge of global environmental studies at Kyoto University, Sansai Gakurin holds
regular events such as the ʻKyoto University Forum (global environmental forum)’ and the ʻHannari Kyoto
Shimadaijuku’ (each three times a year), and organizes lecture/discussion gatherings by faculty open
to all students and faculty. In addition, Sansai Gakurin co-organizes public international seminars andforums related to the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES), and collaborates withorganizations within Kyoto city to engage the public over environmental concerns.

2) Activities designed to promote research
Sansai Gakurin supports innovative medium- and long-term research by the GSGES faculty tointegrate the research activities from diverse fields and support achieving a more harmonious balance ofman and nature.
Sansai Gakurin also regularly publishes the Sansai Newsletter to promote GSGES activities.

3) Activities designed to support education
Sansai Gakurin supports various ongoing international education programs by GSGES faculty.

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Recent Collaborating Institutions forInternship Study

Private enterprise・Aoi Consultants Co., Ltd
・OKUMURA CORPORATION・SANKI ENGINEERING CO.,LTD.
・Research Institute for Natural Capital
Co.,Ltd
・KANSO CO.,LTD.
・DENSO CORPORATION
・NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD.
・YAMADA FARM
・LAGO Co.,Ltd
・LINK Co.,LTD.

country/the local government
・Kinki Regional Environment Office
・Construction Bureau Greenery Policy
Promotion Office
・KYOTOFU DISASTER VOLUNTEERCENTER
・National Institute for Land andInfrastructure Management, MLIT,
JAPAN・Lake Biwa Environmental ResearchInstitute・Tsushima City・NAKAGAWAJICHISHINKOKYOGIKAI・Katsuragi-chō Wakayama-ken

NPO/NGO、etc.
・IKAW-AKO foundation
・NPO EGAOSTUNAGETE・Green Grass NPO
・KIKO Network
・LEAF - Learning and Ecological
Activities Foundation for Children
・Satoyama Net AYABE・NPO SHINRINGAKKOU MORINKO
・Japan Association of Drainage andEnvironment
・Institute for Sustainable Energy
Policies (ISEP)
・Certified NPO Organization
FURUSATOKAIKICENTER

Various corporation / research organizations
・Kitakyushu Urban Centre
・Global Environmental Forum (GEF)
・Central Research Institute of ElectricPower Industry
・Japan Environmental Sanitation Center(JESC)
・Japan Center for a Sustainable
Environment and Society
・Aeon Environmental Foundation
・Northwest Pacific Region
Environmental Cooperation Center
・KYOTO CITY GREENERY
ASSOCIATION
・Nippon International Cooperation forCommunity Development（NICCO）

・Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES)
・National Institute for Environmental
Studies・National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology（AIST）
・Japan International Research Center
for Agricultural Sciences(JIRCAS)
・The United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of
Sustainability, Operating Unit Ishikawa
Kanazawa (UNU-IAS OUIK)・Center for Environmental Remote
Sensing Chiba University
・Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
・Research Institute for Humanity andNatureinternational organization /overseas
・Kazakh National Agrarian University
・Kasetsart University
・University of California, San Diego・Cooperative Research and Education
Center for Environmental Technology
Kyoto University-Tsinghua University
・University College Cork・National Taiwan University
・National University of Life andEnvironmental Sciences of Ukraine
・Institute for the Advanced Study of
Sustainability (UNU-IAS)・United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) Indonesia
・National Taiwan University Building &Planning Foundation
・Jomo Kenyatta University ofAgriculture and Technology (JKUAT)・Singapore Zoo・Ｄanang University of Technology(DUT)
・The University of Da Nang
・Tallinn University
・Chiang Mai University
・Chulalongkorn University
・Hanoi University of Science andTechnology
・University of Hawaii at Manoa
・Bandun Institute of Technology (ITB)
・University of the Philippines Los Baños
・University of Agriculture and Forestry,
Hue University
・Hue University
・Beijing Normal University
・Bogor Agricultural University
・Mahidol University
・Mandalay Technological University
・University of South Australia
・University of Modena and Reggio
Emilia・Yangon Technological University
・University of Science and Technology
at Lille1
・Lille University
・Arkomjogia(Jogｊa Community
Architects)

・ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
・University of CAEN and Ifsttar Nantes
・Center for International Forestry
Research(CIFOR)
・Chiang Mai University, Regional Center
for Social Science and Sustainable
Development
・Conservation International
・CREAMAP
・Cumbria Action for Sustainability
・Danang City Government
・Department of Architecture, Universityof Indonesia
・ecoBali Recycling
・Energy Research Institute,
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
・Environment and Public HealthOrganization (ENPHO)・Faculty of Engineering – Andalas
University
・Hue College of Sciences
・IFFSTAR
・Indonesia Joint Crediting Mechanism
Secretariat (JCM)
・Institute of Ecology-DRPM-Universitas
Padjadjaran
・IRSTA, Bordeaux research center・Ministry of Education in Vanuatu
・Myanmar Engineering Society
・National Parks Board, Singapore(NParks).
・Papua New Guinea Forest Authority
・Para La Tierra
・PlanEnergi
・Quang Nam University
・Renewable Energy Management
Bureau, Philippine Department ofEnergy (REMB)・Resilience Development Initiative
・Scotland Rural College
・SEEDS Asia
・SPREP (Secretariat of the PacificRegional Environment Programme)
・The International Cooperation
Department of the University of
Danang・Tarlac State University
・Tiyeni Organization
・UNDP Cambodia
・UNESCO Bangkok
・UNICEF
・University of Gloucestershire
・University of Jambi
・University of the South Pacific, Schoolof Government, Development andInternational Affairs
・WWF Malaysia Sarawak Office・Yang-Ming University, Institute ofPhilosophy of Mind and Cognition33

After Graduation
Masterʼs Program in Environmental Management
Private Sector
・ALMEC CORPORATION
・EXEDY Corporation
・EX Research Institute Ltd.
・NTT DATA Corporation
・OBAYASHI CORPORATION
・Oriental Consultants Co., LTD.
・KANAE CORPORATION
・Kubota Corporation
・KURARAY CO., LTD.
・CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd. (CTII)・Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
・CyberAgent, Inc.
・XYMAX Corporation
・SANYU CO.,LTD.
・Sanyu Consultants Inc.
・GLION Co.,Ltd.
・TSP CO., LTD.
・DeNA Co., Ltd.
・DENSO CORPORATION
・DENTSU INC.
・TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
・Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd.
・Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ)・Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI)・Hakuhodo Consulting Inc.
・Business Consultants, Inc. (BCon)・Hitachi, Ltd.
・Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
・Fujitsu General Limited
・Funai Soken Holdings Inc.
・Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
・Milbon Co., Ltd.
・Montbell Co., Ltd.
・Laplace Systems Co., Ltd.
・LIXIL Group Corporation
・ROKI Co., Ltd.
・Works Applications Co., Ltd.
・Accenture Japan Ltd
・Esri Japan Corporation.
・AEON RETAIL CO., LTD.
・Ishizaka Inc.
・IDEA Consultants, Inc.
・INTERNET BUSINESS JAPAN Co.,Ltd.
・NTC INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
・NTT Communications Corporation
・KAJIMA CORPORATION
・Kansai Coke and Chemicals Company,Limited
・KEYENCE SOFTWARE CORPORATION・KISOJIBAN
・Kyoto University
・KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO. LTD.
・Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.
・Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
・INPEX CORPORATION・JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation

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・SHIMIZU CORPORATION
・SHOWA SHELL SEKIYU K. K.
・Sumitomo Forestry Co.,Ltd.
・Swing Corporation
・SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO.,LTD.
・National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations
・SoftBank Group Corp.
・DAIKEN CORPORATION・TAISEI CORPORATION
・CHUBU Electric Power Co.,Inc.
・Chiyoda Corporation
・TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.
・Central Japan Railway Company
・Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
・TOKYO GAS Co.,Ltd.
・Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
・Toyo Engineering Corporation
・TODA CORPORATION
・Toyota Tsusho Corporation
・West Japan Railway Company
・JGC CORPORATION
・Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
・Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union
・NIPPON TELENET CORPORATION
・NEC Corporation
・Norinchukin Bank・PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.
・Panasonic Corporation
・HANEDA AIRPOER SERVICE CO., LTD.
・Value Frontier Co.,Ltd.
・PIAPIA COMMUNITY SUPPORT G K.
・Hitachi Zosen Corporation
・The Procter&Gamble Company of Japan Limited
・McKinsey & Company
・MITSUI & Co., Ltd.
・MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
・Mitsubishi Corporation
・Yahoo Japan Corporation
・Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.
・Rakuten, Inc.
・Rinnai Corporation
・YUGENGAISHA AZUSAKOUMUTEN

Doctoral Program
Corporate Organization
・KYODO NEWS・KENSETSUGIJYUTSU KENKYUSHO・Gotoh Educational Corporation
・Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)・National Institute for Environmental Studies
・New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization (NEDO)
・Research Institute for Humanity and Nature・Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA)
・Japan Foundation
・Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology
Agency・Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Ministry/Local Government
・Ministry of the Environment
・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
・Nuclear Regulation Authority
・Shiga Prefecture・Tsushima City・Toyonaka City・Nagoya City・Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
・Hiroshima City・Forestry Agency

Overseas・Faculty of Social and Politics
・Hue University of Sciences
・King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
・Land titling office・Ministry of Housing and Public Works
・Semarang State University
・State ministry for national Development planning・Ti Rayon Soleil
・Wildlife Conservation Society
・School of Urban Rail Translation
・Universiti Sains Malaysia
・Hanoi University of Science and Technology
・Institut Teknologi BANDUNG
・RenEnergy

・Amami Wildlife Center・Institute of Noto Satoumi Education and Studies
・KAJIMA CORPORATION
・Research Institute for Natural Capital Co., Ltd・TOSHIBA CORPORATION
・HASEKO Corporation
・Royal University of Agriculture・Kyushu University
・United Nations Environment Programme・National Institute for Environmental Studies
・National Research and Development Agency Public Works
Research Institute・United Nations Development Programme・United Nations Secretariat for International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)・United Nations University- IAS・Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
・Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
・Research Institute for Humanity and Nature・The University of Tokyo・Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
・Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA)
・Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
・NIPPON TELENET CORPORATION KICK Smart Life
Laboratories
・Bangladesh Agricultural University
・Mahidol University
・The University of Melbourne・Asian Disaster Preparedness Center [ADPC]・Bogor Agricultural University
・Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment
・Hanoi University of Science and Technology
・Hue University
・Hue University of Sciences
・Institut Teknologi BANDUNG・King Mongkuts Institute of Technology Ladkrabang・Kyoto University
・Malaysian Medical Relief Society (MERCY Malaysia)
・Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH)
・School of Urban Rail Translation
・Thuyloi University
・University  of Danang
・University of Transport and Communications

Ph.D Program・KYOTO UNIVERSITY
・OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY

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List of Academic Staff

Department of Global Ecology
Global Environmental Policy

Environmental Health Sciences

Professor

Professor

Hirohisa TAKANO

Environmental Economics

Associate Professor

Kayo UEDA

Professor

Assistant Professor

Akiko HONDA

Makoto USAMI
Toru MOROTOMI

Global Ecological Economics

Socio-Cultural Symbiosis

Associate Professor

Professor

Wataru SANO

Associate Professor

Ayako IWATANI

Akihisa MORI

Sustainable Rural Development
Professor

Satoshi HOSHINO

Assistant Professor

Kenichirou ONITSUKA

Ontology of Environment andTechnology
Professor

Junji SATO

Environmental Education
Associate Professor

Jane SINGER

Associate Professor

Misuzu ASARI

Environmental Marketing Management
Associate Professor

Akira YOSHINO

Department of Technology and Ecology
Environmentally-friendly Industries for
Sustainable Development
Professor

Shigeo FUJII

Associate Professor

Shuhei TANAKA

Assistant Professor

Hidenori HARADA

Environmental Infrastructure
Engineering
Professor

Takeshi KATSUMI

Associate Professor

Toru INUIAssistant Professor

Atsushi TAKAI

Global Environmental Architecture

Landscape Ecology and Planning

Professor

Hirohide KOBAYASHI Professor

Shozo SHIBATA

Assistant Professor

Chiho OCHIAI

Katsue FUKAMACHI

Biodiversity Conservation
Professor

Hiroaki SETOGUCHI

Associate Professor

Kanto NISHIKAWA

Assistant Professor

Shota SAKAGUCHI

Associate Professor

Environmentally-Friendly
Energy Conversion
Professor

Takeshi ABE

Associate Professor

Tomokazu FUKUTSUKA

Assistant Professor

Kohei MIYAZAKI

Department of Natural Resources
Regional Planning

Tsugihiro WATANABE

Atmospheric Chemistry
Professor

Yoshizumi KAJII

Terrestrial Ecosystems Management

Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Izuru SAIZEN

Assistant Professor

Yosuke SAKAMOTO Associate Professor Hitoshi SHINJOAssistant Professor

Narumasa TSUTSUMIDA Ecosystem Production and Dynamics Assistant Professor Tetsuhiro WATANABE

Urban Infrastructure Engineering

Professor

Akira OSAWA

Professor

Kunitomo SUGIURA

Associate Professor

Naoki OKADA

Associate Professor

Eiji HARADA

Assistant Professor

Masako DANNOURA

Assistant Professor

Tomohiro TANAKA

Shinya FUNAKAWA

Aquatic Environmental Biology
Professor

Yoh YAMASHITA

Assistant Professor

Keita SUZUKI

Project
Environmental Innovator Program (EIP) -Cultivating Environmental Leaders across ASEAN RegionProject Associate Professor
Project Senior Lecturer

Suwanna Kitpati BOONTANON

Ryo KIKUCHI

Top Global University Project “Japan Gateway: Kyoto University Top Global Program” (JGP) Environmental Studies
Project Assistant Professor

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ガイドブック 2018

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