NIES International Advisors

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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 177KB]　
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)
[Coming Soon]
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)
[Coming Soon]
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)
[Coming Soon]
Areas of expertise: Isotope biogeochemistry, promotion of research on applications of isotopes for biochemical and medical sciences