• RIHN International Symposium

RIHN 18th International Symposium
Re‐thinking “Policies” in Transdisciplinary Research

Date Thursday, 15 February 2024, 9:30 - 17:45
Friday, 16 February 2024, 10:00 - 15:35
Venue Lecture Hall, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature /Online (Zoom)
Registration Registration Forms for online participation

Day 1　
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwud-qhqzIoGtTV8Rnc6jsaM97EFZf8prjd

Day 2
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrduitqTkrGtYjZQSmjsgWgBaYBGcQkcr0
Objective Transdisciplinary Research by collaborating with society at RINH has made significant achievements. It has made it possible for RIHN to collaborate in various ways with various actors towards solving global environmental problems, and its significance has been shared in the current Research Programs.
Transformations in the level of companies, local areas and individuals are important to solve global environmental problems, where the role of public institutions are immense. In many cases, the presence or absence of a policy has the greatest impact on the final social impact.
Therefore, this symposium aims to contribute to the further development of transdisciplinary research in the current Research Programs at RIHN and will once again hold a comprehensive discussion focusing on "policy" in global environmental issues.
Program Day 1：Thursday, 15 February 2024

09:30-09:35 Welcome and Opening Remarks
YAMAGIWA Juichi (Director-General, RIHN)

09:35-09:45 Introduction and Symposium Overview
SHOBAYASHI Mikitaro (Program Director/Professor, RIHN)

Session I
09:45-10:30 Keynote Address I
KADA Yukiko (Member of House of Councillors / Former Governor of Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Subtheme (1) Policies and Academic Community: “Cultural Exchange” between Policy Makers and Academics
Chair: TANIGUCHI Makoto (Deputy Director-General/Professor, RIHN)

10:30-11:00 Leo Maier (Former Head of Unit, Directorate for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission)

11:00-11:30 MUTO Megumi (Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan)

11:30-12:00 Nur Masripatin (Senior Advisor to the Minister of Environment and Forestry on Climate Change / International Conventions, National Focal Point (NFP) of Indonesia for UNFCCC, Chairwoman of the Carbon Institute Council, Indonesia)

Break

13:00-14:00 Subtheme(1) Panel Discussion
Discussants: Tom Gleeson (Professor, University of Victoria, Canada), TANIGUCHI Makoto (RIHN) , Christmas UCHIYAMA (Technical Assistant, RIHN)

Session II
14:00-14:45 Keynote Address II
Stefan Tangermann (Professor Emeritus of University of Gottingen, Germany / Former Trade and Agriculture Director, OECD)

Break

Subtheme (2) Policies and Regions・Corporations・NGOs：　Towards Building New Complementariness
Chair: MATSUDA Motoji (Program Director/Professor, RIHN)

15:00-15:30 ASAOKA Mie (President, Kiko Network / Lawyer, Japan)

15:30-16:00 Anne Lasimbang (Executive Director, PACOS Trust, Malaysia)

16:00-16:30 Ruth Meinzen-Dick (Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA)

Break

16:45-17:45 Subtheme(2) Panel Discussion
Discussants: MATSUDA Motoji (RIHN), Grace Wong (Associate Professor, RIHN)


Day 2： Friday, 16 February 2024

Session III
Subtheme (3) Multi-layers in Policies (International Organizations・National Governments・Local Governments): Understanding “Ecology” of Actors in Policy-making
Chair: Ria Lambino (Associate Professor, RIHN)

10:00-10:30 SUEMATSU Hiroyuki (Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Former Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan)

10:30-11:00 Janine Pitt (Counsellor (Education and Research), Australian Embassy Tokyo, Japan, Australia)

11:00-11:30 Daddy Ruhiyat (Professor, Forestry Faculty of Mulawarman University / Chairman, the East Kalimantan Provincial Climate Change Council, Indonesia)

11:30-12:30 Subtheme(3) Panel Discussion
Discussants: Frederic Joulian (Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences), EHESS, France), Daniel Niles (Associate Professor, RIHN), Ria Lambino (RIHN)

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

Session IV
13:30-15:30 General Discussion
Co-Chair: Ilan Chabay (Research Professor, School for Global Futures and School for Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University / Co-director of KLASICA International Research Alliance) and SHOBAYASHI Mikitaro (Program Director/Professor, RIHN)

15:30-15:35 Closing Remarks
TANIGUCHI Makoto (RIHN)
Organized by Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
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