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Workshops and Research Seminar (selected)

2024

Activities on workshops and seminars

Month Number of events Overview and notes
April 1 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Budy P Resosudarmo (Australian National University, “Is There a Natural Resource Curse at the Local Level? Case Studies in Indonesia?”)
June 1 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Carsten Herbes (Nuertingen Geislingen University, Germany, “Regional energy and food production and consumption – insights from cases from Germany”)
July 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Shirley-Ann Behravesh (Thunderbird School of Global Management in USA, “The Influence of Stakeholder Relations on Public Sector Environmental Policies”)
November 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar (Rainer Klump (Goethe University, “Energy substitution, biased technical change and the economy-wide energy rebound: A comparison of the US and Japan”)

Symposiums and lecture

Month Name of symposiums and lecture Overview and notes
October Symposium on Sustainable Finance: A Comparison of Japan and Germany <Speakers>
Gunnar Gutsche (University of Kassel)
Paul Smeets (University of Amsterdam)
<Panelists>
Franz Waldenberger (German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo)
Ryuichiro Ishikawa (Waseda University)
Keiichi Ito (SMBC NIKKO)
October Waseda-Kassel Environmental Economics Workshop <Speakers>
Andreas Ziegler (University of Kassel)
Gunnar Gutsche (University of Kassel)
Aline Mortha(Waseda University)
Heike Wetzel (University of Kassel)
Ngawang Dendup(Waseda University)
November Waseda Brussels Conference "Environmental Studies for Carbon Neutrality" https://msh.ulb.ac.be/en/agenda/6th-waseda-brussels-conference-environmental-studies-for-carbon-neutrality-1
December Symposium with the German Institute for Japanese Studies "Innovation for GX – dream or real?” https://prj-rieem.w.waseda.jp/en/newsletter/no_27.html

2023

Activities on workshops and seminars

Month Number of events Overview and notes
June 2 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Hide-Fumi Yokoo, Hitotsubashi University)”Green nudge messages and information-collection behavior of wineries: Field experiments in Japan”
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Bunro Shiozawa, International Environment and Economy Institute)
July 2 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Kanako Morita, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)“Nature-based solutions to address both climate change and biodiversity loss: Focus on the forest sector”
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar (Kasumi Yasukawa, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security)
August 1 The Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics 2023 - Conference Policy Session “Japanese Climate Policy Toward Carbon Neutrality” Find them slides here.
October 1 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Kouta Yamazaki, TAKARA HOLDINGS INC.)
December 2 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Stefano BARTOLINI(Professor, School of Economics and Management, University of Siena, “Does loneliness make money more important?”)
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Hideka Morimoto, Waseda University)
March 1 Interdisciplinary Workshop on Energy and Environment

2022

Activities on workshops and seminars

Month Number of events Overview and notes
May 2 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Masahiro Amano,Waseda University)
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Masahiko Horie, Meiji University)
June 1 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Samuele Lo Piano, University of Reading “Energy demand and its temporal flexibility : a cross-disciplinary approach”)
July 4 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(TARUI, Nori 、University of Hawaii at Manoa “Renewable energy integration in Hawaii: challenges and opportunities”)
WINPEC・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(TARUI, Nori 、University of Hawaii at Manoa “Empirical Microeconomics Seminar”)
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Masahiro Amano, Waseda University)
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Hikaru Kobayashi, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo)
August 2 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Daisuke Harada, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation)
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Hideka Morimoto, Waseda University)
September 1 IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Naoto Kobayashi , JSPS London Office and Waseda University)
October 2 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Mohan Munasinghe, Munashinge Development Institute “Sustainable development and economic policy”)
IASS・WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Fumiaki Shiozawa, Cabinet Office Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP))
November 2 RIEEM Seminar(Karoline Postel-Vinay ,Sciences Po Paris, France) ” Contested Narratives of Global Order” slides
WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(MORRIS, James Harry, Waseda University “Christianity and Copper Pollution: The Origins of and Responses to the Ashio Copper Mine Incident” slides
March 1 IASS WIAS RIEEM Seminar (Mario Giampietro, ICREA Research Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)” Innovative quantitative analysis in sustainability science”

Symposiums and lecture

Month Name of symposiums and lecture Overview and notes
June Waseda University Carbon Neutral Minor Symposium Carbon Neutrality: What Can Humanities Students Do? <Lecture>
Masata Emori (The University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives/National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Hideo Matsue (Deloitte Tohmatsu Group)
Kota Machida (fabula Co., Ltd.)
Kohei Nishiwada (Asene Co., Ltd.)
Others, panel discussion
http://www.waseda.jp/prj-rieem/newsletter/no_16.html
August EU-Japan Climate Policy Workshop:Updates on Carbon Offset Toshi H. Arimura(Waseda University)
Yasuo Yamamoto (Ministry of the Environment)
Hideki Ochiai (Japan Airlines)
Joachim Schleich (Grenoble Ecole de Management, France)
Heike Wetzel (University of Kassel, Germany)
Andreas Ziegler (University of Kassel, Germany)
Miwa Nakai (Fukui Prefectural University, Japan)
http://www.waseda.jp/prj-rieem/newsletter/no_17.html
December
(schedule)
National dialogue symposium 『Waseda University x Japan Securities Dealers Association co-sponsored SDGs symposium 「Research」×「Government」×「Economy」unity Toward the realization of a decarbonized society』 <Keynote speech>

Toshihide Arimura (Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University/RIEEM)

 「「Research」×「Government」×「Economy」unity Toward the realization of a decarbonized society」Others, panel discussion

2021

Activities on workshops and seminars

Month Number of events Overview and notes
April 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Christoph Ponak University of Leoben (Austria),“What effect reduces plastic waste most? The case of Japanese manufacturing”)
May 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Jonatan Pinkse, Alliance Manchester Business School、“Environmental Sustainability and Business Models”)
June 1 Ministry of the Environment Environmental Research General Promotion Fund Project Seminar (Haruyoshi Ito, Aoyama Gakuin University,)
July 2 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Ryo Takahashi, Waseda University, “Beyond Ostrom: Randomized Experiment of the Impact of Individualized Tree Rights on Forest Management in Ethiopia”)
Research report(Ridwan D. Rusli  Technische Hochshule Koeln “Transboundary fire and haze games: Local capture and common agency”)
September 1 Research Report (Kentaro Takahashi, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)
October 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Vincent Hoang Queensland University of Technology Business Faculty “Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro-Environmental Behavior”)
November 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Yiyi Ju, Waseda University “Can Japan Transition to Carbon Neutrality?: Perceived Feasibility based on Expert Perspectives”)
January 1 RIEEM Seminar(Takahiko Kiso, University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom) ”Retrofit and New-Build Installations of Residential Solar PV: Fukushima as a Natural Experiment”)
March 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Eiji Kawai, Chiyoda Corporation)

Symposiums and lecture

Month Name of symposiums and lecture Overview and notes
April Solve Climate by 2030
November National dialogue symposium「Carbon Pricing: Options for Decarbonization」 <Keynote speech>
Hikaru Hiranuma (Senior Researcher, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research)
「Building a local recycling society by utilizing renewable energy and carbon pricing」
Others, panel discussions and presentations of research results
https://toshiarimura.wixsite.com/carbonpricing/symposium2021

2020

Activities on workshops and seminars

Month Number of events Overview and notes
November 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Akiko Shigemoto , Waseda University Business School “Business Responsibility Toward the Realization of Sustainable Society”)
December 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Hiroyuki (Hiro) Iseki  University of Maryland “The EV adoption to address climate change: How should we move forward in practice and research in Transportation policy and planning?”)
February 1 WIAS・RIEEM Seminar(Masashi Yamamoto, University of Toyama “What effect reduces plastic waste most? The case of Japanese manufacturing”)

Symposiums and lecture

Month Name of symposiums and lecture Overview and notes
March National dialogue symposium「Carbon pricing and green recovery」 <Keynote speech>
Takataka Yoshi (Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. Corporate Planning Department Deputy General Manager)
「Global Trends in Green Recovery: Towards Carbon Neutrality」
Others, panel discussions and presentations of research results

https://toshiarimura.wixsite.com/carbonpricing/symposium2020
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/cro/news/2021/01/25/5248/
March Brussels RIEEM Workshop Julia Blasch (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Andreas Ziegler(University of Kassel)
Toshi H. ARIMURA, (Waseda University)
Mriduchhanda CHATTOPADHYAY(Waseda University)
Month Speakers Title
Februrary Michael Grubb (University College London) "Insights from the UK and its Electricity Market Reform"
January Xavier Labandeira(University of Vigo) "Energy/environmental taxation in the European Union (EUI and Spain: Effectiveness and equity)"

2019

Symposiums and lecture

Month Name of symposiums and lecture Overview and notes
February RIEEM Global Climate Policy Workshop Michael Grubb (University College London)
Mutsuyoshi Nishimura (Former Japanese Ambassador to the UNFCCC climate negotiation)
Panel Discussion
March Second RIEEM Interdisciplinary workshop Hiroki ONUMA (Waseda University)
Naonari YAZIMA (Waseda University)
Tatsuya ABE (Waseda University)
Ngawang DENDUP (Waseda University)
Miwa NAKAI (Waseda University)
Mriduchhanda Chattopadhyay  (Waseda University)
LU Guanyu  (Waseda University)
Gunnar GUTSCHE(University of Kassel)
Timo Bush(University of Hamburg)
Gunnar GUTSCHE(University of Kassel)
Month Speakers Title
December Yohei Mitani(Kyoto University) "Designing a Voluntary Mechanism for Efficient Private Land Conservation"
Hideki Shimada(Kyoto University) "Peer effects in landowners' voluntary participation: Evidence from a forest incentive program"
October Hyungna Oh (Kyung Hee University) "Lessons from the Korea Emission Trading Scheme"
Ulrich Wagner(Universität Mannheim) "Emissions Trading, Firm Behavior, and the Environment: Evidence from French Manufacturing Firms"
May Julia Blasch(Vrije Universität Amsterdam) "Behavioral anomalies and energy-related individual choices: the role of status-quo bias"
April John Fan(Griffith University) "Sustainable Factor Investing: Where Doing Well Meets Doing Good"

2018

Month Speakers Title
December Nicole Darnal(Arizona State University) "Advancing Green Purchasing in Japanese and US Local Governments"at Green Puchasing Policy Stakeholder Meeting"
October Yukari Takamura (University of Tokyo) Keynote Speech at Symposium "Carbon Pricing and Energy Mangement"
August Majah-Leah V. Ravag(University of Philippines) "Energy Conservation “Nudges”: Evidence from a Randomized Residential Field Experiment in the Philippines" (Tokyo Environmental Economics Workshop )
Lucy O’Shea (University of Bath) "Quality: the prodigal son of household recycling" (Tokyo Environmental Economics Workshop )
July Majah-Leah V. Ravago(University of Philippines) "Coping with Disasters Due to Natural Hazards: Evidence from the Philippines"
May Andreas Ziegler (University of Kassel) "On the relevance of economic preferences, values, norms, and socio-demographics for electricity consumption" (Waseda WINPEC Seminar )
Heike Wetzel (University of Kassel) "Environmental efficiency and regulation in the electricity generation anddistribution sector " (Kassel-Waseda RIEEM Workshop )
January Corbett Grainger (University of Wisconsin) "Do Regulators Strategically Avoid Pollution Hotspots when Siting Monitors? Evidence from Remote Sensing of Air Pollution" (Tokyo Environmental Economics Workshop)
Masahiro Sugiyama (The University of Tokyo) "Exploring Japan's mid- and long-term mitigation pathways and challenges: A pilot model intercomparison study" (Tokyo Environmental Economics Workshop)

2017

Month Speakers Title
December David Brown(The University of Alberta) "Carbon Pricing with an Output Subsidy under Imperfect Competition: The Case of Alberta’s Restructured Electricity Market"
Jian Zhou(Tsinghua University) "The role of carbon market policy in China" in Carbon Pricing Workshop
David Brown(The University of Alberta) "Carbon Pricing with an Output Subsidy under Imperfect Competition: The Case of Alberta's Restructured Electricity Market" in Carbon Pricing Workshop"
Jian Zhou (Tsinghua University) "The role of carbon market policy in China" in Symposium "Paris Agreement and Carbon Pricing" (Keynote Speech)
David Brown (The University of Alberta) "Carbon Pricing Policy in Canada: Achieving 2030 Emissions Targets" in Symposium "Paris Agreement and Carbon Pricing" (Keynote Speech)
October Joel Malen(Hitotsubashi University) "Out of sight, out of mind? How separation from pollution influences firm environmental impact"
Nicole Darnall(Arizona State University) "Ecolabel credibility and sustainable purchasing"
Hakaru Iguchi(Waseda University) "CEOs’ Religious Beliefs and Firms’ Voluntary Environmental Behaviors"
Takuro Miyamoto(Waseda University) "Supplier’s green R&D oriented by Green Supplier Development"
May Mario Giampietro (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) "How easy is the decarbonization of modern economies? An analysis of energy uses in the economy of EU27 based on the concept of societal metabolism"
April Ikuho Kochi (University of Ciudad Juarez) "Valuing Morbidity Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure from the 2007 Southern California Wildfires"
Vincent Hoang (Queensland University of Technology) "Eco-efficiency analysis of sustainability-certified coffee production in Vietnam"
January Kozo MAYUMI (University of Tokushima) "Reconsidering Renewable Energy Policy in Light of Bioeconomics and MuSIASEM" in International Energy Policy Workshop
Samuele LO PIANO (Autonomous University of Barcelona) "A relational-analysis of the renewable energy functional elements of the energy sector and their interaction with society (MuSIASEM 2.0)" International Energy Policy Workshop
Hiroto TAKAGUCHI (Waseda University) "Promoting the Zero Energy Buildings in Japan" in International Energy Policy Workshop

2016

Month Speakers Title
November Kohei Kamaga (Sophia University) "Infinite-horizon critical-level leximin principles: Axiomatizations and some general results"
Paolo G. Piacquadio (University of Oslo) "The Ethics of Intergenerational Risk"
Ken-Ichi Akao (Waseda University) "Symmetric Stationary MPNE in Differential Games"
Hsiao-chi Chen (National Taipei University) "An evolutionary approach to international environmental agreements with full participation"
Jennifer Sklarew (George Mason University) "Power Plays: Institutional Influences on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies" in Climate & Energy Policy Workshop
Noriko Fujiwara (Center for European Policy Studies) "The EU Environmental Policy-Making Process: The Example of Climate Policy" in Climate & Energy Policy Workshop
June François Lévêque. & Romain Bizet (Mines ParisTech) Tokyo Environmental Economics Workshop "Nuclear power construction costs and lead times in France and OECD countries - Insights for present and future trends of the French nuclear power industry"