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 2017

Think Globally, Act Locally

ガイドブック 2017

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

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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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Resource Recycling Science ………………

7▶ 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

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
Environmental Biotechnology …………… 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
Resource Recycling Science
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
Environmental Biotechnology
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／
Resource Recycling Science／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

Set Up of Solar Panel

200 Euro / Month

Chubu ElectricPower Co.,Inc

Solar Panel Cost incl.
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42 Yen/ kWhRegional business model for promoting solar power in theCity of Iida, Nagano Prefecture

Global Ecological Economics
Akihisa MORI, Associate Professor
Soyoung KIM, Project Assistant Professor+81-75-753-9203

mori.akihisa.2a@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-9204

kim.soyoung.7c@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
and environmental policies into account.
Against this background, we at the Global Ecological
Economics laboratory 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) Transition toward sustainable pathways(d) Q uality of life and lifestyles when attaining a sustainable
society  (e) Global economic system and governance to advance sustainable
development globally
The Global Ecological Economics laboratory is also joining in
the Research Unit for the Development of Global Sustainability of
Kyoto University.

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Global impacts of China’s energy-climate policy

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.

Masaki TAKAOKA, Professor
Kazuyuki OSHITA, Associate Professor
Takashi FUJIMORI, Assistant Professor+81-75-383-3335

takaoka@epsehost.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-383-3336

oshita@epsehost.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-383-3339

fujimori@epsehost.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Landfill site of municipal solid waste in Shenzhen, China

Department of Natural
Resources|FT| (Å )2) Control of hazardous trace substances.
3) Evaluation and optimization of waste treatment andmanagement systems.
Our laboratory is also 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 with lecturer Dr.Tadao Mizuno, Assistant Professor
Dr.Taketoshi Kusakabe and technical staff member Kenji Shiota.

Department of Technology
and Ecology

To establish a sound material-cycle society, our laboratory
aims to develop procedures to analyze, manage, design andcontrol treatment and disposal systems for solid wastes, including
recycling and resource recovery, by applying techniques basedon the disciplines of environmental systems engineering andenvironmental chemical engineering. By performing fundamental
and applied experiments on both a laboratory scale and on afield scale and using computer analysis and simulation, we are
addressing the following subjects:
1) Development of technology for optimum waste treatment,
recycling and energy recovery.

Department of Global
Ecology

Resource Recycling Science2
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0In-situ XAFS analysis of elements in municipal solid waste ash(at SPring-8, a large synchrotron radiation facility, Hyogo, Japan)

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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／Environmental Biotechnology／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

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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 forground contamination, mainly focused on the behavior of heavy
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

Bird view of an inland waste disposal landfill site

Kenji OKAZAKI, Professor
Hirohide KOBAYASHI, Associate Professor
Chiho OCHIAI, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-5773

okazaki@archi.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-4806

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

ochiai.chiho.2x@kyoto-u.ac.jp■Design for a harmonious human environment and its contexts
This research explores the development of a “harmonious
human environment” based on local culture and natural settings.
Learning from sustainable urban and rural settings, the aim is togain a better understanding of the global environmental order inall forms. The findings obtained and the experiences studied are

Department of Natural
Resources■Design for a safe human environment rooted in local culture
and contexts
This research explores the development of a “safe humanliving environment” by gaining a better understanding of natural
disasters, human behavior and their relationships with lifestyles.
Based on the experience gained from past disasters, knowledge
about regional disaster prevention and the latest technologies,
measures, plans and design concepts are proposed andimplemented in the form of practical applications for the creationof disaster-resilient buildings and societies.

then realized through planning and design, and implemented in
the form of practical applications for local societies.

Department of Technology
and Ecology

Global Environmental Architecture focuses on various aspectsof the human environment, including people, lifestyles, shelterand communities. Learning about sustainable environments fromlocal culture and natural settings, our aim is to establish new
frameworks which will make a significant contribution to current
global environmental and disaster management issues.

Department of Global
Ecology

Global Environmental Architecture

Field survey on housing
reconstruction after Nepal
Earthquake

The application of environmental
design for trial architecture(photo: Taneya Agri-Culture)

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Environmental Biotechnology
Hideaki MIYASHITA, Professor
Tohru TSUCHIYA, Associate Professor
Ryoma KAMIKAWA, Assistant Professor+81-75-753-7928

miyashita.hideaki.6v@ kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6575

tsuchiya.toru.8e@kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-7894

kamikawa.ryoma.7v@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Photosynthesis is the most important process responsible
for supplying huge amounts of chemical energy for the Earth’s
ecosystem. Photosynthetic algae and phototrophic bacteria
in aquatic environments, as well as land plants in terrestrial
environments, all play a key role as primary producers in theirrespective ecosystems.
We are interested in the biodiversity of phototrophic
microorganisms and their photosynthetic mechanisms, especiallyin the cyanobacteria and microalgae that are the key phototrophs
for forming and preserving aquatic ecosystems. Targeting thoseorganisms, we work on a broad range of studies focusing on
their ecological distribution, biodiversity, genome, molecularmechanisms used for photosynthesis, evolution, genetic
engineering and related topics. Based on these studies, we also
aim to develop environmentally friendly technologies which canmake use of these phototrophs for the production of low-impact
materials.

Phytoplankton research at Lake Biwa

Cyanobacteria (left)
Chlorophyll that absorbs light energy (right)

Landscape Ecology and PlanningShozo SHIBATA, Professor
Katsue FUKAMACHI, Associate Professor
Junichi IMANISHI, Assistant Professor

12+81-75-753-6084

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

katsue@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-753-6099

imanishi@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)

e

4)

Li+

solvent

Li+

6)

Li +

Graphite
Large activation barrier

1)5)binder

Na
19
K
37
Rb

Mg
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Ca
38
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21
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39
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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:■Monitoring of Regional Environments by GIS/RS
For the implementation of appropriate regional planning for
managing environments, land use/cover is modelled by using
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); Evaluation of effective use of open geo
data for natural social resource management (Tsushima, 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+81-75-383-3363

tanaka@hywr.kuciv.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
ProjecttoAssistantsuzuki@eden.env.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Yuji SUZUKI,
management,
traffic Professor
congestion and +81-75-753-5168
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
Innovator
Program region.
– Cultivating
Environmental
Leaders environmental
across ASEAN Region
is a new program
universities
in ASEAN
It aims
to cultivate
innovators
who at GSGES,
which strengthen
researchand educational
capacitythroughunderstanding
intensive intellectual
11 partnerand
universities
performa leadershipwitha deepofexchanges
ASEANwith
cultureshigh in ASEAN
region. It aims to cultivate environmental innovators who will take on a leadership roles with a deep understanding of Asian culturescommunication skills to tackle with the global environmental challenges.
and advanced communication skills to tackle global environmental challenges.
of theofbiggest
aspects
ofnewly
this programis to launchdouble-degree
One of the majorOne
components
this program
are twolaunched double-degree
programs
with Mahidol University (Thailand)
and Bogor programs
Agricultural with
University(Indonesia).
Students
enrolled intheseprograms
will research
Global Environmental Studies
Mahidol
University(Thailand)
and
Bogor
Agricultural
University
at GSGES (earning a masterʼs degree in Global Environmental Studies) with a multi-disciplinary perspective, and will also study a.
Students
research
GlobalEnvironmental
Studiesat
GSGES(earn a(Indonesia)
specific discipline at a partner university, such as environmental engineering or agriculture, for their second masterʼs degree. The EIP
masterdegreein Global
Environmental
Studies)a multi-disciplinary
program provides
a uniqueopportunity
to study
not only a specificdisciplinewith
but also
multi-disciplinary environmental studies at thesame time. perspective, and engage in specific discipline at a partner university, such asenvironmental engineering and agriculture. EIP program offers a unique
opportunity to study not only a specific discipline but also multi-disciplinary
environmental studies at the same time.

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

okamoto.yuki.4x@kyoto-u.ac.jp“Japan Gateway: Kyoto University Top Global Program” (JGP) was established to implement international joint education anddouble degrees with world-class partner universities prominent in such research areas as Mathematics and Chemistry, where Kyoto
University has demonstrated particular international competitiveness. In the area of Environmental Studies, the Graduate Schoolof Global Environmental Studies plays a central role in preparing for implementation of interdisciplinary and practical researchon environmental issues, both on a global and local scale. To this end, the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies iscollaborating with the Graduate School of Agriculture to facilitate an international joint education and double degree program.
Through this global education and research initiative, the program seeks to foster young researchers who can gain skills andknowledge of environmental studies to enable them to perform capably on the world stage.
1) International double degree program
The program has been conducting a double degree program with Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia) and Kasetsart University(Thailand). A Dual master degree programs with Mahidol University (Thailand), and with Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia)
are planned to be implemented in 2017.
2) International joint education program
The program provides various international educational activities. In February 2016, for example, a short-term study abroad
program, named “JGP-GSGES Spring School at Kyoto 2016” was implemented to enable students to understand about the environment
in Japan and learn analytical skills and knowledge through field work, laboratory work and lectures. A total of 21 selected students
from 16 universities participated in learning about environmental studies at Kyoto Universityʼs multicultural atmosphere.
3) International research and study abroad fair
The program is also joining “Study Abroad Fairs” held in various countries i.e. Vietnam, Thailand, Tanzania etc. In addition,international collaborative studies/field work/researches have been conducted throughout Southeast Asia.

http://www2.jgp.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

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?

21

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.

23

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
Serika Yuto

Master’s Program, Environmental Marketing Management
The Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies is a truly unique school.
Courses in the theoretical foundations of global environmental studies cover fundamental knowledge relating
to the environment from all disciplinary angles, including humanities and social sciences, and natural sciences, agriculture,and engineering. They also offer many opportunities for group work and presentations, helping us to master this knowledge
in depth. Activities such as seminars and fieldwork offer access to a broad range of knowledge domains and enableinterdisciplinary learning. The experience of interacting with students and faculty members from a variety of fields in acosmopolitan environment is sure to prove useful in the future when I need to engage with people of diverse backgrounds
in international society.
In addition to the diversity of classes, one of the attractions of the School’s curriculum is the long-term internshiptraining program. Gaining experience in actual workplaces enables us to develop more practical capabilities in environmental
management. I undertook a four-month internship in a recycled water project in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture. I
conducted research on consumer preferences in relation to the use of recycled water in agriculture, using questionnaires,interviews, and retail trials of produce grown using recycled water, as well as working pro-actively to cultivate proper
understanding of recycled water. Interacting with and hearing the opinions of people in a variety of positions during thisinternship provided motivation for my own research. Furthermore, this training afforded me valuable experiences that I
could never have gained through regular study, and has proven to be very fruitful. I was also blessed with many delightful
encounters beyond my research activities, and spent an enormously fulfilling four months.
The one year that has passed since I entered the School of Global Environmental Studies has been an extremely
productive time in my life, filled with varied classes, fieldwork, and internship training. I believe that the learning and otherexperiences in this School are sure to help you unlock your individual potential. Before setting out into wider society, please
do consider spending some time in this wonderful environment—one which you will never find elsewhere.

VOICE 2
Ricelli Laplace

Master’s student, Global Environmental Architecture
Different from others graduate schools, GSGES offers students the opportunity
to go beyond their comfort zone and study field to engage in different activities from alarge range of studies. I think it’s crucial for every researcher and professional to learn in an international and varied
environment, where we can learn and share knowledge and culture of our own country and many others. At GSGES wehave the opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds, with different viewpoints and culture, this way we alllearn how to work together building a consensus to conduct projects in small and global scale. This experience made me
grow professionally but also in the personal level, I think I became much more mature and my view of the world drasticallychanged.
Beyond that, one thing the school offers that is amazing is the internship program. This helps us to put in practicethings we learned during classes and decreases the gap between theory and practical work. I spent 3 months in Indonesia
for my internship, and there I had the opportunity to try a completely different culture and lifestyle, as well as do myresearch, field surveys and make many friends and new connections. More than a working experience, this is an opportunity
to grow as a person and establish relationships that can make a huge difference in your future.
The program at GSGES is quite free and pushes self study. It’s good for those who want to pursue their own researchand try new things. During classes we always have the opportunity to show our own vision and try to solve problems
by ourselves. I like the fact that I had a taste of many different fields of study and had the freedom to choose which ones
I wanted to dig deeper. It’s a good place to study if you have a big curiosity about the world, about yourself and about
environmental problems and solutions in different countries, but beyond that, is a good place to find out what differenceeach one of us can make.

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Voices from Graduate Students

Graduated fromMaster's Program (2012)

Graduated fromMaster's Program (2012)

Tsushima City

Itochu Corporation

Mizuki HOSOKAI
I am currently working at Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture,
as a member of “Shimaokoshi-Kyoudoutai,” a project to revitalize
local communities initiated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications. My primary task is to foster local revitalization
through education-related activities, such as conducting interviews
with local residents, supporting community studies, and establishingschool curricula to enable local knowledge to be passed on to the next
generation. I am very pleased to have this challenging job.
One attraction of GSGES is that it provides a number ofopportunities for us to broaden our perspectives through group
work and presentation-making, which are features of the educational
programs. In addition, it is possible to concentrate a lot of class work
into the first semester of Year 1 and then manage the remaining time
for our own study activities. In my case, I visited several places inboth Japan and other countries and had valuable opportunities to talkwith local residents. Through these experiences, I became interested inlocal regions of Japan, ultimately deciding to work on Tsushima Island,
situated on a national border.
Having access to alumni who are active at home and abroad
serves as a great incentive for me when I feel the need to recharge mymotivation or improve my abilities through my current job. Thanks to
my GSGES experiences, my days have been somewhat fuller.
We are frequently required to be able to conduct dialogues basedon our own abilities in order to unearth the root of a problem andto obtain vital information through conversations with others. The
knowledge acquired during my master’s course is now contributing to
my own current task.

Tomoharu YAMAUCHIMy desire to experience an internship at an internationalorganization was one of the reasons I decided to come to GSGES.
As an undergraduate, I was involved in NGO activities concerning
environmental issues such as overseas dam problems, while I
was majoring in analytical chemistry. At GSGES, I completed afour-month internship at the Stockholm Environment Institute,
Asia office in Thailand, with the theme of how to adapt to global
warming, as a member of the Global Environmental Policy study
area. During my internship, I helped to support international
conferences and drafted reports regarding developing countries.
In addition, at GSGES I enjoyed lectures and group work in
English together with international classmates, which is one of
the special features of the graduate school, and I was able to learn
about environmental issues based on differing values. The mutual
cooperation and logical thinking which were acquired through myoverseas internship and research are now useful for my work at a
private company. GSGES provides many opportunities to expand
one's potential.

Graduated from
Doctoral Program (2013)

Graduated fromMaster's Program (2007)

Independent Consultant

Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA)

Noralene M. UY

GSGES provides an excellent venue for holistic education andtraining that encourages one to pursue his or her full potential. The
lectures and seminars in the laboratory and graduate school, as wellas internships with UNISDR and the ASEAN Secretariat, equipped
me with the knowledge and practical skills to take on varying
responsibilities in my field of expertise at both the international
and local level. In addition, studying in an international setting not
only exposed me to cultural diversity but also sensitized me to thehighest standards of excellence. More importantly, it opened doors
for me because I was able to develop networks among peers.
I am currently engaged as a consultant for both the United
Nations Development Programme Philippines and the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB). In the former position, I review thepolicy and institutional landscapes of disaster risk reduction andmanagement (DRRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in
the Philippines for harmonization of DRRM and CCA policies anddevelopment of the capacities of national government agencies
and local government units. In the latter role, I am involved indeveloping country-specific disaster risk management briefs
to assist integration of disaster risk concerns into the Country
Partnership Strategy for ADB developing-member countries. The
GSGES experience has enabled me to contribute to global activity
on disaster management and climate change adaptation, which I
will continue to pursue in earnest.

Aya OKADA

My internship experience in Vietnam while studying at
GSGES influenced my desire to work in the area of international
cooperation. At GSGES, I learned about community-based disastermanagement, not only in Japan but also in developing countries.
In my work, I have been in charge of disaster preparedness/prevention projects in Central America and Africa. I am currently
stationed in JICA’s Burkina Faso office in Africa, taking charge ofvarious projects involving water and sanitation.
Since many countries in Africa have poor living standards anddo not meet the requirements for conducting disaster management
projects, the direct application of my GSGES studies to my work islimited. However, there are many other aspects that have provenuseful, such as learning about numerous different approaches to theenvironment from various fields through a variety of curricula, andbeing in an academic research environment that values fieldwork
and is not just limited to laboratory work.
By making use of the diversity of research fields, the support
provided for field research and the wide-ranging networks thatare unique to GSGES, I was able to establish an effective basis forworking in the international cooperation sector.

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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

Various corporation / research organizations

・Panasonic Corporation
・NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD.
・Obayashi Corporation
・LAGO.CO.,LTD
・DENSO CORPORATION
・Kao Corporation
・CHUGAI TECHNOS CORPORATION
・TORAY TECHNO CO.,LTD
・ASIA AIR SUVEY CO.,LTD.
・Environmental Assessment Center CO.,LTD
・Japan Promotion center for Advanced Technology(JPAT)・Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co.,Ltd.
・KUBOTA Environmental Service Co., Ltd
・IBM Japan Services Company Ltd.
・AMITA Institute for Sustainabale Economies
・SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO.,LTD・aoi CORPORATION

・Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
・Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center (EDM) National
Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)・Global Environmental Forum, under the JICA Grass-roots Project・Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
・National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS)・National Institute for Environmental Studies
・World Wide Fund for Nature Japan・Nippon Intemation Cooperation for Community Developmen（NICCO）

country/the local government
・Ministry of the Environment
・Tsushima City
・Tokyo Metropolitan Government
・Environmental Policy Bureau, City of Kyoto
・Maiko high school,Kobe
・Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute・Kyoto City Waterworks Bureau
・National Institute of Health Sciences

NPO/NGO、etc.
・Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Sociaty（JACSES)・Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies
・Egao-Tsunagete
・KIKO Network
・Satoyama Net AYABE
・See-D Committee

international organization /overseas
・Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability（UNU-IAS）
・Tallinn University
・University of Stirling
・Stockholm Environment InstituteAsia Center
・UNESCO Hanoi
・Beijing Normal University
・University of Madras
・Ｄanag University of Technology（DUT)
・Hanoi University of Science and Technology
・Department of Architecture,Hue College of Sciences
・State of California Department of Fish and Game・JETRO DUSSELDORF
・University College Cork.
・National Parks Board, Singapore
・Ｄanang University of Technology(DUT)
・University of Caen
・University of the South Pacific・Kasetsart University
・Department of Civil Engineering, Burapha University
・United Nations Industrial Development Organization
・Mahidol University,Thailand
・Tsinghua University

Institutions for Internship Study in the World33

After Graduation
Masterʼs Program in Environmental Management
Private Sector
・Accenture Japan Ltd.
・Asahi Industry Co., Ltd.
・Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd.
・Adeka Engineering &Construction Corporation
・Amita Holdings Co., Ltd.
・Amita Institute for Sustainable Economies Co., Ltd.
・Aeon Retail Co., Ltd.
・Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation
・Itochu Corporation.
・Iwatani Corporation
・Water Agency Inc.
・EXEDY Corporation
・SE Corporation
・S.T. Japan Inc.
・NTT Communications Corporation
・Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
・Okumura Corporation
・Onward Kashiyama Co., Ltd.
・Kao Corporation・Kajima Corporation
・Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.
・Kyocera Corporation
・KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO. LTD.
・Kubota Corporation
・Green Power Investment Corporation
・Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
・Kenko Mayonnaise Co., Ltd.
・CTI Engineering Co., Ltd.
・CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd.
・Kodama Corporation, Ltd.
・Komatsu Ltd.
・Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
・Sanyu Consultants Inc.
・Coelacanth K&H Architects Inc.
・JFE Engineering Corporation
・Sigmaxyz, Inc.
・Jiji Press, Ltd.
・Sharp Corporation
・Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
・Ns Solutions Corporation
・Sumitomo Corporation
・Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
・Sumitomo Forestry Co.,Ltd.
・Seijo Ishii Co., Ltd.
・Sekisui House, Ltd.
・Soken Co., Ltd.
・Sojitz corporation
・Soft Bank Corp.
・Daikin Industries, Ltd.
・Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
・Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
・Takara Bio Inc.
・Tamanoi Vinegar Corporation
・Local Environment Plan
・Architects Regional Planners &Associates, Kyoto
・Bud of the Earth Co., Ltd.
・The Chunichi Shimbun

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・Chubu Centrair International Airport
・Tecnos Japan Inc.
・Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd.
・DENSO CORPORATION
・Central Japan Railway Company
・Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.
・Toshiba Corporation・Toyo Engineering Corporation
・Toray Industries, Inc.
・Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd.
・Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
・Toyota Boshoku Corporation
・The Nishinippon Shimbun
・Nippon Telegraph And Telephone West Corporation
・West Japan Railway Company
・JGC Corporation
・Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd.
・Nitori・Development Bank of Japan Inc.
・IBM Japan, Ltd.
・Nihonkai Consultant Co., Ltd.
・Nikkei Inc.
・Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
・Japan Finance Corporation BusinessLife of the People
・Japan Tobacco, Inc.
・Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
・Hakuhodo Inc.
・Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd.
・Panasonic Corporation
・Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
・Yamato Co., Ltd.
・beBit, Inc・Hitachi Inspharma, Ltd.
・Hitachi, Ltd.
・Hitachi Zosen Corporation
・Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
・Fidelity Worldwide Investment
・Fujitsu Research Institute・Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
・Future Architect, Inc.
・Pricewaterhouse Coopers Co., Ltd.
・Bridgestone Corporation
・PREC Institute, Inc.
・The Procter & Gamble Company of Japan, Ltd.
・Bearing Point, Inc.
・Boston Consulting Group・Mckinsey & Company
・Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
・Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd.
・Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation
・Mitsubishi Corporation
・Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
・The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
・Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.
・Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
・Yamaha Corporation
・Unilever
・The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

・Yokohama Marunaka Seika Co., Ltd.
・The Yomiuri Shimbun
・Rakuten, Inc.
・Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
・Resona Bank, Ltd.
・Retec Engineering, Inc.
・Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
・Wataru & Co., Ltd.

Ministry
・Ministry of the Environment
・Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry
・Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism
・Ministry of JusticeLocal Government
・Aichi Prefecture
・Amagasaki City・Osaka Prefecture
・Kyoto City・Kouga City
・Saijyo City・Sapporo City
・Shiga Prefecture
・Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Independent administrative agency/Research Institution
・Japan Science and Technology Agency
・Japan International Cooperation Agency
・Japan External Trade Organization
・RIKEN

NPO/NGO・Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies
・Kiko Network

Doctoral Program in Environmental Management

Doctoral Program in Global Environmental Studies

Corporate Organization

Overseas

Overseas・Global Environment Centre Foundation
・Global Environmental Forum・Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society・Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co.
・Rural Culture Association
・The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management

・Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance
Limited・SEEDS Asia
・K orea Institute of Construction
Technology
・U n i t e d N a t i o n s E n v i r o n m e n t
Programme・T h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s o f f i c e f o r
Disaster Risk Reduction
・United Nations University

・Bangladesh Agricultural University
・Hanoi University of Science and Technology
・Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry
・Nexus engineering consultants
・Queenʼs University, Canada
・Regional Environmental Planning Inc.
・Sun Yat-Sen University
・Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
・University of the Philippines Los Banos
・World Meteorological Organization
・United Nations Centre for Regional Development
・Bogor Agricultural University

Others・Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
・Osaka Toin Junior and Senior High School・Saijyo Industry Support Center・High school teachers in Shiga Prefecture
・JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
・Japanese Consumer's Co-operative Union
・High school teachers in Hyogo Prefecture・Waseda University

University/Research Institute・Kyoto University
・Research Institute for Humanity andNaturePrivateOverseas・Shenzhen City, China
・Cathay Pacific Airways
・Energy Natura
・Hare & Tortoise・Offshore・Pacific Express・Procter & Gamble Far East, Inc

Ph.D Program・Osaka University
・Kyoto University
・University of Tokyo・Hokkaido University

・First class architect office・Ex Research Institute Ltd.
・Shimadzu Corporation
・HASEKO Corporation

Ministry・Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

University/Research Institute・Technology Research Institute of Osaka Prefecture
・Kyoto University
・Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries Technology Center・S ocial Enterprise Research andDevelopment Inc.
・National Institute for Environmental
Studies・N ational Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology
・Shiga University of Medical Science・Geo-Research Institute・Chiba University of Commerce・Nagano University
・Nanzan University
・The Institute Energy Economics, Japan
・JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
・Japan Atomic Energy Agency
・Fukuoka University
・Hokkaido University
・Ritsumeikan University

Private・Amita Institute for Sustainable Economies Co., Ltd.
・The General Environmental Technos Co., Ltd.
・Sunstar Inc.
・Shimadzu Corporation
・Macrovision Urban Planning & Architecture・Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.

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List of Academic Staff

Department of Global Ecology
Global Environmental Policy
Professor

Makoto USAMI

Environmental Economics
Professor

Toru MOROTOMI

Global Ecological Economics

Resource Recycling Science
Professor

Masaki TAKAOKA

Associate Professor

Kazuyuki OSHITA

Assistant Professor

Takashi FUJIMORI

Socio-Cultural Symbiosis

Associate Professor

Akihisa MORI

Professor

Wataru SANO

Project Assistant Professor

Soyoung KIM

Associate Professor

Ayako IWATANI

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 PlanningShozo SHIBATA

Professor

Kenji OKAZAKI

Associate Professor

Hirohide KOBAYASHI Associate Professor Katsue FUKAMACHI

Assistant Professor

Chiho OCHIAI

Environmental Biotechnology
Professor

Hideaki MIYASHITA

Associate Professor

Tohru TSUCHIYA

Assistant Professor

Ryoma KAMIKAWA

Professor

Assistant Professor

Junichi IMANISHI

Environmentally-Friendly
Energy Conversion
Professor

Takeshi ABE

Associate Professor

Tomokazu FUKUTSUKA

Assistant Professor

Kohei MIYAZAKI

Department of Natural Resources
Regional Planning

Atmospheric Chemistry

Terrestrial Ecosystems Management
Shinya FUNAKAWA

Tsugihiro WATANABE

Professor

Yoshizumi KAJII

Associate Professor

Izuru SAIZEN

Assistant Professor

Yosuke SAKAMOTO Associate Professor Hitoshi SHINJOAssistant Professor

Narumasa TSUTSUMIDA Ecosystem Production and Dynamics Assistant Professor Tetsuhiro WATANABE

Professor

Urban Infrastructure Engineering

Professor

Professor

Akira OSAWA

Aquatic Environmental Biology

Professor

Kunitomo SUGIURA

Associate Professor

Naoki OKADA

Professor

Yoh YAMASHITA

Associate Professor

Eiji HARADA

Assistant Professor

Masako DANNOURA

Assistant Professor

Keita SUZUKI

Assistant Professor

Tomohiro TANAKA

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

Suwanna Kitpati BOONTANON

Project Assistant Professor

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

Yuki OKAMOTO

Research Unit for Development of Global Sustainability
Project Assistant Professor

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