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University of Tokyo
Japan
Type: Program
Education Level: Graduate
Event Duration: Ongoing
The goal of sustainability science is to establish a trans-disciplinary academic structure that facilitates the fusion of the natural sciences with the humanities and social sciences.
TIGS aims to create a truly transdisciplinary sustainability science by maintaining the following functions: 1)a research function that organizes projects that transcend existing academic disciplines and contribute to solutions to practical problems of importance to society by giving structural form to problems and academic approaches; 2)an education function that promotes new forms of interdisciplinary education; 3)a fundraising function that lays the foundation for autonomous activities by obtaining external funding; and 4)an outreach function that draws upon the intellectual resources of the University to promote collaboration with external organizations.
TIGS aims to develop sustainability science as an academic discipline at the University of Tokyo by building on the University's areas of research specialization and experience. These TIGS research activities and distinctive research conducted at the research centers in other participating universities play mutually complementary roles, and each institution generates cutting-edge research and powerfully promotes the creation of sustainability science.
TIGS conducts research in five fields. It seeks solutions to various problems at the global level, social level, and individual level while simultaneously placing importance on the interrelationships between the three levels.
1. Research to serve as a common foundation: TIGS conducts research that will become the foundation for sustainability science, including satellite-based remote sensing of environmental conditions, geographic information system (GIS) technology, and supercomputer modeling of climate and ecosystems.
2. Research into global warming and energy issues: TIGS conducts research into global warming and closely related environmental problems such as wide-area atmospheric pollution and into the dynamic relationship between resources and energy with a goal of proposing a long-term vision for sustainable growth in society from the perspective of resource and energy utilization.
3. Research into population, water and food supplies: TIGS studies ways to ensure safety and security in people's lives by maintaining sustainable resource usage and food production against a background of explosive population growth and a deteriorating natural environment.
4. Research into the amalgamation of urban and rural areas: TIGS promotes resource recycling and energy conservation in Asia's fast-growing giant metropolises by means of adapting technologies to local conditions with the aim of constructing recycling societies by means of the amalgamation of urban and rural areas and creating excellent urban ecosystems.
5. Research into environmental risk management: TIGS evaluates the impact of environmental risks, such as harmful chemicals, infectious diseases, and wide-area atmospheric pollution, on human health and lifestyles and proposes risk management: TIGS evaluates the impact of environmental risks, such as harmful chemicals, infectious diseases, and wide-area atmospheric pollution, on human health and lifestyles and proposes risk management solutions in consideration of cultures and lifestyles. It also engages in social science research into international politics and public relations, environmental risks, and health problems.
URL: http://www.ir3s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/top.html (Program Website)
Contact Information:
Dr. Masaru Yarime
Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo
Email: yarime@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Phone: +81-(0)4-7136-4608
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