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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])

"Considering the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Now: From the Perspective of Hibakushas Around the World" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Mr. Keita Takagaki, Youth Representative, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
(Aug 29, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST])

"Advancing Organizational Sustainability: Experiences and Insights from UNU-FLORES" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Ms. Juliane Dziumla, Associate Sustainability and Impact Officer at UNU-FLORES.
(Aug 26, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST])

"Voices Unmuted: Youth Shaping the Future of Internet Governance" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Ms. Nadia Tjahja, Co-Coordinator and PhD Fellow of the Digital Governance Cluster at UNU-CRIS.
(Aug 21, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST])

"Harnessing the Impact of Youth Participation in Policymaking and Decision-making" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Dr. Felipe Paullier, Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs.
(Aug 15, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST])

"Diplomacy in Transition: Women in Leadership" at the United Nations University, featuring Ms. Mami Mizutori (Former Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNDRR), H.E. Ambassador Shorna-Kay M. Richards (Ambassador of Jamaica to Japan), and H.E. Ambassador Melba Pría (Ambassador of Mexico to Japan).
(Jul 29, 2025, 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. [JST])

"Sowing Equality: Addressing Gender Barriers in Food, Water and Agricultural Systems" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS.
(Jul 15, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST])

"The World Drought Atlas: Understanding and Managing Systemic Drought Risks" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University, featuring Davide Cotti and Edward Sparkes, Senior Research Associates at UNU-EHS.
(Jun 24, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST])

Global Japan Research Seminar: "Japanese Studies in the United States: Past and Present"
Professor Steven Vogel (Departments of Political Science and Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley)
Jul 25, 2025, 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. [JST]

Ms. Jaimee Stuart, a Senior Researcher and Team Lead at UNU Macau, "Women, Peace, and Cybersecurity: A Gendered Approach to Empowerment in a Digitally Interconnected World" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University.
(Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST/GMT+9])

Mr. Felipe Dall, Programme Officer at UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre, "Beyond the Age of Waste" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University.
(Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST/GMT+9])

[Notice] Cancellation of "Lightning Talks vol.003"

[Research Results] "Spatial Analysis of Population Dynamics in Fukushima Prefecture: During the Post-Disaster Recovery Process and Estimation Using GMM"
— Associate Professor Takeshi Sato's 2024 Annual Report

Dr. Hanna Berkel, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, on "(Dis)Empowered by Context: Female Entrepreneurs, Firm Performance and Institutions" at the BIG IDEAS: SDGs Dialogue Series, United Nations University.
(Tue, May 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [JST/GMT+9])

TOKYO COLLEGE: "Equal Rights, Unequal Reality: Law and Gender Equality in Japan" (Lecture by Prof. Frank Upham)
Wed, May 7, 2025, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. [JST]

Lightning Talks Vol.002
Interdisciplinary Student Seminar 2025

Lightning Talks Vol.001
Interdisciplinary Student Seminar 2025

Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo: SDGs Symposium 2025 — Project Professor Sawako Shirahase, "Tackling Inequalities for Sustainability and Well-being"
(Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 10:00 a.m.-3:10 p.m. [JST])

Dr.Christina von Haaren, professor emerita at Leibniz University Hannover, on　"Planning for an Uncertain Future: Environmental Planning Strategies in Habitat Adaptation and Energy Transition," at the BIG IDEAS: Conversations on the SDGs series, United Nations University.
(Saturday, 18 January 2025, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. [JST/GMT+9])