Policy
Administrative Structure
Organization
| YAMAGIWA Juichi | Director-General |
| TAYASU Ichiro | Deputy Director-General (Planning and Coordination), Director of Funda- mental Research Department, Head of Laboratory and Analysis Division, Head of Institutional Research Unit, Head of Public Relations Unit |
| ASARI Misuzu | Deputy Director-General (Research), Director of Research and Education Department, Director of Program Research Department, Head of Education Division |
| FUKAZAWA Keiichiro | Head of Information and Planning Division |
| NILES, Daniel Ely | Head of Knowledge Networks Division |
| ASARI Misuzu | Head of Green Knowledge Center |
| LAMBINO, Ria | Head of Future Earth Center |
| YASUNARI Tetsuzo | Head of Kyoto Climate Change Adaptation Center |
| YOSHIKAWA Narumi | Head of Uehiro Research Center for Japan Environmental Studies |
Boards and Committees
Board of Advisors
Oversees personnel, planning, administration and operation of the institute
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ASAOKA Mie | President, Kiko Network/ Lawyer |
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| KAMEYAMA Yasuko | Senior Principal Researcher, Social Systems Division,National Institute for Environmental Studies/ Professor,Sustainable Society Design Center, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo | |
| KOBAYASHI Izumi | Independent Outside Director, ANA Holdings Inc | |
| KOBAYASHI Tadashi | Emeritus Professor, Osaka University/ Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka University/ DirectorGeneral, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Japan Science and Technology Agency | |
| NAGAO Seiya | Director, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University | |
| SATO Jin | Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo | |
| SHINODA Kenichi | Director General, National Museum of Nature and Science | |
| TAKENAKA Chisato | Emeritus Professor, Nagoya University | |
| UCHIDA Yukiko | Professor, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University |
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TAYASU Ichiro | Deputy Director-General, RIHN |
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| ASARI Misuzu | Deputy Director-General, RIHN | |
| MATSUDA Motoji | Program Director, RIHN | |
| SHOBAYASHI Mikitaro | Program Director, RIHN | |
| TANIGUCHI Makoto | Program Director, RIHN | |
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Council for Research Strategy
Oversees research strategy, personnel, project, and evaluation system
| YAMAGIWA Juichi | Director-General |
| TAYASU Ichiro | Deputy Director-General |
| ASARI Misuzu | Deputy Director-General |
| MATSUDA Motoji | Program Director |
| SHOBAYASHI Mikitaro | Program Director |
| TANIGUCHI Makoto | Program Director |
| FUKAZAWA Keiichiro | Professor |
| KONDO Yasuhisa | Professor |
| NILES, Daniel Ely | Professor |
| SATO Hideo | Administrative Director |
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External Research Evaluation Committee
External review of research project proposals
| Domestic | MUTO Megumi | Managing Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Mizuho Financial Group |
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| MOJI Kazuhiko | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nagasaki University | |
| YOSHIDA Naohiro | Specially Appointed Professor, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Institute of Science Tokyo / Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology / Executive Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) | |
| KUSAGO Takayoshi | Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University | |
| HAYASAKA Tadahiro | Associate Executive Vice President, Tohoku University / Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University | |
| SHIROYAMA Hideaki | Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo | |
| HAYAMI Yoko |
Inspector General, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University |
| Overseas | Ailikun （艾丽坤） | Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
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| Frederic Joulian | Professor, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie EHESS-CNRS-AMU, France | |
| Edward K. Kirumira | Director, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study/ Professor Extraordinary, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa | |
| Karen B. Strier | Vilas Research Professor & Irven DeVore Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A. | |
| Jennifer F. Helgeson | Research Economist, Acting Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S.A. | |
| Ruth Meinzen-Dick | Emeritus Fellow, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), U.S.A. | |
| Anne Larigauderie | Former Executive Secretary, IPBES / Independent Science and Policy Advisor, France | |
| Lorrae Van Kerkhoff | Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Australia | |
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(*as of July 1st, 2025) |
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Compliance
In addition to ensuring that all faculty and staff of RIHN comply with relevant laws and regulations as well as the various rules and policies established by the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU), we promote initiatives that encourage the fair, impartial, and honest execution of duties in daily activities, and foster conduct grounded in a strong sense of ethics and social responsibility.
The National Institutes for the Humanities, in accordance with the Guidelines for the Management and Audit of Public Research Funds at Research Institutions (Revised on February 1, 2021) and the Guidelines for Responding to Research Misconduct (Adopted by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on August 26, 2014), has established systems and frameworks to prevent research misconduct across NIHU as a whole, including at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
Efforts to Prevent the Misuse of Public Research Funds at the National Institutes for the Humanities
Efforts to Prevent Research Misconduct at the National Institutes for the Humanities
Consultation and Reporting (Complaint) Desk
| Consultation Desk |
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Administration Department, Research Support Section, Cooperative Research Support Subsection Tel: 075-707-2137Fax: 075-707-2106 E-mail kyoudou[at]chikyu.ac.jp *Please change [at] to @ |
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| Reporting (Complaint) Desk | Misuse of Public Research Funds Reporting Desk |
National Institutes for the Humanities, Head of Headquarters Audit Office Shimizu Law Office |
| Misconduct in Research Activities Reporting Desk |
Director, Planning Division, Headquarters Secretariat, National Institutes for the Humanities Shimizu Law Office |
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Initiatives for gender equality
This institute promotes gender equality. In accordance with the purpose of the Basic Law for Gender Equal Society, we will preferentially hire women if their achievements are recognized as equivalent.
In addition, please see the page of the National Institutes for the Humanities for support programs for faculty and staff.
Efforts to Promote Gender Equality at the National Institutes for the Humanities
Conflict of interest management
At RIHN, we collaborate with various stakeholders in society, such as companies, governments, and local residents, to promote transdisciplinary research that leads to problem-solving, and to pursue research activities in collaboration with the general public. While respecting the voluntary activities of staff members to the greatest extent possible, we aim to prevent problems arising from so-called "conflict of interest" situations, engage in activities without worrying about conflicts of interest, and achieve results. Under the Policy on Conflicts of Interest of the Institute for Cultural Studies, we manage conflicts of interest through the Joint Research Committee.
Conflict of Interest Policy
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Avoid situations in which third parties may objectively perceive that personal interests are being prioritized over duties to the National Institutes for the Humanities (conflict of interest in the narrow sense).
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Avoid situations in which activities outside the National Institutes for the Humanities may objectively be perceived as being prioritized, regardless of whether personal interests exist, contrary to the rules and regulations established by the organization (conflict of commitment).
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As an inter-university research institute corporation, avoid undermining the formation of shared academic assets for the academic research community as a whole.
National Institutes for the Humanities Conflict of Interest Policy
Consulting Desk
| Consulting Desk |
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Administration Department, Research Support Section, Cooperative Research Support Subsection Telephone 075-707-2472 |
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