Board and Committees
*As of December 5th, 2022
Board of Advisors
Oversees personnel, planning, administration and operation of the institute
| ASAOKA Mie | President, Kiko Network |
| KAMEYAMA Yasuko | |
| KOBAYASHI Izumi | |
| KOBAYASHI Tadashi | |
| SATO Jin | |
| SHINODA Kenichi | |
| TAKENAKA Chisato | |
| NAGAO Seiya | |
| TAYASU Ichiro | Professor, RIHN |
| TANIGUCHI Makoto | Professor, RIHN |
| MATSUDA Motoji | Professor, RIHN |
External Research-Evaluation Committee
External review of research project proposals
(Japanese members)| KONDO Akihiko | Professor, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University |
| SUMI Akimasa | Project Professor, The University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) / Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo / Former President, National Institute for Environmental Studies |
| YUMOTO Takakazu | Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University |
| HARUYAMA Shigeko | Emeritus Professor, Mie University |
| MUTO Megumi | Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| MOJI Kazuhiko | Dean, School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University |
| YOSHIDA Naohiro | Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology / Fellow, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology /Executive Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) |
| Paul Shrivastava | Professor of Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A./ UNESCO Chair in Arts & Science for Implementing the SDGs, ICN Business School, Nancy, France |
| Roy Bin Wong | Distinguished Professor of History, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. |
| Ilan Chabay | Head of Strategic Science Initiatives and Programs; Senior Investigator, the Real Deal EU project (2022-2024) at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) Potsdam, Germany/ Adjunct Professor, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Washington DC Center, U.S.A. |
| Ailikun （艾丽坤） | Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| Sandra Diaz | Professor, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina |
| Frederic Joulian | Professor, EHESS, France |
| Edward K. Kirumira | Director, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study/ Professor Extraordinary, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Afirca |
| Karen B. Strier | Vilas Research Professor & Irven DeVore Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, U.S.A. |
Council for Research Strategy
Oversees research strategy, personnel, project, and evaluation system
| YASUNARI Tetsuzo | Director-General |
| MALLEE, Hein | Deputy Director-General |
| TANIGUCHI Makoto | Deputy Director-General |
| NAKASHIZUKA Tohru | Specially Appointed Professor |
| SAIJO Tatsuyoshi | Specially Appointed Professor |
| SUGIHARA Kaoru | Specially Appointed Professor |
| TAYASU Ichiro | Professor |
| ISHII Reiichiro | Associate Professor |
| KUMAZAWA Terukazu | Associate Professor |
| KATSUHIRA Hiroshi | Administrative Director |