令和 4(2022)年 7 月 21 日版

Recruitment Information for Project Researcher inCenter for Global Commons, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
1. Job title：Project Researcher 1 person

2. Contract period ：2 years from the earliest date after April 1, 2024
3. Renewal or not ：None
4. Trial period：Fourteen days from the date of hire.

5. Work location ：Center for Global Commons, Institute for Future Initiatives
Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo (7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
6. Job description ：1) The Hoffman Fellowship is a two-year fellowship for early-career researchers, run jointly
by the University and the World Economic Forum (WEF).Under the grant scheme, the Fellow
will research and practice visualization and storytelling methods for more intuitive andcompelling social use of scientific knowledge about the crisis of the global environment(global commons).
2) One way is to work with the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, a WEF
collaborator, and to use open-source geospatial systems such as “Earth Time” developed bythe Institute.
3) It is expected to contribute to advancing solutions to issues such as climate change, oceans,circular economy, nature loss and food system transformation including by exploring thelatest tools and technologies and providing training modules to enable everyone to tell theirstories.
For more details, see “André Hoffmann Fellowship Programme Terms of Reference”.
7. Working days

：Under the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, the employee is considered

and working hour to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
8. Holidays：Saturdays, Sundays, holidays based on the National Holiday Law, and December
29th through January 3rd are holidays.

9. Vacation：Annual paid leave granted in accordance with employment regulations. Special leave
granted in accordance with employment regulations.

10. Wages, etc.

：An annual salary system will be applied, including performance and achievement
allowances, in the range of 400,000 yen to 600,000 yen per month, to be determinedaccording to qualifications, experience, etc. Commuting allowance (up to 55,000
yen/month, calculated in accordance with our company's regulations, if the employee
meets our requirements). No retirement allowance or bonus.

11. Insurance
Coverage
12. Eligibility
Requirements
13. Application
documents：Joined the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Mutual Aid
Association Employment Insurance Coverage.
：See “Preferred requirements and experience” of the attachment ”André Hoffmann
Fellowship Programme Terms of Reference”.
：1) Curriculum Vitae: The official format of The University of Tokyo must be used andcan be downloaded at https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/jobs.html
2) Portfolio (list of publications, presentations, and other accomplishments, or introductionsof video and media work using visualization and storytelling techniques, etc.)
3)Reason for application and what you can contribute to this project (within 2 pages of A4paper)4)Names and contact information of two people who can provide reference opinions about
the applicant.

令和 4(2022)年 7 月 21 日版*If the portfolio includes introductions of web-based work, hyperlinks from the PDF file
are acceptable. Please keep them accessible during the selection process.
14. How to submit ：Applications must include all materials indicated in 13. 1)-4) as pdf format, and submitted
and enquiries

electronically via e-mail with the title “Project Researcher (Hoffman Fellowship)”:
info.cgc[at]ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jpPlease replace [at] with @ in the email address above.
You can also contact us at the same e-mail address for enquiries.

15. Application deadline：January 8, 2024 23:59 JST
Short-listed finalists may be contacted to schedule an interview (online, including thepresentation of video and media work if applicable).
16. Name of recruiter：The University of Tokyo
17. Status of measures to prevent passive smoking：Smoking is prohibited on the premises (smoking areas are located outside)
18. Others：1)Personal information received through this application process will not be used for any
other purposes.
2)The University of Tokyo is committed to enhancing the diversity and equality of its
candidates. We strongly encourage applications from women and international candidates.
3) If you are personally in contract with foreign governmental bodies, corporations, or you
are in receipt of a large benefit (financial or any other form) from foreign governmental
bodies during the period of your employment, the provisions of the Foreign Exchange andForeign Trade Act (FEFTA) may prohibit or restrict the sharing of technology that aredesignated as controlled technology possibly making it difficult for you to fulfill your duties
as an academic or administrative staff of the university as a result. Therefore, in such cases it
is necessary to keep such contracts/benefits within the scope where it does not hinder thesharing of technologies necessary for your duties by the university.

Centre for Nature and Climate
André Hoffmann Fellowship Programme
Terms of Reference
Hoffmann Fellow on Visual Technologies
Location: University of Tokyo
Target hire date: April, 2024
Forum Project Director: Rosie Ponting
Academic Institution Faculty Supervisor: Dr Naoko Ishii***HOFFMANN FELLOW ON VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES(two-year fixed-term programme)

About the Fellowship Programme
The André Hoffmann Fellowship for the Fourth Industrial Revolution offers early-career academics
the opportunity to work at the intersection of society, science and technology through a joint
appointment between the World Economic Forum and leading academic institutions.
The two-year Hoffmann Fellowship term is co-hosted evenly between the World Economic Forumand a partnering academic institution. Fellows are expected to commit full-time to the role.
With joint guidance from a Forum project director and a faculty supervisor, the Fellow will help buildand drive intensive collaborations among Forum and academic institution partners to deliver specificaction-oriented outcomes through:- Developing and executing initiatives to bring technology to bear on solving important globalchallenges- Engaging Forum Partners – including leaders from the private sector, governments,
international organizations, civil society and faculty from diverse academic disciplines – tobuild selected initiatives- Researching key issues and the potential to harness Fourth Industrial Revolution innovations
to provide solutions

About the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International
Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business andother leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Nature and Climate has a Global Collaboration teamworking in partnership with our Knowledge Communities, our Civil Society, Cultural Leader, Youthand Innovator teams, as well as project collaborators advancing the nature and climate agenda. We
strive to curate meaningful workstreams and interactions for our community, including throughForum events. In collaboration with our communities, we have identified an urgent need for better
communication and collaboration between academics, experts, influential voices and public-private1

philanthropic decision makers to help ensure that decisions today are informed by the latest scienceand the grassroots experiences of those living the consequences of the nature and climate crisis.

The University of Tokyo Center for Global CommonsThe University of Tokyo, also known as UTokyo, is a leading educational institution in Japan. It wasestablished in 1877 as the first national university in Japan. As a leading research university, it offers
courses in essentially all academic disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels andconducts research throughout the full spectrum of academic activity.
Dr Naoko Ishii is Executive Vice President of University of Tokyo and Professor and Director forCenter for Global Commons at University of Tokyo, and also senior executive fellow at Mitsubishi
Chemical Corporation on circular economy. Former: CEO of GEF and Deputy Vice-Minister of Financeof Japan, Country Director, World Bank; positions at the International Monetary Fund and Harvard
Institute for International Development. Former Co-chair of Future Council for Japan, World
Economic Forum. Member of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment andDevelopment. Member of the Leadership Council, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network,
Member of Steering Committee, Global Commons Alliance, Member of Advisory Board, Back to Blue,
Member of Advisory Board, EAT Forum. Board member of UN Foundation, Board member of
ClimateWorks Foundation, Board member of PACE (Platform for Accelerating Circular Economy),
Board member of IGES, Board member of Emergent, and Board Member of GMPB (GlobalMonitoring Preparedness Board). Also serve as member of Independent High-level Expert Group onClimate Finance, Commissioner of Food Systems Economics Commission, Commissioner of theGlobal Commission on the Economics of Water, member of G20 High-Level Independent Panel onFinancing the Global Commons for Prevention, Preparedness and Response, and Member of theClub of Rome.

Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, CREATE Lab
Carnegie Mellon University has been a birthplace of innovation since its founding in 1900. A private,
global research university, it fosters a culture that thrives at the intersection of disciplines including
science, technology, art, humanities, business and policy. Its locations in Pittsburgh (US), Doha(Qatar) and Silicon Valley (US) are joined by 19 degree-granting programmes around the world,
including in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and Africa (Rwanda).
Professor Illah Nourbakhsh is Professor of Robotics at The Robotics Institute of the Carnegie Mellon
University and Director of the CREATE Lab. For more than ten years he has been exploring humanrobot interaction with the aim of creating rich, effective and satisfying interactions between humans
and robots. Through the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon, Professor Nourbakhsh and his teampartnering with the World Economic Forum have developed and honed an open-source, geospatial
system called EarthTime, which allows viewers to zoom into any location on the planet andtimelapse changes through time. Over 4,000 peer-reviewed data layers have been added fromleading universities around the world to enable storytellers to explain the causes and consequencesof changes to our planet over time. This system has been showcased in over 25 World Economic
Forum meetings, and has been embedded into the World Economic Forum’s Strategic Intelligenceplatform. In the years ahead, this system will be integrated with open access documentary footage
from leading film-makers around the world through a new social enterprise called Open Planet, totell the micro and macro stories of changes to our planet, to enable anyone to tell the stories ofchange to our planet and help catalyse unprecedented action at scale.

Project description
The challenge
The climate crisis, extreme weather and ecosystem collapse are the biggest threats to humanity’slong-term future. A global temperature rise of 1.5°C is a physical limit, not a political target,
according to Johan Rockström. We are currently on a trajectory to 2.8°C. Scientifically, this is not aclimate crisis, but a planetary crisis. Breaching Earth system tipping points at 1.5°C holds the risk ofcascading crises as Earth systems reinforce warming and trigger further tipping points.
At the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Annual Meeting, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and theGlobal Commons Alliance showcased never-seen-before research, which quantifies five safe and just
Earth system boundaries. We are already above the safe levels for four out of five boundaries, andoutside just levels for all boundaries – with implications for both the civilization of humans alive
today, and the future of life on our planet.
Much work has been done to quantify and qualify the nature of the collapses being experienced
across natural habitats and in local communities across the planet.
Shaping our collective response to this crisis is one of the biggest challenges and opportunities of
our time. Ramping-up effective communication strategies, inclusive collaboration strategies andapproaches to assist public, private and philanthropic decision-makers is a strategic priority if we are
to make the critical decisions needed to avoid cascading tipping points.
Yet barriers exist to enabling inclusive and credible collaboration at the scale needed. We are notseeing the scale, speed and quality of action needed to step back from major earth-system tipping
points. Yet the long-term consequences of tipping point breaches will affect economies, societies
and natural systems for centuries to come.
This is happening due to three primary barriers: a trauma response induced on learning of theexistential risks unveiled by scientific findings; siloed thinking and a lack of access to those fromother modes of thought and experience to learn from; and a challenging collaboration environment
thanks to persistent disinformation and misinformation campaigns.

The opportunity
As mother nature wages one of the most persuasive communications campaigns in history throughextreme weather and ecosystem collapse, there is an opportunity for communities of academics andinfluential societal voices from across geographies, disciplines and generations to learn from eachother about how to propel a sustainable revolution that shapes hearts, minds and actions of publicprivate and philanthropic decision makers worldwide.
The World Economic Forum is convening a community of world-class nature and climate academics
and inspirational voices from across societies, generations and landscapes to discuss our collective
action challenges and how collaboration approaches, innovations and communication tools canbetter inform public, private and philanthropic decision-makers in support of credible Earth-centred
action at scale
The community will be organic in nature, with the spirit and intent of seeding new collaborative
opportunities and inspiring divergent thinking.

The Hoffmann Fellow on Visual Technologies will explore the latest tools and technologies available
to communicate peer-reviewed science and changes in our natural world in an intuitive andintegrated way harnessing geospatial, timelapse and AI technology, with training modules to enableanyone to tell their stories. This work will be focused on how to tell stories that inspires hope,
opportunity and networks of trust-based collaboration.
The World Economic Forum, the University of Tokyo and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute arelooking for a Hoffmann Fellow contributing to this initiative while jointly reporting to the Lead,
Academics and Experts at the Centre for Nature and Climate at the World Economic Forum and tothe Director, Center for Global Commons at the University of Tokyo.

The role will be based in Tokyo at the Center for Global Commons at the University of Tokyo while
jointly working with the World Economic Forum in Geneva and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Fellow will be expected to travel to and spend time at
the Forum office in Geneva as well as at the CREATE Lab, working with our EarthTime programming
team in Pittsburgh, PA, USA throughout the two years.

Scope of Engagement
The Fellow will be responsible for:- Identifying and learning lessons from the latest tools, technologies and communication
techniques that enable peer-reviewed science and changes in our natural world to becommunicated in an intuitive and integrated way for private, public and philanthropic
audiences, for example the Global Situation Space, EarthTime, and Strategic Intelligenceplatforms.
- Identifying and updating data layers from within the University of Tokyo and from other toptier academic and research institutions around the world into EarthTime, to tell the storiesof the causes and consequences of our changing planet in the most compelling and credible
way. Layer integration will extend from data integration all the way to narrative story cocreation with world-leading experts to show best-case use of data in compelling narratives.
- Supporting the collaboration between the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute’s CREATE Lab
and Open Planet to develop stories that would be most useful for the Global Communities
team at the World Economic Forum.
- Supporting the collaboration among Center for Global Commons at U-Tokyo, the Carnegie
Mellon University and the World Economic Forum to promote initiatives and activities tosafeguard global commons, namely stable and resilient earth system.
- Supporting with the development of training modules to enable anyone in the community(and across the world) to tell their stories, as needed.
- Understanding the needs of Asian audiences to tell their stories, and appropriately adapt thelanguage, visual and content needs of this region into the EarthTime system.

Preferred requirements and experience
Candidates for the Hoffmann Fellowship come from a diversity of disciplinary and social backgrounds– including post docs as well as candidates emerging from MBA’s and Law and Engineering Schools

who have a strong interest in collaborating with the Forum. In general, Hoffmann Fellows are at theearly stages of their academic career.

The candidate should demonstrate:- An understanding of the climate crisis and ecosystem collapse- A creative approach and dynamic thinking, with proven experience and skills in storytelling
and/or experience working with large data sets and technology systems that process andcommunicate information- A demonstrated interest and/or experience in working on the nexus of technology andpolicy issues.
- Proven experience engaging in complex stakeholder consultations and networked activities
across a wide spectrum of cultures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, a proactive and multitasking abilities working both
independently and as a member of a team.
- Diplomacy, working with high-level officials and executives in a prompt and aligned way, as
the Forum shares its work with a global audience.
- An excellent command of spoken and written English with experience in communicatingcomplex concepts to non-expert audiences.
- Strong programme and project management experience, managing proactively deadlinesand deliverables whilst managing change and ambiguity with grace and ease.
- Service-oriented team player with an ability and active willingness to collaborate and jointly
shape initiatives.
- Willing to work in a highly demanding environment and ready to juggle multiple priorities- Proficient with recent digital platforms.
Technical experience
The candidate should have knowledge of infographics, data visualization or data science and dataprocessing techniques, and a strong interest in solving global environmental problems. Especially,
the candidate should minimally have experience working with and analyzing data sets relating toclimate change and other environmental concerns.
The candidate should minimally be familiar with online mapping tools such as ArcGIS or Mapbox.
Ideally the candidate will have experience using an online map-based data visualization platform toingest and analyze data.
Familiarity with handling digital mapping technologies such as GIS and Google Earth Engine or coding
skills such as Python is preferred.
The candidate should minimally be experienced with incorporating data visualizations intopresentations. Additionally the candidate should be familiar with online visualization platforms (e.g.
EarthTime, ArcGIS StoryMaps, etc) that use map based content for constructing compelling
narratives. Ideally the candidate will have experience creating and sharing narrative driven content

using an online map-based visualization platform (e.g. EarthTime, ArcGIS StoryMaps, etc...) orexperience with geospatial studies.
One key selection criteria is related to diversity and inclusion. We do look for excellence, while at thesame time, the programme aims to open opportunities for candidates from underrepresented
groups and institutions with appropriate skills and experience.

Duration and Location of the Fellowship-The André Hoffmann Fellowship is two years in duration and Fellows are asked to commit
full time to the role.
The Hoffmann Fellow will be working in collaboration with the Forum, and the academic
institutions. Depending on the locations, they will split their time accordingly.
A successful candidate is aware of these residence requirements and agrees to abide bythem.