Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

People

People (current/past)

Senior Advisor

Director-General

YAMAGIWA Juichi: Director-General; Global Studies for Humanity and Nature，Social Ecology，Human Evolution，Primatology，Anthropology

Deputy Director-General

TAYASU Ichiro: Deputy Director-General (Planning and Coordination)，Director of Fundamental Research Department，Head of Laboratory and Analysis Division Fundamental Research Department, Head of Institutional Research Unit, Professor; Isotope Ecology，Environmental Isotope Study
ASARI Misuzu: Deputy Director-General (Research)，Director of Research and Education Department, Director of Program Research Department, Head of Education Division Fundamental Research Department, Head of Green Knowledge Center, Professor; Environmental Engineering, Education for Sustainable Development、Waste management and material cycles

Research and Education Department

ASARI Misuzu: Director of Research and Education Department; Environmental Engineering, Education for Sustainable Development、Waste management and material cycles

Natural Science

TANIGUCHI Makoto: Specially Appointed Professor (Research and Education Department); Hydrology
TAYASU Ichiro: Professor (Research and Education Department); Isotope Ecology，Environmental Isotope Study
HAYASHI Kentaro: Professor (Research and Education Department); Biogeochemistry，Soil Science
FUKAZAWA Keiichiro: Professor (Research and Education Department); High-peformance computing, Numerical simulation, Solar-Terrestrial Environment, IoT
ISHII Reiichiro: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department); Theoretical Ecology
SHIN Kicheol: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department); Petrology，Geochemistry，Isotope Geology
HONGO Shun: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department); Conservation Science, Wildlife management, Primatology
YASUMOTO Jun: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department)
WATANABE Tsuyoshi: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department); Environmental Earth Science，Coral Reef Environmental Earth Sciences
ONISHI Yuji: Assistant Professor (Research and Education Department); Biogeochemistry

Humanities

OYAMA Syuichi: Professor (Research and Education Department); Geography, land restoration study, peace building study, African area study
KONDO Yasuhisa: Professor (Research and Education Department); Archaeological geography, Transdisciplinary methodologies
NILES, Daniel: Professor (Research and Education Department); Geography
MATSUDA Motoji: Specially Appointed Professor (Research and Education Department); Cultural Anthropology，Sociology
YOSHIKAWA Narumi: Specially Appointed Professor (Research and Education Department); Agricultural Economics
AKIYAMA Tomohiro: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department); Integral studies
SAWAZAKI Kenichi: Assistant Professor (Research and Education Department); Aesthetic Practices

Social Science

ASARI Misuzu: Professor (Research and Education Department); Environmental Engineering, Education for Sustainable Development、Waste management and material cycles
SHOBAYASHI Mikitaro: Specially Appointed Professor (Research and Education Department); Agriculture and agri-environmental policies， Water resources policies， rural development， agricultural economics
DWYER, Janet: Professor (Research and Education Department); Policy analysis, agri-rural economics, sustainable development, participatory action research
WONG, Grace: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department); Forest and Natural Resource Economics，Development Studies
OKADA Saeko: Associate Professor (Research and Education Department); Public relations， Science communication

Program Researh Department

ASARI Misuzu: Director of Program Research Department; Environmental Engineering, Education for Sustainable Development、Waste management and material cycles

Research Program - Global Environmental Culture Program

MATSUDA Motoji: Specially Appointed Professor (Global Environmental Culture Program), Program Director (Global Environmental Culture Program); Cultural Anthropology，Sociology
OYAMA Syuichi: Professor (Organic Material Circulation Project, Program Research Department); Geography, land restoration study, peace building study, African area study
AOIKE Utako: Researcher (Organic Material Circulation Project, Program Research Department); Ecological Anthropology, Area Studies
NODA Kentaro: Researcher (Organic Material Circulation Project, Program Research Department); Area Studies, Ecological Anthropology
WATANABE Tsuyoshi: Associate Professor (SceNE Project, Program Research Department); Environmental Earth Science，Coral Reef Environmental Earth Sciences
HONGO Shun: Associate Professor (Fashloks Project, Program Research Department); Conservation Science, Wildlife management, Primatology
HASHIZUME Akane: Researcher (Fashloks Project, Program Research Department)

Research Program - Combining Knowledge for a Fundamental Innovation of Land Use Program

SHOBAYASHI Mikitaro: Specially Appointed Professor (Combining Knowledge for a Fundamental Innovation of Land Use Program), Program Director(Combining Knowledge for a Fundamental Innovation of Land Use Program); Agriculture and agri-environmental policies， Water resources policies， rural development， agricultural economics
WONG, Grace: Associate Professor (FairFrontiers Project ,Program Research Department); Forest and Natural Resource Economics，Development Studies
SIDIBE，Alimata: Senior Researcher (FairFrontiers Project ,Program Research Department); Atmospheric Chemistry
METARAGAKUSUMA，Andi　Patiware: Researcher (FairFrontiers Project ,Program Research Department); Rural development
WAI PHYOE MAUNG: Researcher (FairFrontiers Project ,Program Research Department); Area Studies, Forestry
DWYER, Janet: Professor (SATOCONN Project ,Program Research Department); Policy analysis, agri-rural economics, sustainable development, participatory action research
Ei: Senior Researcher (SATOCONN Project ,Program Research Department)

Research Program - Co-creation of the earth-human system Program

TANIGUCHI Makoto: Specially Appointed Professor (Co-creation of the earth-human system Program), Program Director(Co-creation of the earth-human system Program); Hydrology
YASUMOTO Jun: Professor (LINKAGE Project, Program Research Department)
TOMOJIRI Daiki: Researcher (LINKAGE Project, Program Research Department); Ecology，Area Studies
LEONG，Chris: Researcher (LINKAGE Project, Program Research Department); Hydrology
HAYASHI Kentaro: Professor (Sustai-N-able Project, Program Research Department); Biogeochemistry，Soil Science
ARAI Hirotsugu: Researcher (Sustai-N-able Project, Program Research Department); Isotope Ecology
SAIKI Makoto: Researcher (Sustai-N-able Project, Program Research Department); Material cycle， Water environment

Fundamental Research Department

TAYASU Ichiro: Director of Fundamental Research Department; Isotope Ecology，Environmental Isotope Study

Laboratory and Analysis Division

TAYASU Ichiro: Head of Laboratory and Analysis Division Fundamental Research Department, Professor; Isotope Ecology，Environmental Isotope Study
SHIN Kicheol: Associate Professor (Laboratory and Analysis Division, Fundamental Research Department); Petrology，Geochemistry，Isotope Geology
YABUSAKI Shiho: Senior Researcher (Laboratory and Analysis Division); Isotope Hydrology， Groundwater Hydrology
YOSHIMIZU Chikage: Senior Researcher (Laboratory and Analysis Division); Biogeochemistry
HASEGAWA Masaru: Researcher (Laboratory and Analysis Division)
HASEGAWA Emi: Research Fellow(RPD)(Laboratory and Analysis Division); Ecology

Information and Planning Division

FUKAZAWA Keiichiro: Head of Information and Planning Division Fundamental Research Department, Professor; High-peformance computing, Numerical simulation, Solar-Terrestrial Environment, IoT
ISHII Reiichiro: Associate Professor (Information and Planning Division); Theoretical Ecology
MURATA Takeshi: Researcher (Information and Planning Division)

Education Division

ASARI Misuzu: Head of Education Division Fundamental Research Department, Professor; Environmental Engineering, Education for Sustainable Development、Waste management and material cycles
KONDO Yasuhisa: Professor (Education Division, Fundamental Research Department); Archaeological geography, Transdisciplinary methodologies

Knowledge Networks Division

NILES, Daniel: Head of Knowledge Networks Division Fundamental Research Department, Professor; Geography

Kyoto Climate Change Adaptation Center

YASUNARI Tetsuzo: Head of Kyoto Climate Change Adaptation Center, Visiting Professor; Meteorology，Climatology，Climate Systems Studies

Uehiro Research Center for Japan Environmental Studies

YOSHIKAWA Narumi: Head of Uehiro Research Center for Japan Environmental Studies, Specially Appointed Professor; Agricultural Economics
AKIYAMA Tomohiro: Specially Appointed Associate Professor (Uehiro Research Center for Japan Environmental Studies, Fundamental Research Department); Integral studies
ABE Ken-ichi: Visiting Professor (Uehiro Research Center for Japan Environmental Studies, Fundamental Research Department); Ecological Anthropology

NIHU (Center for Innovative Research)

ONISHI Yuji: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Fundamental Research Department); Biogeochemistry
SAWAZAKI Kenichi: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Fundamental Research Department); Aesthetic Practices

Institutional Research Unit

TAYASU Ichiro: Head of Institutional Research Unit, Professor; Isotope Ecology，Environmental Isotope Study

Public Relations Unit

OKADA Saeko: Head of Public Relations Unit, Associate ProfessorEducation Department); Public relations， Science communication