Sustainability Science – A Key Concept for Future Design

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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

None.

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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The University of Tokyo was established in 1877 as the first national university in Japan. As a leading research university, UTokyo offers courses in essentially all academic disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels and conducts research across the full spectrum of academic activity.

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