GLOBAL × Local GLIF-Lab aiming for an inclusive future society
ABOUT
Empirical research towards building an inclusive future society from the perspectives of social sciences and other fields GLIF is one of the four pillars of the Kubota-University of Tokyo Collaborative Creation Projects
An inclusive society is a future which we should pursue for better life of all. In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals of 17 were unanimously approved at the General Assembly of United Nations and the major norm behind them is "no one is left behind.".
To realize an inclusive society in which everyone can feel happy, it is necessary to guarantee a certain level of well-being for people in all over the world.

NEWS
News
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[Event]October 21, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm [JST]
BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series "Gender Equality in Japan und Germany – a comparison!" Mr.Timotheus Felder-Roussety, Counsellor for Labour, Health, Gender Equality and Human Rights, German Embassy Tokyo -
"Building Our Immunity to Mis/Disinformation Through Journalism" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Hanako Montgomery, international correspondent at CNN, based in the Tokyo bureau.
(Sep 11, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST]) -
"Reimagining Gender and Climate Justice in Higher Education" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Dr. Giselle Miole, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UNU-IAS.
(Sep 9, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST]) -
"Social Media for Social Good: Promoting Well-being in the Digital Age" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Meg Hoffmann Nakagawa, founder of Blossom the Project.
(Sep 5, 2025, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. [JST]) -
"Reassessing Multilateralism: The United Nations at a Crossroads" at United Nations University
(Sep 4, 2025, 18:00 p.m.-19:30 p.m. [JST])
MEMBERS
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Sawako Shirahase
Project Professor
Unit Leaderthe Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Nobuyuki Yagi
Professor
Laboratory of Global Fishery Science, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Yoichiro Kato
Professor
Laboratory of Global Plant Resource Science, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Takeshi Sato
Associate Professor
Laboratory of International Environmental Economics, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Akane Bessho
Project Lecturer
the Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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VISITING PROFESSOR
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Hiroshi Ishida
Visiting Professor
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Fumihiko Imamura
Visiting Professor
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Shunsuke Managi
Visiting Professor
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
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Shiro Armstrong
Professor, Director, Australia-Japan Research Centre
Director, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research
Editor, East Asia Forum
Australian National University -
Margarita Estevez-Abe
McClure Professor, Political Science Department, Syracuse University
Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute -
Roger Goodman
Warden of St Antony's College,
Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies,
University of Oxford -
Andrew Gordon
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History,
Harvard History department,
Harvard University -
Hiroshi Ishida
Visiting Professor
the Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society,
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
The University of Tokyo -
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Concentration in East Asian Studies
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University -
Kenneth Mori McElwain
Professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
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James Raymo
Professor of Sociology,
Henry Wendt III ’55 Professor of East Asian Studies,
Director, Office of Population Research,
Director, Global Japan Lab,
Princeton University -
Steven Vogel
Professor, Departments of Political Science and Political Economy
University of California, Berkeley
STAFF
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Mayumi Masai
Secretary
the Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Jiro Yoshida
Public Relations
Primus design
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