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Sustainability Science – A Key Concept for Future Design
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Historical lessons and current sustainability challenges in Japan and other parts of the world
- International and Japanese initiatives in the field of human-nature connection
- Japanese experience in urban-rural land use mixture
- Frontier knowledge in the area of environmental governance and ESD
- Theoretical concepts of sustainability science
Prerequisite
Instructors
Takashi Mino
Project Professor, Tokyo College (Former Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences)
The University of Tokyo
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Project Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
The University of Tokyo
Makoto Yokohari
Professor of the School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Masahide Horita
Professor at the Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Yuto Kitamura
Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education
The University of Tokyo
Motoharu Onuki
Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Sustainability Science-Global Leadership Initiative, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Shogo Kudo
(Former Affiliation) Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Sustainability Science-Global Leadership Initiative, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Akito Murayama
Associate Professor, School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Toru Terada
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Toshinori Tanaka
(Former Affiliation) Associate Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Marcin Pawel Jarzebski
Project Assistant Professor
Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo
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