NIES International Advisors
Suggestions and comments on activities of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) by prominent experts from an international viewpoint
In order to evaluate the activities of the institute from an international viewpoint in a dynamic, efficient and effective manner, the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) is currently inviting international experts, in the diverse fields of environmental research with which NIES is engaged, to visit the institute, in order to benefit from their comments and suggestions on NIES’ activities of importance.
Specifically, experts affiliated with, for example, world-renowned environmental research institutes are invited to NIES, where they are first introduced to the institutional structure and provided with an overview of the research content. They then observe the actual sites where research is conducted in the relevant field(s) which most closely correspond to their field(s) of specialization.
Subsequently, by means of discussion between the advisor, the office of the NIES President, and researchers in their fields of specialization, we benefit from their comments and suggestions on the institutional structure, research strategy, and their particular research fields, from an international viewpoint.
- First Meeting, May 28, 2012
- Summary of the meeting with Professor Ellen Silbergeld (John Hopkins University, US)[PDF 321KB]
Areas of expertise: Toxicology and its application to environmental and occupational health policy - Second Meeting, July 23, 2012
- Summary of the meeting with Professor Chettiyappan Visvanathan (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)[PDF 341KB]
Areas of expertise: Cleaner/sustainable production and consumption; industrial environmental management; waste management - Third Meeting, July 27, 2012
- Summary of the meeting with Doctor Christopher Lau (Environmental Protection Agency, US)[PDF 305KB]
Areas of expertise: Neuroscience; toxicology; teratology - Fourth Meeting, September 12, 2012
- Summary of the meeting with Professor Stewart Freeman (Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, UK)[PDF 332KB]
Areas of expertise: Isotope biogeochemistry, promotion of research on applications of isotopes for biochemical and medical sciences - Fifth Meeting, November 21, 2012
- Summary of the meeting with Professor Miranda Schreurs (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)[PDF 283KB]
Areas of expertise: Comparative politics; environmental governance; climate change policies and politics - Sixth Meeting, January 31, 2013
- Summary of the meeting with Dr. William Glanville (International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada)[PDF 287KB]
Areas of expertise: Strategic planning; science education; educational policy